Ocarina Video… WOW!
Did you see the new ocarina video on the mountain ocarina site? It's very cool.
Don't try and view it if you don't have a broadband connection (cable modem or DSL). It's about 10 megabytes and is about 4 minutes long… but worth the wait.The video starts out with some of sound samples of mountain ocarinas with some nice scenic photos.
Then it shows some pictures (stills) of their ocarinas.
Then there's some nice video clips of Karl Ahrens playing some the ocarina. The video of Karl looks like it's taken with a camcorder, and the certainly sound isn't studio quality (since it must be recorded on the camcorder) but it gives a good idea what Karl's ocarinas are capable of… with a bit of practice. Karl is really skilled at adding in Celtic ornamentation into his music. He makes it look effortless. I wish I could play like him…
So if you have a minute… click on the picture above.