Random trivia

[Anonymous]

That was right? 

 

[Genghis Khan]

What can I say, you're a smart guy. 

Another question:

Which hard rock band is known as "bad boys from Boston"?

 

[LooseCannon]

...Boston?

 

[Anonymous]

Aerosmith, I think.

 

[Natalie]

According to wikipedia its Aerosmith

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerosmith

 

[Albie]

...Boston?

I thought this was quite funny - as this band rarely courts any controversy whatsoever. However, it could have been an ironic nickname.

 

[Genghis Khan]

Perun and Natalie got it.  OK, someone else ask.  Make it fun! 

 

[Invader]

Here's an easy one.  Who was the other co-founder of Microsoft along with Bill Gates?

 

[Mmm...Donuts]

I think that would be Paul Allen.

 

[Raven]

What was the first track to include fade-out when played live, and how was this done?

 

[Albie]

Suspicious Minds - Elvis. To incorporate the fade out towards the end of the song, the band simply played their instruments progressively softer and allowed the vocals (Elvis' and the backing singers) to give the impression of a fade out by singing quieter. A bit lo-tec, but worth a stab.

This is a guess, but if it isn't Elvis, it was possibly someone like Pink Floyd.

 

[Raven]

Nope, that's not it.  Besides, that's not a true fade out, as they aren't still playing/singing when you stop hearing them.

 

[Raven]

No takers?

 

[Albie]

I wish there was. I'd be interested to find out.

 

[IronDuke]

they turned down the volume on the mics and amps?

Or did they just move them further away from the recording equipment?

 

[Raven]

they turned down the volume on the mics and amps?

Or did they just move them further away from the recording equipment?

Nope.  I'll give you a clue, then...this was before the time of electric amplification and recording.

 

[Anonymous]

Kind of sounds like Ravel's Bolero to me, then.

 

[Raven]

Kind of sounds like Ravel's Bolero to me, then.

As far as I know, this piece was written earlier.  And I don't know whether any fade out on Bolero was able to be done live, without the use of electronic equipment,
.

 

[Anonymous]

Mind if I ask a new question?

 

[Raven]

Fine, I'll put you out of your misery.  The piece in question is Neptune, the Mystic, by Gustav Holst, from his suite The Planets.  The piece ends with a female choir repeating a single melody to a fade out.  The effect was produced this way; the female choir was placed in a separate chamber from the rest of the orchestra (only [i
Neptune uses vocals, so I assume they didn't have to sit there all night... ), with an adjoining door between the two chambers open.  Holst instructed that, once the rest of the orchestra had ceased playing (but the choir continued), the 'the door [between] is to be left open until the last bar of the piece, when it is to be slowly and silently closed'.  The effect was astounding to the audience, as it seemed as if the music was fading with distance...mystical, indeed.

Go ahead, Perun.