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While this almost certainly belongs on the tech part of my website, rather than the music portion, I just really love the phrase, probability-based drummer. I can think of a few probability-based musicians I’ve known in my life, and I think I’m going to start using that phrase instead of […]

It’s not just a punchline – the “Probability-Based Drummer” is ...

August 7, 2019 in Horn tagged amusing / digital music / funny / music by Colin Dorman (updated 349 days ago)

A bit of musical humor, courtesy of the Youtube channel 2SetViolin.

Some Humor For Your Next Practice Break: 2SetViolin

May 29, 2019 in Horn tagged funny / horn playing / horn problems / horn teaching / horn video / music / orchestra / orchestra music / practice by Colin Dorman (updated 412 days ago)

If you’ve done much buying or selling online, then you probably don’t have to be told that there are hundreds of potential scams that you have to watch out for. It turns out that (unsurprisingly) even smaller websites dedicated to selling horn-related material are a target for some scam attempts. Despite […]

Not Even Horn Mouthpieces Are Safe From Internet Scams

March 16, 2017 in Horn tagged first world problems / funny / horn equipment / horn problems by Colin Dorman (updated 1188 days ago)

Chamber music ensemble — These days, chamber music comes in all sorts of ensemble sizes and instrumentation, but here’s one that I haven’t seen before. Bonus: Finally, the horn is freed from the inanity of playing the upbeats in a waltz! Now if someone would go ahead and make a Sousa chair. I hope composers […]

The Beginnings of a New Chamber Ensemble

July 8, 2016 in Horn tagged funny / horn playing / horn problems by Colin Dorman (updated 1430 days ago)

New Top Gear: (Not)Brilliant, But (Not)Rubbish

June 7, 2016 in Personal tagged first world problems / funny / top gear by Colin Dorman (updated 1430 days ago)

According to Amazon, this beauty is organized under the “Musical Instrument – French horn” category – check out the sixth result. If you keep scrolling down, you’ll see a familiar-looking kazoo, ties with a variety of musical instruments such as trumpet and clarinet (but no horn!), and even a French board game. […]

New Horn Model Part II: Amazon is Bad at French ...

January 15, 2016 in Horn tagged funny / horn problems by Colin Dorman (updated 1430 days ago)

I’m a big fan of Alton Brown – his Good Eats series is pretty much the only reason why I enjoy cooking (and also the only reason I have any marginal skill in that area), and he seems like a pretty interesting person in general. Also, he does videos like […]