[Dixielandjazz] Megaphones?

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

But Ed:  me fine mate,

If they don't have ears big enough to hold em up as hats then they got 
no business on a Dixieland Stage anyway, let em go play Punk Dixie :))  
 Most have an EGO big enough to hold 'em up anyway :))

Ya need BIG EARS  and a Big Heart to play this music, which are better 
than big Eyes any day,  as many of our sightless players will attest.

Anybody with Eyes can play the notes, but it takes guys with Big ears 
to be able to play it right :))

at least in my world and interpretation of OKOM.

Cheers,

Tom

-----Original Message-----
From: boreda at sbcglobal.net
To: tcashwigg at aol.com; dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Sent: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 4:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Megaphones?

    But Tom, how do they use the black stand and need big ears to hold 
the cone up.
   What kind of mute could be fashioned from the very top after it has 
been run
over a hundred times?

  Just conjuring an image

  Rudy's megaphone  for musical content

  Slainte

  Ye Olde Mouldy Fygge

  Ed (neat, no back please)  Coltrin


tcashwigg at aol.com wrote:
  Hey Guys:

The California Transit Authority distributes them for Free all along
construction sites on California Highways, Nice Pretty Orange ones,
help yourself, they usually have ten or twenty of them strung along the
highway, I'm sure they won't mind them getting dual use. :))

They are also much more durable than the old cardboard models, heck you
can even run over them a few times with the equipment van and they
still bounce right back to their regular shape. :)) Place them on
stage with a couple of flashing emergency lights inside and you can
have your own visual show for your band as well. :)) Put more visual
excitement into OKOM, and if you have dunce in the band, or if the
whole band is made up of dunces they make lovely band hats. One color
Orange and size fits all:)) The go well with WITCHES OUTFITS ON
HALLOWEEN TOO:))


Cheers,

Tom

-----Original Message-----
From: tubaman at tubatoast.com
To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Sent: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 2:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Megaphones?

I did a search a while back for one - our drummer is our main singer

and he thought it might work for non-amped gigs. I did not find much
on The Internets, just these plastic ones:
http://www.ramgraphics.com/cheer.poms.html and
http://www.teamsportswear.com/cheerleadinguniforms/sub/
cheerleadingmegaphones

We didn't get one so I have no idea how good they are.

You might have to search antique stores or eBay for a real old
fashion cardboard one. I actually have seen some over the years of
antique shopping but they seemed to be quite expensive for what they
are.

I have never seen a dedicated megaphone stand - a mic stand or cymbal
stand could be made to work.

Dave Richoux


On Nov 16, 2006, at 1:40 PM, Kent Murdick wrote:

> What's the deal with megaphones? Where can you get a good one? Are
> there megaphone stands avaiable or should I just modify a mike stand?
> BTW, our group does not like amps, sound men, music stands, music
> lights
> or music just to name a few things.
>
> Kent
>
>
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