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Musical Conductor comedy sketch

Yazan: Jason | 15 July 2009 | 2 Comments
Categories: Benjy, humor, videos

Bass blog contributor Benjy sent me a link to this hilarious conductor sketch from Comedy Shuffle on BBC. The “conductor’s” mannerisms perfectly capture those of so many U.K. conductors I’ve worked with. What a great idea for a sketch! [From YouTube - Musical Conductor comedy sketch - Comedy Shuffle - BBC]

World’s greatest wine rack

Yazan: Jason | 27 May 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: bass, bass humor, Benjy, photography

Bass blog contributor Benjy recently forwarded this pic of an ultra-cool wine rack. OK–it might have cello pegs, but the body is 100% bass. Benjy writes: If this were standing next to my bass, the choice of open strings or open bottles would be difficult! But then, why not both? Sounds good to me!

“The Soloist” –the story and Hollywood film of the life of a forgotten bassist.

Yazan: Jason | 20 April 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: bass, Benjy

This is a guest post by double bassist Jean-Yves Bénichou. A few months ago, the Internet allowed me to reconnect after 30 years with my old friend and classmate, Joe Russo. We both studied with Homer Mensch at Yale University in 1975, unaware of future that lay ahead of us. Luck did smile upon us, [...]

Zwölftonwerbung – Twelve tone commercial

Yazan: Jason | 19 September 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Benjy, humor, videos

Double bassist Benjy sent me a link to this uproariously funny (to a music geek, at least) video promoting all the “familiar favorites” written by the warm and cuddly trio of composers from the second Viennese school of composition: Alban Berg, Arnold Schoenberg, and Anton Webern. What timeless ditties these three tunesmiths wove!

Argument set to Beethoven’s 5th Symphony

Yazan: Jason | 07 December 2007 | 3 Comments
Categories: Benjy, humor, videos

DBB.org regular contributor Benjy sent me a link to this very fun video featuring Sid Caesar and Nanette Fabray pantomiming an argument with the first movement of Beethoven’s 5th symphony as a soundtrack. Sid Ceaser was a live sketch comedy pioneer in the 1950s with his sitcoms Your Show of Shows and Ceaser’s Hour. Check [...]