JWfangirl1992 18 Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 Ok I'm curious, is there any particular track/cue/or album that you find yourself "air conducting"? For me its the Battle of Hoth. I was in the car with my mom and I was listening to it on my iPod and my mom thought I was having a fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,666 Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 Yes.be carefull,or your mother will send you to a therapist to "cure" you of your love for JW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oierem 173 Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 I love air conducting. I cannot resist myself, every time I'm listening to something that really captures my soul I HAVE to "air conduct". I try not to do when I'm in public, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Vincent 8 Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 I can't resist to do that with The Battle of Yavin, especially when the death star explodes ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
standbyfax 0 Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 I air conduct so often to so many cues from so many different composers. When I really get into the music, it just kind of takes over. My single favorite piece of music to air conduct is the Dies Irae from Verdi's Requiem Mass. I wear myself out with that one, haha.I've caught myself a few times doing it very slightly when walking to class with my iPod on. To keep from being committed, I quickly stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,925 Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 Ok I'm curious, is there any particular track/cue/or album that you find yourself "air conducting"? For me its the Battle of Hoth. I was in the car with my mom and I was listening to it on my iPod and my mom thought I was having a fit. So despite of what common is believed, Girls and Women also maestrobate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,081 Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 [Christopher Walken Voice] Wow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 I air conduct a bit for Main Title March from Superman. For most of the other songs, I drum long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,985 Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 I air conduct all the time in private; never when there's anyone else in the room. Makes music sound so much better when you imagine an audience and an orchestra that you're in charge of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Vincent 8 Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 But my arms usually hurt after a while, it is tiring. I am really impressed how John Williams can do that for such a long time at his age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckM 1 Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 "The Firetruck" from John Powell's score to Evolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 340 Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 I find myself air conducting a lot of times but I don't mind it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datameister 2,192 Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 Since all conducting is generally done in the air, I'm going to refrain from calling this practice "air conducting." That being said, I do conduct the music I'm listening to quite a bit. It's enjoyable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TownerFan 4,998 Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 But my arms usually hurt after a while, it is tiring. I am really impressed how John Williams can do that for such a long time at his age.Yes, me too. I think every conductor needs to be always in pretty good shape, it's very demanding from the purely physical point of view. It's impressive to see how in good form JW still is, considering he's 75. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWfangirl1992 18 Posted August 26, 2007 Author Share Posted August 26, 2007 But my arms usually hurt after a while, it is tiring. I am really impressed how John Williams can do that for such a long time at his age.Yes, me too. I think every conductor needs to be always in pretty good shape, it's very demanding from the purely physical point of view. It's impressive to see how in good form JW still is, considering he's 75.I thought the same thing. I was air conducting to all the pieces on the DvD that came with the RotS soundtrack and by half way through I thought my arms would turn to jello Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 I find myself air conducting a lot of times but I don't mind it.With lightsabers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 340 Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 I find myself air conducting a lot of times but I don't mind it.With lightsabers? Smart ass lol.No I don't use the lightsabers like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 Didn't Williams conduct at a concert with a lightsaber once? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeNewGuy 0 Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 I don't know how to air conduct. I air-tap and pretend that it means something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Holdo 16 Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 I just wave a pencil around and pretend I know what I'm doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWfangirl1992 18 Posted August 26, 2007 Author Share Posted August 26, 2007 I just wave a pencil around and pretend I know what I'm doing.I did that once in history class when we were watching an icredibly boring movie on the Holy Roman Empire. The music sounded like a cross between the Emperors Theme from Star Wars and Voldemort's theme so I was "conducting" that. However I absolutely have no idea how to conduct so i just swing my pencil around or if i dont have anything I just use my hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panthera 0 Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 I like your Super Smash Bros Brawl signature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,985 Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 I don't know how to air conduct. I air-tap and pretend that it means something.Me too. I still call it air-conducting though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 I'm geared up to air conduct Wagner's complete Der Ring des Nibelungen, the Solti versions next weekend!Just kidding, I would probably die like so many conductors before me.Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 I have never air conducted. I don't think I know how. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWfangirl1992 18 Posted August 27, 2007 Author Share Posted August 27, 2007 Air conducting = waving your hands around like a complete and utter moron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 I haven't done that, at least, not in relation to music.I don't think I want to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestro 151 Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 I'm an avid air-conductor. It's especially dangerous when I'm driving and I get both hands going.But the best thing happened the other day, when my former chorus director gave me an old baton he didn't use anymore. Now I drive around with this thing in the compartment of my car door, and I conduct in style! It's wonderful, and adds so much to the music-listening experience....and John truly must be fit to conduct as often as he does. It's tiring! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beowulf 4 Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 Respighi's "Pine's of Rome" are the best pieces of music to air-conduct to....EVAR! Foxfan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 340 Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 Didn't Williams conduct at a concert with a lightsaber once? I don't think so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Lewis 6 Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 And yet he did.It was the red one, which I remember is Darth Vader's, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oierem 173 Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 Berlioz conducted his "Fantastic Symphony" with a sword in the premiere, so... I'm sure a lightsaber is more dangerous, though I didn't know Williams actually conducted with one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg1138 3 Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 I air conduct a lot, but since I am a conductor anyway, I have an excuse! It's good practise for technique...just as ayone else would practise an instrument at home....though of course for conducting nothing quite beats geting out there and doing it for real and learning by mistakes.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWfangirl1992 18 Posted August 27, 2007 Author Share Posted August 27, 2007 I'm an avid air-conductor. It's especially dangerous when I'm driving and I get both hands going.Heheh...remind me when I get my liscense never to drive anywhere near you . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,647 Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 Didn't Williams conduct at a concert with a lightsaber once?You're kidding, right?Isn't Howard Shore the ultimate "air conducter"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 566 Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 Howard Shore conducted the LotR symphony without a baton in Antwerp.David Arnold conducted his Casino Royale suite with a breadstick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genius_Gone_Insane 5 Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 Can't listen to The Forest Battle without stroking my stick around in the air, maestrobating in front of everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 .....Yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 And yet he did.It was the red one, which I remember is Darth Vader's, right?I don't remember. I think it was a DC concert a while back, he pulled one out for the encore or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacob 0 Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Listening to the Raider's March right now and can't resist channeling the music through my waving hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 59 Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 I air conduct with a pencil. Peio should know. He caught me in the act. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Lewis 6 Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 I play air guitar most of the time, but that obviously doesn't include film music listens. So I don't know if it should count. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 11 Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Ait conduct with a pencil, generally at about 4 AM. Not very often, but I've been driven to do it more often recently, by 'Tangiers' from The Bourne Ultimatoum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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