Any Cello players here?

gjm · Post by **gjm** » Sat Jun 29, 2013 9:00 pm

Just looking for a bit of inspiration. Next month I am going to start taking lessons. Never played one before. Where are your tracks and video's so I can soak up some cello love

artpunk · Post by **artpunk** » Sun Jun 30, 2013 10:52 am

Yes. I'm no Cellist but I find Kristin's music definitely inspirational. Do yourself a favour & visit her website to listen to some of her amazing music. She has some wonderful compositions on her Cello using looping.
http://www.theunconventionalcellist.com/

gjm · Post by **gjm** » Sun Jun 30, 2013 6:10 pm

artpunk wrote:Yes. I'm no Cellist but I find Kristin's music definitely inspirational. Do yourself a favour & visit her website to listen to some of her amazing music. She has some wonderful compositions on her Cello using looping.
http://www.theunconventionalcellist.com/

Thanks... will check it out

nowtime · Post by **nowtime** » Sun Jun 30, 2013 6:20 pm

Cellos are beautiful, but dont forget the immediacy of playing it percussively. Bouncing the bow on a string (like a stick on a drumhead) while holding one note is instant pleasure!

krulecello · Post by **krulecello** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 1:47 am

Thanks FunkN and Art Punk!

Gjm, cello 'is' an awesome instrument (and I'm saying this from the perspective of a composer, live looper and former multi instrumentalist).....so, great choice.

As nowtime is suggesting, it's capable of making lots of interesting sounds acoustically which lends itself extremely well to live looping. So, not surprisingly, there are an increasing number of cellists (and other bowed string players in general) turning to live looping.

Established live looping cellists include Zoe Keating and Julia Kent.

I would highly recommend checking out Erik Friedlander as an exceptional contemporary cellist and improvisor. (Great technique)

Giovanni Sollima, Italian Cellist and Composer is simply wonderful here IMHO...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z7Eid_SVCc

Classically, the Bach cello suites are of course beautiful, as is the more recent Solo Cello Sonata by Kodaly.

Enjoy!!

Forge. · Post by **Forge.** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 4:36 am

krulecello - I had a look but couldn't find examples of your stuff on your site

very interested to hear the live looping

krulecello · Post by **krulecello** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 7:09 am

Thanks Forge. I'm surprised you cant find any music on my website?

(I actually have two, one is http://www.theunconventionalcellist.com and the other is a live looping tutorial site that I'm 'slowly' setting up, http://www.theunconventionallivelooper.com)

Alternatively you can go to youtube http://www.youtube.com/user/KristinRule

Most of my uploaded stuff is from my 2010 album, 'The Knife that Cut's a Tear". The tracks were originally composed for a boss RC 50 loopstation which is a fairly limiting device. (I later tweaked the compositions using Ableton to better match the studio recording, ie, individual line panning, fades, ect, the things I couldn't do using the loopstation ... the form and content remain the same).

You can watch me using the loopstation live here (2010): https://vimeo.com/13531663.

All the best!

Forge. · Post by **Forge.** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 7:42 am

krulecello wrote: You can watch me using the loopstation live here (2010): https://vimeo.com/13531663.

wow... very nice!

I think I was just being blind

geekbeats · Post by **geekbeats** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 8:19 am

krulecello wrote:Thanks Forge. I'm surprised you cant find any music on my website?

(I actually have two, one is http://www.theunconventionalcellist.com and the other is a live looping tutorial site that I'm 'slowly' setting up, http://www.theunconventionallivelooper.com)

Alternatively you can go to youtube http://www.youtube.com/user/KristinRule

Most of my uploaded stuff is from my 2010 album, 'The Knife that Cut's a Tear". The tracks were originally composed for a boss RC 50 loopstation which is a fairly limiting device. (I later tweaked the compositions using Ableton to better match the studio recording, ie, individual line panning, fades, ect, the things I couldn't do using the loopstation ... the form and content remain the same).

You can watch me using the loopstation live here (2010): https://vimeo.com/13531663.

All the best!

If I could marry an instrument, it would be the Cello!
Checked out your vimeo link, awesome stuff! Reminds me of the Game of Thrones theme, which is amazing as well!

gjm · Post by **gjm** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 10:19 am

Thank you krulecello. I have subscribed to your looping project... Looks very good.

beats me · Post by **beats me** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 6:09 pm

I would love to learn cello, like many on here my favorite string instrument that can convey so much emotion just on its own. But I wouldn’t imagine it going over too well living in an apartment, especially in the beginning of just learning.

simmerdown · Post by **simmerdown** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 9:01 pm

search up Zoe Keating...and hear her RadioLab podcast episode 'Quantum Cello'

krulecello · Post by **krulecello** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 9:18 pm

Thanks geekbeats, Forge, your comments are much appreciated.

beats me, they have all sorts of cello mutes that can dampen the sound considerably....and the beg cellist sound is much nicer than that of the beg violinist.

I have used the mutes in hotel rooms and people have not heard me practising in nearby rooms. So, I guess I'm saying, if you'd love to learn cello, don't let the apartment thing hold you back.

revoltcrew · Post by **revoltcrew** » Tue Jul 02, 2013 2:23 pm

Before I moved to a completely laptop setup with controllers n such.
i started out playing experimental cello, processing with a pile of various analog fx pedals n loopers, with no cello training behind me, it was a wonderfully open experience.

now i process the cello in Live etc..
here's a link to some of my early highly experimental cello noise work, its my old flash based website,

http://sunfalls.org/insanivimus/#/Music ... ly%20Works

enjoy

gjm · Post by **gjm** » Wed Jul 03, 2013 9:42 am

revoltcrew wrote: here's a link to some of my early highly experimental cello noise work, its my old flash based website,

http://sunfalls.org/insanivimus/#/Music ... ly%20Works

enjoy

Do you have a soundcloud link? Can't get to your stuff on my iPad

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