2008-2009 july-august

here's this past month's A (all 31 days combined into one):



and here's the rundown of performers/instruments:

singing at norman teale's funeral (shayna dunkelman, mikey c, brian gleeson, amir shirani, rachel cast, jason hoopes, agnes szelag); me singing solo (9 times); alee karim tuning during an ABA rehearsal; charvel electric guitar double-tracked; my voice multitracked 3 times; automat, cheeze machine, freealpha, ticky clav softsynths; fender jazz bass from expression with eventide H3500 octave processing; theresa wong and i on piano, toy piano, & 2 pitch pipes; fender strat from expression college with a new A string; jason hoopes and i on 7 pianos at lisser hall (mills college); ABA in rehearsal, jason/alee tuning guitar/bass; phoebe lehr and myself singing; ivan piesh and myself singing; baldwin piano from 1510 studio; ukulele (owned by phoebe lehr); ABA singing; mike guarino on glockenspiel; theresa wong on tonkori and cello; holly caust (alee on guitar, me on paia analog synth); theresa wong cello/vox, me on piano; dulcimer (owned by phoebe lehr); theresa wong on solo piano

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THIS IS THE FINAL DAY OF THIS YEAR'S MANTRA!!!!!! for the next year, i will only blog once a month (that's how the A's are being combined)...

here's the final one of 2007-2008 with shayna dunkelman, preshish moments, & myself on 3 marimbas, 2 vibraphones, & lou harrison's xylophone:

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my voice multitracked 3 times & distorted:

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two toy keyboards (one from ross department store, one from webb's 99 cent superstore) & my mom's casio celviano keyboard (electric piano patch):

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casio lk100 (from target) & upright piano (from encore music) & shelby (my niece) singing & norma acoustic guitar:

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"norma" brand acoustic guitar:

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toy xylophone from toys 'r us:

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dolphin chimes from my parent's patio:

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happy 4th of july!

here's my mom and i singing:

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toy xylophone (from last chance thrift store in palm harbor, fl) and a teacher's bell (from tjmaxx in tarpon springs, fl):