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on November 2, 2010
Christopher Campbell
Posted project update #18Arrivals Should Be So (Novemeber 2, 2010)
Post CommentDearests,
By now, everyone should have received their package of goodies. If not, likely there is one of two explanations... (Though there may also be some bizarre belch of logic involving both.)
1) I never received your address, or
2) I am afflicted with ADHD and thus one of my Great Struggles is organization. I can make music, yes, but I cannot always keep the rest of life in order.So, communication is the only balm to such plight!
If you have not gotten a package, or if there is a mistake with the package (no shirt, wrong size, etc) -- don't be shy -- message me right away and I'll fix things.
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on October 18, 2010
Christopher Campbell
Posted project update #17Packages Attached to Balloons in the Sky! (October 18, 2010)
Hey!
The first batch of CDs have arrived at my doorstep. Which means mailers have begun mailing. Goodies and treats and discs and shirts and scores and all around yummy cheer.
Caveat: the CD duplicators are sending me the discs in batches, so not everyone will receive their stuff this first round. I chose at random...
Much love,
-Chris
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on October 1, 2010
Christopher Campbell
Posted project update #16Etched onto the Playable Disc (October 1, 2010)
Post CommentFriends,
As I write this... the CD bottoms are being dyed with my string quartet's digital, binary image. (A wannabe clever way of saying the CDs are being made.)
The packaging artwork is being printed. With sustainable earth-friendly ink, or something like that. I have been told the CDs will ship to me between the 8th and 14th. Which means I can deliver -- to you! -- shortly thereafter.
The timing of all this is interesting, as seems usual for me of late.
October 3rd, two days from now, marks the one-year anniversary of when I saw my dad for the last time. I think it's very awesome for the cds to be duplicated during this time.
And then, of course, October 28th is the one-year anniversary of his death. I hope to get the CDs (+ packages of rewards) out before then. But it may just work out that everyone receives the music on or near this auspicious date. Very interesting and very cool.
Somewhere, near, I feel he is very proud of this project. Of everyone involved. You.
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on September 26, 2010
Christopher Campbell
Posted project update #15Mixing and Mastering (September 26, 2010)
Hello!
Dare I say this project may be nearing completion? Maybe definitely? I think so.
Mr. Chris Walcott has been bunkered in his Oakland recording studio, mixing (making sure all the instrument levels are precise and correctly placed in the stereo left-to-right field), and mastering (making sure the final mixdown sounds consistent and wonderful as though in the Sydney Opera House).
So, yes, CDs may just be ready for duplication this week. Which means packages will soon be sent to all. Can't wait to share it all with you! Almost a year of really hard but fun work.
Ok, more as I get closer to CDs...
Peace and love!
Chris-
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Jen Fisher on September 29, 2010
Wow, Chris! How awesome! It must be a wonderful feeling...can't wait to hear it:)
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on September 13, 2010
Christopher Campbell
Posted project update #14And We Recorded (September 13, 2010)
Friends,
The recording hath been made! Soon to be on the playable discs and sent to all (with shirts where applicable).
Three movements. Each with five microphones: violin one, violin two, viola, cello, and a mic placed in the middle of it all, for extra scrumptious ambiance.
It was wonderful. Moving. And it was also seven hours of massive attention-to-detail-obsessive-compulsive work. The best kind of work. Music flow. Music soul. Music maths. Numbers and intervals and relationships and dream-speak.
What pretentious wannabe poetry with which I write!
So now a little time off not thinking about the music. To clear my head. I mean I was so tired after being in the studio... that night when I went to sleep I could *see* the layers of my wakeful consciousness being peeled away like an onion. Now *that* is tired!
But I was doing what I love to do the most. I was and am blissed out, completely.
Thank you again, for making dreams reality.
Some video and pics soon.
Love,
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Marsha W. Gilpatrick on September 13, 2010
Congratulations Chris. I can tell you are excited and should be! May this be the first of several compositions which you will make in your lifetime! So happy your little child inspired this for you. Hope to see the whole family someday in SF.
Love,
Marsha Gilpatrick
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on September 11, 2010
Christopher Campbell
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on September 7, 2010
Christopher Campbell
Posted project update #13To the Studio! And, Shirt Snafu... (September 7, 2010)
Post CommentFour great words: Recording. Studio. This. Weekend.
On Saturday, musicians and composer alike will convene at Cedub Studio in Piedmont, Oakland. Mr. Chris Walcott, engineer extraordinaire, will preside. On the agenda is to record the string quartet hitherto known as 'Bluest Butter Larvae'. There are no other agenda items, though pizza may be added at the last minute. A consensus will be required.
In other news, there was a snafu with the ladies shirts order. Human Error # 6,392,344. I'll message concerned parties individually. But just know it will all be sorted out, somehow, someway, in this lifetime. Likely sooner.
Thanks again to all who came to the performance last week. I'm still basking in the sunlight of it all.
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on August 30, 2010
Christopher Campbell
Posted project update #12And We Wept (August 29, 2010)
Post CommentWith gratitude overflow to our musicians: Ilana, Natasha, Shain, and Liana... the show today was beyond everything I could hope to know and feel. They played beautifully. Brilliantly. Many of us wept.
Wow.
I'm exhausted, so I'll have to be brief. Next up I'll be sending out the t-shirts. Then, we go into the studio to record. Then, I'll send out the cds and scores. I'm thinking all will be complete in a month or so.
In the meantime, please enjoy the low-fi video snippet of the end of Movement II.
I'll add more in the next few days!
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on August 28, 2010
Christopher Campbell
Posted project update #11Rehearsals (August 27, 2010)
Post CommentJust a micro video snippet sneak peak of rehearsals this week. My mind has been blown by these brilliant music-makers. How they can read music like I can breathe air. Without thought. Just perfect action.
So...
The time has come. And, time has brought the most beautiful of gifts.
Last May, I had a fanciful little moment, where i thought it'd be so cool to hear my first string quartet played live.
From that... all the way to a community of 60 great folks, you, all rallying around and supporting me... such that, in two days, WE will hear music made manifest.
And who still believes that dreams don't come true? :)
I am stressed though. There are problems with the score. And since it's all new to me I've been having a hard time with it. Brings out whatever ADHD OCD WW3 tendencies I may have inside me. With all the shows I've ever performed, hundreds, this one is by far the most nerve rattling. Because it's ALL so new.
The positive is that I'm learning, exponentially.
Another positive is... well, actually it's all positive isn't it? :)
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on August 23, 2010
Christopher Campbell
Posted project update #10Unplayable Doublestops! (Performance this Sunday, Aug 29!)
Post CommentHey,
Just a quickie update.
The show is this Sunday at 4pm. Here are the details:
http://www.sfcmc.org/calendar/index.php...And so, this being my first official music score, my heart is warmed to tell you that the musicians have spoken. I've been hungry for feedback, ANY feedback! And I got the kind of feedback that teaches me more about music than any textbook or classroom. Very, very cool.
Not that big a deal, really, but basically I wrote unplayable double stops-- both notes on the lowest string. Which would be like your left thumb touching both your right thumb and right elbow AT THE SAME TIME!
Like, now I realize that to pull that off one would need to transcend the third dimension. Common notions of space-time would have to be overturned. One would need to be literally in two distant places at once. Uh huh.
Oh, and, since the musicians are top-notch, I won't be conducting. Which means I can sit and enjoy the music with everyone. Which marks the first time ever that I won't be performing my own works. Cool!
Six days and counting...
-Chris
Christopher Campbell
San Francisco, CA
Christopher Campbell joined Kickstarter on April 14, 2010
oh yeah!! excited!
Even though i didn't ask for souvenirs i'd sure like to hear the music! :-}}