Allow me the honor to introduce to you: Our by far youngest contributor to the ConcertHall, my 13-months-old son nicknamed "Kirby"! :-)
Yesterday, we sat down on the bench together -- he was sitting on my lap and exploring my HW setup, pushing keys on the manuals and operating the stop sequencer (glowing lights and buttons/pistons are VERY attractive at that age ^.^). While he did his thing, holding him with my left hand and arm, I had my right one and one foot to spare to improv along with his actions, trying to create something "more meaningful" out of it.
To be honest, I've listened to improvisations from reknowned organists that didn't sound much different in parts; so I thought it would be a nice idea to capture his first "baby steps" (yeah, literally...) on the organ, much like we do when we take photos and videos of our kids to put into an album for later -- a piece of memory that he can refer to when he grows older and is curious to find out how it all started.
I admit this might sound awkward to most organists' ears first, but nevertheless, I personally think it's some kind of art, which is just at the beginning of its development cycle and, most likely, not conformant to what our adult ears and sense for aesthetics are used to. Starting at
14:20 is a part to which I did NOT contribute, this was just him hitting keys with his hands and tummy, when he tried to reach up to the II and III manuals. Let's see what this is evolving into in the future... :-)
For those who own a 7.1 surround system, an 8-channel FLAC file can be picked up here to get an impression of what it will sound like in my living room:
- URL:
http://via.woody-mc.de/to/rHJBJhUBo83lKtyg
- Player: Current versions of Media Player Classic are able to properly play multi-channel FLAC files.