This was the setup for a percussion piece that used dinning room table objects to present a Thanksgiving theme. I liked the use of speaking into cowbells to simulate droning speech. They were really good at bowing the glassware without tipping anything over.
Kobayashi Trio played a piece that excites resonant modes of the suspended metal. The gong was softly struck repeatedly to keep it in motion and facilitate the resonance.
Para bailar la bamba se necesita...ir a Las Vegas...because on one of the pedestrian bridges there was this duo rocking out to the song. (Btw, this was the night before Bryan's wedding when the guys went out to the strip!) What made the duo even better was crossing the bridge half an hour later and they were still playing the same song!
Going to Rosy's place in H-town is always amazing because of the food, her backyard that stands below the H-sign and this time musical acts. It also seems to be a Watson fellow reunion. Auyon was the special guest with his band Darlingside. They had been recording a new album in LA and had time to do a backyard show before returning to the east coast. He was a fellow the same year I traveled so we had met at the Watson conference of '08. Jillian and Nick (younger Watson fellows) also showed up. J was also around working on an album and followed Darlingside's performance with her harPop (harp+vocals and yes I just made that word up). Nick is still in K-town trying to make it big writing screen plays.
Here are their plugs:
www.gilliangrassie.com/
http://www.darlingside.com/about/
www.ironict-shirtcomedy.com
So this blog is now my graduate school blog. After 3 years working at BRCM as a test engineer I decided to go back to school so I can work on stuff I'm interested in doing...rocking out hehe.
I just started a masters in Computer Music at UCSD! And in the pic I'm grading the first homework assignment in my backyard for the musical acoustics class I TA.
