Hey I was running through a couple of catalogues for laptops. I even spent sometime checking out the machines at the showrooms. I realized that specs doesn’t really say much about it. Strangely, the machine of the same specs seem to have some delay tagged to some of them. Well no mentioning of brands here, [...]
Hi all, This time, I set up an IBM Lenovo for use as a soft-syth together with the EMU X-Board 61 controller. It was quite a challenge to all the software and machine running together with the latest drivers, because someone had previously installed imaging and other software on it. Together with unsuccessful installations of [...]
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 [...]
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Hey, check this out. The wonders or having music notation software. These days, it plays back what you’ve written down. It saves me the time of going over to the keyboards to play and imagine what it sounds like on the brass or woodwind. Check out the sound, video from the compact digital camera. Cool!
Monday, September 7, 2009
Hey I must be quite lucky to get cards from my students. Teacher’s day. Yeah! I really appreciate the effort taken by the kids in preparing the cards. Thanks to everyone. Below is the image of one of the cards showing the extra effort it takes to decorate them.
Saturday, August 15, 2009
This week must have been a hectic one, because I just couldn’t pull myself to go outdoors to enjoy the breeze on this Saturday morning. Just felt like sleeping. Motivation came in the form of going out to the supermarket, getting some stuff. Then I’m back home to whip up something for lunch. I was [...]
This time, we have a very sick set of drums coming in. I can’t stand the sight of the injuries. Misunderstood, abused, and misused. The poor drumset has been bashed and trashed by frustrated students and mindless, deaf and dumb drummers. It’s a crime! Anyway, Doctor Dad and me applied TLC and some fine handwork [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]