Cy Ball — Music

Tonight we leave for a 10 day trip to Scotland. This is very exciting of course.  The flight is direct from Denver to London, then, changing planes and on to Edinburgh.  A total of around 11 hours. We will spend a night in Edinburgh and then take a bus to Anstruther/Cellardyke where we will spend [...]

I am very pleased to announce that a new grandson has been born in Scotland to my son Derek and his wife Kat. Ansel James Xavier Ball-Fox Ansel weighed 8 lb 14 oz and was born on April 24, 2013. Of course I had to compose a fanfare for his entry into the world.  Here [...]

This started as an experiment with the DAW software and ended with a new piece. I hope you like it.   Movin On, Electronica – 25 April 2013. Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2013 Cyril Ball

Spring fishing in Colorado is always a risk. I just spent three days on the Arkansas River with four of my friends fly fishing for trout.  This spring trip is a tradition going back 30 years and we have seen all kinds of weather and all kinds of fishing.  You can find good fishing in [...]

After about 4 months of struggling to produce something, I have finally finished something that I started in December. I have not been idle.  There have been a number of video tutorials in mixing and others on music production.  Some specially good ones are available at The Recording Revolution. They are easier to find on [...]

Today, Laurie and I met with my surgeon.  We are planning surgery to remove the large tumor in my liver.  The last scan places its size at 6.3 cm.  For comparison, a tennis ball is about 6.7 cm. About this time last year my injections to treat the disease were increased from every 4 weeks [...]

I have been wanting to remix the song “Bad Mama” for sometime. So here it is, moved from my old DAW (Sony Music Studio) to the newer one (Reaper), remixed because of the move and mastered using the techniques that I mentioned in “Learning to Audio Master Properly I”. This piece is one of my [...]

I made  a resolution in January to produce a new piece of music every month this year.  As with so many resolutions, it was a miserable failure.  Not for lack of trying.  I did try.  All that I have come up with is an intro that would be good with something but I don’t know [...]

I just finished replying to a comment from fellow carcinoid. Our discussion was about carcinoid protocol for anesthesia.  Very important to prevent possible life endangering events during surgery or invasive procedures. During my last chemoembolization, I had a crisis (arguably carcinoid crisis or maybe a run-of-the-mill cardiac crisis) even though the protocols mentioned below were [...]

Today I visited my primary care physician.  My purpose was to get an EKG because my cardiologist was concerned about low pulse rate and high blood pressure last week.  Also, to have the doctor look at my back. I have had severe back pain every morning for about two weeks. Good News! EKG was great! [...]