This year 2016 I created a “catalogue”
of my instruments and sonic possibilities as a multi-instrumentalist. For
that purpose I recorded several short snippets with each and every instrument I own and play, performed solo or
accompanied by other instruments, but one instrument at the time clearly in
the spotlight. The full set is available for streaming in a dedicated Soundcloud playlist
here:
https://soundcloud.com/daniel-diaz/sets/50-snapshots-by-dd
I took pictures of the actual instruments when possible (there'll be a
couple of snapshots using my favorite samples, the rest is actual
instruments I own).
The instruments I used are:
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Ronroco (Bolivia) Acoustic Upright Piano (Yamaha) Tenor Ukulele & Concert Ukulele Fretless Bass Guitar (my custom 1988 Sekine) Acoustic Bass Guitar (1990’s Larrivée &
Kelly Dragonfly 5 strings) Fender Rhodes Melodicas: Hohner Piano 36 and Yamaha Pianica Spacedrum (C minor “Deep Sky” tunning) Electric Bass Schecter 62 Jazz Bass &
Drake Diaz Custom5 Electric Bass : nylon strings (my Epiphone Allen Woody) Spanish Guitar (solo Kraus late 70’s custom) Bells (bronze, aluminium) Harmonium (India) Accordina (by Marcel Dreux) Charango (Argentina) Epiphone Jazz Guitar |
Tun and other bamboo drums Talking Drums &
Udu Drums
Percussions (bombo,
Kuntrun, derbouka, doumbek, caxixi,
etc) Cymbals (Zildjian, Paiste) Folk Guitar (Martin J15) Stratocaster Guitar (Clean, Disortion) Indonesian flutes Upright Bass: bowed (solo§ion), pizz, noises and FX Marimba and Xylophone (real & samples) Glockenspiel and Vibes (real & samples) Ocarinas and clay “birds”
Toy Piano Strings fake or real? (combined samples and real performances of basses and
cellos) Crystal Bowls &
Glass Harmonica (samples) Arpeggiator synths, analog synths, vocoder. |