maxiewawa

I love technology.

I was on my way to a lesson, listening to my iPod. I heard a documentary about Cambodian music. I thought it sounded interesting, and made a note on my phone to look up whoever was on it. When I got home I listened again and looked up Mekong Delta Blues on iTunes. I found an audio sample, and the name of the artist, Master Ong. I looked him up on Youtube.

Inspired, I plunked away on my guitar until I came up with something. I recorded it using my MacBook, running my guitar through my PodPocket. I filmed it, and put it on YouTube for everyone to see.

Not long ago I would have had to tune into a radio station to be able to hear that song. Not long before that, I might have had to go to Cambodia to hear it.

I would have had little chance of finding a recording of the Cambodian banjo player on it.

I would have had to go to a recording studio to record my track. At the very least I would have had to buy a guitar amp!

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I heard the original documentary here: http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/dispatches_20081020_8460.mp3

Mekong Delta Blues is available for download from the iTunes store. Just search for it there.

You can see and hear more of Master Kong on Youtube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQWeWgy7bEo

My ripoff of one of his tracks is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CA-T-bA5XM4

Download the mp3 here: http://media.libsyn.com/media/maxiewawa/Khmer_Blues.mp3