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“Kisah Lelly Sang Pengulik dan Laskar Penyelamat Bumi” (Director Joaquim Baeta)

My tune “The Chaff Can Catch the Light” shows up in Joaquim Baeta‘s short Kisah Lelly Sang Pengulik dan Laskar Penyelamat Bumi.

About the Film, from Internet Archive:

In ‘Kisah Lelly Sang Pengulik dan Laskar Penyelamat Bumi’ (Lelly the Investigator and the Wayfaring Rangers of the Enigmatic Earth), we are introduced to a mysterious figure (Lelly), who works in the dark depths of a university building, and her army of soldiers (students), commissioned to protect and save the Earth. These young warriors discuss their approaches, while their leader reveals how she deploys her various kinds of carrots and (drum)sticks to motivate and encourage them. Will she succeed in her mission? I have no idea.

Silliness aside, this short film melds an introduction (in Bahasa Indonesia) to Lelly and the work of her students, along with the accoutrements that encompass being her supervisee, including her so-called 24-hour service, life-time consultation, and ‘free gym,’ all with humourous terms and conditions. Meanwhile, the work described runs the gamut of her expertise: plant and wildlife ecology, the intersections of humans and nature, and habitat modelling.

“Dunlewey” is one of AllAboutJazz’s Most Popular Jazz Songs of 2024

screenshot of the "Most Popular Jazz Songs 2024" article at AllAboutJazz

My tune Dunlewey made AllAboutJazz’s list of the most popular jazz songs of 2024, with 3,653 listens in November and December. It’s still free to stream or download it AllAboutJazz.

“The Silliest” EP by Kosnoco (Produced by Vic)

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Curious Automata label-mate Kosnoco returns with yet another genre-defying release. It’s kinda idm, kinda djent, kinda an indescribable mashup of styles that makes you both confused and dance-y.

I dig it, you have to hear it.

“Dunlewey” is AllAboutJazz’s Track of the Day

Dunlewey is AllAboutJazz’s Track of the Day!

Download or stream it for free at one of the oldest and most respected websites for jazz:

New Album: Six After Ten

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September 26th, 2024 was the 10th anniversary of my lesson studio at Boomer Music Company in Fort Collins. To mark the occasion, I recorded this improvisation that week in my lesson room on my usual teaching gear: workhorse instruments, practice amps, and a recording app on my business phone.

The two sessions have been edited slightly for time and there’s some studio reverb added for depth, otherwise it’s an accurate documentation of my typical noodlings while waiting to teach.

Give it a listen on CD or the music service of your choice, and thanks for listening.

-Vic

Play Along with “Music for Poochy Patrol”

Play along with the entire “Music for Poochy Patrol” album with backing tracks made from the original tracks and charts for C, B-flat, E-flat, F, and bass clef instruments.

Download for free (or name your price) at Bandcamp!

10 Years of Lessons at Boomer Music Company

On September 26th, 2014 I climbed this staircase for my first day of teaching above Boomer Music Company.

After 10 years of lessons, I have to say: those are a lot of stairs.

New Release: Music for Poochy Patrol

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“Music for Poochy Patrol”, the 3rd installment in my trilogy of instrumental guitar albums, is out today! I play or program every instrument myself, and this time I even had to sing a few tunes.

I started writing, arranging, and tracking an album titled “Music for Poochy Patrol” in early 2019. I planned for it to be a set of original instrumentals featuring some of my favorite musicians. And I was going to use my favorite photo of my dogs Rockett and Charlie (aka Poochy Patrol) on the cover. COVID changed those plans a bit. I instead played or programmed every instrument myself. Then, when Rockett died that November, I decided to instead dedicate the album to him and it became 2021’s “Music to Squeak By”. I still had unrecorded charts, and Charlie needed a cover spot, so 2022 saw “Music for Chasing Squirrels”. This album collects the last of the tunes so it’s finally time to use the original title and cover photo.

Since the start, I’ve watched Poochy Patrol and myself change. Rockett and Charlie made a host of new friends, some of whom are pictured on the back cover. I’ve made new friends as well, playing with a host of new musicians in new venues. So this project, instead of collecting the past, is about the future. There will always be new tunes to play, new places to see, and a host of friends to meet along the way.

Hope to see you along that path soon, and, as always, thanks for listening.

-Vic Dillahay