Posted in hammered dulcimer, improvisation, tagged Bose stick, Chattanooga, Christie Burns, hammered dulcimer, improvisation, Jefferson Heights on May 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Weee! I just got my brand new Bose stick sound system (L1 model II), set it all up, plugged in my dulcimer (the Masterworks) and took off on some kind of improvisation using the delay effect. Ain’t ya proud, Dan? Ok, so this is like way a lot of fun… I’ll keep [...]
Posted in improvisation, original music, piano, tagged art, improvisation, piano, Terry Payne on January 24, 2008 | No Comments »
This is a piece I wrote and recorded on Christmas Eve. I like it because it reminds me of an artist in Pasadena, Terry Payne, whose work is shown above. Mostly, it reminds me of the music on his website, but then I can easily remember meeting him and his big fluffy dog [...]
Posted in hammered dulcimer, improvisation, tagged improvisation, Indian, vina on December 31, 2007 | 1 Comment »
People assume that you go to Ireland to study Irish music. But what I found there was so much more diverse. Unfortunately, I can’t remember this guy’s name or how we met, but he plays the Indian vina. You’re hear it and think “sitar,” and it’s in the same family, but it’s [...]
