Digital Symphonist Gifts

Mozart on a computer,

Gramophone dreams of mp3 player.

'Who said romance is dead? I just downloaded a screensaver with red roses and chocolates for your PC!'

"I've got a better view on my smart phone."

"I solve mathematical problems, program electronic music, analyze environmental issues...but being a renaissance man isn't what it used to be."

But MOM! It's no fair being sick on a Saturday! Can't I take a rain check and be sick on Monday?

"Just sign it, or I'll post YOUR old report cards on social media."

'I think he is a composer.'

The Edward Witten String-Theory Quarter

"This is where I keep my entire music collection."

Ralph Vaughan Williams

'I will now play a selection of digital audio files I downloaded today.'

Requiem

'What's the point? We're never going to be able to compete with online piracy.'

Compact Disc: "01011100110001011011010001111...."

Musician playing the piano on a computer.

Composer.

'Management is upgrading all the hardware.'

"Where've you been Haydn?"

"Now I'd like to introduce the rest of my band. Give it up for my laptop!"

Computer for used for on-line dancing.

Dog using MP3 player scowls at dog that's still listening to gramophone player, saying: 'Luddite!'

Music Technology

"Cool! When I'm dead I want to get uploaded to the cloud, too!"

'For my next selection, I will download a music file from the internet.'

Mozart writing the digital version of his Symphony No. 38 in D major.

'Doesn't it seem ironic to you that your avitar is a fierce soldier and you live in your parent's basement?' - 'I think of it as being entrenched in an underground bunker.'

"I've got my entire record collection on my phone. . ."

Lost in the laptop...