#573 - Becoming Conductors

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What big announcement is hinted at at the beginning of the episode?

Joe Santagato 0:00

What's up everyone? Before we get into this episode, just want to let you know that there is a major announcement at the end of it. So stay tuned till the end. Huge, big announcement. Too much, huh? Too too big. Too big. Too big. All right. Welcome back to the base Welcome back to the basement yard. How's it going, Frank? I don't know why I did that. Like I'm a fucking like I'm Mozart or some shit. Conductor. Dude, doesn't that look so like satisfying? Can I say something about conductors? Of of a of I have a question. Of a music. Yeah, yeah. Train conductors. Of a music. Oh no. Actually, train conductors too. Is it hard? Train conducting. I think the thing about train conductors first of all, I don't think any train conductors listen to this.

Joe Santagato 0:50

So we're safe. What about these conductors? Those. That's don't you think you could do it? I mean train conductor, I could do this. Look. And then watch, watch, watch. You know? I'm sure there's more to it. I'm sure there's a break up here. There's a horn. I'll tell you this. I have never been in a situation where I can honk a horn like that. When that day comes, I will be a very happy young man. Yeah. If I am young when that happens. I gotta say, you're really projecting fall and I'm enjoying that.

How do the hosts compare musical conductors to train conductors and discuss conducting tools?

Joe Santagato 1:15

Fall's here, baby. Fall is here. Is it? Oh. I thought there was like a solstice. I mean it's like the end like the the the unofficial like how they say the unofficial start of the summer is a Memorial Day when it's still like a month later. The unofficial start to the fall is Labor Day. I th that labor has been done. Dayed. It's done. I when I'm looking at your hat and your shirt, I'm just like, I'm getting a cool breeze. Yeah. I'm getting pumpkins. Ooh. I went out for a bike ride the other morning. Uh the morning where I fell. Right. You know, let's make sure we we don't forget that I am a victim and I am injured and I deserve all this. Let's see your cuts. Mmm look at those scabs, dude. But I was out there and it was like sixty-two and I was like Oh yeah.

Joe Santagato 2:01

Now we're going. Now we're we're we're moving somewhere. Um but this conducting I would get so fucking into it dude. I'd probably sweat my ass off because it's like a lot of like jerking. Well like I just want to like if there's like a big part of it if there's like a big part of it where there's just like a symbol crash, yeah. They're just like over here and then just like Bang! Like they just fucking It is a little bit uh one of these things, you know, because you gotta be able to do this and then you're over here too at the same time while they're going. You know what I mean? Yeah, but I think I think it's all and this is me having no previous knowledge. Of course not. I think it's all like you have to it's like one, two, three.

Joe Santagato 2:39

Like it's it's on account. So like sometimes they're they're lifting. I love the lift. Do I or this they're shaking and it's like bring it up Oh, but I like I like when they get a little soft with it. They're like ding ding ding ding ding I need a stick. What are those called? A wand? A s uh a a conductor's needle? A staff. There's there's definitely word for it and we're gonna be pissed. I think it's gonna be a s like a what you said. It's not a staff. It's staff. It's lighter. A needle? A stick? A baton? Oh good for you. Is it a baton? Conducting baton. Wow. Can we do a a little exercise? Sure. Sure. Can you try to conduct Frankie's voice? I I'll try to follow you. That's a great great great job. Are you gonna sing a song?

Joe Santagato 3:21

I mean I will follow you. Uh uh oh ah

Joe Santagato 3:38

That's exactly what I'm perfect. That's pretty good.

Joe Santagato 4:02

I mean how hard could this be That's exactly what I yeah We're both conductors That shit look up a conductor doing his thing. Look up a conductor doing the and like it's gotta be a good song. Don't get a fucking dumpster of a song. But do we know any like classical uh I mean like Star Yeah we're not gonna be able to hammer us for that. I just love that like they like the whole body's in. What was that movie that that Bradley Cooper did where he just wore a fake nose and he's like, I'm a different person now. Hmm. I don't know that.