Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
With the the new digital piano happily sequestered in our master room, it was easy deciding which of the three ways I was going to get recordings: record video and audio on separate streams, then sync and merge the two
My requirements for the digital piano were relatively few: most of the models in the price roughly SGD1.5K to 2K bracket were all offering pretty decent sound, so the quality of the piano sampling wasn’t of particular concern. Rather, the
I wrote my first music compositions – and specifically piano pieces – almost 25 years ago, and largely working off a Korg music workstation at my old family home. This particular digital keyboard was one of those heavy-duty synthesizers used
Ling mused the other day whether we should get Peter started on a music instrument, like his older sister. Apparently, the same question was asked by Hannah’s piano teacher, who actually resides at The Minton too. The wife wanted to
I taught an introductory subject to computer games to freshmen classes for several years some time back. One topic of discussion centered on key turning points in video games, and one such would be the introduction of the Sound Blaster
I didn’t think for a moment that home studio recordings were going to be easy. Never mind that I wasn’t going to do both video and audio recordings and any mistakes would be very hard to correct. I reckon professional
Coming out a crash course on home recording equipment, the basic outlay seemed to be: Microphones: two basic types are dynamic, and condenser – with the former more suitable for low-frequency audio signals (e.g. drums), and latter for higher-frequency audio
One of my life-long ambitions has always been to do a proper studio recording of pieces I play on the piano. There’s been sporadic occasions over the years where I’ve attempted to do variations of that. For example, using a
Hannah has been attending piano lessons using the Suzuki method for about a year now. From the looks of it, I reckon she’s at a level of technical competency higher than what I was able to reach at her age
While the stunning form factor and premium design language are traits no longer exclusively in Apple’s purview, Apple fans will still have us believe that the Cupertino super company creates products that never fail, or at least are more reliable
There are two things I’m especially grateful my parents did when I was a child: buy us an Apple II computer, and let my two brothers and I learn the piano. Both of these things had immeasurable impacts on what
Both Ling and I started our formal music and piano lessons when we were in junior Primary school, which is about the age that many parents here today still get their children started at too. Both of us learned the
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