The opening track from the 2nd Xenharmonic Praxis Concert, Madonna, il poco dolce, written by Nicola Vicentino (1511-1572)in (31-tone extended meantone)
composed by Marji Gere
violin Marji Gere
kalimba Dan Sedgwick
vocal Ryan Stickney
fipple pipe Elizabeth Adams
The video below is the "official" video for the July concert from which this performance is taken. The larger August concert video…
This is a composition for Jazz Quartet – Tenor Sax (sorry for the unrealistic stray notes), fretless bass, piano, and drums. All but the drums were preformed on my Fender Mustang + GR-20 retuned on the fly by Fractal Tune Smithy.
The tuning…
composed by Marji Gere
violin Marji Gere
kalimba Dan Sedgwick
vocal Ryan Stickney
fipple pipe Elizabeth Adams
The video below is the "official" video for the July concert from which this performance is taken. The larger August concert video…
This is a video I made that uses heavily modified voice samples from the human lattice at the xenharmonic praxis summer camp and video footage from a cave I visited in Virginia. The piece is in JI since that was the point of forming a human lattice…
This is a composition for Jazz Quartet – Tenor Sax (sorry for the unrealistic stray notes), fretless bass, piano, and drums. All but the drums were preformed on my Fender Mustang + GR-20 retuned on the fly by Fractal Tune Smithy.
The tuning…
This is a composition for Jazz Quartet – Tenor Sax (sorry for the unrealistic stray notes), fretless bass, piano, and drums. All but the drums were preformed on my Fender Mustang + GR-20 retuned on the fly by Fractal Tune Smithy.
The tuning…
This is a composition for Jazz Quartet – Tenor Sax (sorry for the unrealistic stray notes), fretless bass, piano, and drums. All but the drums were preformed on my Fender Mustang + GR-20 retuned on the fly by Fractal Tune Smithy.
The tuning…
This is a composition for Jazz Quartet – Tenor Sax (sorry for the unrealistic stray notes), fretless bass, piano, and drums. All but the drums were preformed on my Fender Mustang + GR-20 retuned on the fly by Fractal Tune Smithy.
The tuning…
This is a video I made that uses heavily modified voice samples from the human lattice at the xenharmonic praxis summer camp and video footage from a cave I visited in Virginia. The piece is in JI since that was the point of forming a human lattice…
This is a video I made that uses heavily modified voice samples from the human lattice at the xenharmonic praxis summer camp and video footage from a cave I visited in Virginia. The piece is in JI since that was the point of forming a human lattice…
Apologies to Peter and the rest of Genesis - from back when they were good - 1974
And the lamb lies down on Broadway.
Early morning Manhattan,
Ocean winds blow on the land.
The Movie-Palace is now undone,
The all-night watchmen have had their…
Year: 2009
Album:
serenity
Artist's description:
A tune put together by us for you
bass, rhodes, organ pad, drums, guitar, glockenspiel, bata, quintos, shaker, effects.
The piece is polyrhythmic and polytonal. we suggest you give it a couple…
I had missed this one when it was first put up by Chris Vaisvil and Norm (Still waiting) i heard it today for the first time and it struck a chord so i asked Chris if i could add some words and being the generous man he is, he said yes. So i set…
about Winter Nacht
each year for the past 4 RPM cycles,, i have known a friend or loved one who has passed away... throughout history winter has been a time when sickness and death creep a little stronger amongst us..... perhaps because of these…
At a recent charity event held in my small town's train museum, I was admiring a massive brass train bell when the curator walked up to me. I commented that a bell would really rather be heard then seen, and he agreed. I offered to digitally record…
A 7/8 improvisation on a set of 3 Bata drums, accented with afucha, tube shekere and cowbell.
The number 7 is a symbol for perfection or completeness: 7 colors in a rainbow, 7 musical notes in a scale, 7 days = a week, etc.
In Cuba, the…
This spooky track utilizes the "Paulstretch" program to stretch recordings of gongs, chimes and bells to 8.04 times their native length: no other effects were made to these acoustic recordings other than to stretch them. The gongs utilized are…
Reg has been over to Songcrafters.org on the other side and found this little beauty a piece of music by Willi Wendon and he loved it so much he's put a vocal to it. Hope you like it Willie..........
IT'S A CRAZY WORLD
It’s a crazy world…
Elvis has been around Reg too long and he has started drinking to forget his new lady.........
Chug that Train
ooh i got to feeling lonely
Since you left me cold
oooh I’m feeling pretty lonely
Now i’m back on my own
Why don’t…
Reg's little homage to Elizabeth Taylor who passed away today, the piano is a little dodgy and the lyrics and the singing in parts as i'm following my dodgy playing, it will have to be revisited but i thought i'd share anyway as i would forget…
Reg's little homage to Elizabeth Taylor who passed away today, the piano is a little dodgy and the lyrics and the singing in parts as i'm following my dodgy playing, it will have to be revisited but i thought i'd share anyway as i would forget…
A single track of improvised chromatically tuned congas in 7/8, accented with clave, guiro, cajon and quinto.
(For those who may be interested in collaborating on this, the triplet phrasing of this groove may be most easily counted like this…
Reg threw Norms 7th son in the Cellar tonight and it wasn't long before young Johny Cash had jumped all over it.................
Daddy didn’t love his 7th son
I was born when the storm really started rising
When the ships crashed the rocks…
Reg took a collaboration from Chris Vaisvil, Norm and threw it into the cellar last night and this is what was returned through Regs door this morning...... a tale from the old wild west.........................
Poor old Reg he cant figure it out!! ........ since he's been listening to his self help tapes to stop drinking he has never got any money and he just doesn't understand it, he keeps working coming home relaxing to the tape........... then when…
This traditional Cuban rhythm is the well established "go-to" pattern for 4/4 songs. It is perhaps the most commonly heard conga pattern in 4/4 music. The bongo pattern that accompanies the congas is referred to as "martillo" (the hammer…
Norm played the percussion first, which is a Bembe pattern; I couldnt help playing a melody and creating lyrics for this perc track. Thanks for the listen, Enjoy!
With all the highs in Regs life, it had to equal out and Reg has dropped like a stone ........he's broken.........he's had a breakdown.....Well let's face it. It had to happen he was just pushing himself too much. Hopefully he can carry on the…
Comments on vaisvil's stuff
The closing round was delightful as was the udderbot in the final song. I should probably make an udderbot...
I love the way the violin takes over from the voice in the run up. Clever! Nice track!
Smack damn, microtonal jazz. Nice Chris. I really like the floating bass in this one. And the Sax of course.
really diggin the blues tune. Shocking photo
Is this the strat you took the frets off sanded down, etc? Sounds great. Crispy.
Is that Zoom H2 battery operated?
Mesmerising!
Glad you're all safe. Digging these bluesy tones. -Tess
Great playing mate. That's one huge storm.
Very cool mix mate great sounds.
I'll take this track as a sign that you survived. nice jam.
Dang. That swings!
Such a refreshing piece man!
Frisky jazz! -Tess S
OOOH thats jazzy......love it
if I heard this down that cave Chris I think I'd get the heebyjeeby's.....superb atmospheric sounds .......
It is so nice these effects and sound developments I know there is lots of things like this out there but your work is IMO better.
Put on a fox head mask and channel Peter Gabriel. Nice!
Now that's nice mate very cool.
Smooth groove! awesome guitars! this one hit the charts!
Comments made by vaisvil
you certainly did this one justice - lovely!
exquisite! The choral entrance is set up extremely well.
cool cover!!
this is what I'm talk about!! Rocking! So did your hands hurt hitting the metal?
nice work Richard!
Norm I really like it! Is there anyway I could you into sending me the TUBS for the main beat? I want to plagiarize it for a marimba part.
awesome! You are unleashing your inner Sonny Landreth!
whoa! The gong sounds HUGE!
excellent work - sad, sad blues.
wow you nail Elvis so well.
and I 2nd what Norm said - you have an amazing tonal control over your voice.
lovely
this just excellent - the production has great clarity too!
this is an excellent collaboration!
Thanks for doing this!!
hehe! excellent!
sounds like early Who - excellent!!
or the seventh son of a seventh son! My bass is looking at me :-)
I'm hating it too. Its just an infection I think. Nothing personal ;-)
great track - and yet another side to your voice.