Cool Portrayal of the Queen of the Night,....lame costumes though. The sporano is Diana Damrau and the appears to be posessed,....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yexrDPEfDRw

Other junior recital piece. Woo hoo!

My process: The expanded edition

1. I mainly wanted something that sounded like an actual band. I'm not too creative when it comes to music composition so I was pretty nervous about it. I admit, I took very few risks. I just wanted it to sound authentic and a little "safe."

2. My challenges were using GarageBand. I really didn't have it figured out at all. I had all these ideas but I couldn't figure out how to actually get the program to work for me. I didn't know if what I wanted to do was possible with the program and I didn't want to stress myself out too much trying to figure it out. Technology and I don't get along too well but I am afraid I am going to need to become best friends with the computer very, very soon.

3. The thing I would change is just making it more interesting. I wanted to add some raucous piano sounds and maybe some jazz-sounding saxes and ugly sounding clarinets. Mainly, I wanted to add things to break up the monotony but I didn't really think I would be able to find or create these sounds without lots of headache.

4. I think I need more time alone with Garageband. :(

5. I would like to know what everyone thought. I'll be the first to admit it is repetative and boring though.

My Process.

My process was simple:

Get some guitars.
Get some drums.
Find something that sounds wierd.
Rock.

It might sound a little repetative, that's because I had intended on adding live quitar (myself) somewhere in the middle,...and I realized I needed a new pickup installed in my guitar. And unfortunately, I am poor.

I live to rock another day.

My Process.

My process was simple:

Get some guitars.
Get some drums.
Find something that sounds wierd.
Rock.

It might sound a little repetative, that's because I had intended on adding live quitar (myself) somewhere in the middle,...and I realized I needed a new pickup installed in my guitar. And unfortunately, I am poor.

I live to rock another day.

Church of Itzhak Perlman

Here's a nineteen year old Itzhak Perlman playing third movement of the Wieniawski Violin Concerto no. 2 in d minor. I will be playing the entire concerto for my junior recital and the first movement for the concert competiton.

Gig-a-liscious

I am recovering from a very productive and profitable weekend of gigs and concerts. Saturday, I had to get up at 8 am to drive three hours to Seymour IN to play at the VFW for a guy's 64th birthday. It was a little crazy and my poor little violin now smells like a cigarette factory. I drove home the same night and didn't get back until three in the morning. The very next day I had a Terre Haute Symphony concert at Fairbanks Park. The music was well prepared and my stand partners weren't complete idiots so it went well. Also, the Wabash didn't smell as bad as I remember from a couple years before when the orchestra last played there. There was lots of sunshine and pollen. My allergies were acting up worse than ever and I sneezed through the whole concert when we weren't playing and I think it came across as something humorous. So there it is.

powered by ODEO