Music News: Early Reeds (video)

[Daniel]

A nice little 8 minute primer on recorder/flute, shawm, and bassoon.  Pretty fun actually.  It's an interview with a professor at USC.
Pay attention to: 1) the remark about tuning on the shawm and 2) the directionality of the sound of the instruments.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBdgjItBhR0&feature=related

Daniel (thinking it would tres cool to spend my vocational life ensconced in the esoterica of making music)

[maddog]

what? no Sackbutt? and how you gonna sing? 

[magwa]

.....snip.....Daniel (thinking it would tres cool to spend my vocational life ensconced in the esoterica of making music)

Ahhh...The 'ol *esoterica vocational musical life*, huh?  Last time I wished, I went straight for the throat.  I just wished for the cash.
I was thinking that it would buy a ton of esoterica. 

[Paul Collins]

Interesting...

Similar, though different, this guy has his vocation together on a very cool level.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhp6P9Ygsoc&feature=player_embedded

check out his Experibass too.

His website also has wonderful works of 'art?' as well.

http://diegostocco.com/

Music from Sand is really quite good.

[digdog]

Diego's  brilliance is so creatively wooh!