I went over to Reg's place the other day and he sort of scared me. He was out on his deck, pitching butts and spilling gin that he couldn't afford. He was a mess and had a crazed look in his eyes. I could tell he was ruminating again about…
In Argentina they say "in Argentina everything may change - except the tango", but I couldn't resist adding some percussion to this beautiful nuevo tango by Vincent Voois, composed in the style of Astor Pantaleon Piazzolla.
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Out on the lawn there arose such a clatter!
Sometimes, as they say, Christmas do come early. I found Johnny Stone's "Christmas Rock In Oz" under the tree and couldn't wait until Yuletide to unwrap it. What a rockin' gift! I know a bit about…
I was thumbing a ride along a hot, deserted Caribbean road. When Steve pulled up in this vintage pre-war Chevy, I was very grateful. It just so happened he was heading to the same cantina I was, so we kicked back with a pitcher of mojitos…
now where did i put that bottle of Rum...i've got the mint and the ice cubes............Damn i drank it already.....mint and ice just doesn't cut it but this tune certainly does ....great collab chaps ...i'll be back when i get another bottle......
Norm welll, im a wandering around here at AT on Christmas day, between the cooking and baking,, family is on the way over,,, what a cooool piece,, strange as this may sound your beats seem to just melt my holiday stress away!!! very nice ,, merry Christmas,,, r by the way how do you tune a conga? are certain sizes able to cover a different range?
I went over to Reg's place the other day and he sort of scared me. He was out on his deck, pitching butts and spilling gin that he couldn't afford. He was a mess and had a crazed look in his eyes. I could tell he was ruminating again about…
I went over to Reg's place the other day and he sort of scared me. He was out on his deck, pitching butts and spilling gin that he couldn't afford. He was a mess and had a crazed look in his eyes. I could tell he was ruminating again about…
Second movment,, perhaps a little rough,, comments welcome,,, 6/11 Third mov is now done,,, and very very different from the first two,, scares me a little
Inspired by Tess' little Morwenna and my (getting bigger) Jessica. Writing back and forth with Bethan, I came to realize that a song needed to be written about the significance of the statements that so often come from the mouths of babes…
I cant seem to play this unless I do it live....
That is something new to me...
Used to be the other way around....
This is called "Do or die"...
Do or Die
(words and music by Tharek Mokbul)
Do or die, that’s what Everyone here is…
Made the piano intro up years ago. So every time I sit down at a piano I play it. Hopefully it bolts on nicely to the fat stack riff. The pause at the start is because I had to press record and then dash over to the piano.
I have issues at my house, sometimes they manifest themselves in my tracks. In this case, the bassoon and oboe represent the mouse. The guitar is the peanut-butter.
This is a tune that's been on the back burner for a bit. I was looking to get a dark Ultravox kind of sound. Anyone feel like puttin' on their Midge Ure hat???
Anyway, these aren't the droids your looking for.
Move along..............Move along.
I have issues at my house, sometimes they manifest themselves in my tracks. In this case, the bassoon and oboe represent the mouse. The guitar is the peanut-butter.
Excellent. That mouse had it coming. Let me know when you are inclined to do a track about your bear problem: you'll need some heavier percussion for that one!
As chance had it, I found myself in an acoustically great room, full of cajons! Well, they were unfinished cabinets actually, but they had lovely tones. Since this is the stuff dreams are made of, I had no choice but to seize the opportunity and…
@Richard: Many thanks! The quick rapid tone was created by rapidly striking the mallets on the highest pitched (smallest)cabinet. Thanks for listening!
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Continued Chris Vaisvil radio interview…
Thanks for posting this, Chris. 2 hours of Chicago radio air time - sweet. You did a great job of music selection. Alas, I did miss hearing your personal commentary on the second hour, but it says something that the radio station thought enough of your work to feature it over a 2 week period.
This is my first effort with real bongos. I've been so inspired by Norm's talents, that I had to give it a try. I borrowed a set of bongos from my brother Asa.
http://alonetone.com/asalennon
I had to play 18 holes of golf to get my hands…
Nice work! And way to go on the computer closet... basically a cajon. I use cajon quite a bit: the key to building one is to make the striking face out of very thin ("aviation grade") plywood, if you can get your hands on some. Well done!
I had not touched my keyboard for a long time - couple months? So it was inspiring to play it again. I set it up in the living room of the new house and played pianoteq on my laptop using a Just Intonation tuning (below). Actually I had to improvise…
This is a smooth jazz piece built around Norm Harris' percussion using Garritan Jazz and Big Band sample set with the Aria player and a touch of tonehammer's Francesca sample set. Something Norm and I did last April.
Scored for upright bass…
That bass is simply too cool. I love what you have done with this pattern. Almost has an eastern feel in places...
Having grown up near Winfield, KS (home of Dorothy), I can assure you that they have never heard anything like this before - they'd love it! They'd probably bake you a pie for the opportunity to do a little "scat" vocalization on the mix, and, afterwards, while tending to the livestock, they would ponder about the possibility of there actually being 3 kinds of music: country, Western & JAZZ.
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I can't believe you covered this! Nice take on it. Lovely nuttiness.
Smooth........
Still Fab ...and its only 8 months to Chrimbo
cool ,love it!!!
now where did i put that bottle of Rum...i've got the mint and the ice cubes............Damn i drank it already.....mint and ice just doesn't cut it but this tune certainly does ....great collab chaps ...i'll be back when i get another bottle......
Fab - I had already faved.
Noddin my head....tappin my toes...jammin this track....loud in my home. This is SwEeEeEeET! :)
Man that's so great, awesomely played and recorded percussion! I loved the cajon, never managed to record it properly myself lol
Precision percussion. Crisp recording. Can hear the fingers. Love it. Without seeing this performance in person it is hard to believe it... :)
Norm welll, im a wandering around here at AT on Christmas day, between the cooking and baking,, family is on the way over,,, what a cooool piece,, strange as this may sound your beats seem to just melt my holiday stress away!!! very nice ,, merry Christmas,,, r by the way how do you tune a conga? are certain sizes able to cover a different range?
grooved all the way - good one.
Cool Beats .....St Tommo? Don't know him..... Cheers Jarvo
Oh Yeah- That's a fine groove!
Now thats something that gets the ooh yeahs going .......merry Christmas Norm.....
Oooh, got some ideas of my own! Mele Kalikimaka Norm!!
@Steve: I posted this for your delight. Have your way with it.
Great beat ,Is this available? the shekere accent is very syncapated. it draws me right in. ....Steve
Great beat mate very cool.
Happy Christmas Norm! :O Bee
This is killer. Perfect collab gents.
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Just lovely. Well done.
Rocks. Nice work.
Stong work.
Great song!
Just beautiful. Nice work, gents!
Nice piano intro - I can tell you have been playing it for years. I think it works well with your Fat Stack riff.
Excellent.
I've got a fever and the only cure is "more mousetrap"!
Outstanding! Another great percussion track, which we have come to expect from you. Thanks for posting this!
Fantastic!
Well done!
Excellent. That mouse had it coming. Let me know when you are inclined to do a track about your bear problem: you'll need some heavier percussion for that one!
@Richard: Many thanks! The quick rapid tone was created by rapidly striking the mallets on the highest pitched (smallest)cabinet. Thanks for listening!
Thanks for posting this, Chris. 2 hours of Chicago radio air time - sweet. You did a great job of music selection. Alas, I did miss hearing your personal commentary on the second hour, but it says something that the radio station thought enough of your work to feature it over a 2 week period.
Nice work! And way to go on the computer closet... basically a cajon. I use cajon quite a bit: the key to building one is to make the striking face out of very thin ("aviation grade") plywood, if you can get your hands on some. Well done!
Excellent! It's great to hear you back on the keys - I've missed it.
That bass is simply too cool. I love what you have done with this pattern. Almost has an eastern feel in places... Having grown up near Winfield, KS (home of Dorothy), I can assure you that they have never heard anything like this before - they'd love it! They'd probably bake you a pie for the opportunity to do a little "scat" vocalization on the mix, and, afterwards, while tending to the livestock, they would ponder about the possibility of there actually being 3 kinds of music: country, Western & JAZZ.
You sound great with it already! I love mandolin.
Folks don't know what they are missing with your stuff. Very tight. I've really enjoyed it. Thanks!
Top notch.