November 2009

Bass flute story, lesson, and size comparison.

I’ve created, for your viewing pleasure as well as a way to cure my boredom for a few mins, a short video on the bass flute. I sold it recently for a friend and the white gloves (if I didn’t explain) are to prevent fingerprints since I had to ship it out that day. Video [...]

Victor Wooten bass and sax with Bela Fleck

Victor Wooten and sax solo with Jeff Coffin,live in S.Sebastian 2006,BELA FLECK AND FLECKSTONES
Duration : 0:4:30

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DEEP SCHROTT – world’s first bass sax quartet

“Cultural Value” (excerpt; comp. Dirk Raulf) played by DEEP SCHROTT. This is the first bass saxophone quartet ever, founded april 2008 by Dirk Raulf (Cologne/D), Andreas Kaling (Bielefeld/D), Wollie Kaiser (Saarbruecken/D) and Klaas Hekman (Rotterdam/NL). Videotaped and recorded live at Topaz Studio, Cologne, april 2008. Directed by Robin Baum.
Meet us at myspace.com/deepschrott and check out [...]

The Squarepent – Homemade Tuba (Serpent)

This is a short video I put together that explains and demonstrates two unusual homemade instruments that my uncle, Lindahl King, made for me out of wood.
My uncle got the idea to make these instruments from the website of squarepent inventor Paul Schmidt…
http://www.serpentwebsite.com/SQPT_concept.htm
They are based on the design of the ancient serpent, a predecessor [...]

Paul Hindemith: Heckelphone Trio op. 47

Hindemith’s trio for Heckelphone, Viola and Piano, probably one of the most notable pieces composed for this rare woodwind instrument.
The Heckelphone, also named bass oboe or baryton oboe, is a double reed instrument of the oboe family, pitched an octave below the oboe, about twice long and ending in a bulbous bell. Its soft and [...]