Okay so here it is, this is the blues piano piece I've been learning since **forever**. Tonight is the first time I've been able to play it through, twice, without making some kind of mistake.
That said I had to slow to 80bpm which is too slow…
This is a remix of my earlier track [Metaphysical Beat 2](http://alonetone.com/sandbags/tracks/metaphysical-beat-2). In fact it's the 4th remix but the first one I'm really happy with. I even found myself trying to dance along to this when I…
My piano teacher thought it might be nice for me to learn to play a carol and came up with this arrangement, by Gilbert DeBenedetti, of 'Silent Night'. Not being much into carols it wouldn't have occurred to me to try one but I liked the sound…
My piano teacher thought it might be nice for me to learn to play a carol and came up with this arrangement, by Gilbert DeBenedetti, of 'Silent Night'. Not being much into carols it wouldn't have occurred to me to try one but I liked the sound…
This is the recording of my performance of Einaudi's 'I due fuimi' at the Littlewick Green church hall as part of the Cherry Garden Music winter concert.
It was played on a seemingly quite old Steinway concert grand. I aim to find out more…
This is the recording of my performance of Einaudi's 'I due fuimi' at the Littlewick Green church hall as part of the Cherry Garden Music winter concert.
It was played on a seemingly quite old Steinway concert grand. I aim to find out more…
Another progress recording, with another month or so of practice and a 16-day practice streak.
The concert where I am playing this is next week. I'm hoping to lock in a little more speed between now and then (although I note I seem to have…
This is a recording of the first time I have played Ludivico Einaudi's "I Due Fuimi" all the way through.
It includes numerous errors & slight pauses but I managed to keep going and finish it and after MANY months of practice that feels…
Woooohooooo!! Go you! :) So glad you got the recording. Hope it's given you some confidence. I know you took a break from learning for awhile, but delighted you went back to it. Onwards onwards! More more!!
This is a recording of the first time I have played Ludivico Einaudi's "I Due Fuimi" all the way through.
It includes numerous errors & slight pauses but I managed to keep going and finish it and after MANY months of practice that feels…
This is a track I've been working on for quite a while so I am glad to finally have it out of my head.
I have a kind of love/hate relationship with time and its humble functionary, the clock. Ticking, in particular, is something I am ambivalent…
A piece of experimental whimsy. I took a nice piano loop from the Logic library and utterly destroyed it with The Finger. What's interesting about this to me is that I was not playing the MIDI driving The Finger but using Elysium to do so. Here…
It's been so long since I've made any music I've kind of forgotten how. I was just noodling about and thought I had a sound I liked so I bounced it out quite quickly.
This one is all made with Reaktor and Boscomac's Air Piano ensemble, plus…
It's been so long since I've made any music I've kind of forgotten how. I was just noodling about and thought I had a sound I liked so I bounced it out quite quickly.
This one is all made with Reaktor and Boscomac's Air Piano ensemble, plus…
It's been so long since I've made any music I've kind of forgotten how. I was just noodling about and thought I had a sound I liked so I bounced it out quite quickly.
This one is all made with Reaktor and Boscomac's Air Piano ensemble, plus…
It's been so long since I've made any music I've kind of forgotten how. I was just noodling about and thought I had a sound I liked so I bounced it out quite quickly.
This one is all made with Reaktor and Boscomac's Air Piano ensemble, plus…
A rather more fundamentally experimental piece with Reichenbach's new *drift* mode. In this mode a probability matrix controls periodic changes in the loop length and/or position.
Once more I am using one of the awesome [Rekkerd mixed bag](http…
I'm a complete idiot when it comes to all things midi related. Recently got myself a midi keyboard though and came up with this short piece just messing with sounds in Proteus. Really looking forward to the possibilities of combining this sort…
Fun, I love messing around like this myself. MIDI is a different kind of musical power and, combined with your talents for playing with real instruments... well I look forward to the mayhem to come :)
Mining the archives a bit. This is an alternate take of my "Jimi Jam" from a couple of years ago. Live to 2 tracks with the Jamman. Really only sounds OK when cranked up loud enough that your eardrums threaten to meet in the middle. LOL!!
Our sun is in a long, cool, quiet period right now. But average ocean temps are the highest ever, and polar ice and glaciers are melting at an alarming rate. Something is going on here.
"pastlife laptops and attic instruments" is a composition from 2004 that I wrote to perform with saxophonist Brian Sacawa. This is the pre-recorded electronic part that accompanies a (mostly) written-out saxophone part and an ad libitum improvisation…
A little something that came out of playing with the Max4Live content.
The guitar sound, which I'm particularly happy with is a combination of my GT-10, CamelSpace and the M4L buffer shuffler.
Something I'm working on. I'm a sucker for 5/4 time these days.
The biggest issue is the vocals which are sort of a placeholder right now until I re-write and re-record them, or maybe even find someone who can actually sing to lay something down!
This song is based around a sample that I took of my dish washer. The sample starts out simple enough and then gets more chopped up at the end. The song evolved from there. Also in this song is a new pedal I got that is a photo theremin. You…
Featuring Lena Panfilova, Piano Solo
Waiting for you on a Friday Night by Pasha is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License.
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evokes the essence of a hazy memory very well
twisting and popping, driving throughout with a heavy playfulness
It's just amazing! You should be proud of your musical skills!
Aw, I hope she loved it. :)
Thanks Tess, that’s very kind :-)
Have some more applause and enjoy it! This took a lot of guts.
A huge improvement - it's coming together very nicely. Good to hear some dynamics in there!
Woooohooooo!! Go you! :) So glad you got the recording. Hope it's given you some confidence. I know you took a break from learning for awhile, but delighted you went back to it. Onwards onwards! More more!!
Just what I needed. I *really* like that this was recorded with the room sound, hit the spot.
Extraordinary mix/soundfield on this. Sounded like the clocks were external to my headphones, several feet away.
Nice. I'll have to go listen to more of your stuff now.
Interesting mix of sounds. Cool!
Cool piece
Hey thanks for the nightmare fuel. Keep it up!
Very cool tension. It feels like it's speeding up and I'm not completely sure it isn't.
... seems appropriate to me -- nice piece.
I have no idea why I thought "Edward Lear" and "Ring Modulator" in the same moment. Probably I shouldn't have.
Don't mind me - I'll just be over here for a while.
Utt - Mr. Sandbags. Been a while since I heard from you. Time for a beer and a joint.
Yay for breaking the log-jam! Nice work.
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Thanks folks, your comments made me smile :)
Fun, I love messing around like this myself. MIDI is a different kind of musical power and, combined with your talents for playing with real instruments... well I look forward to the mayhem to come :)
Took your advice and my ears are now bleeding but happy :)
I for one am grateful for our impending roasting if it inspires you to make such music :)
Enjoyed this very much Erik. Great beat and so many interesting sounds in there.
This is a very odd approach to music.
If they do another remake of War of the Worlds I'm putting your name down for the soundtrack.
Ah, love this.. especially the change just after the 2:00 mark. It seems that, in the right circumstances, schmalz can be a good thing :)
Another sweet track. I hope it won't be too long before you have some more stuff to upload!
I think it's awesome that I have no clue what your "tech" means. Doesn't stop me loving the sound :)
Not a rock fan here but I enjoyed this very much!
Beautiful.
Absolutely love the sound you've created here.
Man I'd love to come here you play this sort of stuff. Fabulous.
I liked it. There's something pleasing about the tension between the lackadaisical vocal style and the distortion on the beats.
Bizarre and terrific. I'd have had no clue what it was if you hadn't said. Great sample. What were you playing it through?
Boy that was great, lovely ambience.
I like it.
Melancholy and touching.
Beautiful. Again the piano is also lovely.