Stats to date: Day 10 = c.1440 raw samples yielding c.384 chosen samples.The sum for 10 days so far c. 9767 raw samples, c. 2757 chosen ones. ONE MORE RECORDING DAY TO GO…. Our process breaks the recording sessions into scenes/takes/hits. Day 10’s work covered almost 47 scenes, the most we ever did in one day. However the amount of… Read more →
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TOWER MUSIC – DAY 9 – CATALOGED!
Stats to date: Day 9 = c.1040 raw samples yielding c.260 chosen samples. The sum for 9 days so far c. 8327 raw samples, garnering c. 2373 chosen ones. This image shows the Intermediate Floor, the area where we spent the entire day. Structurally it acts to bind the four legs as they ascend from the Second Floor to the… Read more →
TOWER MUSIC – DAY 8 – CATALOGED!
Yes it was only six days ago I finished Day 7, but Day 8 was a short day and I had my nose to the grindstone this week, so another one down! The stats to date: Day 8 provided roughly 496 raw samples yielding roughly 124 chosen samples. The sum of the 8 days’ recording so far is roughly 7287… Read more →
A LOOK INTO THE TOWER MUSIC STUDIO
Here are some shots of where I am working nearly every day, cataloging the samples from Tower Music, and (when that’s done) where I’ll spend many more hours: creating my virtual instrument composing the music creating the sheet music scores pre-mixing the finished audio files for mastering in the studio Center foreground is my vintage digital keyboard, the Yamaha SY85… Read more →
TOWER MUSIC DAY 6 – CATALOGED!
The stats to date: Day 6 provided roughly 800 raw samples yielding roughly 206 chosen samples. The sum of the 6 days’ recording so far is roughly 5321 total listened-to samples yielding roughly 1578 total chosen samples. I’m now past the halfway mark in terms of days but if memory serves, not halfway thru the number of samples. Still, this… Read more →
TOWER MUSIC – DAY 4 – CATALOGED!
For Day 4’s work I sorted through roughly 660 samples yielding roughly 220 chosen sounds. The sum of the four day’s recording so far is roughly 3121 samples yielding roughly 1000 chosen sounds. I’m progressing a little slower now than before because with the constant impact of the metal sounds against my eardrums, I have to take breaks for several… Read more →
TOWER MUSIC – DAY 3 – CATALOGED!
Well, I’m a quarter of the way through cataloging the Eiffel Tower recording dates if not a quarter of the way through the total samples, but it feels good. Thursday morning I started at 7:30am for the final push…at 11am I looked at the clock and said to myself “I’ll still be here twelve hours from now…”. So finishing at… Read more →
TOWER MUSIC – DAY 2 – CATALOGED!
Another day down, 9.5 more to go. I really have gotten faster at choosing and editing the samples. Once I’m all done I may go back and re-check the earlier samples, bringing some of the expertise I’ve gained to the earlier editing, such as smoother fades to cover ground noise. As I read the time-stamps, I see that, unlike most… Read more →
BERTOLOZZI ACCOMPANIES FIREWORKS
Joseph Bertolozzi‘s music accompanies the City of Beacon’s 4th of July Fireworks at sundown this Thurs nite at Memorial Field. Come enjoy the refreshments and pre-fireworks music by The Costellos, Russ St. George & Friends, DJ Sincere, and Ed Mickz and stay for the celestial extravaganza at sundown! Read more →
BACK IN THE USA
Returned to the USA on Monday. Cataloging all the sounds begins next week. It’s astounding how the story of Tower Music has traveled in the press from Europe to North & South America to Australia, Malaysia and even the Himalayan Times! Who knew? Here is video that was used in The Guardian newspaper and other ITN news affiliates: You can… Read more →