New to Thereminism - Looking for tipps to startup with a Kees

[i]The best method for me today was to stop thinking[/i]...

That makes a lot of sense. Hitting the note happens faster than the speed of thought. It's like anything that needs instantaneous response - riding a bicycle for instance. It's funny to watch someone on a bike for the first time, gripping the handlebar as tightly as possible and pedalling very, very slowly, with a look of grim determination and sheer panic, wavering all over the place. The brain just gets in the way.

Hello Gordon,
yes, i absolutely agree. Armed with this new knowledge, i worked a little bit more tonight and tried to play a Theremin voice without a melody as an arrangement of Pink Floyds "Great Gig in the Sky"

Hi Arthur,

Great choice of music! Last night I downloaded your mp3 and listened to it five times in a row. I enjoyed it a lot.

It starts a little weak, but at about half a minute in you get into your groove. By the end it's really humming! Excellent.

Hello Gordon,
just shortly about how i arranged the thing:
first i recorded three improvisation tracks on the Kees, while listening to the background midi.
Afterwards i combined them using Audacity, (by the way it is brilliant freeware!!!).
But i found out that with three Theremin Tracks it was too overloaded, so i decided to drop one and now the tune consists only of two Kees Theremin Tracks and a background Midi of the Pink Floyd song, slightly modified with volume.
That´s all.

I know the start is a little bit weak, but in the Pink Floyd song, the momentum of tension is also built up by a slow , weak start and an abrupt change when the percussion (drums)starts to play.
I can send you the background midi if you like, i would be interested in your interpretation of the song.
As you remember the original song vocal is a Jazz singer with a fantastic voice. Today i will listen to the original song with vocals, maybe it´s possible to let the Theremin sound like that. This should be possible in my opinion.

Best regards
arthur

Hmm. Interesting. By all means send me a copy. I'm not entirely sure when I'll get chance to play with it, and I'll only post the outcome if I'm happy with it.

gordonc at theremin dot org dot uk

In the meantime i should rename this Thread (like Gordon did) in "Arthur´s Progress" (just kidding):

For a new complete self composed sound sample with my Kees see my post here:

http://www.thereminworld.com/forum.asp?cmd=p&T=1390&F=513