This is the Share Your Music Thread

[throatsinger]

If you don't have a server to store your music, graphics, and other files, don't worry; we will be adding that feature soon...

Ok, I'll start. Here are a couple live tracks with Per Hultquist's PETS ensemble, recorded last year in Boulder, CO:

Tribal Wind

Perash
(trio with Per on didg and Ash Dargan on flute and some vocal)

And some Big Sky...

Fire in the Water

Far Away

Remembering the Vision

I'm Going Down (video)

Have fun,

[KosciaK]

Hello!

You mean like this:

Tribal Wind ? :)

You've got to to this like this:
(url=http://link.goes.here)name(/url)
but exchenge ( and ) to [ ]

Greetings!
KosciaK

[throatsinger]

Thanks, KosciaK.

Check your PM.

[throatsinger]

Here's an mp3 I just found, that I'd recorded with Nikolai Oorzhak and myself back (and a friend on Tibetan bowel) in 2002: http://www.khoomei.com/mp3s/bowling.mp3

He's on the left, I'm on the right.

[khomus-old]

Oh, well, if this is the share your music thread ...
 
http://www.thoughtsongs.com/tsblog/2005/09/24/my-first-pseudo-podcast/
 
Let me just say, it's very very long, and if you're not on a fast connection, you probably want to skip it.  It also, incidentally, almost entirely sucks.  I talk way too much, my playing was off that day, and really, I might do it over.  One thing I should do is break it up into smaller files.
 
Anyway, all that having been said, if you've ever wanted to hear Jew's harps from all over the world, along with a bunch of pointless ramblings, some of them are even about the Jew's harp!, then this is for you.  It's mp3, and about an hour long.  50some megs, I think.  My first try at this, so eh.  I was just sitting around one day and decided to do it.  I don't play a Tuvan khomus, even though I own two of them, but I do play a Tuvan tune, what's the name of that one anyway?, and I do play a khomus from Sakha, right at the very end.
 
Oh, in case anybody actually does do podcast things, I'm told this actually works like a podcast, because of the blog software I use.  For those of you who don't, you can just download the huge mp3.
 
I'll happily accept constructive criticism, especially if you have thoughts on how I might improve my playing technique, either in technical terms or in relation to my interpretation of the music.  Seriously, you're some of the few people I know who not only play the instrument, but are often far better at it than I am.  So if you have anything, start a new thread or something.  I'm looking at this as a learning experience.  Even though this wasn't my best playing by any means, I'll still take it.  Heh, can you see why the thing's an hour long?  Good gods I can ramble on.

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[moortaiool]

I really enjoyed the runthrough of your khomus collection.
It's a pity there is no similarly active forum for
this instrument.
Most existing forums are pretty low in activity.

The one exception is the Russian language forum at overtone.ru.

Here is a radio show that I like:

The Jawharp Show with Lena Strayhorn

It runs for something like two hours.

Morten

[khomus-old]

Thanks for the complement, and thanks for the link!  Is there a website that lists the albums and such they took all of these tracks from?  They mention some of them in the show, but not all of them.  They have a lot of stuff I don't own, so I'd be interested in tracking them down.  Awesome music.
 

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I really enjoyed the runthrough of your khomus collection.
It's a pity there is no similarly active forum for
this instrument.
Most existing forums are pretty low in activity.

The one exception is the Russian language forum at overtone.ru.

Here is a radio show that I like:

The Jawharp Show with Lena Strayhorn

It runs for something like two hours.

Morten



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[moortaiool]

Here is the playlist of the show.

Morten

[imnotelmo]

Here are a few quick and dirty recordings i made going
into the workshops and concerts in New Mexico so i'd
have some recent recordings on hand.

http://www.busker-kibbutznik.org/khoomei/1105/

[aiwetir]

@khomus, forgot that i wanted to reply to the podcast. the family and i gave it a listen, it was enjoyable. the amateurish parts were actually the best part. :D

@brian, haven't taken the time to listen to it all, but the tidbits i heard sounded interesting.

[khomus-old]

Heh, thanks, I'm glad people liked it.  I might do some more later.  And yeah.  On the one hand, I think if I had things slightly more together, that would help.  But the more I think about it, I like that laid back style.  It wasn't so much that I wanted to have like, you know, a little lecture worked out.  I just think it could've hung together a little better than it did.  It's one of those things where you know roughly what you want to say in your head, and then when you actually get to doing it, something different comes out.  Then you're going, man, I could've done better!  So just like playing music, really.  Or am I the only one who does that?

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[throatsinger]

Yeah, nice job, John. You sound good!

[throatsinger]

Brian,

Cool, you continue to improve. If I may suggest: For your khoomei and sygyt, it sounds like you're a bit to far forward in the mouth. It weakens the throat sound of the khoomei and gives an "eee" quality to your sygyt. Make sure that your jaw is a bit down and forward, so that you have plenty of space in the laryngopharynx and oropharynx. That can keep the resonance further back, sweetening your tones. Also, for the sygyt, make sure that you have enough space betwixt your cheek and teeth on the side you use, and that your lips are to the same side. Should help with a sharper, more focused sound.

Did you play the flute? Sweet!

[imnotelmo]

["throatsinger"]
... it sounds like you're a bit to far forward in the mouth...

it doesn't feel forward, though it does need some tweaking.
the sygyt i'd still consider a recent development. i'll experiment
with the areas you mention.


> ... Did you play the flute?

yes. Native American Style flute is great to improv with
because the technique is really straight forward as the
design of the flute does all the hard work for you. Plus
it's a minor pentatonic scale so you can do almost anything
and it will sound somewhat musical.

[accidentalsounds]

here's an old mp3 I recorded, i sound better now, I just don't have any recordings.