Today on the winter solstice and a beautiful sunny day on Lamma Island, we are delighted to announce the release of 2084’s first EP, “preZENce“. 2084 is a very promising new project with Farley Sangels and super-collaborator Geoff King Luk. 2084’s name was inspired by Orwell and is a acoustic-electric project combining ancient wisdom, techniques, …
Acoufunkture EP Release: Funktuality
Lamma Studios announced the release of our Acoufunkture’s first original material 3 song mini-EP on Juky 20, 2017! The 3 songs are written by Richard Kimber and produced by Lamma Studios. The release also includes Soujit Guitar’s debut on banjo, which he learned how to play the day we recorded. The songs are available (or …
One Love Album Release- Mantras and Incantations, Vol 1
Lamma Studios released One Love’s album entitled Mantras and Incantations, Volume 1 on November 17, 2017. This album is the result of a lot of love and some hard work. This is powerful stuff and we have almost created a new genre with this creative and different approach to mantra music. Mantras are ancient tools …
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Principles of Auditions, Part Three: The Big Day
This is the third and final installment of my series on orchestra audition principles, tips, and tricks. Today covers Audition Day. For Part One covering general philosophy click here, and for Part Two on preparation, click here. Finally the big day has finally arrived! After a thorough, relaxed and joyful preparation, we are now ready to …
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Principles of Auditions – Part Two: The Preparation Process
IQuality preparation is key to any successful performance. Any good coach will tell you that most of the winning of any sports contest will be in the preparation. For John Wooden, widely considered the greatest basketball coach of all time, the outcome of a competition was largely decided in practice leading up to the game. While …
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Principles of Auditions – Part One: General Audition Philosophical Principles
Auditions are a fact of life today in the classical music world. They are almost always required for getting orchestra jobs and into universities and festivals, yet are quite different than regular music playing. Therefore so it is an essential skill for successful classical players to master for a successful career. I did a lot …
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The Creative Unconscious and Creativity’s Role in Saving Humanity
This is a reprint from Joshua MacCluer’s blog on Sept 14, 2015. I would like to share some thoughts about creativity and its greater role in the world. When I first started thinking about it I didn’t appreciate what a rich and complex subject creativity is, and how important it really is to all of …
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The Wong Way Down Album Release: “Aint’ Nothin’ Wrong”
Lamma Studios released the first Wong Way Down album entitled “Aint’ Nothin’ Wrong” on June 1, 2017. The album is available at all online outlets and you can listen for free on youtube here: Track listing: Mr. Porter (N. Wong) 0:00 Dubai City Shuffle (N. Wong) 6:58 Oh How Creative You Are To End Your …
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One Love’s “The Five Elements” Album Release
On April 17, 2017, Lamma Studios released One Love’s first album, “The Five Elements”. This album is an original composition conceived by me and developed and composed by the One Love Band. It’s available at all online retailers including iTunes and Spotify. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06Y3X6F4W https://soundcloud.com/onelovehongkong/sets/the-five-elements This album has seven selections of original music- Earth, Air, Thunderstorm, …
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Tips for Beethoven Symphony Trumpet Performance
The following post is reposted from Joshua MacCluer’s blog from December 2015. November came with a big project for us at the HK Phil performing the 9 Beethoven Symphonies with our music director Jaap van Zweden. It was an intense month! The boss has very high standards for Beethoven, it was hard work, and it …
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