Electric Trombone

Performance / Masterclasses in NM!

31/03/12 08:29

Hello All,

As some of you know, I am the co-founder of “TheGigEasy” with my good friend and colleague Brian Monroney. We provide complete music solutions for iPad and started the company in 2010 in order to help transform the way musicians work and play. I’ve done many music technology clinics at schools regarding my electric trombone setup, and now with my transition to the new Lemur App on the iPad, I am now integrating both of my businesses into a new performance masterclass around the country with Brian. Please contact either of us to schedule this innovative and informative workshop at your school or venue!

TheGigEasy Performance / Masterclass
“Complete Music Solutions for iPad”

60-90 min clinic involving a Performance and Demo/Q&A to showcase "Complete Music Solutions for iPad":

SOFTWARE
• PDF Music Reader: "TheGigEasy", "OnSong", "unrealBook", "ForScore" “Music Notes” “TelePrompt+”
• Controller: "Lemur" and "TouchAble" Apps....controllers of Ableton Live, Spectrasonics Omnisphere, Propellerhead Reason, Prosoniq Orange Vocoder
• Sound Source/EFX Processor: Agile Partners "AmpKit", “AniMoog”, NI “iMachine”
• Misc Apps - Tuner, Metronome, V-Control Pro, DP Remote, AC7 Pro, Scorch, GarageBand

HARDWARE
• TheGigEasy Mounting Solutions: Mic Stand, Side Mount Ext Arm, Other Mounts
• AirTurn Bluetooth Pedalboard: Wireless Hands Free Page Turner

CONSULTING
• Live Performance and Demo
• Q&A
• Hands-On Session with 4 iPads running various apps
• Product for Sale Onsite: Mounts / AirTurn / CDs

TheGigEasy.com
ElectricTrombone.com

Tags: TheGigEasy, JazzMutant, Complete Music Solutions for iPad, Tablet Computers, Jazz, DJ DKO, Darren Kramer, Brian Monroney, Electric Trombone, Onate High School, New Mexico State University, Kevin Moreman, iPad, Lemur, Liine, Best iPad Mount, DKO CDs

Radio Interview

17/02/12 14:41

Recent radio interview with DJ DKO (aka Darren Kramer) by Jerry Bell of KOA radio in Denver.

CLICK LINK TO LISTEN
DJ DKO - KOA Radio Interview

Tags: Darren Kramer, Ableton Live, Lemur, IPad, TheGigEasy, Jerry Bell, Beyond The Boneyard, Beyonce, Heavy Metal Paperclip

New Video by Request!

01/02/12 13:48

Currently I’ve released two videos on my website, Vimeo and YouTube....The first single “Heavy Metal Paperclip” and “What is an Electric Trombone DJ?”. The latter is a descriptive account of what hardware and software I’m using for my solo live looping project “Beyond The Boneyard”. I’ve had several inquiries over the past two weeks about the name of the song which accompanies the flow chart text in the video, and if a full-screen version of the small video embedded is available.

Yes! The song is called “Lemur Femur” and is a single scheduled for release in April, but I’m happily adding the video to the website today. Enjoy!

Incidentally, in coming weeks I will be uploading a few more videos that feature the JazzMutant Lemur hardware multitouch controller as I used in this video. I relied on this magical device heavily from 2009-2011 to control Ableton Live on my MacBook Pro. However, due to the popularity, versatility, size and affordable cost of the Apple iPad, JazzMutant went out of business on Dec 31, 2010. A sad day indeed as this company and its touchscreen technology were clearly years ahead of their time, as the Lemur was quickly adopted by innovative electronic musicians around the world, most notably Bjork. Thankfully, several of the incredible developers have converted the technology into the amazing “Lemur App” which launched on the App Store Dec 7, 2012 for a remarkably low price of $50! ($25 for hardware owners). All my hardware templates were easily imported, and all objects, devices, manual and Lemur Daemon function exactly as before...all on the tiny 6”x9” razor thin iPad2!
Thank you JazzMutant for your innovation and a special thank you to all the software developers who made this new app available...and affordable...for all!
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My New Compact Setup (Using the iPad on a Crane Stand with TheGigEasy iPad Mount)
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Tags: Lemur, JazzMutant, Lemur App, Apple iPad, Lemur Femur, DJ DKO, Darren Kramer, Electric Trombone, MacBook Pro, Bjork, App Store, Live Looping, Live Performance, Crane Stand, TheGigEasy, IPad Mounting Solutions

The Word for "Paperclip" is "Trombone"!

17/01/12 11:02

The French Word for “Paperclip” is “Trombone”
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Article from “Today I Found Out...”
http://www.todayifoundout.com/

The French word for “paperclip” is “trombone”.
The word trombone originally comes from the Italian “tromba”, which comes from the same Latin word, “tromba”, both retaining the same meaning: trumpet. In this case, the ending with the added “one” (tromb-one), indicates “large”. So, essentially, trombone means “large trumpet”. This has been the name of the instrument in Italy likely since its creation, which is probably around the early 15th century.
During its early history, in English, the trombone was known as the “sackbut”, with slight spelling variations including: sacbutte, sagbut, and shagbolt, among others. This was the case until around the 18th century when the instrument became known as a trombone in English. This was largely due to the fact that the trombone had fallen out of favor in much of the world, including England, but was brought back into popularity thanks to the influence of Italian music throughout Europe. During this era, the trombone combined with the cornetto and the organ to be among the most important instruments in polychoral works.
“Clip”, on the other hand, comes from the Old English “clyppan” meaning: to embrace. Obviously this, combined with “paper” from the Latin “papyrus” (made from papyrus stalks), gave birth to the word paperclip.
Interestingly, the common style of paperclip today was never patented and is known as the “Gem paperclip”. Not surprisingly, it is thought to have first been manufactured by the Gem Manufacturing Company around the 1870s and later introduced to the United States around the 1890s. This is also why the Swedish word for paperclip is “gem”.
One very popular false origin of the paperclip was that it was invented by Norwegian patent office manager, Johan Vaaler. He was even granted patents in Germany and the U.S. for a paperclip of similar design as the Gem style paperclip, but which came after the Gem paperclip was already popular throughout Europe. His design was slightly different than the Gem paperclip in that it didn’t include the all too critical second loop that makes the Gem style much more functional. His paperclip had the papers inserted by lifting the outer wire slightly and pushing the papers into the clip such that the rest of the clip stood out from the paper at a 90 degree angle, which was necessary because of the lack of the critical second loop to allow the papers to be more or less embedded in the clip flatly. This also made it so the papers wouldn’t be held together very well as they relied only on how bendable the wire used was to hold the papers. The Gem style paperclip, on the other hand, exploits the torsion principle to help bind papers together. Vaaler’s design was never manufactured or sold and his patents eventually expired.
Why Vaaler gets the credit in so many places, including in many encyclopedias and dictionaries after the 1950s, is largely thanks to a patent agency worker who was visiting Germany to register Norwegian patents in the 1920s. When he was doing so, he noticed Vaaler’s design for the paperclip and wrote an article stating Vaaler was the original creator of the paperclip.
This misinformation found its way into encyclopedias around the 1950s thanks to WWII. During WWII in Norway particularly, along with France and some other occupied countries, the paperclip became a symbol of unity for those rebelling against the Germans. It is not thought that the Norwegians did this because they thought a Norwegian had invented the paperclip, but rather because it simply signified being bound together and was useful as it wasn’t initially a banned symbol or item by the Germans and could be easily clipped to one’s clothing. Eventually, the Germans caught on and people were prohibited from wearing paperclips.
After the war, the fact that the Gem style paperclip had served as a symbol of unity resulted in interest in the origin of the paperclip, at which point the article written by the patent agency worker and the subsequent patent by Vaaler, who was now long dead, was discovered. It was overlooked, of course, that his design was different than the Gem style paperclip and apparently they didn’t bother checking that the Gem style paperclip had already been around by the time Vaaler patented his version of the paperclip. It made a good story though, particularly after the war and how the paperclip was used in Norway among other places, and so this false origin subsequently found its way into many encyclopedias.

Tags: Paperclip, Trombone, French Word, Translation, Electric Trombone, Heavy Metal Paperclip, DJ DKO, Darren Kramer, Sheet Music, Live Looping, New Song, ITunes, CD Baby, Amazon, Electronic

Modulate This!

16/01/12 13:40

Tags: Modulate This!, Mark Mosher, Denver Ableton, Darren Kramer, DJ DKO, Electric Trombone, Heavy Metal Paperclip, Ableton Live, Lemur App

Thank You Michael Brecker

13/01/12 20:09

Today Jan 13, 2012 marks the 5th anniversary of Michael’s passing. I was in NYC at the IAJE Conference in 2007 when fellow trombonist Robin Eubanks informed me of the extremely sad news. My life was then in a serious state of depression and mourning for several weeks but I was compelled to attend Michael’s memorial on Feb 20, both as a sign of respect for all he had given the world of music and to help close a chapter in my musical life. I still think of Michael often and continue to be inspired by his genius ability to combine technique, technology and emotion...both on Tenor and EWI. Something I strive to achieve daily with this electric trombone project of mine. I can only imagine what Michael would be doing today with all of these recent advances in technology. It is with deep gratitude and respect that I chose to release this long-awaited project “Beyond The Boneyard” on this day, with the title of the single “Heavy Metal Paperclip” paying homage to one of the best CDs ever...”Heavy Metal Be-Bop”.

Please save a life and become a bone marrow donor
http://lovehopestrength.org/

Tags: Michael Brecker, EWI, Electronic Wind Instrument, Electric Trombone, Darren Kramer, Beyond The Boneyard, IAJE, Jan 13, 2007, Robin Eubanks, Randy Brecker


	Home Media About News Blog Store Contact Electric Trombone Blog for Electric Trombone DJ Performance / Masterclasses in NM! 31/03/12 08:29 Hello All, As some of you know, I am the co-founder of “TheGigEasy” with my good friend and colleague Brian Monroney. We provide complete music solutions for iPad and started the company in 2010 in order to help transform the way musicians work and play. I’ve done many music technology clinics at schools regarding my electric trombone setup, and now with my transition to the new Lemur App on the iPad, I am now integrating both of my businesses into a new performance masterclass around the country with Brian. Please contact either of us to schedule this innovative and informative workshop at your school or venue! TheGigEasy Performance / Masterclass “Complete Music Solutions for iPad” 60-90 min clinic involving a Performance and Demo/Q&A to showcase "Complete Music Solutions for iPad": SOFTWARE • PDF Music Reader: "TheGigEasy", "OnSong", "unrealBook", "ForScore" “Music Notes” “TelePrompt+” • Controller: "Lemur" and "TouchAble" Apps....controllers of Ableton Live, Spectrasonics Omnisphere, Propellerhead Reason, Prosoniq Orange Vocoder • Sound Source/EFX Processor: Agile Partners "AmpKit", “AniMoog”, NI “iMachine” • Misc Apps - Tuner, Metronome, V-Control Pro, DP Remote, AC7 Pro, Scorch, GarageBand HARDWARE • TheGigEasy Mounting Solutions: Mic Stand, Side Mount Ext Arm, Other Mounts • AirTurn Bluetooth Pedalboard: Wireless Hands Free Page Turner CONSULTING • Live Performance and Demo • Q&A • Hands-On Session with 4 iPads running various apps • Product for Sale Onsite: Mounts / AirTurn / CDs TheGigEasy.com ElectricTrombone.com Tags: TheGigEasy, JazzMutant, Complete Music Solutions for iPad, Tablet Computers, Jazz, DJ DKO, Darren Kramer, Brian Monroney, Electric Trombone, Onate High School, New Mexico State University, Kevin Moreman, iPad, Lemur, Liine, Best iPad Mount, DKO CDs Radio Interview 17/02/12 14:41 Recent radio interview with DJ DKO (aka Darren Kramer) by Jerry Bell of KOA radio in Denver. CLICK LINK TO LISTEN DJ DKO - KOA Radio Interview Tags: Darren Kramer, Ableton Live, Lemur, IPad, TheGigEasy, Jerry Bell, Beyond The Boneyard, Beyonce, Heavy Metal Paperclip New Video by Request! 01/02/12 13:48 Currently I’ve released two videos on my website, Vimeo and YouTube....The first single “Heavy Metal Paperclip” and “What is an Electric Trombone DJ?”. The latter is a descriptive account of what hardware and software I’m using for my solo live looping project “Beyond The Boneyard”. I’ve had several inquiries over the past two weeks about the name of the song which accompanies the flow chart text in the video, and if a full-screen version of the small video embedded is available. Yes! The song is called “Lemur Femur” and is a single scheduled for release in April, but I’m happily adding the video to the website today. Enjoy! Incidentally, in coming weeks I will be uploading a few more videos that feature the JazzMutant Lemur hardware multitouch controller as I used in this video. I relied on this magical device heavily from 2009-2011 to control Ableton Live on my MacBook Pro. However, due to the popularity, versatility, size and affordable cost of the Apple iPad, JazzMutant went out of business on Dec 31, 2010. A sad day indeed as this company and its touchscreen technology were clearly years ahead of their time, as the Lemur was quickly adopted by innovative electronic musicians around the world, most notably Bjork. Thankfully, several of the incredible developers have converted the technology into the amazing “Lemur App” which launched on the App Store Dec 7, 2012 for a remarkably low price of $50! ($25 for hardware owners). All my hardware templates were easily imported, and all objects, devices, manual and Lemur Daemon function exactly as before...all on the tiny 6”x9” razor thin iPad2! Thank you JazzMutant for your innovation and a special thank you to all the software developers who made this new app available...and affordable...for all! My New Compact Setup (Using the iPad on a Crane Stand with TheGigEasy iPad Mount) Tags: Lemur, JazzMutant, Lemur App, Apple iPad, Lemur Femur, DJ DKO, Darren Kramer, Electric Trombone, MacBook Pro, Bjork, App Store, Live Looping, Live Performance, Crane Stand, TheGigEasy, IPad Mounting Solutions The Word for "Paperclip" is "Trombone"! 17/01/12 11:02 The French Word for “Paperclip” is “Trombone” Article from “Today I Found Out...” http://www.todayifoundout.com/ The French word for “paperclip” is “trombone”. The word trombone originally comes from the Italian “tromba”, which comes from the same Latin word, “tromba”, both retaining the same meaning: trumpet. In this case, the ending with the added “one” (tromb-one), indicates “large”. So, essentially, trombone means “large trumpet”. This has been the name of the instrument in Italy likely since its creation, which is probably around the early 15th century. During its early history, in English, the trombone was known as the “sackbut”, with slight spelling variations including: sacbutte, sagbut, and shagbolt, among others. This was the case until around the 18th century when the instrument became known as a trombone in English. This was largely due to the fact that the trombone had fallen out of favor in much of the world, including England, but was brought back into popularity thanks to the influence of Italian music throughout Europe. During this era, the trombone combined with the cornetto and the organ to be among the most important instruments in polychoral works. “Clip”, on the other hand, comes from the Old English “clyppan” meaning: to embrace. Obviously this, combined with “paper” from the Latin “papyrus” (made from papyrus stalks), gave birth to the word paperclip. Interestingly, the common style of paperclip today was never patented and is known as the “Gem paperclip”. Not surprisingly, it is thought to have first been manufactured by the Gem Manufacturing Company around the 1870s and later introduced to the United States around the 1890s. This is also why the Swedish word for paperclip is “gem”. One very popular false origin of the paperclip was that it was invented by Norwegian patent office manager, Johan Vaaler. He was even granted patents in Germany and the U.S. for a paperclip of similar design as the Gem style paperclip, but which came after the Gem paperclip was already popular throughout Europe. His design was slightly different than the Gem paperclip in that it didn’t include the all too critical second loop that makes the Gem style much more functional. His paperclip had the papers inserted by lifting the outer wire slightly and pushing the papers into the clip such that the rest of the clip stood out from the paper at a 90 degree angle, which was necessary because of the lack of the critical second loop to allow the papers to be more or less embedded in the clip flatly. This also made it so the papers wouldn’t be held together very well as they relied only on how bendable the wire used was to hold the papers. The Gem style paperclip, on the other hand, exploits the torsion principle to help bind papers together. Vaaler’s design was never manufactured or sold and his patents eventually expired. Why Vaaler gets the credit in so many places, including in many encyclopedias and dictionaries after the 1950s, is largely thanks to a patent agency worker who was visiting Germany to register Norwegian patents in the 1920s. When he was doing so, he noticed Vaaler’s design for the paperclip and wrote an article stating Vaaler was the original creator of the paperclip. This misinformation found its way into encyclopedias around the 1950s thanks to WWII. During WWII in Norway particularly, along with France and some other occupied countries, the paperclip became a symbol of unity for those rebelling against the Germans. It is not thought that the Norwegians did this because they thought a Norwegian had invented the paperclip, but rather because it simply signified being bound together and was useful as it wasn’t initially a banned symbol or item by the Germans and could be easily clipped to one’s clothing. Eventually, the Germans caught on and people were prohibited from wearing paperclips. After the war, the fact that the Gem style paperclip had served as a symbol of unity resulted in interest in the origin of the paperclip, at which point the article written by the patent agency worker and the subsequent patent by Vaaler, who was now long dead, was discovered. It was overlooked, of course, that his design was different than the Gem style paperclip and apparently they didn’t bother checking that the Gem style paperclip had already been around by the time Vaaler patented his version of the paperclip. It made a good story though, particularly after the war and how the paperclip was used in Norway among other places, and so this false origin subsequently found its way into many encyclopedias. Tags: Paperclip, Trombone, French Word, Translation, Electric Trombone, Heavy Metal Paperclip, DJ DKO, Darren Kramer, Sheet Music, Live Looping, New Song, ITunes, CD Baby, Amazon, Electronic Modulate This! 16/01/12 13:40 Read More Tags: Modulate This!, Mark Mosher, Denver Ableton, Darren Kramer, DJ DKO, Electric Trombone, Heavy Metal Paperclip, Ableton Live, Lemur App Thank You Michael Brecker 13/01/12 20:09 Today Jan 13, 2012 marks the 5th anniversary of Michael’s passing. I was in NYC at the IAJE Conference in 2007 when fellow trombonist Robin Eubanks informed me of the extremely sad news. My life was then in a serious state of depression and mourning for several weeks but I was compelled to attend Michael’s memorial on Feb 20, both as a sign of respect for all he had given the world of music and to help close a chapter in my musical life. I still think of Michael often and continue to be inspired by his genius ability to combine technique, technology and emotion...both on Tenor and EWI. Something I strive to achieve daily with this electric trombone project of mine. I can only imagine what Michael would be doing today with all of these recent advances in technology. It is with deep gratitude and respect that I chose to release this long-awaited project “Beyond The Boneyard” on this day, with the title of the single “Heavy Metal Paperclip” paying homage to one of the best CDs ever...”Heavy Metal Be-Bop”. Please save a life and become a bone marrow donor http://lovehopestrength.org/ Tags: Michael Brecker, EWI, Electronic Wind Instrument, Electric Trombone, Darren Kramer, Beyond The Boneyard, IAJE, Jan 13, 2007, Robin Eubanks, Randy Brecker Home Media About News Blog Store Contact Electric Trombone JazzMutant Ableton Live Apple iPad Beyond The Boneyard Brian Monroney Complete Music Solutions for iPad Darren Kramer Denver Ableton DJ DKO Electric Trombone Electronic Electronic Wind Instrument EWI French Word Friday The 13th Heavy Metal Be-Bop Heavy Metal Paperclip IAJE iPad Jan 13 Jazz Kevin Moreman KOA Lemur Lemur App Lemur Femur Liine Mark Mosher Michael Brecker Modulate This! 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