10/30/2011

Free Reed Instruments - Accordions -




There are 37 Reed Instruments listed on wikipedia and three sorts of accordions (you can find them below)






10/22/2011

Brass Instruments (from Subcontrabass tuba to Wagner tuba)






This is the last post about Brass instruments. I hope I can find the 11 videos for these instruments, it's not gonna be easy.






















I could not find this video. Sorry for that.


10/15/2011

AC/DC's Bon Scott Plays the Bagpipes 1976


Ronald Belford "Bon" Scott (9 July 1946 – 19 February 1980) was a Scottish-born Australian rock musician, best known for being the lead singer and lyricist of Australian hard rock band AC/DC from 1974 until his death in 1980.[1] He was born in Forfar and brought up in Kirriemuir, Scotland, before moving to Melbourne, Australia with his family in 1952 at the age of six.
Scott formed his first band, The Spektors, in 1964 and became the band's drummer and occasional lead vocalist. He performed in several other bands including The Valentines and Fraternity before replacing Dave Evans as the lead singer of AC/DC in 1974.
In the July 2004 issue of Classic Rock, Scott was rated as number one in a list of the "100 Greatest Frontmen Of All Time" ahead of Freddie Mercury andRobert Plant.[2] Hit Parader ranked Scott as fifth on their 2006 list of the 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Vocalists of all time. READ MORE.

10/04/2011

We are The Champions: The most "sing-along-able" song

It is not only a very famous rock anthem but also the catchiest song ever, and there is no doubt about, Musicologists at Goldsmiths University have spent months researching what makes a song so damn "sing-along-able". 


For further info click - http://tinyurl.com/62vp5ld -


According to the research the rest of the songs are the following:



1. "We Are the Champions" - Queen
2. "Y.M.C.A." - The Village People
3. "Fat Lip" - Sum 41
4. "The Final Countdown" - Europe
5. "Monster" - The Automatic
6. "Ruby" - The Kaiser Chiefs
7. "I'm Always Here" - Jimi Jamison
8. "Brown Eyed Girl" - Van Morrison
9. "Teenage Dirtbag" - Wheatus
10. "Livin' on a Prayer" - Bon Jovi