The Technical Basics
1.Do you play any musical instruments?
I play the clarinet, attempt to play the saxophone and play cornet extremely badly
2.Do you own any musical instruments?
I own a clarinet named Benny, a very shiny pretty tenor saxophone named Stan and a recorder that has mould inside of it
3.What instrument do you most want to learn?
I wanna play piano but noone will teach me, dammit. And I probably should get out that cornet again and actually practice before someone I know tells me off! :)
4.Sexiest instrument?
Tenor Saxophone
5. Can you read proper shape notes rather than tabs?
Yes. Tab is for losers.
6.Do you know your scales?
Um, major ones. Minor ones are overrated…damn minor third. Pfft!
7.Do you have perfect pitch or know anyone that does?
No, I don’t, but I’m hoping this will change once I get better at pitching on brass instruments. Yes, there’s this freak of nature cellist at uni that has perfect pitch. I hate her – or more to the point, I’m jealous of her.
My Top 5….
1. Guitarists?
Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, The Edge, BB King, John Frusciante (also Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton)
2. Bass guitarists?
Tony Kanal (No Doubt), Flea, Jaco Pastorius, Bootsy Collins, Larry Graham (Sly and The Family Stone) - also Victor Wooten, Adam Clayton, Charles Mingus and Rocco Prestia
3. Drummers?
John Bonham (Zeppelin), Jeff Porcaro (Toto), Buddy Rich, Clyde Stublefield (James Brown), Keith Moon (The Who)
4. Male singers?
Thom Yorke, Matt Bellamy (Muse), Robert Plant, Jeff Buckley, Stevie Wonder
5. Female singers?
Imogen Heap, Eva Cassidy, Ella Fitzgerald, Pat Benatar, Katie Noonan (george)
FAVOURITE CDS
Royal Crown Revue – Mugsy’s Move
Radiohead – The Bends
U2 – Achtung Baby
Muse – Origin of Symmetry
The Atomic Fireballs – Torch This Place
Miles Davis – Someday My Prince Will Come
Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin 4
Stevie Wonder – Songs In The Key Of Life
Curtis Mayfield – Curtis
REM – Automatic For The People
The Beatles – Revolver and Sgt Peppers
Afro Celt Sound System – Release
FAVOURITE BANDS & ARTISTS
U2
Radiohead
Muse
Augie March
REM
Toto
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Eva Cassidy
Stan Getz
Miles Davis
Ella Fitzgerald
Stevie Wonder
James Brown
Earth Wind and Fire
Afro Celt Sound System
The Cat Empire
Gotan Project
Goose
Marmalade Circus
Bjork
Tori Amos
Frou Frou and Imogen Heap
Smashing Pumpkins
Soweto String Quartet
Joss Stone
Paul Simon
Madness
The Stranglers
Cherry Poppin Daddies
Curtis Mayfield
Otis Redding
Wilson Pickett
The Killers
Ozomatli
Mika
FAVOURITE CONCERTS
U2
The ASO with James Morrison performing Graeme Koehne’s High Art Trumpet Concerto
Bjork
Goose
Womadelaide (the year of Afro Celt)
SONGS……………
Best love song
It had to be you – Harry Connick Jr
Have I Told You Lately – Van Morrison
Best driving song
On the Road Again – Willie Nelson
Driving In My Car – Madness
The Car Song – Cat Empire
Best sex song
Let’s Get It On – Marvin Gaye
Best break up song
Special Ones – george
Love Stinks – J Geils Band
Best rock song
Kashmir and The Immigrant Song – Led Zeppelin
Best pop song
Sir Duke – Stevie Wonder
(of the moment) Grace Kelly – Mika
Best song to sing in the shower
See above…
All time favourite song
Africa - Toto
Song you wish you knew all the lyrics to
U Can’t Touch This – MC Hammer
Most played songs on your iPod
Sir Duke – Stevie Wonder
Let Go – Frou Frou
Diferente – Gotan Project
The Ground Beneath Her Feet – u2
Africa – Toto
Barflies At The Beach – Royal Crown Revue
Soy – The Gipsy Kings
Song you hate the most
That f**king whistling dance song, Love Generation. Geez it irritates me. Closely followed by anything that uses hamster voices.
The song that always gets you on the dance floor
Be Faithful – Crooklyn Clan and Fat Man Scoop
Hot Hot Hot - Arrow
Best song to dance around the house in your undies too
Do Your Thing – Basement Jaxx
Best rock out with your cock out song
Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen (preferably with lots of alcohol induced singing)
Most overplayed song on the radio at the moment
That really annoying silverchair song in which Daniel Johns whines and whing
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