TBJ74: Amplituba and Mercury Orkestar Tubist Bill Pritchard on Getting Started with Electronics, Teaching at Five Different Colleges and Overcoming Adversity Bill Pritchard is one of the busiest tuba players in Atlanta and is a leading figure in the movement to incorporate electronics with brass playing. Some of the topics we cover include: The challenges of giving Skype lessons His use of technology in lessons What to do if the chaps are at the cleaners (don't ask) The simplest setup to start messing with electronics (mic, cable, digital effects/multi-effects unit, into a keyboard or bass amp) Why delay and chorus effects are a good place to start How to get started with looping pedals How he sets up his musical improvs His influences including Reggie Watts, Matt Owen and David Wolf from Drums & Tuba How David Vining and Jan Kagarice helping him overcome challenges Playing with a drummer and a theremin at an Invent Room Pop gig and creating Amplituba Blow into the small end LINKS: Mercury Orkestar Afro Klezmer Invent Room Pop FB Page Amplituba on CDBaby Bill's FB Page Meatless Holiday Roast! Miyoko Cheeses Nut rolls CHECK OUT THE HOGTOWN BRASS HOLIDAY ALBUM!!! Buy it HERE! Stream it on Apple Music, Spotify or at the Hogtown Brass website.
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