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Reason #2 to Pre-Order God of War: Ghost of Sparta Official Soundtrack Revealed

• Sep 23, 2010 from iFRSH in Gaming
  Spartan Army! Still havent pre-ordered God of War: Ghost of Sparta? The exclusive Kratos PSN Avatar not enough for you? Perhaps this will change your mind introducing the God of War: Ghost of Sparta Original Soundtrack, one of six reasons to pre-order the game.
  
  Kratos PSN Avatar (More here)
  Original Soundtrack
  Legionnaire Skin
  PSP Theme
  God of War Live (Creative Directors Documentary)
  PS3 Dynamic Theme
  
  
  Joel Yarger, the Music Supervisor of God of War: Ghost of Sparta leads the charge this week with a behind-the-scenes look (and audio samples) for the Original Soundtrack.
  
  Im Joel Yarger, Music Supervisor on God of War: Ghost of Sparta, and I bring the sound of music to the PlayStation.Blog today. As you probably already know, God of War: Ghost of Sparta is the second God of War game from Ready At Dawn Studios and I think it outdoes their previous effort, Chains of Olympus, in pretty much every way! Ive personally been involved with the music for the God of War franchise since God of War 2 and its always fun to see where we can go with it.
  The original music for Ghost of Sparta was written by Gerard Marino and Mike Reagan, both of whom have worked on the previous God of War games. They really had the hard jobs of creating something new yet keeping it all within the God of War musical universe. Thats no small task as there are four other games worth of music written, so kudos to Gerard and Mike for nailing it! Dana Jan, the game director for Ghost of Sparta, really wanted the new music to contribute to the games identity: You know youre playing a God of War game, but it still feels fresh. Some quick factoids: There were roughly 13 minutes of new music composed for Chains of Olympus (all Gerard writing) and then we re-worked music from the other titles. Ghost of Sparta features roughly 37 minutes of new music and uses significantly less cues from the previous games.
  
  
  
  
  There were many new elements in this game to draw inspiration from, everything from the new story and main characters to the new environments and cities. We had plenty of concept art, good screenshots, some gameplay videos, and of course both the script and game director (Dana) to help us along the way. Here are four samples from the game that I think help showcase some of the inspired work both Mike and Gerard contributed.
  Atlantis and The Caldera are both pieces written by Mike Reagan. Mike did some really interesting things given our tight budget on the project. Since we werent able to record most of the music with live musicians, Mike took it upon himself to record some of his own live elements. He bought a double bass, a cello, a didgeridoo, and even modified a hammer dulcimer to have a curved bridge so you can reach individual strings with a bow. The sounds he achieved were just awesome and worked very well for establishing that fresh feeling, but sounded much older, even ancient. The hammer dulcimer especially lends itself to Atlantis, an ancient, mysterious city that has hints of splendor and regality. In The Caldera you can hear the cello and bass as they carry both the melody and rhythm that are very much inspired by the ebb and flow of lava.
  For Gerards contribution we should mention the story for a second (dont worry, its all vague and spoiler free!). The story in Ghost of Sparta has some very strong emotional moments and we felt that the music needed to pay appropriate attention to them. Kratos goes through what amounts to an emotional roller coaster and that was yet another opportunity to introduce something musically new for this title. We leaned heavily on Gerard to turn on the emotion for the 2 pieces highlighted here. Both cues are based on the same theme but they each showcase very different emotions, and different characters perspectives, which was essential for this score in order to have a good balance. One more factoid: If you listen even more closely you can hear that these themes are based on non-other-than the original Gof of War melody one part of it, anyway. Because much of the actual story in the game is for you to discover when you play it, I wont say any more than I already have.
  
  Be sure to pre-order the game to get the full soundtrack directly through PSN starting November 2nd, 2010.

Larry Goldings

• Sep 19, 2010 from pixelstoreus(PIXELSTORE.US) in *
  Larry Goldings
  Life and career
  Goldings was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His father was a classical music enthusiast, and Larry studied classical piano until the age of twelve. In high school he attended a program at the Eastman School of Music. During this period Erroll Garner, Oscar Peterson, Dave McKenna, Red Garland, and Bill Evans were prime influences. As a young teenager, Larry studied privately with Ran Blake and Keith Jarrett.
  Larry moved to New York in 1986 to attend a newly formed jazz program under the leadership of Arnie Lawrence at The New School. During college he studied piano with Jaki Byard and Fred Hersch. While still a freshman, Sir Roland Hanna invited Larry to accompany him to a three-day private jazz party in Copenhagen. While there, Larry met jazz legends Sarah Vaughan, Kenny Burrell, Tommy Flanagan, and Hank Jones; and he also played piano in a band with Sarah Vaughan, Harry Sweets Edison, and Al Cohn. While still a college student, he embarked on a worldwide tour with Jon Hendricks and worked with him for a year. A collaboration lasting almost three years with jazz guitar legend Jim Hall followed.
  In 1988, Larry began his development as an organist during a regular gig at a pianoless bar called Augies (now Smoke) on New Yorks Upper West Side. He was featured with several bands, and his own trio with guitarist Peter Bernstein and drummer Bill Stewart got its start there. His own first release was Intimacy Of The Blues in 1991. He has released ten or more albums since then, and has appeared as a sideman on hundreds of recordings. Over the course of his career, his distinctive keyboard sound has been sought out more and more by pop, R&B, Brazilian, and alternative artists, including De La Soul, India.Arie, Tracy Chapman, Colin Hay, Madeleine Peyroux, Luciana Souza, Rebecca Pidgeon, Melody Gardot, Walter Becker, Robben Ford, Steve Gadd, Al Jarreau, David Sanborn, Till Bronner, Priscilla Ahn, Jesse Harris, Sia, John Mayer, and Norah Jones. He has had long term collaborations with musicians such as Maceo Parker, John Scofield, Carla Bley, Michael Brecker and Pat Metheny, John Pizzarelli, Jack DeJohnette and Charlie Haden, in genres including jazz, Brazilian, funk, and pop music as pianist (since 2001) for singer-songwriter, James Taylor.
  Larrys melodic style of organ playing has often been compared to that of Larry Young. On organ, Larry cites as his first inspirations the solo piano style of Dave McKenna who walks his own bass lines better than anyone and Billy Preston accompanying Aretha Franklin on Bridge Over Troubled Water. Other influences were the Wes Montgomery records featuring Mel Rhyne and Jimmy Smith; Shirley Scott; Chester Thompson; Joe Zawinul; and Jack McDuff.1 Among jazz enthusiasts, Larrys organ trio with Peter Bernstein and Bill Stewart has been recognized for charting new ground, with the musicians synergistic playing and their hard-swinging, yet very thoughtful, music.
  Larry is a composer, arranger, and producer of music. His music reflects a wide listening palette, from Beethoven and Gabriel Faur to contemporary artists like The Beatles, Randy Newman, and Bjrk. His compositions have been recorded by Michael Brecker, Jack DeJohnette, Bob Dorough, Jim Hall, John Scofield, and Toots Thielemans, among others; and his songs and arrangements appear in the films Clint Eastwoods, Space Cowboys, John Maddens Proof, and, more recently, the Judd Apatow film, Funny People. Larry also is a featured performer in the 2009 Clint Eastwood documentary, The Dreams on Me, playing original arrangements of several classic Johnny Mercer tunes on piano and Hammond organ.
  In addition to film, Larrys composing, arranging and producing credits include four albums with the vocalist Curtis Stigers in which one can hear their original co-writes as well as Larrys musical arrangements of a variety of contemporary songs and jazz standards. Larrys musical arrangements also can be heard on several James Taylor albums, including October Road, James Taylor at Christmas, One Man Band, and most recently, Covers.
  In 2007, Larry Goldings, Jack DeJohnette and John Scofield, received a Grammy nomination in the category of Best Jazz Instrumental Album Individual or Group for their performance on the album, Trio Beyond Saudades (ECM). The album captures their live performance in 2004 at Queen Elizabeth Hall in London. Its title is in reference to the musicians collaboration that began as a tribute to the music of Tony Williams Lifetime group and has now moved beyond to include original works and other music in a similar vein.
  Also, in 2006, 2007 and 2008, Larry toured the United States and Europe with James Taylor, as his One Man Band, a collaborative project that culminated in the joint CD/DVD release by the same name (Hear Music). The album, which was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), features an original composition by Larry entitled School Song.
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download : VA - Image History - Emotional and Relaxing 6 CD Box - 2008

• Sep 27, 2010 from krwetatnt(ahmed gharwy) in Sports
  download : VA - Image History - Emotional and Relaxing 6 CD Box - 2008VA - Image History - Emotional and Relaxing 6 CD Box - 2008
  
  
  VA - Image History - Emotional and Relaxing (6 CD Box) - 2008
  MP3 320 Kbps CBR | Relax / Instrumental / New Age | 1,47GB
  
  2000 - Live Image 1:
  
  01. Karl Jenkins - Shallow Fog
  02. Taro Hakase - Tufted Puffin
  03. Yo-Yo Ma - Libertango
  04. Old Board - Corridor Foreigner 2001
  05. Takashi Kako - Paris Burning?
  06. Takashi Kako - Cheers to Earth
  07. Gontiti - After-School Music Room
  08. James Horner - Rose
  09. Assad Brothers Hurusawa Iwao - New Cinema Paradise
  10. Charlotte Church - Pied Lezu
  11. Ennio Morricone - Crazy In Love
  12. Takashi Kako - Twilight Waltz
  13. Miyamoto Humiaki featuring Michiru Oshima - Bagpipe
  14. Rodrigo Leao & Vox Ensemble - Ave Mundi
  15. Ryuichi Sakamoto - Before Long
  16. Komatsu Ryouta with Taro Hakase & Deep Forest - Continents Passion
  17. Toriyama Yuuzi - Song of Life
  
  2001 - Live Image 2:
  
  01. Karl Jenkins - Adiemus Variations - First Movement
  02. Hideo Guo - NS2000
  03. Western - Kekana
  04. Deep Forest - Cry Freedom
  05. Akasaka Tatsuzou - My Favorite Things
  06. Yong Hui Featuring Nana Mimura Child - Universe - Beautiful Spaceship Earth (Theme Song)
  07. 2001 Old Edition - Mystery of the Chinese Goddess - Discover The World! Venus mysterious China (Theme Song)
  08. Yo-Yo Ma - Green Destiny - Theme of Love
  09. Takashi Kako - State Of The World
  10. Richard Souther - Spirit Of The Fire
  11. Takashi Kako - Blue Horizon
  12. Gontiti - Country Style [2001 Mix]
  13. John Williams & Itzhak Perlman - Schindler's List
  14. Rachel Portman - The Cider House Rules - Main Theme
  15. Taro Hakase - Love You More Too
  16. Arico - Letters [Edit Version]
  17. Kimura Hiroshi - Sanzen
  18. Davy Spillane Featuring Iwashiro Taro - Time of Destiny - Mamoru Tokugawa Sandai (Theme of Aoi Trip)
  19. Maruyama Kazunori feat. Choro Club - Shichiriano Prayer - Turbulent Mediterranean World (Theme Song)
  20. Ryota Komatsu & Saitou Hisashi - We Met With The Wind
  21. Charlotte Church - Just Uevu Hello
  
  2003 - Live Image 3:
  
  01. Vangelis - Anthem
  02. Art Garfunkel - Morning Has Broken
  03. Gontiti - Cora
  04. Aselin Debison - Moonlight Shadow
  05. Taro Hakase - Angel In The Sky
  06. Fumiaki Miyamoto with Eric Mouquet - Magic In The Air
  07. Ryota Komatsu with Yuji Toriyama - Starneon
  08. Takashi Kako - Kaze No Waltz
  09. Yo-Yo Ma - 'Hibiki' Symphony Of Japan
  10. John Williams - Across The Stars
  11. Toshiyuki Watanabe feat. Daishin Kashimoto - Towa No Ai
  12. Takefumi Haketa - Ao No Kageri
  13. Martin Taylor - True
  14. Junichi Kamiyama - Staccato Polka
  15. Suguru Matsutani - Takumi
  16. Misako Koja with Choro Club - Warabigami
  17. Takefumi Haketa with Hiroki Kashiwagi - Tasogare No Begin
  
  2004 - Live Image 4:
  
  01. Cao Susugi Akira - Put Your Hands Up
  02. Komatsu Ryouta - Nescafe Gold Blend Awakening Theme
  03. Lim Hyung Joo - Sally Gardens
  04. Oreinichaku Yanushu - The movie 'The Pianist': Nocturne No. 20 in C Sharp Minor (posthumous)
  05. Taro Hakase - The Main Theme Of The Last Imperial Queen's Brother Flux (Image Edition)
  06. Takashi Kako - Path Of Civilization
  07. Tan Dun - Movie Hero: Hero Overture
  08. Takashi Kako - Wealth Dispute
  09. Miyamoto Humiaki, Yabe Tatsuya & Yoko Hasegawa - A River Flowing Back To The Ocean
  10. Operabeibusu - One Fine Day
  11. Nimura Hide - Grape Dreams - Main Theme
  12. Toriyama Yuuzi - The Song of Life (2003 Version)
  13. Miyamoto Humiaki - Cry & Feel It
  14. Kitazima Osamu Matsushima - Floating Bridges
  15. Keiko Lee - The Flame
  16. Matsutani Suguru - Stargazer
  17. Yo-Yo Ma - Burajireirinyo
  18. Raphael Von Brydon - La Campanella
  19. Gontiti - Chinese Bellflower(2004 Mix)
  
  2006 - Live Image 5:
  
  01. Liu - The Movie 'Phantom of the Opera'
  02. Le Cirque - Mohini (Enchanted)
  03. Miyamoto Humiaki - Bagpipe (Cool Wind Mix)
  04. Taro Hakase - Shower Sunshine
  05. Komatsu Ryouta - Phantom Train
  06. Le F Yoshua - The Movie 'The Ladies in Lavender'
  07. Julia - Into The West
  08. Matsumoto Toshiaki - Two As One
  09. Kimura Hiroshi, Aunt Liu & York - Wind in California
  10. Matsutani Suguru - Suite Be With You Now (Forest)
  11. Naoto - Sanctuary
  12. Black Muff - With U Always
  13. Kodo - Bullet Hazumi
  14. Carlos Nunez - Gabriel's Oboe - from 'Mission'
  15. Keiko Lee - Stand By Me
  16. Matsushita Nao - If I Fell (Image Version)
  17. Takahashi Kako - Prelude No. 5 in the first song Cello Suites
  18. Maruyama Kazunori - Horizontal Prayer
  
  2007 - Live Image 6:
  
  01. Jake Shimabukuro - Hula Girl (Acoustic Version)
  02. Fumiaki Miyamoto - Memories of Tomorrow
  03. Takashi Kako - Beloved Equation Doctorate Movie (Theme Of Love)
  04. Gontiti - In The City You Live With
  05. Taro Hakase & Iwao Furusawa - Riser
  06. Takefumi Haketa - Turandot - Live Image Style
  07. Suguru Matsutani - I Want to Believe (Prefecture Star Theme)
  08. Dolce - Memories of Blue (Ajiantamuburu Movie)
  09. Naoto - Blue `G`
  10. Carlos Nunez - Allen Road - Overture Earth Sea
  11. Toshiaki Matsumoto & Emiri Miyamoto - Kashe...

Cecilio CCO-300 Handmade All Solid Wood w

• Nov 02, 2011 from lehun in Entertainment
  Teachers Approved CCO-300 cello is ideal for beginner or student cellist featuring a solid spruce top, maple back, neck and sides. It is finished with a beautiful high-luster varnish with inlaid purfling, rosewood fingerboard and pegs, and tailpiece with 4 detachable fine tuners. This outfit also includes two cases: one featherweight hard-shell case and soft case. Hard-shell case features an adjustable backpack straps, two bow holders, compartments for accessories, large zippered pocket on the back exterior for music sheets. Soft-case is lightweight and well-padded with pockets and adjustable backpack straps (making it convenient to carry to school or orchestra). The following accessories are also included: a Brazilwood bow with Ebony frog and unbleached genuine Mongolian horsehair, a cello stand, a high quality rosin cake, and an extra set of cello strings. Please note that bridge will not be setup before shipment to avoid damage to the cello body during transit. Cello package retails for $799.99.

French vs Belgian cello bridges

• Oct 22, 2010 from albertusb(Albertus Bekker) in Entertainment
  Here is an extract from the Accessories 2010 supplement to The Strad magazine. It gives a nice comparison between the French and Belgian model cello bridges, including the effect on sound. It was written by Stefano Gibertoni.
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