LinuxMusician amc252 just provided some new piano samples, and wrote about them here. I had the original samples by Dore Mark already, but still downloaded the Fazioli 308 for my daughter to try it out. Cool; thanks man! 🙂
That iconic theme from Midsomer Murders
Mitchie loves the series – “Inspector Barnaby” like it is called here in Germany. And we all love the music. See and hear it being played on the Theremin by Celia Sheen:
Like always, thanks for watching, and for listening.
Saying hello to and thanks for the “Blonde Bop”
Glen MacArthur aka GMaq, farmer, musician, and inventor/creator of AVLinux and the AVL drum kits has decided to give us all a new gift, his “Blonde Bop” drum kit. Here’s kind of a “making of” and explanation:
So if your DAW can take sfz or sf2 samples or even better, LV2 plugins, go and have a look – and as you can see, you can – at least in Ardour – even spread out Robin Gareus’ nice plugin over separate channels just like a drummer would do in the studio.
Seen/found in Linux Musicians and the Ardour Discourse, and thank you very much Glen – again!
A model B for free
This is a nice gift for Santa, thanks to Dore Mark: a Steinway grand piano model B, sampled in 7 velocity layers, and using different microphones and microphone placements:
On Windows and Mac computers you can use it within Kontakt, the same with Linux in case you have something like yabridge. In case you don’t have that, or don’t plan to use Windows plugins in Linux, you can still use the provided SFX versions.
The Steinway model B is a 7 foot grand piano which is often found in the recording studios of this world, and in the homes of those who can afford such an instrument. The famous model D is too big for most places, and more at home in the concert halls. Dore Mark also has a Yamaha and a Fazioli grand piano if you prefer these.
Found via LinuxMusicians, and also linked within Wikiloops. Thanks Dore Mark!
The Young Lutheran’s Guide to the Orchestra
This is hilarious:
Hopefully now you can decide which instrument(s) to play? 😉
As always, thanks for viewing/hearing.
“What bass line(s) have taught you the most?”
That’s a cool question and thread on TalkBass. Lots to learn there in case you’re interested.
‘A truce with the trees’
What a nice article. Rebecca Solnit writes about a 300+ year old instrument, and about a lot of other things as well. Thanks Becca! 🙂
Qotd, about practising
“The difference between a master and a beginner is that the master has failed more times than the beginner has tried”
from Chris Fitzgerald‘s “best teacher ever”, found here
And yes, I’m currently practising my upright more often. It’s a fun journey 🙂
The makers of my upright bass
The webpage of Christopher basses in Germany has a changed address – you can now leave away the “en” for an English description, so it’s simply https://www.christopher-bass.de/ for now…
I have the DB202T Gamba model which now seems to be their base (cheapest) model:
As I’ve learnt when I once asked, the “T” in the name stands for the size of 3/4. So now I’ve also updated the link in my Wikiloops gallery.
As always, thanks for reading.
“That is a sound coming from heaven”
Paul Thompson meant a combined Fender Rhodes and real piano sound overlaid over each other, but here he’s talking about the five great bass players on one of my favourite albums, Donald Fagen’s “The Nightfly”:
And the next one should be interesting for singers as well, because she’s a legend herself:
Now if you’re a bass player, do yourself a favour and go and transcribe these bass lines yourself if possible. And in case you’re a singer/songwriter/poet, have a look and listen to Joni Mitchell’s iconic album. Love them both.
As always, thanks for reading, and/or viewing.