cynthcart
February 22, 2009
Got hold of a loan of a very cool instrument to use in the show; Yup, it’s a cynthcart, a Commodore 64 hacked up to play as a synth! Tried it out in rehearsal today, works great. (Thanks to Col for the loan.)
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Plan for the show, version 01
February 21, 2009
Plan for the show, version 02
February 21, 2009
Well, that worked out easily enough. If the longer numbers are in the region of five mins, I reckon I can just about bring that in at 45 mins. Also working on a list of instruments, looks like twenty-two different bits of gear, including laptops, effects units and conventional instruments.
Slipping Away
February 20, 2009
Driving work the other morning, I wrote this waltz in my head; It’s called ‘Slipping Away’ because, as you might have noticed, each time it repeats it accidentally slides down a semitone; like the last slush of winter on a window pane, or someone slowly, gently, dying… I think I’ll use it in the show on March 5th. Which now, finally has a fourth player! And, I got a loan the other day of an *extremely* cool instrument to use in the show, more details to follow. ...
Ted Edwards classic
December 22, 2008
I’ve finally managed to persuade Ted to let me post some of the amazing back catalog he’s built up over the years. Below is a piece called ‘slacion’ which he did ‘sometime in the late 70s’, using an adapted version of the PE Minisonic synth plus tape loops plus a spring reverb. The video is also by Ted, a recent digital remix of ‘some old Betamax that’s up in the loft’. ...
Bare Wires
October 22, 2008
I’m putting in a proposal to Cryptic Nights to do a show called, to give it its full title, Ted Edwards proudly presents Bare Wires - Live in concert or just Bare Wires for short. Below I’ve gathered together in one place some relevant video and other documentation; ‘The Other Other Hand’ is pretty much fully documented from initial ideas to final performance at workingtitle08.blogspot.com - the best place to start is probably the three-minute preview video at the top of that page, also available on YouTube. ...
The Whirlies – finished
October 3, 2008
The performance of ‘The Whirlies’ is coming up very soon; The Whirlies by J. Simon van der Walt A new piece for strings and electro-junk improviser, inspired by the roundabouts of East Kilbride Scottish Philharmonic Orchestra Cond Peter Cynfryn Jones Solist Edward ‘Teddy’ Edwards Òran Mór (Byre’s Road, Glasgow) Monday 17 Nov 2008 Doors open at 1715, Concert begins at 1815 £10 includes cocktail and canapés 0141 357 6200 Also featuring Vaughan Williams A Lark Ascending Debussy Danses Sacré et Profane Respighi Il Tramonto ...
Lovely music for piano and striking clock
September 22, 2008
[audio src=“https://tedthetrumpet.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/reveal_chime.mp3”][/audio] reveal_chime.mp3 Some music I’m working on for a puppet show…
The Whirlies – early sketches
August 16, 2008
I have a commission for another piece from the Scottish Philharmonic Orchestra, for a concert at Òran Mór in Glasgow on 17 November. It’s going to be called ‘The Whirlies’, which is a famous roundabout in East Kilbride; to be the first movement of a suite dedicated to the, er, roundabouts of East Kilbride! The piece is essentially for strings, but - and I haven’t exactly told them this yet - I intend to turn up and do some live electro-junk impro along with the piece as well. ...