Sound Scout Mugs

Four hints that your microphone might not be on.

Music downloads

"Check out this new store."

Noise Pollution

'We don't know what it is but it was in the sale so we thought we'd better get one before they sold out.'

'Incredibly Inexpensive Sound Engineers. Pretty Good Sound Engineers, 12 the price, 23 the quality. You'll hardly notice the occasional feedback.'

Man Plugged Into His Stereo.

'Theaters from Hell' 'We have no sound engineers, so no there's not a good seat in the house.'

"The subwoofers really help."

'Eddy! Can you check that recall list on the toy website again to see if this swing is included?'

At the Goldilocks Music Store albums are labeled: 'Too Many Notes,' 'Too Few Notes,' 'Too loud,' 'Too Soft,' and 'Just Right.'

The Music Lover.

'Great! So that's the film... Now for the sound!'

"I'd know my tinnitus anywhere and this isn't it."

"Here's a little song I wrote after hearing it on the radio."

Band Practice

Hang it all; let's be gay. Come and find the phonograph.

Record department with rock, crossover and classical sections.

Testing...testing...one, two, three...

"You're hearing is fine. It's the noise-canceling headphones that are the problem."

'How's the ringtone coming along, Ludwig?'

A rare look at the real source of guitar sound.

The Two Pipers: Man playing Flute Pipe.

"Quiet? I'd even read for the understudy part for someone who is between engagements."

George Frederic Handel tries to write lyrics for his 'Royal Music For Fireworks.'

Unsound

"I'm off to the sales!"

Rational explanations

"This new phone is totally cool. The only thing it needs a ringer that plays a song more annoying than anyone else."

Mother of teenage boy vacuuming up music.

"I wore a wire last night to prove you really snore!"

'There's something about that Indian scout I don't trust.'

"If a tree fell into the marsh and there was nobody around to hear it and it landed on a mute swan, would it make a sound?"

"You definately have a musical ear"

A dog in a room jumps in fright from the sound of a guitar string suddenly breaking.