Now this is what my rhythm set looks like now. I hope it sounds as good to the neighbours as it does to me. Hey, I’ve been jamming along to the tunes from Santana’s Supernatural album and stuff from Tito Puente el rey de timbale. Excuse me, I’m going to tap some rhythms on them [...]
I managed to get a copy of the movie Amadeus. This was a movie that I watched on VHS video tape, back in the mid eighties. The costumes in the movie are nice to look at. The scences, indoors and outdoors are magnificent. I have to mention that the music is thought provoking, nice [...]
What is that? Sacred Music. The music of the Church, applied in the liturgical settings. This time round I’ve been listening for hours to the “good stuff.” Orlando di Lasso (Lassus) 1532 – 1594 a master from the Flemish school. It was during the period of the renaissance that he composed this acapella music to [...]
Time for more fun with music. The kids are seen here preparing for their school anniversary concert. Again, lots of practice makes everyone tired and thirsty. But everything is coming along nice and smooth! I have to admit that the costumes are striking. It’s one of those days where you can go to school with [...]
As usual, I’m operating the digital still camera (with the usual compact video function). Brought it down to a P&W session to check out how it sounds in an electro-acoustic setup, small room. Good volume, unique characteristics for each cymbal. Gentle taps with the wood tipped sticks is enough to give a decent drive to [...]
I had some time this week to play with my cymbals. Cool! I kind of like how the Zildjian K Dark Thin Crash just goes with the rest of the cymbals. Using this setup to provide rhythms for an acoustic setup. Also use it for my training recordings. Check out the pics. I might add [...]
I thought I would be able to doze off at midnight on the eve of Labour Day but something just came up. My hardware RAID from Adaptec failed. Total lost, it’s going to be time consuming to set restore stuff again. You see, my DAW also doubles up as my programming and testing workstation running [...]
The Angklung and Kulintang training sessions are going well. The kids have adopted the motto “We Rock” – I’m waiting to see how much of that energy can be showcased in the music. The Kulintang has a unique tone, and being pitched percussion with large mallets, it requires lots of energy and concentration to play [...]
Just chanced upon a score this morning and decided to try to get familiar with my new DAW software. This recording in SATB voice. Soprano doubled an octave below; also doubled by the baroque recorder. Too bad, my sore throat is still clogged from overuse in school. But I found the Lexicon reverb to be [...]
Finally managed to convert between formats and came out with this vid recorded on my camera at Bernard’s Party!