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Some exceptional musicians ...
Deborah Saidel
Need a good flautist for your event in or near Virginia?
Or a jazz or chamber ensemble with one?
www.debsaidel.com
Alexander Paley Festival
11th Annual Festival, Richmond, Virginia, September 2008
The festival is back. Fantastic! Get ready for next September.
www.paleyfestival.info
Heinz Chur
German composer of some marvelous Piano Sonatas
www.heinz-chur.com
Artist's page at MySpace.com
Alessandra Celletti
Italian pianist and composer
Profound interpretations of Erik Satie and the Gurdjieff / De Hartmann music.
And then, there are her own exquisite compositions in Golden Fly. I'm in love.
www.alessandracelletti.com
Artist's page at MySpace.com
Buy her albums at CD Baby
Nellie McKay
A wow intelligence. Starts out breezy, but she knows it.
You must hear the final song "Zombie", but I recommend the whole interview.
Interviewed by Terry Gross on Fresh Air
Direct link to the NPR media player
Musica Mundi
Latin / World Jazz ensemble
with violinist Sonia Lee, and composer-guitarist Terry Herald
Artists' page at Jumbie Records
Artists' page at MySpace.com
Buy their album at CD Baby
Hot Soup
Funny, encouraging, lovely folk music from three women singers
"Harmonies tight as the pyramid stones." -- George Francis Maida, WCVE
www.hotsouptrio.com
Non-Musical Links ...
"Some of the links go deeper, some spiral out.
Maybe you will find inspiration for your art."
www.jeanhuets.com
My sister is a visual artist. Check out her web site.
www.danafrostick.com.
More visual arts. This web site has all of Vincent Van Gogh's work.
www.vggallery.com
Resources ...
Fundamentals of Piano Practice by Chuan C. Chang
Audio and MIDI Production Software - REAPER
Create 4-panel folders and tray inserts for your own CD-Rs
A free online book that explains everything you need to known about how to
practice the piano effectively. At over 350 pages, this almost encyclopedic
work illuminates and compares many practice and performance techniques
developed over the past 150 years. The book is effused with the scientific
method rather than dogma, and I think it would be a useful addition to the
study or reference material of anyone who plays or teaches the piano.
HTML version on blogspot.com
PDF version on sinerj.org
Currently for Windows. But a Mac OSX version is expected this quarter,
and a preview version of this is already available.
This software is inexpensive, comprehensive, a pleasure to use, and
of the highest quality. Current prices are $225 for commercial use, $50
for non-commercial use, and free to try for 30 days, with nothing disabled,
ever. They trust you to do the right thing and pay them if you decide to use
it. Amazing. And they are actively developing it, so it gets better and better.
The name stands for "Rapid Environment for Audio Production,
Engineering and Recording". The logo and icon is a stylized sickle in a
shield; earlier versions used a Grim Reaper figure. If you are superstitious,
then maybe you don't want to use this software. Otherwise, this is the
software you should try if your current audio or MIDI software frustrates
you or slows you down.
www.reaper.fm
This template makes it easy to produce tray inserts accurately and quickly
with just a home-office paper cutter and a pair of scissors. Instructions and
fold/cut guidelines are included. Template design by Bruce Frostick.
CD Folder and Tray Insert Template for Microsoft Word