Wednesday 18 May 2022
by Wulf
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I had a request this morning to sing Big is the Mountain with the toddlers group rather than the song I had in mind and I don’t have the chords stored in the collection of tunes on my iPad. Fortunately, … Continue reading
Tuesday 17 May 2022
by Wulf
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Last Saturday’s gig with the Charnwood Symphonic Wind Orchestra is available to watch online. Band portions come among other performers (including kicking off about 14.5 minutes in with The Mandalorian) and, if you look closely, you can see me sitting … Continue reading
Tuesday 3 May 2022
by Wulf
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After extended deliberation, I’ve gone ahead and purchased a licence for Reaper. I’ve already got Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) software in the form of Logic Pro but that only runs on Macs and I’m not sure my trusty MacBook is … Continue reading
Monday 11 April 2022
by Wulf
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Last night’s rehearsal with the Charnwood Symphonic Wind Orchestra was one of those that involved a lot of sight reading. We did a few of the pieces we’ve been rehearsing over the past term but also some that I’ve not … Continue reading
Sunday 10 April 2022
by Wulf
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Yesterday evening was my first experience of hearing a ‘clarinet choir’. Blackwood Clarinets are an ensemble who feature not just the regular Bb clarinet but a whole host of other sizes from the higher Eb clarinet down to the floor-rumbling … Continue reading
Wednesday 6 April 2022
by Wulf
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When I joined the Charnwood Symphonic Wind Orchestra towards the end of last year, it was to bring my sight reading skills up to scratch. They are definitely improving although I’m a long way from being able to pull a … Continue reading
Saturday 2 April 2022
by Wulf
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I think I’ve solved the problem I was having with Ableton the other day. I fired it up and created a quick, throwaway track using just built in sounds and exported that. On trying to open the resulting WAV file … Continue reading