I played a set of Native American flute music today at the Yellow Springs Street Fair in Ohio today, and this fine gent was in the audience. To all of the old Kristal forum people, we know him as MusicianFishin, but his name is Joe Stone. A long time forum friend, but I had never met him in person until today. Yeah, it was a good day..
 

I'm starting to get the season's shows, festivals, and events all lined up, and this is the first of the big ones. I even got my picture on the poster..LOL.
 
I will be playing solo Native American Flute all around the complex and on both stages. It is set at a Nature Preserve and animal rehabilitation center. It should prove to be a wonderful day..
 

Putting the final touches on a new CD titled "WaterWay". Solo Native American flute with Nature Soundscapes of the water theme. Rainstorms, streams, brooks, ponds.
 
Here's a taste: titled "Cry of the Loon"
 
http://www.ttmbandroom.com/index.php?t=audio_player&song_id=1994
 
Peace

Greetings all,
 
I've been busy with this and that, so I haven't been around alot, but I thought I'd share an experience that happened this morning.
 
My wife and I stepped out onto the back porch to go down to the barn to feed this horses this morning just before sun rise. I had just closed the door to the house, when we noticed a big buck deer about 50 feet away from us. Then another buck stepped out from around the garage and was not more than 15 feet away from us. Just then another buck came out from behind the pine trees, which were 15 feet away from us. We just held our breath and didn't move a muscle. The big buck (from around the garage) started to eat some of the nuts on the ground from the hickory tree, when the little buck from the pine trees approached looking to get a meal also. They approached each other, lowered their heads, and locked horns. Nothing real brutal, but they clacked and pushed for about 30 seconds, when the little one decided to back off and leave the bigger one alone. WOW, all this just 15 feet away from us. Both of these deer were 8 point bucks and they looked to be fat and happy. We waited about 15 minutes until they were done, and decided to move on. Just absolutely beautiful, and I can't understand how anyone (in this day and age) would get any enjoyment from blasting them.
 
My wife and I feel very fortunate that we witnessed these guys so close up.

Greetings All,
 
I was contacted this morning (20 August) to see if I was interested in playing my flute at the intertribal Pow Wow at George Rogers Clark State Park in Springfield, Ohio, in September.
 
Looks like I would also have a booth to sell CDs. Not sure of the specifics yet, but I cleared it with the misses as she will have to do all of the weekend chores with the horses while I'm at the Pow Wow, and I started the ball rolling.
 
I guess I better start practicing that traditional playing, as I don't know yet if they just want a traditional performance, or one with full orchestration. Funny, before I knew of this, I put together a mp3 player, mixer, and powered speakers to see if I could do a live show of my recorded songs. I played a recording of just background synth stuff, and played my flute to that, and it sounded pretty darn good if I do say so myself!!
 
I will have to see what my contact has to say, so I will be updating here as my journey goes from recording artist to live performance..
 
Peace,
HarmonicEarth 

Last night we had to have one of our horses put to sleep. He had developed an intestinal twist and there wasn't anything that we could do. At 5:00 pm he was fine, but by 9:00 pm he was gone. We buried him this morning behind the riding barn. He will be missed by all, as he was the leader of our herd. He was 25 years old, about average, and had had a racing career before he came to our farm. We knew him for 15 years and was my wife's first horse. He was full blood Arabian and his name was Sha Sha Fatiha (but we called him "Champ")
A sad day indeed..
 
 
 

Yesterday we had to put my cat Winston to sleep. He had been battling urinary infections about every 8 weeks since November, and this last one was too big for him to fight. In between the infections, he lived a happy and active life, so it wasn't like he had been suffering much. But they had taken their toll, and he just couldn't fight this one off. So we decided it was best to let him go.    The hole in my heart is immeasurable, and by far, he was my favorite of them all. I will miss his companionship and his extremely large personality. He was my little buddy, and would make me laugh and smile everyday no matter how bad I felt.   Please send me some positive thoughts, as I will need them today... 

Greetings,
 
Seems I'm at a stage in my music development where I'm ready to burn a finished product onto a CD. Just send and burn? It's not that easy if you want good results. The final step in recording a project is Mastering a CD.
 
This forum board will hopefully be a place where tips, descriptions, and information can be exchanged to help the home studio musician finish that project and record a great sounding CD.
 
From process, equipment, and plug-ins to types of media, sample rates, and Red Book standards, everything will be explored in order to give the home studio musician the tools and information that seems to be so hard to find on this much overlooked topic.
 
As I explore and gather information, I will pass this along, and hopefully others will do the same. Sample mp3 or soundfiles can be uploaded to demonstate the topic at hand if need be, so feel free to share in the conversation.
 
Peace,
HarmonicEarth (HE)