bear cherian » musak http://www.bearcherian.com a new beginning Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:52:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 mutemath at tla http://www.bearcherian.com/2009/09/mutemath-at-tla http://www.bearcherian.com/2009/09/mutemath-at-tla#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:49:06 +0000 Bear http://www.bearcherian.com/?p=263 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> This weekend I went see MuteMath perform a sold-out show at the TLA on South Street.

Such an incredible show! The opening act, As Tall As Lions, was pretty good as well.

Best MuteMath show in Philly, and the best show of the tour, so far. :P

Pictures and video below.
stage before the show IMG_0084 Daren's set covered As Tall As Lions Roadie setting up the Rhodes. This guy was on point YEA! IMG_0090 superfans made the roadie climb around and reset the bottom snare mic every time it fell off IMG_0092 IMG_0093 IMG_0097 IMG_0098 IMG_0099 Flying Meany! IMG_0101 IMG_0102 IMG_0103 Greg! IMG_0105 IMG_0106 IMG_0107 IMG_0108 IMG_0109 stage after the show

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMtwoouqAIg


www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPRH_ftgnAE


www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQQ0J_GVmYM


www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxZyKae6szc

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]]> http://www.bearcherian.com/2009/09/mutemath-at-tla/feed 0 The coal-miner’s strings http://www.bearcherian.com/2009/08/the-coal-miners-strings http://www.bearcherian.com/2009/08/the-coal-miners-strings#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:29:20 +0000 Bear http://www.bearcherian.com/?p=196 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Newtone strings w/ Yamaha F730SI don’t like Elixir guitar strings. Something about the way they sound. If you put Elixir strings on, your guitar tends to sound like a great guitar. In fact, it sounds like every guitar with Elixir strings. And i don’t like that sound, it’s just not full enough. Too tinny and fake-ish.

I also don’t like the idea that my strings are coated with chemicals that my precious guitar would be exposed to consistently. So I don’t buy Elixir strings. I once received a FREE full set of Elixir ultra thin nanoweb light gauge (.012) strings for testing through Taylor. Nine months later, they sit here unopened and untouched. It’s not that I didn’t want to test them. I fully intended to try them out and compare the sound to my current strings, but I didn’t want to risk losing the sound I had.

What strings do I use? I’m glad you asked.

I’ve made a lot of changes in string choices, but in the recent years I’ve been discovering round-core strings. Your basic acoustic string, E through G, is made by wrapping phosphor bronze or nickel or other material around a central core. Nowadays it’s all done by machine on a hexagonal core, like Elixirs. The advantage of round-core is a theoretically better sustain then a hex core which “digs” in to the winding. I say “theoretically” because I don’t know of any actual scientific proof and some say hex core gives better sustain because of the digging in. It’s a debate that continues to rage on in forums across the interwebs. I think round-core makes more sense.

My first foray into this new world was with DR Sunbeams. They sounded great from the start but after several weeks the tone and sustain got dead quickly.

Nowadays I play with Newtone guitar strings. Even more specifically Newtone Master Class Nickel strings. They are round-core and handmade in the UK by a former coal-miner! And I’ve grown to love the nickel plated strings. Like most strings they sound pretty bright at first, but after a week or so of playing the tone gets to a nice warm, natural sound. The ones I had on were on for over a year, and I only changed them because I wanted to try some new Newtone Double-wound strings in a different gauge.

My guitar of choice is a Yamaha F730S. No fancy electronics or anything, just a great full-size acoustic guitar with a great sound. I may drop a LR Baggs pickup in eventually, but it’s fine for what I need right now.

You can hear what the guitar sounds like with the Newtone MC Nickel strings in the videos below. Their not great recordings, but it’ll give you an idea of how it the guitar/string combo sounds.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRzzvcJiRZs

www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3_9luBGNF4

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]]> http://www.bearcherian.com/2009/08/the-coal-miners-strings/feed 0 Video from #PCNAK http://www.bearcherian.com/2009/07/video-from-pcnak http://www.bearcherian.com/2009/07/video-from-pcnak#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:23:34 +0000 Bear http://www.bearcherian.com/?p=185 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> I plan on doing a decent write-up of PCNAK this year and the twitter frenzy that many of us took part in. But until i get a chance to do that, here are some videos from this year’s worship services. I only have video from Friday and Sunday. Apologies to Northwest and Southeast worship teams.

Northeast Worship Team


Southwest Worship Team

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]]> http://www.bearcherian.com/2009/07/video-from-pcnak/feed 3 SVB covers “This is Life” http://www.bearcherian.com/2009/02/svb-covers-this-is-life http://www.bearcherian.com/2009/02/svb-covers-this-is-life#comments Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:51:36 +0000 Bear http://www.bearcherian.com/?p=86 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Back in November Fusion took it’s monthly meeting up to Long Island, NY. Siby Varghese Band led worship and the Fusion Drama team did a small skit. It was a great time of worship and fellowship with our brothers and sisters in LI. This is one of the songs from that night. “This is Life” is a song I first heard about 5 or 6 years ago and it has never failed to speak to my heart. Below are the lyrics and SVB’s cover of this wonderful song.

Eyes can’t see the way you hold me
Or how I’m hidden in Your heart
Minds don’t know all You’ve told me
Or how I ache for where You are

It’s invisible to the world
Incredible to the angels
Not since Eden have they seen this sight
Everlasting life

You are all over,
You are around,
You are inside
This is life, this is life

I come in empty, I leave filled
Bring my sickness, I leave healed
Broken-hearted, You mend every piece
I come in captive, I leave free

“This is Life” by Laura Woodley-Osman

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfQOADvpPpM

This is Life

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