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Vlog Part 4 of 6 4/5/08 Shout-out to oddmusic (attempted)
Please check out and subscribe to John Pascuzzi at oddmusic! He is fantastic and his websites are amazing.
I really like his latest vid, "I Want my Cake!" (featured on my home page) played on the Tuvan Igil...how many vids have you watched today like that! It rocks, and his editing skills are great!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hkpp55lSaP8
www.YouTube.com/user/oddmusic
www.oddmusic.com
http://www.asinglethread.com
Since I don't seem to be able to edit with Sony Vegas Pro 8 yet, here are some raw, off the camera ramblings. You have been warned! Please watch them all in order to avoid missing anything!
Length: 342
Rating: 5.00 (9 ratings)
Tags: ravensky23 oddmusic
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ElectroFried - a single thread
Music and samples available at
http://www.asinglethread.com
Tuvan "igil" played non-traditionally with random filtering and delays. Music by: a single thread
This igil was made in Tuva by Aldar Tamdyn of the Tuvan throatsinging group Chirgilchin.
"a single thread" is John Pascuzzi
more odd instruments at http://oddmusic.com
http://aSingleThread.com
http://youtube.com/oddmusic
Length: 260
Rating: 4.80 (79 ratings)
Tags: igil Tuva Tuvan bowed electronica techno experimental music a-single-thread oddmusic John-Pascuzzi
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String Out the Funk - a single thread
Music and samples available at
http://www.asinglethread.com
Having as much funk as I can with this one. I got this 70s type funk sound by rhythmically bouncing, scraping and flexing the bow against the strings 4 times per beat, about 500 hits per minute in this case. Not exactly the way the instrument was intended to be played, but it gets its groove on pretty well for being an ancient Tuvan folk instrument. :)
Music by John Pascuzzi of "a single thread". more music at
http://oddmusic.com
http://youtube.com/oddmusic
Length: 228
Rating: 4.70 (55 ratings)
Tags: funk rock igil a-single-thread dance john-pascuzzi music oddmusic techno violin cello bowed electronica
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When she flies - a single thread
Music and samples available at
http://www.asinglethread.com
Ballad played on Tuvan Igil. This tune displays more of the igil's natural acoustic sound and natural harmonics than my usual style of playing. Come visit my channel at http://youtube.com/oddmusic to see the "igil" played in other styles, like rock, electronic, techno, etc. Thanks for stopping by!
The igil is a bowed folk instrument from the country of Tuva (near Mongolia), and is traditionally used to accompany Tuvan Throat Singing. I play some traditional style igil, because acoustically it's a wonderful sounding unique instrument that can create sounds like nothing else. My own music sounds much different than the traditional style, as I continue to find my own path with the instrument.
Length: 165
Rating: 4.70 (291 ratings)
Tags: igil Tuva Tuvan bowed electronica techno experimental music single thread oddmusic John-Pascuzzi
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Hapi Drum tuned to Akebono Hang Scale, custom painted model
HAPI Drum from http://HapiTones.com Special edition custom painted and tuned to the Akebono scale in the key of D, now up for auction on Ebay, it is one of the favorite scales of Hang Drum players. No effects or other instruments, just a pure Hapi demo. In this demo, aside from playing the normal tones, I'm playing around tapping it soft for nice pure tones and also hard, for more edgy metallic sounds and percussive effects. The unique tone of the HAPI (hand activated percussion instrument) is created by a tuned vibrating steel tongue. The concept is similar to a wooden tongue drum. When a tongue is quickly and lightly struck with the finger or mallet it vibrates creating sound waves.
We have added dampening of the notes and drum body to keep the drum from becoming discordant and "ringy". This technique is built into each drum and provides excellent resonance while supplying the correct amount of dampening.
By placing low notes next to the appropriate higher notes we achieve multiple harmonics. Their vibrations create desirable overtones which compliment the timbre of the tone.
Players of the Hang, Tank, Hank, and Tongue Drums will enjoy playing a HAPI. Thanks for watching!
Length: 181
Rating: 4.90 (40 ratings)
Tags: hapi steel tongue hang drum tank hank percussion marimba kalimba single thread oddmusic akebono
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Hang Drum Experimenting
Can't find a Hang Drum? Don't worry, Get Hapi! http://HapiTones.com
More info about the Hang Drum at: http://oddmusic.com/hang
My website: http://www.asinglethread.com
myspace page: http://myspace.com/oddmusic
Hang Drum recorded using a Contact Microphone
Music by John Pascuzzi of "a single thread"
If you like my music, feel free to hop over to my channel to check out the main instrument that I play, the "igil" at:
http://youtube.com/oddmusic
Thanks to all the commenter's I haven't thanked, YouTube won't let me reply directly to comments that aren't on the most recent page of comments, something isn't working, and they go by so fast I can't keep up. And a special thank-you to the haters too, you're comments are quite entertaining! :)
The song is called Space Bunnies, and yes (to some folks out there who wondered or think I'm "hand-syncing" or that this is somehow "fake" lol, like lip-syncing to a pre-recorded song) it was recorded live in one take, with a contact mic (the thing that's taped onto the instrument) plugged into an AdrenaLinn guitar processor (for the echo delays and the regular drum beats) and then straight into the video camera... super lo-fi. They are kind of tough to mic properly, since the sound comes out all around the top, so I was trying out a "contact mic" which is stuck to the surface of the instrument and picks up the vibrations of the metal, and then I figured why not plug it into an echo delay effects unit for fun. Was just experimenting and playing around one morning for awhile and then turned on the camera, so some fellow Hang players out there could hear how it sounded through a Contact Mic. But then others out there in YouTube-land seemed to like it, so I left it online.
Some folks think it's some elaborate conspiracy hoax, lol. There are tons of videos on YouTube with others playing these instruments, I just decided to add a little echo to it, no big mystery, thanks much for stopping by and checking it out.
And YES, there are a couple parts, especially on the muted notes around :50 where you'll hear a note but not see me hit it, that's because what you are hearing is a delayed echo of a note that I hit a couple seconds before. Sorry for the long in depth explanation, but for some reason, some people think it's voodoo or something.
The little wooden rectangle on the Hang Drum is the Contact Mic, stuck to the surface with contact mic putty, the blue masking tape is to isolate and hold down the wire coming out of the contact mic so it doesn't rattle around while I'm playing, otherwise that noise would get picked up by the mic.
Whew!
Length: 161
Rating: 4.50 (3973 ratings)
Tags: Hang-Drum percussion music heavy-metal steel-drum techno experimental electronic John-Pascuzzi a-single-thread
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