50 Snapshots (that became 54 eventually)
In 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. 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 Qinqin (china) Java fretless guitar (Indonesia) |
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. Bass Ukulele (Kala U-Bass) Tibetan Bowls |