Common Laugh Productions, A Midlife Recital, Drum Solo,

A Midlife Recital was recorded at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. Completely accomplished in one morning as a four hour class. It's the first formal melodic solo using electronics I know of. The teacher of the class was Doug Heaps, friend, producer, drummer. Doug and I also performed in the Royal Crusader musical ensemble.

Rogers drum set, played by Vince Schaefer

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A class demonstrating the potential of electronics in music, and the recording of, is A Midlife Recital by Vince Schaefer

Listen to short Real Audio samples of the solo that download in seconds: A Midlife Recital

A section from the beginning, reminiscent of Edgard Vare'se
a 64 note tom run
the actual melody
the ending

Roger drum set, played by Vince Schaefer at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, for the recording: A Midlife Recital!

A Midlife Recital was recorded at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. Completely accomplished in one morning as a four hour class. It was the set-up for recording, along with a three hour demonstration of the DrumKAT, and the three, actual, 'takes'.