#he got the flute

[pastelsketches64]

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[dynjay]

Memory Lane

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Initially this was just going to be a series of really rough sketches, but the more I stared at it, the more it kept growing..?

I have no concept of reasonable project scopes <:'D

[deadbaguette]

Iliad Orchestra AU and I’m thinking very hard about what instruments everyone would be

I am very open to suggestions for who would play what instrument 🙏

[bronzetomatoes]

Saying rn I'm a cWilbur oboe truther. He's in orchestra but cTommy's in band and he plays alto sax cause he's a cunt but a funny one

[ladybugsimblr]

Komorebi Date Days and Nights

[justarabidlittleyingzhao]

[sneeb-canons]

Headcanon #57: Heart is the only one that knows how to play a wind instrument, that being the Alto Saxophone. (since an actual saxophone is only ever used in The Heart Acoustic)

[cringelordofchaos]

"I'm just saying that your kid's got some problems-" don't. you. ever say that about craig again. sharon. or the chainsaw is coming for you

[misschibidoodles2]

The way wwx tries so hard to find a justification for all of lwj drunk antics when the reason is just... gay... he's gay.

[setaflow]

My brain: "It's okay Hugh Grant as an Oompa Loompa playing a tiny little flute can't hurt you"

Hugh Grant as an Oompa Loompa playing a tiny little flute:

[lemonmint-the-neko]

Meme of the day! This took a while to draw, but I finished it :D

[revvethasmythh]

my terrible flute playing brings all my friends to the yard (they hate me they hate me they hate me)

[hoochieblues]

I love Eurovision season because I always learn things. This year, it's Moldovan-Romanian folklore.

Moldova's entry, Soarele și Luna, is heavily influenced by Miorița, a poem/ballad/pillar of Romanian-old Moldavian folklore that goes back to the 1700s in its written form but probably goes back earlier.

Balada Miorița tells the story of three shepherds: a Moldovan, and a Wallachian and a Transylvanian who, jealous of the Moldovan, conspire to kill him.

The Moldovan's prized sheep Miorița (lit. little ewe), warns him - but the shepherd doesn't plan to fight back or escape. (Presumably bc shepherding in the Carpathians traditionally involved transhumance and living outdoors for months so... where's he gonna go?)

Instead, the shepherd asks Miorița to hide his death from the other sheep - and from his family - and to tell them instead that he went into the forest to marry a princess, with the sun, moon, and mountains standing as witnesses:

Soarele şi luna / Mi-au ţinut cununa. [...] Preoţi, munţii mari. The Sun and Moon came down / to hold my wedding crown [...] The priests were the mountains high

(note: I'm working from some really sketchy translations; very open to better resources pls.)

Anyway, the description of the wedding is not only beautiful, but a fantastic allegory for the shepherd accepting death, laying down with his fate and embracing it instead of showing fear. Reclaiming agency to protect the people he loves (and redefine his own memory) in the face of an existential threat.

Wildly out of my depth at the point I'm reading about the role the story - and particularly the symbolism/iconography of the lone shepherd - played in Romanian independence, but I'm pretty sure it was a thing. Likewise, the choice of this material as a starting point for Moldova's ESC entry is very interesting to me.

Moldova's 2022 offering, Trenuleţul, used a train as an allegory for a pro-unification message (for.. obvious geopolitical reasons, in addition to the strong pan-Balkan cultural ones detailed in the song):

Pleacă trenul! Unde eşti? Chişinău – București. The train's route is East to West Chisinau to Bucharest!

Idk if I'm now overthinking it too much (I got excited and I thought it was neat, okay?) but I just feel like the cultural overlap, the defiance and the energy of Pasha Parfeni's performance carries more symbolism than the entry is getting credit for. Unsurprising, given this is also the year of Croatian art rock political commentary via drag generalissimos and tractor-based analogies, but still.

Either way, I learned something new and found a new thing to read, and I thought it was beautiful. And that made me want to share. So... enjoy?

Iar tu de omor Să nu le spui lor. Să le spui curat Că m-am însurat Cu-o mândră crăiasă, A lumii mireasă; Că la nunta mea A căzut o stea; Soarele şi luna Mi-au ţinut cununa. Brazi şi paltinaşi I-am avut nuntaşi, Preoţi, munţii mari,

Of how I met my death, Tell them not a breath; Say I could not tarry, I have gone to marry A princess – my bride Is the whole world’s pride. At my wedding, tell How a bright star fell, Sun and moon came down To hold my bridal crown, Firs and maple trees Were my guests; my priests Were the mountains high;

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[flying-machine07]

I think this is how Viper would sing if hes not trying to sound really good? I'm not saying this song doesn't sound good, his voice is beautiful here but idk how to explain it

I think it'd be cute if he really only sang like that around Stinger

Also, just for fun, this is how Viper normally sings:

He can try singing in other styles (no guarantee it'll be good though), but if you just asked him to sing something, that's what you're gonna get

And this is how he sings slower and prettier sounding songs

Everyone knows him for singing more higher pitched, making his voice sound "squeakier" and singing at faster tempos, and while he does love doing that, he also has so much fun singing slower songs with lower notes. He likes sounding as pretty as he can

[darkdragon768]

We've got homework that we should design a story with instrumental breaks, which will be graded. I haven't done anything for that yet. Even tho it was due several weeks ago and classmates already got their grades.