RE: musicians among us

Subject: RE: musicians among us
From: John Hedtke <john -at- hedtke -dot- com>
To: "Stefanie Andersen" <sandersen -at- salesforce -dot- com>, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:06:26 -0800

This reminds me elliptically of one of my all-time fave jokes:

Q. What separates sound engineers from the scum of the earth?
A. About 12 square feet of sheet glass.

:)

Yours truly,

John Hedtke
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At 12:00 PM 12/19/2007, Stefanie Andersen wrote:
>I'm a DJ/producer, and I'm learning to play the drums. I DJ at clubs and
>events, and I also compete in DJ battles. This year my partner and I
>released a battle record (yes, on actual vinyl), which was the first
>battle record ever produced by female DJs.
>
>Not sure if it makes me a better technical writer, but I've definitely
>been known to bribe SMEs with my mixes. :-) Luckily, as some of you have
>mentioned, many devs are avid music buffs!
>
>Stefanie Andersen
>http://www.djstep1.com
>
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>[mailto:techwr-l-bounces+sandersen=salesforce -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On
>Behalf Of Rahul Prabhakar
>Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 3:43 PM
>To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>Subject: Re: musicians among us
>
>I used to sing in college fests. I am talking about the years 1998 to
>2001.
>Then I started to work, but at the back of my mind, I always wanted to
>become a singer. I still have miles to go before I realize my dream.
>
>I have been singing on and off -- at office parties; karaoke events at
>food courts and five-star hotels; tech writer conferences and meetups.
>
>When I started to work for Samsung, South Korea, the first thing I
>looked for in my dorm was a "Noray Bang" or a "Music Room." Thanks to
>sites like the YouTube, and several others, I can now download Karaoke
>renditions of some of the most popular artists, and practice my vocal
>chords at leisure.
>What fun!
>
>Best,
>Rahul Prabhakar
>http://2brahulprabhakar.blogspot.com
>
>
>
>On Dec 18, 2007 10:57 AM, Edwin Skau <eddy -dot- skau -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
>
> > I sing, play the guitar, keyboards, saw, clarinet and icing syringe. I
>
> > also compose and arrange.
> >
> > The CTO at Cakewalk, Noel Borthwick, is incidentally an amazing Jazz
> > guitarist.
> >
> > Edwin
> >
> >
> >
> > On Dec 18, 2007 9:00 PM, <stevefjong -at- comcast -dot- net> wrote:
> >
> > > I sing.
> > > The relationship between music and math/computer skills is well
>known.
> > Ron
> > > Hearn has heard it said that "music is the sound that math makes;"
> > > well, math is the inspiration for Bach 8^)
> > > -- Steve (Il divo)
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References:
RE: musicians among us: From: stevefjong
Re: musicians among us: From: Edwin Skau
Re: musicians among us: From: Rahul Prabhakar
RE: musicians among us: From: Stefanie Andersen

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