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Whoa! I’m honored. Now I sorta wish I’d had a few more months to practice. Maybe I’ll try for a reprise next year, if I can get access again…
@ Oliver:
There are definitely a few timing slips, not to mention that the arrangement itself is not entirely faithful to the original.
Also, the recording was made through the keyboard microphone on a Thinkpad. In retrospect, not an ideal choice…
@ Vern:
Yup, like a giant piano — but with more flailing about of the arms and legs!
@ John:
It actually still is available. I’ve run into that bug with embedded YouTube links before. Just double-click the video to bring it up in it’s own page.
I always loved when the nerds got their hands on Storke Tower back when I was at UCSB. I use to randomly hear various John Williams movie themes on them when cycling across campus.
The recital was May 18th, 2008. Unfortunately, our advertising resources were pretty limited, and it happened to be the same day as Extravaganza (oops!). Hopefully we’ll be able to gather a more substantial audience next time around…
And, yes, it is imperative that JoCo come and play for us.
Having tinkered around on one of these beasties before, I send congratulations, Greg! On both your recital and the awesomeness of your repertoire. I’ve always wanted to hear the SuperMario theme on the carillon, actually…
I played the 10-bell chime at Syracuse for four years (did you know who can play “Hey Jude” on ten bells? True!), and a decade later I found a carillon teacher in my area… but I had to give up lessons for various reasons (not exactly a portable instrument for practice purposes, is it?), and I haven’t been up a tower in a couple years. But the memories of hours spent banging out on the practice keyboard in the cold winter stay with you forever, I think.
This is my ultimate dream: to have my own carillon. All other dreams (where the castle will be, etc.) are necessarily built around that one.
June 23rd, 2008 at 2:15 pm
Some bits were hard to make out and the timing sounded weird, but considering where it came from it’s good stuff ^_^
June 23rd, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Cool.
Here’s a link to the YouTube page, with some more details about how/where this was made: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPPjS-TCCqk
I had no idea what a Carillon was. Apparently it’s like a giant piano that has bells instead of strings. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carillon
Here’s a page with some interesting pictures and facts about the Storke Tower carillon (where this was played): http://www.library.ucsb.edu/libwaves/aug99/tower.html
June 23rd, 2008 at 5:08 pm
Can stardom rise any higher? I don’t think so!
Is it lonely up there Joco?
June 23rd, 2008 at 6:42 pm
It’s no longer available…
June 23rd, 2008 at 8:13 pm
That was awesome, in all senses of the word. I was grinning like a loon.
A loon with lips, that is. Um. So, not a loon so much. But definitely grinning!
(Come back to Western Mass!)
June 23rd, 2008 at 9:04 pm
Magical! Thanks.
June 23rd, 2008 at 9:39 pm
dude, that’s my school - I pass that bell tower twice a day on my bike - how was I not there?
June 23rd, 2008 at 10:37 pm
Whoa! I’m honored. Now I sorta wish I’d had a few more months to practice. Maybe I’ll try for a reprise next year, if I can get access again…
@ Oliver:
There are definitely a few timing slips, not to mention that the arrangement itself is not entirely faithful to the original.
Also, the recording was made through the keyboard microphone on a Thinkpad. In retrospect, not an ideal choice…
@ Vern:
Yup, like a giant piano — but with more flailing about of the arms and legs!
June 23rd, 2008 at 11:39 pm
I was watching this being performed! Pretty epic… yay Greg!
June 23rd, 2008 at 11:52 pm
@ John:
It actually still is available. I’ve run into that bug with embedded YouTube links before. Just double-click the video to bring it up in it’s own page.
Man, this was just awesome!
June 24th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
There aren’t even words to describe how epic that success is. Awesome.
June 24th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
I think that wins for coolest cover ever! JoCo, you should post a comment on his YouTube and make all of the viewers totally geek out!
@Greg - that was awesome! Did your judges know where the song was from? Did the school get any comments?
June 24th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
I was not aware that there were in fact tower bell “recitals”. Hey at least you have no problem figuring out where to host it.
June 25th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
This is beyond awesome. Simply… beyond.
June 25th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
I always loved when the nerds got their hands on Storke Tower back when I was at UCSB. I use to randomly hear various John Williams movie themes on them when cycling across campus.
I miss that school, it was an amazing place.
June 26th, 2008 at 12:08 am
They played the Tetris theme song on it too.
June 26th, 2008 at 2:22 am
Wait, what? When did this happen? I goto UCSB and was not aware of this epic event :O
This is only the first step. JoCo, you must come and play at UCSB now! ( Not during the summer, though, since I’m not there. )
June 28th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
@Kimani:
The recital was May 18th, 2008. Unfortunately, our advertising resources were pretty limited, and it happened to be the same day as Extravaganza (oops!). Hopefully we’ll be able to gather a more substantial audience next time around…
And, yes, it is imperative that JoCo come and play for us.
June 30th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
Having tinkered around on one of these beasties before, I send congratulations, Greg! On both your recital and the awesomeness of your repertoire. I’ve always wanted to hear the SuperMario theme on the carillon, actually…
I played the 10-bell chime at Syracuse for four years (did you know who can play “Hey Jude” on ten bells? True!), and a decade later I found a carillon teacher in my area… but I had to give up lessons for various reasons (not exactly a portable instrument for practice purposes, is it?), and I haven’t been up a tower in a couple years. But the memories of hours spent banging out on the practice keyboard in the cold winter stay with you forever, I think.
This is my ultimate dream: to have my own carillon. All other dreams (where the castle will be, etc.) are necessarily built around that one.
July 1st, 2008 at 5:17 am
umm…. nice!
I really enjoyed Still Alive in Rock Bnad too!
July 2nd, 2008 at 6:02 pm
Well, THAT’S a link I’ll be passing on.