Youthful Virtuoso Gifts

"Viola player coming through!"

Joey discovers the difference between coffee beans and jelly beans.

Grade 2 Cellist

Trilby - 'A voice he didn't understand'.

Baby Playing Violin

Boy with bat using toaster to launch bread for him to practise hitting

'My client has no problem with 'richer' and 'in health'. Our points of contention are 'poorer' and 'in sickness'.'

Cut out and keep your own DJ.

"Eventually the instrument becomes an extension of your body."

Violin Player

'Why do I have to do this? -- Violins never solve anything!'

'He's the bluesman's bluesman.'

"Can you teach me to really bark? I only seem to be able to yap..."

"You have to practice because if the Devil challenges you to a fiddle contest and wins, he gets your soul."

'I couldn't practice last night on account of my Dad's head was gonna' explode.'

Hacksaw Violin.

What your guitar says about you.

"Now this is a Francis Ford Coppola. We still haven't been here quite long enough to be drinkable ourselves."

Trying cellos, too big!

'I must be getting good, because my Dad told me to go play for the neighbours!'

Air Sitar.

"It took years of vocal training, but I now have a vocal range from squeaky right down to tenor..."

"Debit card, no problem. Any cash back?"

'And now, for your musical entertainment!'

Recording Studio

'I think I see why you're progressing slowly in music.'

"Please, Daddy. I don't want to learn to use a computer. I want to learn to play the violin."

'I'm thinking about running for president. Not this term but as soon as I'm allowed to cross the street by myself.'

Man winding down a scroll of a musical score.

Pianist takes his bow whilst the singer carries on singing.

The Conductor

A Victorian lion chair is given a tail.

"Can Wolfgang come out and play?"