Back in 1980 I purchased the Telarc 1812 Overture LP. It has long been regarded as the ultimate test for setting up a record player, as the cannon shots were so dynamic they could literally shake the needle out of the groove.

This morning I was listening to the CD version which is no less impressive and it started a debate between my wife and I on who the best composer was.

She argued for Mozart.

I'm sorry, but if you haven't composed a piece that uses live artillery, you're just not in the upper tier of composers.

That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it.

Still remember the greatest 4th of July fireworks show in San Jose where they performed the 1812 using real cannons during the show. It was awesome.

#Tchaikovsky #1812overture

https://recordsalbums.com/tchaikovsky-vinyl-records-lps/8755-tchaikovsky-1812-overture-lp-vinyl-record-for-sale.html Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture LP Vinyl Record - Imagine a musical battlefield where cannons roar, church bells chime, and an orchestra erupts in a triumphant explosion of sound! #1812Overture #Tchaikovsky #Classical #ClassiclLPs #ClassicalVinyl #Vinyl #Records #Albums #LPs

I could really go for some puffed wheat or puffed rice right about now. #1812overture

News: "AI company announces new feature allowing you to make a song from any sound."

Me: "Yes! I just need to record one of my farts, and I'm golden! :derpface: "

1812 Overture: " 😭 "

#AI #AIGeneratedSound #farts #1812Overture #music #songs

"1812 Overture"
The Melodica Men
https://youtube.com/@MelodicaMen?si=2l2rZ9Bi944aiOah

"Solemn Overture, Op. 49, popularly known as the #1812Overture, is a concert overture in E♭ major written in 1880 by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich #Tchaikovsky" Wikipedia

https://youtu.be/S3L_jYY2KC8?si=79HgBJLamTs-G_bv (3:03)
#melodicamen #melodica

entertaining talented (2) #MelodicaMen play
#Tschaikovsky’s #1812Overture
https://youtu.be/S3L_jYY2KC8?si=V1f4Fx1SNAFmZt3X (3:03)
#classicalhumor #melodica

https://youtube.com/@MelodicaMen?si=qYyEwWfdzy3lAB73 (playlist)
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Once upon a time, in my youth, I had a friend who was a musician. One day he got a very expensive piece of equipment. It was a synthesizer. You could give it music to play, and provide instrument samples, and it would play the music with your instruments.

One day, we were using his brand-new tool and something took him away from our room. While he was gone, I took control of the device to load 1812 Overture, and then I replaced one of the sections (brass I think it was) with... ducks!

He came back, and I played the piece for him. He laughed, but he also annoyed that I had used a very expensive piece of equipment just to goof off.

I've lost track of my friend. I wonder what he'd think if he knew that I still goof off with expensive pieces of equipment. This and other things in my life make me think that for some of us #ActuallyAutistic folks our mind is ageless.

Most of my current goofing off can be found here:

https://spectra.video/c/your_autistic_life/videos

And here:

https://spectra.video/c/votre_vie_d_autiste/videos

#music #synthesizer #1812Overture #ducks #GoofingOff #agelessness

Nothing quite like a song by a Russian composer about a Napoleonic war to celebrate American Independence. But there are cannons, so. #bostonpops #fourthofjuly #july4th #1812overture

It's here! To celebrate my 400th blog post, here is the newly rebuilt Lo-Fi Orchestra with a full performance of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture!

Featuring 13 @arduino Nanos, 10 Unos, 4 @Raspberry_Pi@raspberrypi.social Picos, and 2 Pis with extras for effects and cannons!

#LoFiOrchestra #Arduino #RaspberryPi #RaspberryPiPico #Synthdiy #8bit #1812Overture #Cannons #SDEMP

https://diyelectromusic.wordpress.com/2023/02/19/the-new-lo-fi-orchestra-and-the-1812-overture/