Tower Music on the charts making the iTunes Top Twenty back in May 2016! Read more →
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2nd Official Tower Music / Musique de la Tour Video
Enjoy the 2nd Official Music Video from #TowerMusic: “Glass Floor Rhythms.” You may listen to the whole album at https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/a-thousand-feet-of-sound/id1081098335?i=1081098641&mt=1&app=music @Apple Music Read more →
Microphones on the Eiffel Tower 02
A little more on the properties of sound from the Eiffel Tower as we record #TowerMusic. Read more →
WHIMSY WHILE YOU WORK – ON THE EIFFEL TOWER
A few seconds of fun while working on #TowerMusic. The album is available at iTunes, AppleMusic, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, etc. Read more →
Images for Tower Music – Adine Sagalyn
In bringing Tower Music to the Eiffel Tower administration (SETE) I wanted to approach them with something different visually and I was sure they had seen every image of the Tower. So I went with the non-obvious, and interior shot of the arch. This image was actually very similar to photo-collages created by an American artist, long resident of Paris, Adine… Read more →
Microphones on the Eiffel Tower 01
Watch us as we determine where to place mics on the Tour Eiffel for the recording of Joseph Bertolozzi‘s #TowerMusic. Read more →
BRIDGE MUSIC BEGINS 7th SEASON
#BridgeMusic, #TowerMusic‘s sister project begins its new year with fresh new signs. The signs and faceplates became “sunburned” over 6 yrs in the unrelenting sunshine. The Park Radios continue 24/7 on 95.3FM in the parks flanking the Mid-Hudson Bridge. Use your GPS to approach the installation from the east at 14 Gerald Drive, Poughkeesie, NY 12601 or from the west at 289 Haviland… Read more →
EXTENDED MIC/BOOM TECHNIQUES (LITERALLY)
Ever known someone who solved problems with grace and clarity? Meet Joe Popp, #TowerMusic audio engineer extraordinaire. He reminds me of my father Vincent. In this video we consider the challenges of recording the Eiffel Tower’s leg with a mic boom that doesn’t quite reach its destination and how to balance it once we get it hyper-extended into place. Read more →
YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO TUNE YOUR GUITAR?
You know how long it takes to tune your guitar? You look for that elusive confluence of absolute pitch relative to the other strings, right? Well the Eiffel Tower was not designed for the purity of its musical tones. So is one dead-in-the-water if writing music for those sounds? In this short demonstration Joseph Bertolozzi explains how a given surface… Read more →
1st Official Tower Music / Musique de la Tour Video
What would you do with some microphones & a bag of drumsticks? Here’s what I did… Read more →