Lao Music Community

Thai Classic LookTung Midis

admin — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:58:39 +0000

I was able to put together some Thai classic looktung midis for you guys this week. Thought I would share it with you. Midi files are great for learning how to play songs. I know some of you guys have been asking me about these classic midi songs. If you are looking for a specific song feel free to email me and I will let you know if I have it. Go ahead download it and let me know how you like them.

Download Thai Classic Midis

Midi Song List

Kick Ass Roland Keyboard That I Got for $180

admin — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 19:47:07 +0000

Couple weeks ago I was browsing Craigslist in the Musical Instrument section and stumble across I pretty nice keyboard for $180. It’s a Roland model EM 2000. I always wanted a new keyboard but couldn’t really afford the Tyros or other high end keyboards. I was skeptical at first not sure if I could port some Yamaha Styles onto it. But I was able to and it sounds great. Check out the sample video below:

If you have this model or looking for a similar one I would try searching for it on Craigslist first by typing on Google “Roland EM 2000 Craigslist” . But first try searching in your local Craigslist area first. You might also want to try Ebay as well.

If you have this keyboard or similar model and want to test out some of my ported styles for them you could download it here.

Download Roland Styles

Marlum Zing Demo

admin — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 02:25:43 +0000

If you are looking for ways to improve your marlum playing skill then might want to check out the video below. Pretty awesome playing in my opinion. He is a great musician from Thailand. I pick up couple stuff from his video. Although it’s too fast for me to follow. Let me know what you think and if you would like to share your skill with us. Feel free to post a link to your video in the comment section or send a link to me and i will put it up for you.. Thanks and enjoy..

1000s of Styles for PSR 3000

admin — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 20:21:09 +0000

Hey guys, when you get a chance don’t forget hop over to psrtutorial.com for free Yamaha styles. Over thousands of styles from Tyros, Ketron, Korg, Roland, and many more. Here is the link. Thanks to Henni for these wonderful style collection.

http://psrtutorial.com/sty/collections/henni.html#T3

Stevie B Freestyle Yamaha Keyboard Style

admin — Wed, 11 May 2011 03:59:13 +0000

Here is a Yamaha keyboard style that I think we would all appreciate. I got this from a good friend so thank you so much for sharing this with us. This is probably one of the best Freestyle keyboard out there. The beat is kinda like Stevie B “spring love”. Check it out and let me know what you think.

Download Yamaha Freestyle keyboard style

Setting voice split in your keyboard

admin — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 23:39:04 +0000

When you are playing a keyboard and you want to change the voice sometime it could kill the flow of music. One of the ways to avoid this is by setting a voice split on your keyboard. On a Yamaha PSR S900 for example, you can have up to three voices on a full range keyboard. For example you can set the piano sound from key 67 to 80 and from key 82 to 87 you can have a guitar sound and from 87 to what ever you can set to the sounds of flute.. so this will gives you a quick access to the voice without having to press on any button on the keyboard for voice change. Check out the example clip..

An example of a good flowing voice performance.

Cool Music Apps for Your Iphone

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 01:36:02 +0000

Last month, I got my first Iphone and it’s very cool. The first thing that I did with it was to find music apps for it. Thought I would share some of those apps with you. These are my favorite Music apps. First app, I would have to say Guitar Tab. This app is awesome! It allows you to search for guitar tabs and chords of your favorite music..over 300,000 songs in the database. Another apps that I really like is called SoundHound. It allows you to identify the name you of the song that you don’t know. You sing a song into this app and it will search for the name of the song for you. Check out these apps. Let me know what you think.

Carabao Guitar Lesson

admin — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 03:08:06 +0000

If you are a guitar player and is a fan of Carabao this post is definitely for you. Last week I stumbled across a Youtube video that I thought was pretty cool. It’s a pretty good video guitar lesson for those who have been wanting to learn how to play Carabao music. This is one of their famous songs : Wanipok .. Let me know what you think.

Khene Solo from Esan

admin — Tue, 18 May 2010 03:03:39 +0000

Many years ago I was living in Minneapolis Minnesota. I had a chance to work with the Lao Community Service Center. While there I was able to collect some awesome khene instrumental solos from various people. Thought I would share it with our Lao Music Community. Let me know how you guys like it.

Also, just a quick reminder of Bird’s concert in Los Angeles. It’s this weekend I’m very excited about this. More information at Birdinusa.com. Hop over there and check it out when you get a chance.

How to Play Lum Puthai on Guitar

admin — Tue, 11 May 2010 04:27:34 +0000

Sorry guys, I have been very busy with the wedding. Glad to be back and blogging again. Last week, I stumbled across a pretty cool guitar lesson taught by Pat Sisomphou. If you are into playing guitar and you like lum this is probably a good post for you. In this lesson Pat goes over Lum Puthai, one of my favorites Lum Lao styles. Check it out and let me know what you think.