Sorry folks, but I am going to need to juggle my schedule a bit owing to my daughter’s upcoming volleyball tournaments. Consequently, this weekend’s BWDD #6 will be delayed. I’ll be updating the event calendar as I get details on the various tourneys. But never fear, I will be performing again very soon.
I am proud to announce the release of my latest Palancar album: Yurushiiro.
I am a Wikipedia geek. Yes, I admit it. One of my favorite pastimes is to go to the Wikipedia home page, hit the random link, start reading a base article, and then see where I end up. Often times I pass through quite a bewildering sequence of topics, usually ending up in quite a different place than where I started. Which is, of course, half the fun.
During one of these virtual journeys, I came across this interesting page, which describes the traditional colors of Japan, including which colors were reserved for the nobility (“kinjiki”) versus those that the common person could use (“yurushiiro”):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_colors_of_Japan
To be honest, it had never occurred to me that a country might have a formal national color palette. Such an fascinating idea. And of course the colors spoke to me, very reserved, subtle, orderly, and ancient, as one might expect when describing Japan.
Which inspired a thought: what if I was to create a series of pure ambient pieces and then see which color reminded me of which track, or conversely, which tracks reminded me of which color? Sort of a weak form of synesthesia. Well, this album, called Yurushiiro, is the result of that process.
I hope you enjoy the music as much as I enjoyed making it.
Starting right now, I’ll be broadcasting another live concert on YouTube and RadioSpiral.net.
There will be both a live video+audio feed, a live audio feed – one in my YouTube channel and the other at RadioSpiral.net.
And if you tune in, pay a visit to the chatroom and say hello! Hope to see you there …
A gentle reminder to mark your calendars …
This Saturday, December 29, 2018 at 3 PM US Pacific Time / 6 PM US Eastern Time / 11 PM UTC, I’ll be broadcasting another live concert on YouTube and RadioSpiral.net.
There will be both a live video feed and a live audio feed – on my YouTube channel and at RadioSpiral.net.
This edition of Blue Water Drift Dive is brought to you by this guy:
I hope to see you there!
Starting right now, I’ll be broadcasting another live concert on YouTube and RadioSpiral.net.
There will be both a live video feed, a live audio feed, and not one but two separate chat rooms you can attend – one in my YouTube channel and the other at RadioSpiral.net.
Come on by and say hello!
A gentle reminder to mark your calendars …
Tomorrow, Saturday, December 1, 2018 at 3 PM US Pacific Time / 6 PM US Eastern Time / 11 PM UTC, I’ll be broadcasting another live concert on YouTube and RadioSpiral.net.
There will be both a live video feed, a live audio feed, and not one but two separate chat rooms you can attend – one in my YouTube channel and the other at RadioSpiral.net.
This edition of Blue Water Drift Dive is brought to you by the electron.
I hope to see you there!
A gentle reminder to mark your calendars …
On Saturday, December 1, 2018 at 3 PM US Pacific Time / 6 PM US Eastern Time / 11 PM UTC, I’ll be broadcasting another live concert on YouTube and RadioSpiral.net.
There will be both a live video feed, a live audio feed, and not one but two separate chat rooms you can attend – one in my YouTube channel and the other at RadioSpiral.net.
This edition of Blue Water Drift Dive is brought to you by the electron.
I hope to see you there!
Something about the best laid plans of mice and men comes to mind.
Ah well. Today’s Blue Water Drift Dive was a complete nonstarter, with not one, not two, but three separate failures of technology. The gods apparently did not want to hear any electronic music from me today.
I’ve deleted the messed up video, and there was no audio stream recorded. We’ll try again next time.
Starting right now, I’ll be broadcasting another live concert on YouTube and RadioSpiral.net.
There will be both a live video feed, a live audio feed, and not one but two separate chat rooms you can attend – one in my YouTube channel and the other at RadioSpiral.net.
Come on by and say hello!
A gentle reminder to mark your calendars …
On Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 3 PM US Pacific Time / 6 PM US Eastern Time / 11 PM UTC, I’ll be broadcasting another live concert on YouTube and RadioSpiral.net.
There will be both a live video feed, a live audio feed, and not one but two separate chat rooms you can attend – one in my YouTube channel and the other at RadioSpiral.net.
I hope to see you there!