Coming February 10, 2009 "A Word In The Wind"MAINLY PIANO EXCLUSIVE: 2002 Groundbreaking New Material in 2009By Michael DebbageOn November 16th 2008, Mainly Piano was given a warm invitation to visit the home studio of 2002. The invitation was also extended to hear a sneak peek of Pamela and Randy Copus' latest endeavor entitled A Word In The Wind. With a release date of February 10th 2009, we ...
The inspiration for the song "Remember Now" on our CD "The Emerald Way" was a Star Trek: The Next Generation episode called "The Offspring". Data (an android) creates a "child" for himself which he names Lal (in the Hindi language, Lal means "Beloved"). Lal eventually dies in Data's arms, remembering and retelling the precious moments she has lived. Data transferred Lal's thoughts into his own ...
Coming February 10, 2009 "A Word In The Wind"MAINLY PIANO EXCLUSIVE: 2002 Groundbreaking New Material in 2009By Michael DebbageOn November 16th 2008, Mainly Piano was given a warm invitation to visit the home studio of 2002. The invitation was also extended to hear a sneak peek of Pamela and Randy Copus' latest endeavor entitled A Word In The Wind. With a release date of February 10th 2009, we ...
We’ve been asked about the instruments we use in our music. Here is a video of one of the more unusual ones. It’s made by Yamaha. It allows me (a flutist) to “play” instruments from around the world and apply the subtle nuances of a flutist’s embouchure to them. Click the link to watch the video on vimeo. :-) WX5 Wind MIDI Controller from 2002 on Vimeo.
I receive a daily digest in my email from a local forum for moms. One of the queries really got me thinking. It was from the mother of a young girl who had decided she wanted to play flute. The school’s band director offered a list of recommended flutes from a couple of manufacturers. The mother was appalled by the prices of the flutes and wanted to know if the other moms on the forum agreed wi.
Randy wrote this one:2002 didn’t really have any guitars on our albums until Land of Forever. When we first began that album, a friend of ours at the record label suggested we add a guitar to our music. We discussed using a nylon string, classical style guitar, and I thought I might pluck it with a pick rather than the traditional fingers. I had been a guitar player from age 10, so it was not t.