Mellow Cello Podcast

Episode 65 Post Eclipse


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This episode comes from the youtube stream on April 11th 2024, just a couple of days after I drove 10 hours to experience the totality of the eclipse, which was an amazing experience. I have skipped forward a number of months because of the experimental singing that I was doing. It’s my feeling that while this was a worthwhile experiment, as it exists I’d prefer to spend more time editing the songs with vocals to make them more concise. There’s a lack of vocal clarity and a lot more empty space in these streams as I try to tackle a new form of live composition, which in the end never quite materialized in the way I’d envisioned. With some editing I may be able to make some of the pieces from this period work, but I’d prefer to keep this podcast solidly instrumental and use the vocal pieces as a separate project.

Starting with this episode there will be many more pieces with pre-recorded percussion loops, which I think give a nice texture to things and make for a more modern sound. The first piece is very driving and resolute, with a bit more edge in the arco parts, since I’m able to achieve more exacting rhythmic loops thanks to the well defined percussion. I really like the more expansive and laid back second piece, and like the juxtaposition of the swaying/sweeping arco and more bouncy pizzicato. The third piece is a real slow burn that builds gradually and really feels like it hits home with the entry of the low end. Something about the percussion keeping things driving forward makes me a lot more comfortable with letting things develop gradually, and to be more experimental with textures. The fourth piece adds a ‘chopped’ arco sound on top of the percussion, and then takes a little while to come together chord progression-wise, and ventures into some more dissonant textures. The fifth piece is built solely around a ‘chop’ rhythm, and ventures into some much more spacey textures, with a very relaxed overall beat. The sixth song stays similarly relaxed, with some nice arco figures, but with the introduction of a more driving bass. The final piece develops into something much more triumphant and rapid paced, with quick bowing that’s provides more excitement to things and is a more epic way to end things.

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Mellow Cello PodcastBy Nick Takénobu Ogawa

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