NAMM Oddities 2013

April 18, 2013 in Articles

Barry Wood has updated his NAMM Oddities page from this year’s NAMM show. NAMM is a trade show that happens around the beginning of the year for music related items.

Some flute related items are here:

I’ll skip over the Polycarbonate crap and skip to what I thought was interesting, the gFlute. The gFlute seems to be made out of Grenaditte, which sounds like sorta the stuff they make the Greenline Buffet clarinets out of. Basically, sounds like it is some sort of wood and epoxy composite. Not to say that is a bad thing at all. A quick Google search of Grenaditte seems to result in rather positive reviews of the flutes. And they are priced fairly well compared to “real wood”, coming in at about $2K.

Maybe one day when I have money I’ll try a headjoint from them….

iFlute

March 28, 2013 in Videos

Totally awesome

Now That’s a Flute

March 15, 2013 in Videos

Launch Equity Acquires MakeMusic

March 13, 2013 in News

Launch Equity Acquires MakeMusic:

Today, MakeMusic announced that Launch Equity will purchase the company.  You can read MakeMusic’s press release here.   Launch Equity proposed the buyout last July (July 15, 2012), with the intent of taking the company private and then investing money into the company for a new CEO as well as updating software (particularly Finale’s base code).

(Via Technology in Music Education)

This is great news considering Avid is falling off a cliff and the development team of Sibelius was sacked and have started a new project with Steinberg.

However, this did crop up. Seems everyone isn’t happy about this

History Of Music

February 17, 2013 in Videos

FlutEase Kickstarter

February 11, 2013 in Articles

If you haven’t browsed Kickstarter, you should. There are some interesting projects on there looking for funding. One that I came across is FlutEase. Looks like an interesting aid for people to learn the flute.
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Dave Brubeck, jazz legend, dies at 91 – latimes.com

December 5, 2012 in Articles, News

Another Jazz Legend has left the house.

Dave Brubeck, jazz legend, dies at 91 – latimes.com:

Dave Brubeck, the jazz pianist, composer and bandleader behind the legendary Dave Brubeck Quartet, has died at age 91.

(Via www.latimes.com)

Will We Ever Run Out Of New Music?

November 28, 2012 in Videos

Food for thought.

Jim Snidero’s new site: jazzimprovisation.com

November 9, 2012 in News

Jim Snidero’s new site: jazzimprovisation.com:


Jim Snidero’s new site, jazzimprovisation.com, is now live. The site offers a variety of instructional videos on jazz improvisation, features top New York players, and uses cutting-edge technology.

(Via UNT Division of Jazz Studies)

Olympic Themes by John Williams

August 5, 2012 in Sheet Music

John Williams is arguably one of the greatest composers. He has penned FOUR olympic themes, and you hear them all the time on the Olympic coverage. Enjoy!

1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles

  Olympic Fanfare and Theme by John Williams (99.5 KiB, 10 hits)
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1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul Korea

  The Olympic Spirit by John Williams (80.0 KiB, 4 hits)
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1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta

  Summon The Heroes by John Williams (90.6 KiB, 3 hits)
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2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City

  Call Of The Champions by John Williams (104.7 KiB, 8 hits)
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