Bob meets Mayla

[Bob]

I recently traveled through Russia and on my way through I stopped and met m1469.

I thought someone here would be interested to know that.  I know there was a thread about people from pf meeting.

Thanks m1469!


Bob 

[pianistimo]

ok. so bob, what ism1469like?  and mayla, what is bob like? 

[quantum]

Shhhhhhh.... I know a secret about Bob. 

I never met him but I found out from a reliable source........







































....He spells his name backwards for sake of anonymity

[Bob]

What does m1469 look like?

Um.... she's red hair.   And kind of a big nose and big ears too.  I'm sure she won't mind me saying that.  She's a good sport about it.  Kind of intense, wild eyes.

[whynot]

Bob, you need to show the post with the picture!

[Bob]

Kind of big teeth too.  I'll see if I can find a picture maybe.

[pianistimo]

so did you each play the piano for each other?  didm1469sing for you?  did you try to get her to go out to the beach - to no avail. 

[Bob]

Oh yes... um... she surfs indoors... in Russia...







That doesn't make much sense does it?





(Psst!.... I think m1469 was fibbing about the surfing thing.  Don't tell her I said that though.)

[m1469]

Yeah there I was just minding my own business while eating a delicious bowl of chilled, beet soup, when I hear a knock on the door.  And to my surprise, there's Bob

He played for me and I was very mean to him 


m1469

[whynot]

m1469, did you bite him with your big teeth?

[zheer]

Hello, hi , greetings and shalom, what is going on here, do i sense something between dangerous Bob and m1469.

[m1469]

m1469, did you bite him with your big teeth?

Oh yeah, I most certainly did 


zheer :

Hello, hi , greetings and shalom, what is going on here, do i sense something between dangerous Bob and m1469.

Hello, zheer.  Now you know, this is exactly how rumors get started



m1469

[pianistimo]

yes.  the last i heard,m1469bit bob.  he started howling.  and, that's whenm1469decided to sing and record the whole thing.

[Bob]

(Bob is not sure of the direction of this thread anymore.)

Um....


What piece of piano music was that I played again?

[ted]

Well, if m1469's really in Russia she keeps some mighty odd hours doesn't she ! Surfing in Russia in December ? Pull the other one, it has bells on it. Even a slow old bear like me gets up too early for that.

Actually I am having my arm twisted to attend ragtime festivals in the US. If the exchange rate gets better I might just do it. Then some of you will get the fright of your life when I turn up at your front door in the night.

[Bob]

How dare you Ted!    m1469 has insomnia.   You shouldn't make fun of people with insomnia.  I think you owe m1469 an apology.   












Yeah, Russian pianist can't sleep and goes indoor surfing.  I hear it helps them sleep. 

[tds]

russian mayla?.....hmmm...why i am not convinced

[pianistimo]

now i'm wondering what she's going to do with the felt board?  if ted shows up at an odd hour of the night - it might come in handy - maybe i'll get one too.

[m1469]

now i'm wondering what she's going to do with the felt board?  if ted shows up at an odd hour of the night - it might come in handy - maybe i'll get one too.

She is wanting to make a Grand Staff where felt notes can be placed onto (by students).  But I am sure it has other uses too. 

[m1469]

What piece of piano music was that I played again?

Flight of the Bumble Bee 

[Bob]

Ah yes.  I had forgotten.

And what else do you do with a music felt board may I ask?


(Bob soaks newspapers in tabasco sauce.)

[mycrabface]

Bob played flight? You mean his fingers work? 

[pianorama]

Flight of the Bumble Bee 

Oh my god! I have music to that song that is about 36 years old! I always wanted to know how that song goes, as I have tried learning it to no avail.... However, I'm only 11, so I might be able to play it in a year or 2. Maybe Bob could could give us a recording in the audition room.......

[m1469]

And what else do you do with a music felt board may I ask?

Hit people really hard over the head with it 

(Bob soaks newspapers in tabasco sauce.)

mmmmm... tabasco newpapers 

ps-  my first experience with tabasco sauce was when I was really young and did not know what it was.  I had a make believe kitchen and a neighbour gave me a number of different items to go into it.  Included in that assortment was an empty and clean-looking bottle of tabasco.  I couldn't get the lid open, so I used my teeth (kids, don't try this at home for anything ).  Soon my lips and mouth were burning hot... and I didn't understand.  I was a little scared and then I read the bottle.  I wasn't sure if the burning would ever go away, but it did 

[Bob]

Oh my god! I have music to that song that is about 36 years old! I always wanted to know how that song goes, as I have tried learning it to no avail.... However, I'm only 11, so I might be able to play it in a year or 2. Maybe Bob could could give us a recording in the audition room.......

Maybe Bob will figure out how to record and post someday.

Which version do you have pianorama?


Hey!  I was only working on the FOBB for fun. 

[pianorama]

Oh. There's more than 1 version? All I now is that it has lots of 16th notes in the right hand and is four pages long

[pianorama]

Oh, and if you have a digital piano, it's pretty simple to record. All you need to do is plug some kind of cord into the piano and attach the other end into your computer, and hope you have the right sound card. I don't actually know how to do it, but if you have a digital piano I can give more detailed instructions via my older brother in the audition room. (he's good with computers) If you have an acoustic piano, it going to be a pain in the a**. There are some instructions in the audition room.

        Good luck

                         Lowell

[pianistimo]

felt boards, tabasco sauce, newspapers, FOBB...this is an interesting thread.  ok, i'll put in my two cents.  i was thinking that when ted arrived i'd have a travel game for him (out of felt board) - that way he wouldn't be disappointed if he had to sit in the back seat of the van with my kids if my husband was driving.  (just kidding)  if he actually came - i'd take the felt board and let him sit in the front seat saying 'do you see that stop sign' - or 'i think that's a stop sign'  'do you plan on stopping?'

[Bob]

(Bob ponders the meaning of a thread.  Does it really matter what it's about?  Is it just a vehicle for communication?  Or at the very least staying in touch until some more practical ideas come along?... which would explain the existence of the Anything But board.  Does it matter that the only difference between ponder and pound is U?   and er...)

[mycrabface]

Bob sounds alot like the Bob from Becker

[pianistimo]

pounder would include both the u AND the er.  i think it's a fish that plays the piano. 

bob from becker?  everytime i google 'bob' i get 'the typewriter man.'  yet, bob has said he's a band leader, too.  bob the grandmaster sounds good.

[gorbee natcase]

Mayle is my ideal girlfriend

[mycrabface]

Mayle is my ideal girlfriend

Not me? *sobs*

[gruffalo]

Ah, my love life just sucks. i guess im only 17 and have a long time but damn it sucks.

[pianistimo]

look at it this way...you probably don't have any credit card bills yet either, or diapers, or mortgage payments.  as i see it, you have lots of opportunity to make some good decisions.  your life is really built upon what you do between 17 and 23-24.  my advice (if you want it) is to just have a good time (within reason), get more education, and don't tie yourself down to one person until you fully know who YOU are and what YOU want.  i think at younger ages one is swayed to accomodate someone else too much, to their own detriment.  be free to be yourself and enjoy it.  then you have something to offer someone when the time is right.

maybe 40 is too long to wait, but my husband had a fully stocked kitchen.  that sold me right there.  i mean with a cuisinart on the counter, i thought 'this man can cook for himself sometimes.'  he did cook when we dated, and of all the things that endeared me, it was his parsley hamburgers.  chopped parsley, soy sauce, steak sauce, lemon juice, and hamburger  grilled.  he made up the recipie. 

sorry bob andm1469- back to whatm1469thought of bob.  what did bob look like?

[lau]

Oh my god! I have music to that song that is about 36 years old! I always wanted to know how that song goes, as I have tried learning it to no avail.... However, I'm only 11, so I might be able to play it in a year or 2. Maybe Bob could could give us a recording in the audition room.......

Do you know where I can get printable sheet music for that?
 

[pianorama]

Do you know where I can get printable sheet music for that?
 

Sorry. I don't know. My aunt gave me the Flight of the Bumblebee last tear and she got it from her mom when she was 10. Wow, that song's older than me, and probably a lot of people on this website!

[Bob]

There are several version I think.  I think it was originally an orchestral piece.  Rimsky-Korsakov wrote it. 

[m1469]

sorry bob andm1469- back to whatm1469thought of bob.  what did bob look like?

Well, I don't know if Bob would really like me to describe how he looks... As he mentioned once before (in another thread, in another lifetime), he doesn't need that many women (and men  ) after him again.  Perhaps I will just describe some of his mannerisms.  He is pretty buoyant, and has a lot of motion in general.  He shifts up and down as he goes through life, as though he were sitting in water 

[tds]

i know i can be totally mistaken, as has been many times in the past, but my first impression was that bob was overweight. andm1469was somehow canadian.

[pianistimo]

mayla, that description is exactly the kind of joking you never do with a piano teacher.  of course, bob - being the good humored teacher he is may recover from your description fairly easily.  but, with teachers who are sensitive - you must carefully avoid revealing the secrets about them (*they have an evil twin, they never cut their toenails and still wear those soft open toed sandals, etc).

[m1469]

i know i can be totally mistaken, as has been many times in the past, but my first impression was that bob was overweight. andm1469was somehow canadian.

Just to be clear, I was not saying Bob was overweight, but rather I was playing on his name as he did mine. 

Anyway, pianistimo, you are not truly and suddenly advising me on my ability to be a student, are you ?  I am sure Bob will be just fine, as was I after him saying I have big teeth, nose, and ears.  Afterall, I believe this entire thread to have somewhat of a comical nature.


m1469 

[pianistimo]

no, i am not advising you on how to be a student - nor how to be a teacher or what to expect as a teacher.  flossing teeth in front of students might be cause for alarm, but most things that teachers do are just accepted becasue,well, they're the teacher.

[Bob]

Just because the letters are rounded I bet.

(Bob is not overweight.) (Not that there's anything wrong with that) (but he's not)  (except for the health issues, that could be "wrong.")


(Bob did not really understand Mayal motion statement.  So no offense Ignorance is bliss!)




You're not supposed to floss in front of the students?



Hmm... let's see.  m1469 owns a grand piano of course.  Many people might not be aware that she has a harpsichord collection though.  Completely authentic restored harpsichords.  Amazing.  The early music sounds much different one them.

[pianistimo]

yes.  i neither floss nor use mouthwash, just to be on the safe side.  just like perfume - you don't want to overwhelm someone with breath that smells too good.  it's just like overusing deoderant. 

are you making fun of my parenthesis use?  ((((((((((((((( yes.  i use rounded letters.  but when i write numbers, i learned that it impresses math teachers if you make them square.  also, it makes music fingering look better.  so i have square numbers and rounded letters.

harpsichord collection?  wow.  a collection?  and not just one harpsichord.  and completely restored.  i thought pennsylvania was the 'arts capital' of the usa (after nyc and chicago and boston), but just the other day on main street there was an antique piano out on a porch in the rain.  at least the lid was down.

[m1469]

(Bob did not really understand Mayal motion statement.  So no offense Ignorance is bliss!)

I don't really feel like explaining it   


Bob showed me his crystal, piano, figurine collection.  Actually that's why he came over, to try to get me to be a part of his pyramid scheme.  He sells 'em, wanted me to sell 'em... yadda yadda.  He doesn't actually remember that though (nobody remind him) because I hypnotized him as soon as I opened the door to greet him .



ps-  look into my eyes... deeply into my eyes 

[Bob]

Yes, but these are hand crafted fine sterling crystal and they really do play.


I sell crystal piano figurines on the side.... when I'm out touring with my band.  It was our Back in the U.S.S.R. tour except it's not that anymore.  We're not quick to follow through on our plans.

[pianistimo]

pyramid schemes don't work.  i've tried it with amway.  i had to buy all my product from myself (thankfully i only bought soap and water filter).  you'll see.  you'll have to deal with people coming and looking and then leaving all glassy eyed.  people only buy when the pyramid is falling down.  somehow, it helps the pyramid rebuild itself.  i can't exactly explain this phenomenon - but as i see it - short of hypnosis - (whichm1469used to help her simply grab the crystals out of his hands and shut the door) there is no magic cure-all for financial woes.  the days of telling peoople they will get rich in a few years if they simply send one $10.oo bill to five friends - and a message telling them to do the same - and somehow it will all result in a million dollars is past.

[m1469]

Yes, but these are hand crafted fine sterling crystal and they really do play.

Hey now Bob, nobody is denying the beauty and uniqueness of your crystal piano figurines.  Don't you worry about that.

Let's all have a look under the hood, shall we ?     ooooooo... aaaaaaaahhhhh




I bet you didn't know I snuck that picture, did you 



Now, if anybody is interested in purchasing such an item for yourself, talk to my pyramid 

[Bob]

They aren't those cheap knock off crystal pianos that are trading on the Russian black market.  m1469 knows what I'm talking about.  These have actual tiny little crystal strings and actually produce sound.  They have a deep rich bass sound.  I have a few diamond ones too, but the bench is sold separately.  Pretty soon, the new ruby pianos will be out.  Everyone will want one.