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December Highlights
CHARACTER AND (CHRISTMAS) SPIRIT As a Christmas gift to the community, Christian put together his version of Max’s Bentley piano, plus had a moment playing through some of last month’s submissions. DEMO HIGHLIGHTS Here’s a playlist with all the tracks submitted in December. If you would like to create a demo then check out […]
November Highlights
EXPLODING WATERMELONS! Christian walks through more submissions, makes a drum kit from cutting room audio clips and explodes a watermelon. BOYBAND PIANO Returning to the idea of close mic’ing a piano to generate a tracked piano, this time with more microphones and duck tape! DEMO HIGHLIGHTS Soundcloud is brimming with new demos – check out […]
October Highlights
CELEBRATING 100 FREE INSTRUMENTS Marking the 1 year anniversary of Pianobook, Christian walks through some of the latest submissions to the Pianobook library. BAGPIPE COMPETITION SHORTLIST Not only did we learn that Christian spits fire and audio, but also you can actually make a whole range of unique instruments from 29 Bagpipes tuning up. DEMO […]
September Highlights
CELEBRATING ONE YEAR OF PIANOBOOK In September 2018, Pianobook was officially launched with a Prologue video from Christian. One year later and we now have a website with a massive sample library of community contributed pianos and other instruments. Upright pianos, grand pianos, felted and prepared pianos plus a range of other interesting pads and […]
August Highlights
MAKING MUSIC FROM POOH? Whether the term “Pooh Breakfast” has anything to do with the sound of 29 Bagpipes tuning up is up to you! Christian teases the upcoming Pianbook competition and walks through another set of submissions to Pianobook. PROGRAMMING ROUND ROBINS WITH A KALIMBA Christian discovers the simplicity of programming […]