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Gigs next week, both online and off

Ernesto — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:20:45 +0000

Next week should be interesting. I have a gig at Cafe Lyrik on Thursday the 16th at 20:00. You can find all the relevant info on the gigs page, or go to the Facebook event page.

And then on that weekend I’m taking part in the Cafe Noodle Ustream Festival. That’ll be an online festival done though Ustream, with donations in aid of the Multiple Sclerosis Society.

I still don’t know the time and day I’ll be playing, but I’ll post it here as soon as I know.

Update on the solo guitar album

Ernesto — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:51:16 +0000

I’ve been a bit behind with the solo guitar album and haven’t added any new music to it in a while. But I realized that I already have more than enough music for it…it’s just a matter of recording it.

So my goal now is to finish recording the remaining songs by the end of September. That means the album should be done some time in October/November if everything goes as planned.

It’ll mainly be a digital release, but I’ll most likely make some physical copies to sell at gigs and other such things.

I’m thinking of this album as a precursor for another album which I’d like to release early next year. It’ll have a lot of the same songs arranged for more instruments. But more on that later…

Alice Gryphius this Sunday

Ernesto — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:26:40 +0000

Just a quick reminder, I’m playing at Alice Gryphius this Sunday at 20:20. All the info is on the Gigs page.

And here’s the Facebook event page. Please RSVP, share with your friends, etc…Hope to see you there!

Summertime

Ernesto — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:18:22 +0000

Here’s a video from a concert a few years back. It’s an arrangement of Summertime with the percussionist Omar Díaz. It was a one-off concert we did together; we did some jazz standards and a few of my songs from Wood. I might add a few more songs from it later on.

Coming in July

Ernesto — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:29:27 +0000

This month I’ll be playing at Manuela Tapas on Saturday the 24th. It’s a nice Spanish restaurant in Neukölln close to the Maybachüfer, gemütlich and with very tasty food. I should have a few new songs to debut…always a bit nerve-wracking to play songs live for the first time.

In the meantime, here are some pictures from SideSeeing last Sunday:

A New Look

Ernesto — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:05:28 +0000

I’ve spent the last few weeks redesiging my website, as you can probably tell.

I decided to go for a really clean look, and to make the music stand out, especially on the home page.

For the web geeks amongst you, I used a lot of CSS3 for the rounded-corners, drop-shadows, and gradients. I’m also using the Fontin Sans font from exljbris, very nice font in my opinion. Clean but with personality to it…of course I’m far from a typography expert, but I disgress.

I’m really happy with how the discography page turned out. I used the new custom post types from WordPress 3 and incorporated the Bandcamp player into the design. I wanted to have something similar to the Bandcamp layout, but with more control of how it looked and what I could add to it.

So there it is. I’ve learned a lot about web-design these past 2 years, and I’m really happy with how it turned out. Now to focus on the music again…

Show at Emma T Cancelled

Ernesto — Mon, 31 May 2010 13:54:20 +0000

The show this Saturday at Emma T has been cancelled. Sad, but life goes on. I’m waiting to confirm some new gigs very soon.

I also recorded The Single Purpose Room for the solo guitar album, and have been editing and mixing it…but a nasty stomach bug got in the way. Hopefully I’ll have it done by next week.

Matt Stevens Remixed

Ernesto — Mon, 10 May 2010 12:25:41 +0000

Matt Stevens recently offered some stems from his track Burning Bandstands to be remixed. I thought it’d be fun, and ended up turning it into Meshuggah-style metal romp. Matt released it as part of his Sunday Free Noodle series, check it out on his blog.

For those that don’t know him, Matt is a phenomanal guitarist from the UK who uses live-looping to create some wonderful music. He has one CD out called Echo, and a new one coming out very soon called Ghost.

Two new songs for Solo Guitar album

Ernesto — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:59:11 +0000

Finally added two more songs to my solo guitar album, Build and Pierrot. Already working on the next batch…

As always, the songs are free to download. I just ask for your email address so I can add you to the mailing list and keep you updated on future songs.

<a href="http://music.ernestoschnack.com/album/solo-guitar-2009-2010-a-work-in-progress">Build by Ernesto Schnack</a>

Interview at Jemsite.com

Ernesto — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:14:28 +0000

The guys over at the Jemsite blog featured me in their Guitar Hero Series. I got to talk about my move to Berlin and what that meant to me musically, amongst other things. Check it out.

Thanks to Ava for putting it together.