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List of tuba players Image Name Lifetime Nationality Genre Notes Walter English: 1867–1916 American Circus: Played in various bands [2] William Bell: 1902–1971 American Classical The leading player and teacher of the early 20th century. Played in the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the Sousa Band, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, NBC ...
The medleys are composed of various popular songs, each one reinterpreted as a polka (generally an instrumentation of accordion, banjo, tuba, clarinet, and muted brass interspersed with sound effects) with the choruses or memorable lines of various songs juxtaposed for humorous effect and profane lyrics are covered with cartoon sound effects.
A Foley artist at work, dropping a bowling ball onto a hard surface to create a heavy thud. In filmmaking, Foley [a] is the reproduction of everyday sound effects that are added to films, videos, and other media in post-production to enhance audio quality. [1] It is named after sound-effects artist Jack Foley. [2]
This alphabetical list is limited to comedians who share their comedy through music and song. Usually they play an instrument onstage.
This is a list of sound artists.Sound art is a diverse group of art practices that considers wide notions of sound, listening and hearing as its predominant focus. There is contention as to which artists are “sound artists” or if another category might be more accurate such as experimental music, electronic music, sound installation, circuit bending, sound sculpture, builder of ...
Jack Donovan Foley (April 12, 1891 – November 9, 1967) [2] was an American sound effects artist who was the developer of many sound effect techniques used in filmmaking.He is credited with developing a unique method for performing sound effects live and in synchrony with the picture during a film's post-production.
In addition to his work on film soundtracks, Johnson played on recording sessions for many albums by such artists as Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra. "Weird Al" Yankovic said Johnson was his "go-to guy" whenever he needed a tubist for his polka medleys. Johnson performed the tuba solo on Yankovic's Nirvana parody, "Smells Like Nirvana". [2]
The song uses an unusual combination of instruments: a tuba, mandolin, piano [6] and banjo. [1] The tuba, which has connotations of humour and the circus, features heavily in the song's texture. [8] Other instruments are used in the piece as effects, including slide whistle and bass drum. [8]