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Swan Lake for piano, Tchaikovsky – YouTube

Yazan: Jason | 03 November 2011 | 3 Comments
Categories: videos

  We’re playing this in my orchestra–great piano rendition: Swan Lake for piano, Tchaikovsky – YouTube.

Dubspot’s DJ Kiva – Dub Performance w/ Ableton Live + Akai APC40 – YouTube

Yazan: Jason | 08 October 2011 | No Comments
Categories: videos

Here’s a great video from Dubspot featuring DJ Kiva using the APC-40 to get some truly cool effects on a Jamaican jam. We’re working on stuff like this in my electronic music class: Dubspot’s DJ Kiva – Dub Performance w/ Ableton Live + Akai APC40 – YouTube.

My Heart Will Go On – Recorder By Candle Light by Matt Mulholland – YouTube

Yazan: Jason | 30 August 2011 | 1 Comment
Categories: humor, videos

This video, featuring the theme from James Cameron’s Titanic performed by Matt Mulholland on the recorder, cracks my wife up in a serious way: My Heart Will Go On – Recorder By Candle Light by Matt Mulholland – YouTube.

HOW TO CONDUCT Lesson 1: “Ring of the Nibelungen” – YouTube

Yazan: Jason | 28 August 2011 | 1 Comment
Categories: humor, opera, videos

This video (featuring Mark Gould, Principal Trumpet of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra) cracked me up in a serious way. Talk about someone who has spent his fair share of time in front of “maestros” of all sorts! HOW TO CONDUCT Lesson 1: “Ring of the Nibelungen” – YouTube.

David Boykin Trio

Yazan: Jason | 17 August 2011 | No Comments
Categories: videos

In keeping with yesterday’s post, here’s footage from the David Boykin Trio, the first artist-in-residence for Dorchester Projects. From the Vimeo site: See More info on the Dorchester Project at chicagoweekly.net/?2011/?03/?09/?house-plans/? propellerfund.org/?projects/?2010-awardees/?dorchester-project Critics have called saxophonist David Boykin one of Chicago’s “best kept secrets.” A master of improvisation, his free jazz knows no musical boundaries. [...]

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