Thomas Toivonen

thank you for your nice reviews it makes me really glad :huh: yeah feeling is the most important thing for me... Lennie Tristano said ones that a musicians funktion is to feel...

Where do you put the microphone on your instrument? And what kind of microphone do you have. I'm far from an expert on this matter but check this out: http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/aug05/articles/giltrap.htm ... It's an artickle on how to mike up a piano and harpsichord.

This is a 30-minute free-form/noise/drone/post hardcore piece and our first release with Kaburu. You can get it here: hwem.net/releases.html

Thank you for your review. Yes it's me playing the guitar (and all the other instruments to). But when I recorded the drums I recorded first the ride and the hi-hat on one track and then the snare and bassdrum on one track. I understand what you mean that the piece feels repetive. I was a bit lazy when I recorded it so I used the the same baseline four all the choruses. The idea was first to write a different baseline - I do know how to improvise a walking baseline but I wanted someting more advanced to improvise over - for every chorus or get a "real" bass player to comp me. Many jazz players like Lennie Tristano and Warne Marsh had Bach as a one of their greatest source of inspiration because he was the master of doing variations over the same theme. And counterpoint and everything else that combines the world of classical music and jazz.

I really liked it. It was really far out and intens. You are very talented and you have a future as a composer but you need to work on getting the music a little bit more togheter. If you want my advise you should analyse the music that you love and just let it sink in to you. I don't know what music you like but the way this piece sounds like I think you should listen to some King Crimson and Frank Zappa. When it comes to music theory be carefull. It's a great thing to know, and you should know it, but it can really mess you upp if you approach it the wrong way. What you hear and feel is always the right thing. Music theory is just a way of explaining the stuff you hear. It is never a ruel unless you want to write some music in a serten style. Otherwise there are no rules.

What do you mean? There is nothing in german. Well there's a banner on the site but that's in swedish. All you need to do is to click where is says Funky And Free.mp3 .... It's under the banner.

Independently Blue This is a jazz line I wrote over the jazz standard "Love Me Or Leave Me". The chords are: |Cm7 |Dm7 G7|Cm7 |Dm7 G7|Eb6 Cm7|Fm7 Bb7|Eb6 |Dm7b5 G7| |Cm7 |Dm7 G7|Cm7 |Dm7 G7|Eb6 Cm7|Fm7 Bb7|Eb6 |Eb6 | |C7 |C7 |Fm7 | Fm7 |Fm7 |Bb7 |Eb6 |Dm7b5 G7| |Cm7 |Dm7 G7|Cm7 |Dm7 G7|Eb6 Cm7|Fm7 Bb7|Eb6 |Dm7b5 G7|

Funky And Free.mp3 This is a free improvisation = instant composition I made on the guitar over a funky bass-line I wrote. Even if your not an improviser, it can be a really great tool if your stuck in your music writing, to just let it "flow" without censoring yourself and record it. At least thats my experience.