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Ample’tudes
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Steve Purcell, Ample’tudes

Ample’tudes

With more than enough guitars to satisfy any fan, Steve Purcell’s debut solo 10-song CD release, Ample’tudes, is a guitar-driven diverse collection of songs with an impressive array of world-class guest musicians.

This multi-genre audio journey paints pictures taking the listener to places from rock concerts, smoky jazz clubs, old western missions, and more. Purcell used a multitude of instruments for the songs, from a PRS through a Marshall, to a Gretsch through a Fender deluxe reverb, to a Martin acoustic with a room mic.

For the album, Purcell, of Local 257 (Nashville, TN), drew from various music influences that he has shared the stage with, such as Paul Stanley (KISS) of Local 802 (New York City), Dave Ellefson (Megadeth) of Local 47 (Los Angeles, CA), The Outlaws, Pat Travers, and others.

In the Key of the World
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Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra, In the Key of the World

In the Key of the World

The Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra’s new full-length studio album features music by multiple Canadian composers, including Moshe Denburg of Local 145 (Vancouver, BC), performed by an ensemble of 28 musicians from Local 145 and Local 247 (Victoria, BC) playing instruments from a wide range of musical traditions, including Chinese, Vietnamese, Persian, East Indian, and European.

In the Key of the World exists in several musical genres at once: world, classical, traditional. It’s fusion music on a global scale; music that transcends borders and breaks down barriers, throwing open the doors of contemporary classical music and forging a new path towards a diverse 21st-century Canadian music scene.

Listeners will hear each of the distinctive, ancient musical traditions represented on the album—Chinese, Jewish, Persian, Indian, and Western European—take on vibrant new colors when showcased in intercultural orchestrations. The album offers a glimpse into the limitless creative possibilities of the intercultural orchestra.

Aaron Copland Symphony No. 3
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Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony, Aaron Copland Symphony No. 3

Aaron Copland Symphony No. 3

Recorded live at Davies Symphony Hall in March 2018, the album features the San Francisco Symphony performing Copland’s Third Symphony, completed in 1946 and described by the composer as an “end-of-war piece—intended to reflect the euphoric spirit of the country at the time.”

Michael Tilson Thomas of Local 47 (Los Angeles, CA) and Local 9-535 (Boston, MA) has championed the music of pioneers of the American sound such as Aaron Copland. Thomas has commented: “What can you say in summation of a man like Aaron Copland? Everything about him marked him as an outsider, and somehow he found a way to be true to himself, his art, and his society.”

San Francisco Symphony musicians are members of Local 6 (San Francisco, CA).

This album will be available for download in high quality, 24-bit/192kHz Studio Master, and for streaming via all major retailers.

canyon shadows
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Canyon Shadows

canyon shadows

Canyon Shadows is inspired in large part by the Grand Canyon of the American Southwest. Hoover envisioned an ancient time when natives first came across this geological wonder. For this vision, she sought to combine a Native flute with the modern silver flute, native music with “western” music, and bringing forth natural sounds through music notation.

Canyon Shadows, by Katherine Hoover, Papagena Press, www.presser.com.

meeblip geode synthesizer
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MeeBlip Geode Synthesizer

meeblip geode synthesizer

The MeeBlip geode synthesizer lets you plug in a box and dial in edgy, cutting, grimy sounds you won’t mistake for anything else. Building on the MeeBlip line’s digital sound features and unique Twin-T analog filter, geode adds more control, more sound twists, and now both USB MIDI and MIDI IN operation. One control per function means no shift, no nonsense, no presets.

www.meeblip.com

Yamaha CP series
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Yamaha CP Series Stage Pianos

Yamaha CP series

The new Yamaha CP series stage pianos—the 73-key CP73 and the 88-key CP88—feature three main sections that can quickly be split or combined as desired: Piano, Electric Piano, and Sub. Selectable damper resonance adds even more realism to piano voices for solo passages. All sections are arranged into a one-to-one user interface that eliminates deep menu-diving, allowing the player to maneuver on a dime. Independent sound selection, volume, tone, on/off, split, and octave-shift controls make creating performance setups easier. In addition to ¼-inch outputs on the rear panel, balanced XLR outs allow connection to a mixer or stage snake without direct boxes. Left and right inputs have their own gain control, bringing a second keyboard through the CP’s main outputs without the need for a mixer.

www.Yamaha.com

nile rodgers
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Nile Rodgers, The Chic Organization 1977-1979

nile rodgers

In fall of 1978, Chic’s “Le Freak” sold more than seven million copies. This box set celebrates the song’s 40th anniversary and salutes Chic founders, guitarist Nile Rodgers of Local 802 (New York City) and the late bassist Bernard Edwards.

Available in five-CD and six-disc vinyl versions, the collection includes Chic’s first three albums—Chic, C’est Chic, and Risqué—newly remastered from the original Atlantic stereo tapes. Rodgers personally oversaw the remastering at Abbey Road Studios.

Following Chic’s initial success, Rodgers and Edwards made music for other artists as The Chic Organization, including Sister Sledge’s We Are Family (1978).

Rodgers is now chair of the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the first-ever chief creative advisor at Abbey Road Studios. His work for a wide range of artists, from David Bowie to Diana Ross, has sold more than 500 million albums and 75 million singles worldwide.

KD1S
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Kurzweil’s KD1S Nine-Piece Electronic drum kit

KD1S

Kurzweil’s KD1S nine-piece electronic drum kit is simple to set up and play. The set includes kick pedal; eight-inch snare; three eight-inch toms; 10-inch hi-hat with pedal, 10-inch crash, and 10-inch ride cymbals; and optional kick pad. There are 31 drum kit presets and a practice mode with 12 metronome patterns accessible with intuitive controls. It also features MP3 input, quarter-inch TRS auxiliary pad inputs, headphone jack, and left and right quarter-inch line outputs.

www.kurzweil.com

supro delay
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Supro Delay All-Analog Echo Pedal

supro delay

Supro Delay all-analog echo pedal delivers sounds ranging from 20ms slapback to 600ms vintage delay. Its high-voltage MN3005 IC chips provide sweeter echoes with increased headroom and dynamic range. In addition to time, repeats, and level knobs, Supro Delay features a filter control knob that provides low-pass and band-pass functions to create everything from dark, murky echoes to bright tape echoes that evolve over time with extended repeats.

www.suprousa.com

SL230MP
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Sterling Audio’s SL230MP Medium-Diaphragm Condenser Microphones

SL230MP

Sterling Audio’s SL230MP medium-diaphragm condenser microphones are packaged as a matched pair. They are an excellent choice for capturing realistic stereo recordings of instruments, choirs, orchestras, or bands at a reasonable price. The gold-sputtered condenser capsules with six-micron membrane allow high sensitivity and the cardioid pickup pattern rejects off-axis sounds. The mics, which come in a padded case, are carefully matched for frequency response and output characteristics within a single dB of one another.

www.sterlingaudio.net