(ethno)musicology
Learn Overtone Singing @ Home
The Mongols, the Tuvans and Tibetans practise it since times immemorial. Composers Lamonte Young and Karlheinz Stockhausen introduced it to a select audience in the West. Singers David Hykes, with his Harmonic Choir, and Michael Vetter developed a whole new way of doing it. Your own voice resonates multiple sounds when you sing, and even →
Impressions from a triple ICTMD Symposium in Chiang Mai
Two weeks ago was the third time I joined a symposium of our Study Group on Indigenous Music →
Corsican Polyphony and Nando Aquaviva’s Mimofonia
My first meeting with A Cumpagnia and Nando Acquaviva Earlier this year a remarkable and innovative singer of →
President Lubuw, President Trump + obscure Siberian mouth harp recordings
We all know there are problems with the next American president. For us, Jew’s harpers, or *trump* players, →
Sound Word Almanac Published
The results of a little side-project just landed on the doormat. The Sound Word Almanac, a collection of →
Learning Tibetan chant with Dr. Ricardo Canzio
We will soon start another cycle of classes in Tibetan Bön chanting in Taipei. In this post I →
Book and Audio Anthology published
A few days ago, Overtone Singing – Hidden Dimensions of the Human Voice has arrived at its distribution →
Founding the Taiwan Overtone Singing Association
On 12/12/2021 we started the founding of the TOSA, or Taiwan Overtone Singing Association. It was an old →
2019 in pix, videos and some stories
NEW WORKSHOP: RHYTHMS & CYCLES Video impresssion: Colours Rhythms & Cycles NEW CLASS: SHRUTI NIGHTS I began a new class: Shruti Nights, and ran No. I-VIII throughout the year, each with a different theme. Listen to a nice duet I did with Sunny, translator, co-producer of many of my events, and talented singing →
The Ouroboros Concert
Voor nederlands even naar beneden skrollen. Here is a letter I wrote earlier this year when I was about to turn 50 (want to get on the mailinglist too? let me know!): I love the number 49 and its symbolism. Much better than 50. So I prefer to send out a shout to everyone on →