Archive for April, 2008

The Sands Venetian Macau

Sunday, April 27th, 2008 Posted in Cirque Du Soleil, Conrad Askland, Macau | 204 views No Comments »

Some photos of the Sands Venetian in Macau (Macao) China where I am working with Cirque Du Soleil. I think this is currently the second largest building in the world ... Read more..

New Forum Server

Sunday, April 27th, 2008 Posted in Forums | 423 views No Comments »

One of my forum servers is currently switching hosts. ETA for forums affected to be back up is by May 4, 2008. The server is a major performance upgrade from ... Read more..

Composer Intention vs FOH Mixing

Friday, April 25th, 2008 Posted in Music | 118 views No Comments »

When running a live show with audio tracks, who should have control of the initial mix: Front of House mixer or the original track software output. A great argument was ... Read more..

Skip Hamilton and Aviathar Pemberton

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 Posted in Theatre, Stage and Music Groups | 120 views No Comments »

  (Photo: Aviathar Pemberton)  Conway, WA - April 26, 2008 at 8:00PM Skip Hamilton and Aviathar Pemberton, the "Eclectic Music Experience" will perform at the Conway Muse. $10.00 at ... Read more..

My Apartment in Macau

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Posted in Conrad Askland, Macau | 378 views 6 Comments »

Pictures of my new apartment in Taipa, China (SAR). This is the view from my living room windows. Just over the river there you can see mainland China. Taipa is ... Read more..

How to Eat with Chopsticks

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Posted in China | 155 views 1 Comment »

How do you eat with chopsticks? I've been shown so many times and I just don't get it. I'm tired of Chinese people laughing at me and bringing out the ... Read more..

Arriving in Macau

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Posted in Cirque Du Soleil, Conrad Askland, Macau | 190 views 1 Comment »

(Here should be some really cool pictures of everyone at the Montreal Airport yelling "Macau! Macau". But I was too tired to take them.) Welcome to my most mundane ... Read more..

Delirium Closes

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Posted in Cirque Du Soleil | 110 views No Comments »

  The Cirque Du Soleil show Delirium's last performance was April 20, 2008 in London. At this time Cirque du Soleil and Live Nation will not pursue further touring options. Congrats to ... Read more..

Chinese Ballet Circus

Monday, April 21st, 2008 Posted in Choreography, Cirque Du Soleil | 179 views No Comments »

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5lN96dgt_Y Chinese Ballet Circus pas de deux troupe du Guangdong Read more..

SpeedTest.net

Monday, April 21st, 2008 Posted in China, Software | 142 views No Comments »

Check the upload and download speed of your internet connection at SpeedTest.net Even from China I was able to locate a close server in Hong Kong for tests. In China we're ... Read more..

Macau Typhoon Warning - Neoguri

Saturday, April 19th, 2008 Posted in Macau | 408 views 1 Comment »

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqyplJg233Q (Chinese TV report of Typhoon Level 8 "Neoguri" that hit Macau on April 20, 2008. My first level 8 typhoon warning. Yipee! Reminds me of the hurricanes when I lived in ... Read more..

PhpBB 2.x Retirement

Friday, April 18th, 2008 Posted in Forums | 119 views No Comments »

PhpBB 2.x support will be terminated by the PhpBB.com in early 2009. Read more..

Mona Lisa after one week in the USA

Friday, April 18th, 2008 Posted in Jokes | 171 views No Comments »

What a typical ExPat I am. One month in China and already joining in on the USA jokes... Read more..

Legend of 1900 - Playing Love

Friday, April 18th, 2008 Posted in Music | 135 views 1 Comment »

httpv://youtube.com/watch?v=lgXW6XDnhXA From the movie Legend of 1900 - "Playing Love". During a recording session a piano player gets distracted by a girl looking into a window - he starts daydreaming and ... Read more..

Ennio Morricone - 1900 Novecento live in concert Munich

Friday, April 18th, 2008 Posted in Music | 156 views No Comments »

httpv://youtube.com/watch?v=y4smlQlWhHM Ennio Morricone - 1900 Novecento live in concert Munich Ennio Morricone presents "Novecento" in Munich 2005. Ennio Morricone spielt "Die Legende vom Ozeanpianisten - 1900" in München, 2005 Read more..

Piano Duel Scenes - Legend of 1900 Movie

Friday, April 18th, 2008 Posted in Music | 161 views No Comments »

httpv://youtube.com/watch?v=4tislJu9Dls Piano duel between "Inventor of jazz" -Jelly roll morton and 1900. From the movie Legend of 1900. Read more..

Magic Waltz from the Legend of 1900

Friday, April 18th, 2008 Posted in Conrad Askland, Music | 134 views No Comments »

httpv://youtube.com/watch?v=xVFRkrei1lQ The Legend of 1900 is my favorite movie of all time. Most people I've mentioned it too have never seen it. It's a heartbreaker. This is a scene on a ... Read more..

Oscar Peterson Piano Solo

Friday, April 18th, 2008 Posted in Music, Uncategorized and Video | 166 views No Comments »

httpv://youtube.com/watch?v=vxB-LbcZITU Oscar Peterson Piano Solo. Reminds me of the piano competition in the movie "The Legend of 1900". Read more..

Alegria Opening and Band Introduction

Friday, April 18th, 2008 Posted in Cirque Du Soleil | 116 views No Comments »

httpv://youtube.com/watch?v=DOBmE_byv5Y Alegria Opening and Band Introduction Read more..

Cirque Du Soleil - Quidam Aerial Hoops

Friday, April 18th, 2008 Posted in Cirque Du Soleil | 124 views No Comments »

httpv://youtube.com/watch?v=m-6Bdh21v2k Cirque Du Soleil - Quidam Aerial Hoops Read more..