Christopher Bill, classicaltrombone.com
Christopher Bill, a classically trained trombone player currently studying at the SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Music in New York City, plays a trombone loop version of Pharrell Williams’ “Happy”. His sequencer software of choice is Ableton Live 9.
Christopher Bill notes at his YouTube channel:
Christopher Bill
Free Sheet Music: http://www.classicaltrombone.com/down…
Soundcloud: http://tinyurl.com/k825me5Looped using Ableton Live 9.
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Posted by Ed Darrell
Trombone players are nice guys, usually. Something about the mellow tone, the difficulty of mastering a non-push-button (valve) instrument, and having to fill in the low parts where the egotistical trumpets can’t go.
My older brother Wes played trombone, and that sucked me in — the junior high band didn’t have any trombones, and some neighborhood fink ratted out that I had one in my closet. My playing ended in college. Younger son James played first chair in the Duncanville Wind Ensemble, a group that steps a lot of musicians right into pro slots; older son Kenny switched from trumpet to baritone in the same group (you can hear Kenny in that recording of the Wind Ensemble). In Kathryn’s family, it’s almost required be a trombonist. Uncle Darrell plays, still, in a symphony in Utah County, with various other uncles and cousins staffing bands from Ogden south to Provo in Utah.
So, of course, Dave Finlayson’s marriage of a short piece and a GoPro camera appealed to me right off:
You don’t recognize Dave Finlayson?
From GoPro’s site:
David Finlayson set out to make a GoPro video with his trombone and ended up with a surprise – a viral video with hits numbering over one million! Check out the extended cut David and GoPro produced — orchestra night, anyone? David is a trombonist with the New York Philharmonic – check out David’s channel for more videos at http://goo.gl/y1Hrj
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