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Entertainment
BETTING ON A ROCK BAND
Rock bands with far-out names almost never make it to the top because they usually play music that's equally far-out.
Dean Sheridan, electronics technician and deaf actor, Torrance, California
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PLAYING ROCK AND ROLL IN NEW YORK CITY
In New York City, all you need is 45 minutes of original music and your band can play in the bars.
Kid with Mohawk haircut and engineer's boots, overheard in restaurant, Ithaca, New York
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BUYING MUSIC
If you like a new song when you first get it, you'll tire of it in four weeks; if you hate it at first, you'll like it in about six months; if you feel indifferent about it, you'll always feel that way.
Cliff Martin, Eugene, Oregon
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BUYING A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
If you're buying a musical instrument for a beginner, spend twice as much as you think you should. The instrument will be better built, easier to play, and it will sound better. And it will have a better resale value.
Jim Willett, musician, Boston, Massachusetts
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STORING MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
The higher the humidity, the duller and thicker a wooden instrument will sound.
Alan T. Whittemore, YMCA Physical Director, South Deerfield, Massachusetts
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APPRECIATING CLASSICAL MUSIC
If a piece of classical music was written after you were born, you are not obliged to appreciate it.
Francis Cooke, composer (born 1910)
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AMASSING A MUSIC COLLECTION
You will not tire of your music collection if you have 200 cds or more.
Rusty Cartmill, Athens, Georgia
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TIMING A GIG
If your musical engagement is less than two hours long, you will spend as much time setting up and taking down equipment as you will playing music.
Ellen Klaver, musician, Boulder, Colorado
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Music
PERFORMING BLUEGRASS
In bluegrass music, the most tasteless licks, especially on the banjo, get the best response.
Ellen Klaver, musician, Boulder, Colorado
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TUNING A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
A stringed instrument is less apt to slip out of pitch if the strings are tuned up from flat than it is if the strings are tuned down from sharp.
Robbie Aceto, musician
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PLAYING A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
Music played on a high-quality musical instrument sounds better no matter who's playing.
Mark McMullen, accountant, Alexandria, Virginia
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