Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Wondering what patch creation means? I’m still wondering, as in – why we do it, what we would want to achieve with it. Where earlier on, we wanted to emulate real world instruments, using concepts such as ‘physical modeling’. Whereas now, we seek to emulate vintage analog electronic instruments or make new, unique, musical sounds [...]
This week I brought back the bass drum that I use to teach kids in rhythm training. It seems some of them found playing the basic patterns boring. What’s up with that? Don’t most of the best selling music use the same patterns most of the time? I always felt time keeping and laying down [...]
Hi, I’ve been busy since September last year. The music competitions for the schools have kept us all on a hectic schedule. Finally had the time to do stuff like shoot fun videos of some basic stuff for the percussion instruments. All sorts of conversions in formats, shot in HD in *.mov format for Quicktime [...]
The boys and girls are really getting better as a band. Here we see the rhythm / percussion section working on a groove on the drumset, roto-toms, congas and bongos. Unfortunately some of the guys in the section are on medical leave, but anyway I kind of liked the way the section was learning to [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
This PC speaker incorporate well known company PC gaming mouse Razor work together with High End Audio Sound Effect Expertise THX. This quite a unusual move both company produce a Advanced Multimedia PC Speaker Razer Mako. I have intend replaced my 9 year old Altec Lansing 4.1 pc multimedia speaker. More pictures so stay tune. [...]