Pedro Pascal Fan

i'm working on a full gifset of the trailer rn but i just needed to highlight this shot for a second.

i'm a violinist, so i can't come from a cellist's perspective, but i can come from a string instrument perspective.

this is probably the best faking of a string instrument i've ever seen? maybe my view is skewed because i love him and his acting, but when i heard about him playing a cellist, i planned on going into this with a more critical eye than a lot of others probably did.

the bow hold is REALLY good. he's actually using his wrist instead of his shoulder. he's got great back posture (!!), and his left hand is doing REALLY well. the little bit of vibrato with his pinky at the end is insane

and the fact that his bow strokes are matching up with the notes he looks to be playing?? he's on the right strings at the right time??

this is going to be my entire personality until december jfc

great work, bb

But y'all.

I agree that this is the best fakery I've ever seen. Can I tell he's not a player? Sure. But HE STUDIED. Agree with everything up above. I too was like HE'S USING HIS WRIST. HIS BOW ISN'T SLIPPING AROUND--IT'S STAYING PARALLEL WITH HIS BRIDGE AND HE'S ACTUALLY PULLING HARD ENOUGH TO VIBRATE THE STRINGS. HE'S PLACING HIS FINGERS WITH CONFIDENCE AND THE PROPER WEIGHT. HE FUCKING LEARNED VIBRATO (I CAN'T EVEN EXECUTE VIBRATO WELL).

Are there some tells that he's not a lifelong player? Absolutely. But you can have bad learned habits and still be an excellent player, so that all still works.

But you can usually tell a fake right away because tension or fingering or bow slide is off. This? He learned to do this and pull it off? To the point where there WILL be people asking if he actually plays cello?

He doesn't just look like he knows what he's doing...he looks NATURAL DOING IT.

Amazing. AMAZING. I love him already, but this is, to me, the single most impressive thing he's pulled off so far. Hands to the fucking ground.

He's an amazing mimic and a hard student and he's good at making you believe a thing. I can't stand how much fucking talent he gets to hoard.

What’s New? Well, Linda Ronstadt Turns 80 Today

What’s new? Linda Ronstadt, who was blessed with arguably the greatest female singing voice of her generation, turns 80 today.

Born July 15, 1946, Ronstadt’s been retired from performing since 2009, when that singing voice was silenced by the effects of progressive supranuclear palsy.

“Literally my entire career flashed in front of my eyes,” she later recalled of her final concert. “I remembered every show I’d ever done. I was glad it was Mexican music.”

Though she’s best known for her country, pop and rock music, Ronstadt did do a lot of Mexican music, a move record executives said would be career suicide.

She cut standards, too. And was also warned of career suicide.

What the suits forgot was Ronstadt’s voice - a voice that can make people listen to music they might not otherwise listen to.

Not all of Ronstadt’s music for everyone but some of Ronstadt’s music is sure to appeal to everyone - not only because of how diverse her songbook is, but because of that voice.

It’s so good, it’s so good, it’s so good, baby, it’s so good.

I love you guys. I came here for Pedro and now I get to see the world through the eyes of smart, talented, articulate people who share their expertise for free! What?! Look at what I woke up to today:

From @coulsons-fullmetal-cellist

Cello Q&A

A Guide for fanfic writers

 Sophomore year was tough. Course it doesn’t hold a candle to this shit.