Sound Aficionado Gifts

Digital FM - "I miss the old hiss and crackle!"

Older and wiser

'You know what they say. . .Loud Pipes Save Lives!'

"Let me through - I'm a Sound Recordist!"

Before she disciplined a student, Principal Helen Edelman played recordings of previous visitors to her office.

"Come up and purr in her other ear... she likes the surround sound."

Noise pollution

'Should I set the sleep machine for Babbling Brook, Ocean Waves, or Lapping Toilet?'

'Do you know what happened to my new CD? ...the one I played all yesterday and last night.'

'No amplifier leaves the shop without Santa's personal approval!'

My other cello is a Stradivari

"There is nothing wrong with our sound levels!!" "Can you speak up a bit? We can�t hear a word your saying..."

'Doctor, I just can't seem to relate to my audio equipment these days.'

"Off with his headphones!!"

'Turn down that stereo!'

'I know it was cheaper, but the calliope is not working out as a replacement for the organ'

'In this empty room, he barks in high definition.'

Sounds of the opening bell: 50c. (Stock broker on holiday.)

Some musicians discovering a noise from a boiling kettle

Mardi Gras

Guitarist

'I love your playing....especially when you stop!'

He kept up his guitar practise...

"Well, that's the only song we know, so we can play it another two or three times, or we can cut our losses. Waddya say, Cleveland?"

'Big audio gear is coming back!'

Anna Calvi

The Hey Diddle Diddle Orchestra

Orchestra.

Trombone emerges from pram. Mother says: 'I'm a firm believer in starting them young.'

"You've got those Stuck-in-the-Subway-Listening-to-a-Guy-Massacre-Dylan Blues."

"Same story every morning - 'Can you come and fix our windmill?'..."

'I'm too hot to trot.'

'I'm sorry I missed your recital. Daddy was on the phone with his broker, checking on bond yields. It's another form of bonding, son.'

Great works I plan to complete during the lockdown.

Piano Recital