Archive for February, 2010

By WaltRibeiro on Feb, 24 2010 - Categories: Covers, Songs     → Read More

I came across this Avatar-izer that seemed kind of interesting. Basically, you upload a picture and it makes you look like one of the people from Pandora. I couldn’t stop laughing at this because my eyes looks a little wacky, and my nose a little off, but like my friend Damien Basile would say “it’s → Read More

By WaltRibeiro on Feb, 23 2010 - Categories: Blog     → Read More

As an orchestrator who has always been interested in technology and trying new things, I’m actually very excited for the Apple iPad. But why? It’s not an instrument, or a standard computer. Exactly… it’s actually so much more. The orchestra assembles over 100 musicians – violinists, flutes, oboes, trumpets, percussion, and more. And they all → Read More

By WaltRibeiro on Feb, 21 2010 - Categories: Blog     → Read More

I’m currently selling my music here at ForOrchestra, but yesterday I was stuck with the age old question between two distributors for my iTunes, Rhapsody, Amazon release coming next month: Tunecore or CD Baby? I asked everyone on Twitter and FacebookFacebook, and the majority of the answers said to go with Tunecore. The biggest difference → Read More

By WaltRibeiro on Feb, 20 2010 - Categories: Blog     → Read More

It’s New York Fashion Week and the other day I received word about the Guide to the Best Dressed Orchestra Conductors as re-posted by W Magazine. I’m guessing they weren’t judging by their concert wear – because it seems all conductors generally wear the same black tuxedos. Rounding out the Top 5 are: 1.) Maestro → Read More

By WaltRibeiro on Feb, 18 2010 - Categories: Blog     → Read More

The other day I mentioned I was taking a week off to update and clean out my entire contacts list. My friends mentioned to me that it didn’t need to be done, but I had a bad experience a few weeks ago when I left someone’s business card in my studio, and so I had → Read More

By WaltRibeiro on Feb, 17 2010 - Categories: Blog     → Read More