httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKf5o2reC1I
Hey kids, it’s Christmas time again. You know what that means. Time to dig out your favorite Christmas Fart CD. May I recommend a Farting Christmas by Santa’s Farting Elves. Yes, I produced this. Yes, I think it’s funny. No, I do not think it is offensive to the Christmas spirit. Ok, that should pre-empt most of the hate mail.
Available on Itunes, and also on Amazon.com for Mp3 download or physical CD at:
Do you need a college education to be a music producer?
I really can’t say there’s a “right” answer to this question. I am addressing this question partly because of very heated comments and opinions on music education schools in my blog post here:
https://www.conradaskland.com/blog/2009/01/is-full-sail-a-scam
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxidefcsjDc
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iH33RIfi2KI
The Art of Noise released some of my favorite music in the early 1980’s. At that time it was a very new sound and uber cool. I still enjoy it. Here are videos of Close To The Edit and their version of the Peter Gunn Theme.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7elSUOflVMk
First music video from Trigo – one of the moderators and members of my RapDogs.com hip hop and rap artist website since 2004. I think it’s a sic video. Most of it’s in Italian I think. Even thought I don’t know Italian street slang I still find the emotion very moving. Hope you enjoy.
Video musicale di “Path of a bum” del gruppo LABATOIR.
Canzone tratta da “Percorsi InVersi Vol.1 – Per il gusto di farlo”
Range of the Bb Clarinet and characteristics of different registers. Low register called the Chalumeau octave.
More information on Clarinet construction and use in the orchestra available at:
http://www.mti.dmu.ac.uk/%7Eahugill/manual/clarinet/construction.html
I had not realized before how flexible and nimble the oboe is. Here is an excerpt of the oboe score from Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante, K. 297, third movement. So this is just a note to myself to remember to score more interesting and diverse parts when I write for oboe. We want to keep the oboe players happy.
“The oboist gives a good representation of staccato articulation and the wide leaps that it can play.” (Norton, The Study of Orchestration.)
For several months I am studying woodwinds and strings with an online music school to get more tricks and creativity into my scoring. (Yes, it’s very fun!)
PDF Download: Guide to Drum and Percussion Notation
PDF Download: drums-percussion-notation
From: http://web.mit.edu/merolish/Public/drums.pdf
Congas, woodblock, gong, and individual drum kit (toms, cymbals, etc.)
Also this information on notation and performance for Concert Band Percussion Instruments:
by Staff Sergeant Bill Elliott
and Staff Sergeant Steven Hearn
CONTENTS: Triangles; Tambourine; Concert Bass Drum; Cymbals
From: http://bands.army.mil/masterclass/tusafb/mar2001/perc.htm
Download PDF: Percussion
Playing techniques and notation examples for music orchestration.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOyJ-n-mQEE
This 10-part series takes an in-depth look at the process of bringing Shrek to Broadway through interviews with the Tony Award-winning creative team and cast, behind-the-scenes footage and exclusive content.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jh7aXjRj08
I did not like this piece on first listen – then I read about it’s background: the description of Janacek’s unrequited love and pining. And now the piece is very powerful to me.
Janacek once wrote: “I maintain that a pure musical note means nothing unless it is pinned down in life, blood and locale; otherwise, it is a worthless toy.”
And that is exactly true for this piece, the “Intimate Letters”. How many songs do we each have in our personal lives that are tied to a certain event or emotion that triggers our memory when we hear it? Or to have a piece like this framed with new information so the performance takes on a deeper perceived meaning.
Continue reading “Leoš Janáček – String Quartet No. 2, ‘Intimate Letters’ (1 of 4)”
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbltJNYaH0k
Where do Musicals come from? Also on my blog you can find related clips from “Broadway: The Golden Age”. I own this movie and it’s fantastic for giving an understanding of the roots and development of the American Broadway Musical. This short clip here is from the same producers. (In fact I did a glowing review of the film and one of the producers posted a comment here on my blog – not THAT’S cool.)