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Alice Smith

Zig-oo-ner-whoozits, the file

January 27, 2006 at 1:40 AM

What do you think?

P.S. It's still alicelizard...but with a boring (and necessary) name. :-(

From Neil Cameron
Posted on January 27, 2006 at 2:03 AM
Alice, I really enjoyed your performance of the Ziggythingamajig. Well done!

Neil

From Sarka Blahnik
Posted on January 27, 2006 at 2:34 AM
I love it! You play with a lot of passion!
From Pauline Lerner
Posted on January 27, 2006 at 3:46 AM
My speakers aren't working, but when they do, I'll listen to you first. Why the change in your name?
From Jim W. Miller
Posted on January 27, 2006 at 4:50 AM
They want to host the fictitious lives of real people.

P.S. It's Ziggy-rific!

From Bill _
Posted on January 27, 2006 at 2:29 PM
...or the real lives of fictitious people...or the fictitious lives of real people who *seem* real...or real fictions, or fictional reality...
From Donna Clegg
Posted on January 27, 2006 at 7:01 PM
Your performace is marvelous! Was the recording made with your newish digital recorder? If so, I am impressed with the quality.
From Evil Linda
Posted on January 27, 2006 at 8:29 PM
Oh! I get it now!! The C. SMith part. Heh, heh.

Gah! Only 52 seconds worth of Ziggienifious music! You don't know how disappointed I was when the recording suddenly stopped. Let me know when I can hear the whole thing.

From Jim W. Miller
Posted on January 27, 2006 at 9:28 PM
Evil something must have zigged when it should have zagged. I have 8:48 of the ziggyqueen.
From Linda Lerskier
Posted on January 27, 2006 at 9:41 PM
Hmm... Really... Let's try to ziggie zaggie again then.
From C. Smith
Posted on January 27, 2006 at 10:01 PM
Yes, it should be zigging along for quite a while. Did it work the next time?
From Linda Lerskier
Posted on January 27, 2006 at 10:14 PM
Ahh! It zigooonzigazoonzonned!!

Yay! Time to listen to some fantastic playing! Ahh!!The gypsies attacked me with their hoop earrings!!

From Jude Ziliak
Posted on January 28, 2006 at 5:45 AM
Excellent playing! It's nice to hear it played less indulgently and more cleanly than usual.
From Colleen Russo
Posted on January 29, 2006 at 1:23 AM
Well, ZIGEUNERWEISEN (how can you all NOT write out that incredibly awesome name?!) is my favorite piece, uh, EVER! So of course I loved it, but, "Alice" - you did an amazing job!! :D
From Colleen Russo
Posted on January 29, 2006 at 1:30 AM
Oh wait, we should be calling you 'C' now, hehe.
And if you have a video of you playing zig then you should put that up! I love watching performances!
From Jim W. Miller
Posted on January 29, 2006 at 10:56 AM
I want to hear Zigeunerweisen on a Szygmuntovitch.
From Pauline Lerner
Posted on January 30, 2006 at 5:22 AM
I kept my promise. I just got new speakers for my computer this afternoon, and I listened to your recording of ZigZag. It was great! I agree with Jude that it sounds good when played cleanly, as you did, rather than overly "slurpy-like" as it so often is.

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