Xtreme Toy Zone

Aug 10, 2011
coolest one-man-band would consist of the following instruments: a flugelhorn, glockenspiel, hurdy-gurdy, ukulele, xylophone, and a zither.

Aug 10, 2011
can band instruments catch "Band-Aids"?

Aug 10, 2011
We ain't a band bitch we don't play instruments so why he getting 90 and we only get 10%

Return of the summer band

Shoulder-length hair in shades of sun-kissed blonde fall in thick layers around her face that offset full cheekbones, subtle blue eyes and a clear complexion. She has the quintessential look of the fresh-faced, all-American girl. The incoming freshman at Natrona County High School looks as though she might carry a set of pom-poms on campus, not an instrument case.

“I’m a music fanatic,” Sidney Johnson said. Her saxophone, always within reach, was in its case beside her. “This is my fourth year playing the alto sax.”

For non-music fanatics, the alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the late 1800s.

This summer the 14-year-old participated in the Western Wind Marching Band, a joint effort between the Natrona County School District and the Troopers Drum & Bugle Corps.

“My older brothers have been marching for years and I always watched their feet,” Johnson said. “I couldn’t wait to learn how to march. It’s a lot of work but I love hard work.

Source: Casper Journal

Dust Off Those Rock Band Instruments for a Five-Pack of Yes

by Mike Fahey

I've not been giving much consideration to Rock Band's new music releases, what with the franchise skipping a year and interest in the rhythm genre waning in general. It turns out all Harmonix had to do to get my attention was say Yes.

Yes as in the British progressive rock group, not the affirmative response. Active on and off for more than 40 years, it's a band that's been with me my entire life. My brother used to play them in the pitch black darkness of my grandmother's attic when I was but a wee boy, and I remember being slightly frightened by the mystical quality of (former) lead singer Jon Anderson's voice. When I was ten they released the album 90125 came with the classic "Roundabout" on the disc, the perfect song to introduce me to the third title's keyboard addition. I must have played it several dozen times. Now I am ready for more, and Harmonix delivers....

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