httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYot5-WuAjE
This is one of the most important historic recording from 19th century. This recording contains the voice of great English poet, Robert Browning (1812 – 1889). Although the recording is very inaudible, it is still worth to hear one of the greatest poet of Victorian era.
It was recorded in a dinner party given by Browning’s friend the artist Rudolf Lehmann, on May 6th, 1889.
Continue reading “Robert Browning Recites His Poem (1889 Edison Cylinder)”
The Videocon IIFA 2009 awards will be televised from the Venetian Macau June 11-13, 2009. This award for the Indian film industry is popularly called the “Bollywood Awards”. Artists from Cirque Du Soleil’s ZAIA show will perform during the ceremony. I am told these awards are televised to 300-500 million people worldwide.
Yes, this is a pretty big deal. I don’t know when the ceremonies are aired in the USA but I’ll add info to this post if I find out before the airing. We’ll have extra shows of Cirque Du Soleil’s ZAIA for attendees of the event – and you can bet that the artists are working VERY hard right now to prepare for this presentation, in addition to their regular show schedule.
And did you know Cirque Du Soleil’s 25th Anniversary is the middle of June 2009? Things are jumping at the Venetian Macau in June!
Continue reading ““Bollywood Awards” at Venetian Macau June 11-13 2009″
The official soundtrack for Cirque Du Soleil’s ZAIA show (Venetian Macau, China) was released on May 26, 2009. You can currently purchase on Amazon.com: ZAIA CD Amazon.com – or go to Amazon.com and search for “ZAIA”. A cut from the CD should also be on the Cirque Du Soleil 25th Anniversary CD which will also be available on Amazon.com late June 2009.
If you follow the Amazon link you can also listen to Mp3 excerpts from the album. I’ve heard rumors there will be a “Making of ZAIA” documentary released that will include many of the musicians and artists involved in creating the CD soundtrack.
To my knowledge, this is the first Cirque Du Soleil original soundtrack CD that has been recorded by the original show musicians. Most tracks recorded in Macau (SAR) China, string parts recorded in Hong Kong.
Music composed by Violaine Corradi. As a sidenote, I was asked by Violaine to arrange string parts for the CD which were recorded by members of the Hong Kong Philharmonic. That was a very fun project to work on. Hope you enjoy the soundtrack!
I received this card for my birthday and thought it was a great musician birthday card.
Add this to my list of stupid tech problems that wasted my time. This one about SIX hours.
The Netgear router comes with an installation CD for PC only. If installing on a Mac you need to do it manually. I even tried using my VMFusion side with Microsoft XP to install but would not work.
The secret? Clear the cache on your Safari browser! For me it was that simple. Then I was able to connect directly to the router for setup. I hope this helps someone else save many hours.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCX0JJ16dFM
Calculate your God Delusion index. The “God Delusion” is a book by Richard Dawkins published around 2007 (I think). I read it. This video was posted on one of my bible discussion forums. I was interested to note that my answers to the questions in the video were radically different than they would have been five years ago.
And this comment from the original poster of the video: A STUPID video that I found — a quiz that supposedly measures how deluded by religion you are. I’m glad this hateful moron won’t be spending the next trillion years in heaven with Jesus and me!
Would be interested in your thoughts on this video and it’s questions…
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XINDnU3y1Qs
Check this out: A clip from the Beverly Hillbillies featuring Alan Reed, the voice of Fred Flintstone, yabbadabbadoo! You’ll be watching a real person, but swear it’s Fred!
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TfAyX8l5-g
This is my #1 favorite song in all of music. If you are interested in more information on this piece, I have a previous post with translation and background information here:
https://www.conradaskland.com/blog/2006/11/ave-verum-corpus-wa-mozart/
Ave Verum Corpus by W.A. Mozart.
This is a thought on the language of music and how my personal vocabulary has changed since working with Cirque and working in China.
I don’t know if this would qualify as a “paradigm shift”, but I had an eye opener today. I had a friend send me a video of a music performance. It’s a group that plays a style of music I used to play. And when I watched it, it was like a foreign language to me. Like something distant I recognized just faintly. And this was a style of music I played for many years.
Continue reading “Personal Evolution on the Language of Music”
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3kyNGVK-hI
The UK’s premier beatboxers performing live at the Google offices in London. If you’re pressed for time, watch the first minute then go up to the last three minutes or so. Good stuff.