Little skitty
Went to visit producer Niraj Chag at his studio..Here’s a snippet of an idea we started working on for about an hour… we’re thinking of creating a new project to create an all-vocal EP…. feedback welcome!
who would you like to see collaborate?
I’m planning to bring back my collaborative concert series Music Through Unconventional Means – who would you like to see collaborate?
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My glasto 2010
Glastonbury 2010 was SO warm… almost unbearably hot at times
I did a little unannounced set jumping up before the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble on the Park Stage. Here’s a tiny video of the very end!
That evening we heard a rumour that Radiohead were about to play on Park. We ran down and saw a stunning performance from Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood
Glasto Sunset
Stevie Wonder closed the festival and got Michael Eavis up to sing hapy birthday to Glastonbury. Stevie is one of my idols and I think it was the best Glasto headliner i’ve seen!!!
Swingles do guerilla accapella!!! Lovebox: Expect The Unexpected…
Swingles do guerilla accapella!!! Lovebox: Expect The Unexpected (via LoveboxTV)
Glastonbury 2010: Good weather forecast for festival | Music | guardian.co.uk
Glastonbury 2010: Good weather forecast for festival | Music | guardian.co.uk :
YESS!!!!!
OMG AL GREEN HAS STILL TOTALLY GOT IT!! LEGEND!!! Al Green -…
OMG AL GREEN HAS STILL TOTALLY GOT IT!! LEGEND!!! Al Green – Let’s Stay Together (LIVE on Jonathan Ross – 18 June 2010) (via dtvmusic)
check out beatbox academy on BBC Newsround
Check out Adam, aka X-Hunter (star of BOXED and of the BAC Beatbox Academy) reporting for BBC Newsround! WATCH THE VIDEO
photos by Gabrielle Motola
Here are some cool pics from our shoot with Gabrielle Motola during our run of BOXED – the camera was suspended above us
Totally just found a leaf in the shape of an electric guitar!
Totally just found a leaf in the shape of an electric guitar!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZVfyQyu9RY&feature=youtube_gdata
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZVfyQyu9RY&feature=youtube_gdata
Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir – ‘Lux Aurumque’…
Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir – ‘Lux Aurumque’ (via EricWhitacresVrtlChr)
Strange and beautiful!!
BOXED: Suggestions for time travel tunes!
On Thursday I’m going to visit the legendary DJ YODA who is helping me construct some DJ style mixes for one of the key sequences in BOXED, my new stage show. I’m then going to turn the DJ mixes into Vocal Orchestra arrangements.
Why? Well, in a nutshell, in the show the gang invent a human time machine and go back to the 90s to sing an amazing medley of awful 90s tunes. Then they go back to the 80s, 70s, 60s, 1720s, and so on.
What I want to know from you is:
If you could choose any song for the Vocal Orchestra to recreate, what would be your ultimate tune from each decade?
Please leave a comment below, or hit me on twitter @shlomo or on Facebook
video responses from poor unsuspecting Concerto goers
I just got an email from a site called Winkball.com who were at the recent premiere of Concerto for Beatboxer and Orchestra. They took over 50 videos of people’s thoughts before and after the gig. (Some are more interesting than others). You can see the videos here.
beatboxconcerto update
sitting here trying to nail this score. there’s a part where i have to make two notes at once, which means learning how to blow a raspberry in tune, and then sing another note on top. right now i’ve been blowing raspberries into a guitar tuner for nearly an hour. this is my job. http://shlo.co.uk/beatboxconcerto
competition winner
Congratulations to Arike who won the prize draw for a copy of the Vocal Orchestra DVD after handing in a feedback form at the recent production of BOXED.
Listen again – BBC Radio 3: my first reactions to the score for Concerto for Beatboxer and Orchestra
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ps0p Check out this piece on BBC Radio 3′s Music Matters to hear my first reactions to Anna’s score: BBC Radio 3 – Music Matters (36 minutes in). You can listen again until next weekend!
