Vocalise Theremin

This is a practice session for my first live performance (in June, 2008). Here, I play "Vocalise" by the Rach. Since it was just practice, it was recorded with the camera sound. It lost a bit of the dynamics, but you get the idea. After the live performance, I hope to post a better version.

It's been a while since my last upload. I have been getting used to my new pitch preview (thank you Mark!), as well as moving.

Special thanks to YouTube user ooo6 for the backing track!

Constructive criticism is always welcome!

Enjoy! :)

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[theremin137]

Very nice playing, and very lovely & appropriate tone quality - very "period" sounding, as coming from a grammophone. Wish more thereminists would LISTEN to the timbre coming from their instruments -- and your playing dismisses the falsehood that you can't get a good sound from an Etherwave. Good job!

[carport888]

Thanks alot! I started learning this one in the 'normal' timbre that I usually use, but it just didn't sound right. I also wonder how much of the grammophone sound can be attributed to my camera's built in mic.

[theremin137]

Well, if that is the case, then you need to bring your camera with you on your gigs and play your theremin through it, haha! This really is a haunting, eerie yet beautiful sound - "a violin record being played on a grammphone" really is what came to mind.

[carport888]

All the better! My first live performance is this Thursday, and I was going to bring my laptop to record into, but then I found out that I will only have 5 minutes setup before I go on (in between acts). I've decided to ditch the laptop. I'll have the theremin warming up on a car battery jump starter beforehand. :)

[carport888]

Thank you everyone for the kind comments and encouragement!

[RuslanPegov]

excellent! How did you achive such a warm timbre from etherwave standart?

[xXiN5aNeXx]

beautiful

[vc2251]

Great Job Dan! Bravo

[bobbo924B]

Dan, lovely job, and a pretty quick tempo for this piece. I'm curious to know how you got that lovely string-like tone from the Etherwave. They usually sound more brassy to me.

[conquerearth]

Superb job. Please keep playing, and post more. *Subscribed*

[Magichannel]

Amazing

[rbbrdcky188]

Yes! I really enjoyed this one, Dan!  Very nice!

[imdeanam]

This is great Dan! Robert and I are listening together! Hope you do this one tomorrow!