"4'33'' [cover]" - instrumental experimental music for solo synth-bagpipes, by Yours Truly

Me, via YouTube (as Hopalong Ginsberg) ^ | 9/9/15 | John Cage (composer); Me, as "Hopalong Ginsberg" (performer)

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This is a surprisingly difficult piece. I hope I got the subtle nuances correct.

I perform all my music under the stage name Hopalong Ginsberg. After listening to this piece you'll understand why.

For a free MP3 download of my cover of "4'33''," click here.

Special thanks to Freeper a fool in paradise for suggesting that I cover this composition.

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[nickcarraway]

The John Cage thing?

[Mr. K]

You should go by the stage name “Hopalong” Hymie Achmed Chan-Garcia

[Tijeras_Slim]

Hope you don’t get sued...

http://classicalconvert.com/2007/07/the-stupidest-music-lawsuit-ever-infringing-on-cages-433/

PS: My acapella version was better.

[WayneS]

If you have not already recorded a bagpipe version of “My Sharona” by The Knack, then please consider doing so.
Thank you.

[Slings and Arrows]

Yep.

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It would go over well in the academic community.

[Don W]

I hope you made a video of the performance so we can appreciate the great lengths you went to in performing this epic piece...

[wattsgnu]

Am I the only one that has no sound for this?

[Slings and Arrows]

> Hope you don’t get sued...

I hope I do - I could use the publicity, and you can’t get blood from a turnip.

> PS: My acapella version was better.

Post it.

[Slings and Arrows]

I’ll give it some thought - the arrangement could be a little challenging (no joke).

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No live video, alas, but I think that the conceptual video I made really captures the essence of the piece.

[WayneS]

I'll bet.

I've heard someone play it on the accordion, but that’d be a snap compared to trying to arrange it for bagpipes.

[Slings and Arrows]

It wouldn’t be impossible, but it would take some research and some skull-sweat. Seriously, I’ll give it some thought.

[Mr. K]

That reminds me of a couple I know- He was a Jewish Lawyer and she was Chinese.

They named their daughter So Soo Mi.

[Slings and Arrows]

Better reboot, check your sound card driver, and run a full virus scan. (But first, Google the title of the piece.)

[Misterioso]

I learned to play it backwards on three instruments, including a broken glockenspiel.

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[wattsgnu]

Thanks. I didn’t sleep much last couple of days. :)