Saturday, May 16, 2009

Scouting NY Across The Street From The Chrysler Building. I came out of the Chrysler Building yesterday and noticed a number of people staring at the ugly, uninteresting glass-curtain building across the street and taking pictures. Thus, I had to stop and stare too...but why were we all staring? For a second, I thought someone might be jumping or something. As this proved not to be the case, I kept staring at it - what the hell was so special about this ugly, all glass building? Why weren't all these tourists across the street taking pictures of the much more attractive Chrysler Building??? Then I let my eyes refocus a bit and I realized: they were. And of course, I had to snap a picture too. -SCOUT [Scouting NY] 10:06:23 PM

'La Luna'- Ottmar Liebert 3/11 Rehearsal Music. Here is an example of the music available at Ottmar-Friends: That's a recording we made at our first rehearsal with new drummer Michael Chavez. Subscribers get to download a high quality 320kbps mp3 version. I started out thinking I would offer one or two tracks per month, but we are already up to 11 downloads in two month. They are mostly 320kbps mp3s, but there is also a 24 bit 96kHz aiff file for audiophiles. Monday I presented to the subscribers a new mix I am working on, a unreleased and unnamed bossa recorded during the sessions for The Hours Between Night + Day in the Spring of 1993. It's a lovely bossa with a nice koto solo by Osamu Kitajima, but a CD can only handle about 74 minutes of music and The Hours Between Night + Day was packed full and tight. [Ottmar Liebert] 9:49:04 PM