Hydraulis, earliest known mechanical pipe organ. It was invented in the 3rd century bc byCtesibius of Alexandria, culminating prior attempts to apply a mechanical wind supply to a large set of panpipes. Its pipes stood on top of a wind chest that was connected to a conical wind reservoir....
My (62)favourite(favour) is pop music.It really took off in the 1950s,when the electric guitar (63)was invented (invent).When someone had the bright idea of putting a microphone inside the guitar,a whole new range (64)ofsounds became possible.The origins of pop music lie in jazz─a ...
It began on Monday and was over on Wednesday. Wu Feng is in Class one. He jumped so high. Lin Lan ran very fast, but she hurt her left leg last week and couldn’t run. It’s really a pity. Class Four has a strong team. So they won the boys’400-meter relay race. Jiang Lin...
KTV started in Japan in the 1970s when a musician named Daisuke Inoue invented a karaoke machine. He saw that bar customers liked singing along to tracks, and he found a way to let them do it on demand. It was a simple setup—tape players and microphones—but it caught on fast. By ...
The drumstick was first invented Though earlier drumsticks may have existed, the first recorded ones go back to 1300 and were made of wood. 1909 The drum pedal was invented The Ludwig Drum Company introduced the first drum pedal. 1963 "Wipe Out" was released The...
doors. I was reminded of college trips with The Red Rogue to Troy and Albany to play small gigs. Sipping free gallery wine and hitting the guitar as hard as I could do project out into those awakened streets.We even had rented a cabin in nearby Phoenicia to record our (for now) last...
It was a bit bitter at first but when I tasted it, the tea left a wonderful aftertaste. I even noticed a sweetness.I suddenly realized that life is just like a cup of tea. The world around us is like the boiling water and the people are like the leaves. The leaves can give off ...
Months ago, I was walking in a huge grocery store and I went to the toys aisle and found a jigsaw puzzle that was more than 50% off, and I thought
Her boyfriend Alfred is German but on the brink of becoming a Guatemalan citizen; he is likely the most upbeat and positive person I have run into on this trip, and he possesses considerable knowledge in the areas that interested me. Their experience in guiding to date was limited to a ...
"Then I started to get into Blur and Oasis, they were the bands that made me think, 'Yes this is what I want'. "They were the bands that made me pick up a guitar when I was 12. "The Pulp gig was amazing because it came a few days after that infamous incident when Jarvis...