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October 19, 2010

Sax: long notes (Dean Hilson)

Dean looks at long notes from several different angles – the growl, vibrato, dynamics and ear training. Listen to Dean’s music here The Pearly Shells Zydeco Jump The Vanguards

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September 20, 2010

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Helen Mountfort performs Soliloquy a solo ‘cello piece originally written and performed in Swift, a dance piece devised and performed with dancer Ros Warby and designer Margie Medlin. Soliloquy is inspired by and pays homage to the music of extraordinary Armenian composer and duduk player Djivan Gasparyan. Helen writes music for film, dance and theatre [...]

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September 20, 2010

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Post sync sound for Digital Pill

As part of my constant striving for technical excellence on the coalface of the ever changing digital learning curve, I am now recording sound separately. This presents me with the opportunity to mix the sound in my studio and general tweak the levels at leisure. This video of Helen Mountfort represents my first effort at [...]

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September 13, 2010

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Eugene Ughetti – interview

This video is a recording of the +LIVE STREAM+ from 13/9/10. For the timing of the next live stream see the countdown clock in the sidebar > Visit Eugene’s projects on these links Speak Percussion Glass Percussion Project Eugene’s CD is available here Or have a look at Eugene’s performance filmed for Digital Pill

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August 20, 2010

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Lisa Young – konnakol rhythms

Vocalist Lisa Young sings and explains examples of konnakol, the spoken rhythms of South Indian music. download the pdf of the Sa Ri Ga rhythms here Visit Lisa’s website And here’s a link to her album Grace (awarded best Australian Jazz Vocal album of the year)

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August 6, 2010

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Digital Pill goes LIVE

Above is the new animated logo for the digitalpill.tv LIVE streaming show that begins regular broadcasts this Monday from the Dog Theatre (6.30pm Mon Aug 9th Melbourne time). For people in other timezones, check out the countdown clock in the sidebar (on the right), it lets you know exactly when the next live show goes [...]

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July 16, 2010

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Digital Pill – Arts Vic funding 2010/11

Digital Pill has received funding from ARTS VICTORIA – Victoria Rocks for the 10/11 year. Its greatly appreciated. For now I’m working with the illustrator/graphic artist Kim Lynch to create a new look for the videos and also investigating the live streaming service make.tv to establish a monthly live forum about the music scene. So [...]

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June 28, 2010

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Practice tip: countdown clock (Leo Dale)

Ever wondered how much music practice you are actually doing in between all of life’s distractions. In this short video Leo Dale talks about using a countdown clock to keep your eyes and ears on the practice of music.

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June 28, 2010

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Fine Blue Thread – Quiet Music Festival

Grounded in the traditions of Indian, Javanese and Western classical music Fine Blue Thread are Ria Soemardjo – Voice, Sam Evans – Tabla, Helen Mountfort – Cello. Here they are playing at the Quiet Music Festival Vist them online Their website Buy their CD

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