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…
Otherwise known as the 'opus'. This song was my life for a good year. Left forgotten in the dusty hills of Santa Fe. This is pretty much the A section :)
I wanted to play more directly with noise of various kinds so this piece focuses less on techniques and fancy plugins and more on selection & arrangement of sounds.
I spent many hours going through Reaktor ensembles I've downloaded searching…
Well I *had* intended to try doing something different this week.
So technically I succeeded.
It's solo piano again, but I had to teach my left hand how to play this somewhat syncopated bass line, before I could actually compose against it…
Very nice. With respect to your question I am still very much a beginner with piano but I am being taught Blues and that seems to involve a lot of interesting bass lines. Maybe that might be something to check out?
I was trying to tune my radio into a station I picked up, just for an instant, but I found it hard to keep a lock on it, I kept getting strange interferences.
From what I could hear it sounded like someone sent [MMI](http://alonetone.com/mmi…
I excel at disappearing for long stretches, eh?
I think with this I'm officially committing to doing FAWM.
And R.I.P. my songwriting drought. August 27th, 2009 - February 1st, 2010.
Sitting around in my shop a couple of days ago with the Goodall and the Zoom H4N. First time I've really messed with using the internal mics on the H4N in multitrack mode
How could I not love something made with the sweat of my brow (and for once there really was a lot of sweat!). I enjoyed what you've done arranging the Reichatron output with other parts. This is fun :)
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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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I am a sucker for good solo piano, this is lovely.
My thanks to all those who contributed vocals to this track: GCD, Sudara, Marlena, MMI, La Savage, Robot Molly, Matt Savigear, Wildgeas, and me!
Very nice. With respect to your question I am still very much a beginner with piano but I am being taught Blues and that seems to involve a lot of interesting bass lines. Maybe that might be something to check out?
Hopefully Reichatron will go live early next week. I can't upload it to the UL myself as it's too big, but NI have offered to do it.
This is wonderfully dark and beautiful. I think it would be quite something to hear it live!
I don't know from chord progressions but it sounds pretty good to me!
I don't see what needs re-recording but you know best. Really good, can't believe how quickly 9:20 slipped by :)
Love this, I can't quite put my finger on it, but it has a wistful quality that I found very moving.
Sounds like I am going to enjoy your RPM album a lot!
Beautiful! Not wasting any time getting started are you? :-)
Fab playing you guys, I could listen to this for hours.
Beautiful.
I love it, warts and all. Maybe especially for the warts :)
Wonderful sound. More experiments to come?
That was beautiful.
Was that your Boss GT-10 at work? Very dark and brooding.
How could I not love something made with the sweat of my brow (and for once there really was a lot of sweat!). I enjoyed what you've done arranging the Reichatron output with other parts. This is fun :)
Lovely, perfect for a still, frosty, night.
Love this one, lovely sounds.
Well, I would never have expected to enjoy this - not the kind of thing I would normally listen to at all - but I did. Great stuff!