Re: I'm still back and now a question about music

Brad Jackson wrote:

>         The really hairy races, hadozee and grommams probably wouldn't want to
> bathe more than once every two weeks or so just because it would take so
> long to get their fur dry.  However, like dogs, cats, etc, they'd probably
> want to brush their fur at least once a day.

        Cats, dogs, & other furry animals generally groom themselves often.
They either lick themselves constantly or, in the case of apes, groom
each other as part of a social event.  Being human-like apes, I'd say
hadozee probably use brushes (at least the civilized ones...:)

>         The insectoid races, thri-kreen, rastipedes, and xixchil, would probably
> prefer to be wiped off with a sponge or damp cloth and get their
> exoskeletons waxed.

        Most insects are also clean critters.  They too like to constantly
groom themselves, especially the legs & annetenna (that's why bug spray
works; they walk through it, then digest it when they go to clean their
legs).  Spiders, oddly enough, never clean themselves (which is why you
can't spray for them before hand).

>         But what do the scaley folks do?  Everyone knows that the lizardmen swim,
> and the hurwaeti are also semi-aquatic, but what about the dracons?

        I'd say dracons have grooming habits similiar to elephants.  Thus, they
use a good layer of dust to keep flies at bay.  In space, they probably
have to force themselves to be cleaner to keep the dust down (and thus
not foul the atmosphere).

>         I tend to think that the giff would have pretty simple taste in music,
> tending towards drums and probably brass instruments with marches and such
> like being their preferred music.  I can see the hadozee and grommams being
> into woodwinds and flutes.  And there I come to something of a stop.  I'm
> not a music expert at all, and I'm wondering what the you people think.
> Especially on the subject of the insectoid races.  I had a semi-crazy
> thought of the thri-kreen being into bagpipe style instruments, and I'm not
> sure if that works at all....

        Me neither, so I really can't comment much.  I can see insect-men being
able to create their own music without insturments by rubbing legs
together (like crickets:)  Hadozee & grommams probably use drums &
flutes, though I can't get the image of the ewoks out of my head
concerning them:P  With their big lungs, I'll bet tubas are popular with
giff:)
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Adam Miller