A bit of musical humor, courtesy of the Youtube channel 2SetViolin.
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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
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
I was definitely a late-comer to the “new” Top Gear, which starred Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May. I use new in quotations since there was a previous version of the show Top Gear that dates all the way back to the late 70’s (1977, in fact) and was […]
New Top Gear: (Not)Brilliant, But (Not)Rubbish
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 ...
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 […]
Alton Brown on Amazon Unitaskers
Skip straight to 1:49 – and at least watch until the 2 minute mark. This is…the best.
What if a French horn and disco hooked up in ...
I swear that I sometimes have nightmares about a bunch of students showing up and sounding like this: For the video, follow this link right here, but make sure you have one hand on your volume control – you’ve been warned!