There's a video forward going around of
Chris Bliss juggling to a Beatles song. Apparently it's very popular and a lot of people are impressed.
Penn Jillette wasn't impressed, because if you're a professional performer juggling three balls isn't all that difficult. (And because everyone likes the Beatles, but if you're doing piss-poor juggling
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Second, he says it's like fireworks set to music: there's some sync, but a lot of it is just in your head. (Tom Duff told me about some live computer-generated synced light shows that a friend of his does for concerts. One time the guy forgot some crucial bit of equiment so he just popped in a DVD from some other concert and everyone raved about how well the visuals matched the music when there was no intentional match whatsoever.)
And third, I think that Jason Garfield actually does a *better* job syncing his timing to the music. He makes fewer wild grabs and seems in better control of the throws so that they start and land at the times that they should.
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My first glimpse of that was in an interview Ringo did some years ago for Mix, a rag about audio engineering. Because the Mix readership consists of music engineers and wannabes, interview questions tend to be more technical rather than the "papers want to know whose shirts you wear" variety.
The interviewer asked a question or two about how Ringo got some particular sound and was surprised to hear "I don't know" both times. Finally Ringo said, "Look, let me explain to you how I make my records. First, I come into the studio and I record the drum parts for all the songs. Then I leave. While I'm gone, the engineer records all of the other instrumental tracks. Next I come back and record all the vocals. Then I leave again and the engineer mixes everything and the record is done."
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there's a broad gulf between talent and craft. neither one is enough to create brilliance on its own. the people who are really good are the ones who hit the trifecta: they have the innate talent and the patience to learn the craft and the skill to combine the two. that's Lennon and McCartney.
it's not Ringo. or me. we just kind of fumble our way through and hope for the best. hey, is there any more beer?
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5 anything in the air is incredibly hard, 3 or 4 is cake in comparison. More than a few rotations of 5 balls is something impressive. With one hand? Simply Awesome.
People are rarely impressed by things that are incredibly difficult, they prefer flash. It's all about what captivates. The flair that's hardest to learn is rarely what the crowd remembers. They remember what's on fire, not what wins awards from your peers.
matrushkaka is quite correct, the russian kids are teh awesome ( ... )
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On the other hand, when I watched these videos, I liked Kenny G Bliss a little better, probably because he wasn't the one who was whining and acting like a prick. (I also couldn't get through all of Garfield's video, because it was downloading really slow for some reason.)
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