"Bounce" by Markita Moore (Practice with Elemental Meaning)

A "behind the music" recording of Markita Moore's band "Elemental Meaning" at one of their first practices earlier in the year with notes about the band, music, and sibling disputes. Also, a fairly descriptive written review of the Olympus VN-6200PC recorder's performance for picking up a wide range of musical violin nuances (artificial harmonics, pizzicato, overall ensemble).

Markita Moore on guitar and voice, Ian Tran on Violin, David Watson on the drum set, and Erica Thomas trying out the tambourine. You can hear the run through of the song until about 6:30, and then I start asking questions (I was improvising over the song at the time). You can also hear a sibling dispute take place, it was later resolved between them but I still feel kind of bad that I didn't know how to resolve it at the time as an adult. Definitely something noted for myself to learn before I want to become a parent.

The photo is of a lamp from my room that was taken (circa 2006) long before the band came about. Markita liked it so we adopted the image for the band's use!
Recorded on the Olympus VN-6200PC I used for recording lectures, I'm surprised it picked everyone up fairly well and pretty much balanced us out. Markita was singing through a microphone and playing on a well amplified guitar, Dave played drums, and I placed the recorder on a chair with its internal mic pointed in my direction. A careful ear can hear me playing a tremolo with artificial harmonics on the violin behind everything else (02:13). Despite the mic's ability to pick it up, it noticeably muted and distorted the violin's plucked (pizzicato) notes on the violin around 04:40 . Still, for a voice audio recorder, I think it's pretty good--one can certainly hear Markita's voice, right?!

About the band:
Markita Moore, Ian Tran, David Watson, and Phelan Young synthesize an eclectic array of talents and insight to each performance as Elemental Meaning. Hardships, heartbreak, injustices; the joys of kindness, empowerment, love and creation inspire the group from all aspects of life. An organic fusion of indie-rock, folk, and soul, Elemental Meaning seeks to communicate the salience of these fundamental life experiences through their music and presence.

Hailing from Detroit, the band has performed throughout the Southeast Michigan region at Ann Arbor's Waterhill Music Festival, the Dearborn C.A.R.E.S. Festival, Detroit's Majestic theatre, Wyandotte Main Street Festival, and Detroit's Pride Festival throughout the summer of 2011.

You can purchase music by Elemental Meaning from http://elementalmeaning.bandcamp.com/ ; there, you'll find a live ep of their July 2011 Luna Pier performance. You can keep in touch with Elemental Meaning via facebook (http://on.fb.me/ElementalMeaning), or by e-mail at elementalmeaning(at)gmail(dot)com .

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Music

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• Markita Moore
• Ian Tran
• David Watson
• Elemental Meaning
• Olympus VN-6200PC
• band
• Practice
• Detroit
• Guitar
• Vocals
• Violin
• Percussion
• drums