Shot Weighter (A tribute to FWH)
Jan 18th 2010: Happy new year!
William Herschel is a particular hero of mine. Though he is first known as the astronomer who discovered the planet Uranus, Herschel was also an accomplished musician. He played the oboe, cello and organ, and composed a number of symphonies. As I discovered recently, thanks to @voxphoto, he was also fond of drones. He would often impress his audiences with seemingly impossibly powerful organ performances which he actually achieved by dropping lead weights onto the keys to create endless background tones. Accordingly, this tribute primarily features oboe, cello and organ with a low C drone all the way through, and the two short oboe solos are taken from Herschel's Oboe Concerto II in C Major. There's some guitar and synth thrown in there as well, but I don't think he'd mind
emmalee^crane: Shot Weighter (A Tribute To FWH) by streetlightfarm
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Review of Crux on The Silent Ballet
Nov 10th 2009: Another review of Crux, this time from the wonderful TSB: Emmalee Crane
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We Stop Without Thinking
Oct 15th 2009: New song, just a one-off, free download. Thanks for Patrick (of Rise Of The Grasshopper fame) for reprising his trumpet role
emmalee^crane: We Stop Without Thinking by streetlightfarm- e^c
Review of Crux on FensePost
Oct 2nd 2009: Reviews of Crux are starting to appear. Read the first at fensepost.com
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Crux: Available Now!
Sep 22nd 2009: Crux is available! You can buy the CD or a digital download from CD Baby right now, or download it from iTunes. Alternatively, it will be available from other retailers including amazon.com and Amoeba in the coming weeks. I'm very proud of the album, and I hope you will enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed making it. If you do, please spread the word. Thanks so much to everyone who has supported me on MySpace, Twitter, Facebook and IRL. Love to you all
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Crux Listening Party: Sep 4th 2009
Sep 1st 2009: It's three weeks today until the release of Crux, but you have a chance to listen in advance! Fans of my Facebook page as of 9am PDT on Friday September 4th will receive an invitation to listen to the entire album online. You will need to be or become a fan by 9am, as you will need an invitation to be able to listen
Crux will then be available to listen to for 24 hours, starting at 12pm on Friday. Hope you'll join me!
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Sand Rialto
Aug 30th 2009: I threw together a new song this weekend. In the lull before the release of Crux, was just desperate to get something onto tape and feel productive again. You can grab it now from SoundCloud
emmalee^crane: Sand Rialto by streetlightfarm
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Crux Release Date Announced: Sep 22nd 2009
Aug 21st 2009: Crux will be released on September 22nd! The entire album will be available to listen to online for a short period some time in the next couple of weeks; follow me on Twitter or Facebook to stay updated. I'll post the link to purchase Crux on CD on release day
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Sarah Conroy talks to Emmalee Crane and Miles Fender about Crux
Aug 21st 2009: A short interview by Sarah Conroy (who played clarinet and French horn on three of the songs on Crux)
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Piece For Contra Clarinet And Virus In D Major
May 11th 2009: I threw this together this morning to try out the new free Cohmpost plugin from those crazy guys at Ohmforce
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