My second piece on SoundCloud. Made on the iPad with Mixtikl, Thumbjam, and MultiTrack DAW.
Category: Music (page 2 of 3)
Performances and compositions.
Here’s a bit of music where I did absolutely nothing. None of this is me. I found a PDF of a lead sheet of music for the song “Nobody Does It Better” online which I downloaded and scanned with PhotoScore. I then sent the song file to Sibelius First which is a music notation application. I saved it out as a general MIDI file and imported it into Garageband. This gave me the melody line. I added Garageband loops in other tracks to add drums, bass, and electric piano. Presto, instant music.
Here’s the PDF:
Nobody Does It Better.pdf (76K)
and the resulting MIDI file (saved as AIFF and converted to MP3):
This is a test to see what happens when you link to an audio file (m4a) in the public Dropbox folder.
[audio src=”http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2992304/Classical%20Kalimba%20up.m4a”]
Well, it works. That’s cool because that means you can store audio files on Dropbox (for free) and display them in a WordPress blog.
Jim
Seeing what happens when I link to a SoundCloud page.
Created this piece on the iPad 3 using Mixtikl, Thumbjam, and MultiTrack DAW apps.
Jim
This is my first try at playing a melody on the kalimba. It’s the Bach Cantata 147, “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring.”
I’m playing this with my thumbs. It’s hard to play with consistant volume on each note and even more difficult to play with feeling.
I also used the Tempo app on the iPad to increase the tempo.
Kris gave me this Kalimba a few years back for Christmas. It’s made right here in Oregon at Thumb Fun Kalimbas. I’m finally getting around to learning how to play it. I watched a few videos on YouTube. This recording is my first – just some rhythm ideas.
I wrote this melody many years ago to go with the lyrics written by my good friend Carolyn Tracy.
I recently bought a new “D” tin whistle and I’m just starting to learn how to play it. Here’s my first recording. I played two songs – “Simple Gifts” and “Go Tell Aunt Rhody”.
I found a new use for my old darkroom out in the barn. I did this recording in it. I used MultiTrack DAW on my iPad and the iPad’s built-in microphone. I added a bit of reverb.
Jim
Another song by the Blodget family. Bob on dulcimer. Marilyn on guitar. Jim on harmonica.
Jim
Jamming’ with Bob and Marilyn – dulcimer, guitar, and harmonica. Dad liked this one.
Jim
I’m in California visiting family. Here’s the very first song we tried playing together. My brother Bob is on dulcimer. His wife Marilyn is on guitar, and I’m playing harmonica. I recorded it on my iPad using the built-in microphone. This is the first take with no practice.
This is a test of the new GarageBand on my iPad 3. I used the iPad’s built-in mike and added a bit of reverb in GarageBand.
Just a little going away song for Loraine. I recorded this with an iPad 2 and a Blue Snowflake USB mic. I then uploaded it directly to YouTube from the iPad.
Thanks and good luck Loriane.
Jim
How many songs do you “know”, but “don’t know”? This tune suddenly appeared during my harmonica practice. I knew the melody. I knew that it was a love song from a show or movie, but I didn’t know the title or most of the lyrics or who sung it. Can you place it? Here’s a big hint.
First person to peg it in the comments gets 10 points. And you know what points mean!
JimI found this lively rendition of Dardanella on Archive.org. It’s played by Borrah Minevitch and his Harmonica Rascals.
Jim