Gong Camp Portugal 2024 - Masterclass

I was going through my files and found this video footage. This is the first part of my masterclass at the Gong Camp Portugal in May 2024, almost exactly 2 years ago. There's some good information that's consistent with what I've been teaching for years. Unfortunately, the masterclass went on for probably an hour or two more, but I only have a short piece of video from the Q&A part (maybe I'll post that at a later time). My thanks to Malllika Paritosh for sending me what video she took. If anyone who was there has other video of my session, please send it to me and I can put something else together. Thanks! Suzy Price had come in a van from the UK with her gongs, including her 60" Paiste Mikrophonie Gong. Thus there was some discussion about the gong and the history of this type. The story goes that Stockhausen wanted a large gong for some compositions he was working on and visited Paiste. He had his choice of 3 or 4-60" gongs and chose a particular one which was perhaps a bit thinner and more responsive. From this, the 'Mikrophonie' version of the 60" Symphonic gong was born and can still be ordered today. Suzy's gong is a beautiful old one from back in the day and has a wonderful sound. To understand what Stockhausen was doing, here is a1966 video of Mikrophonie with Stockhausen manipulating the electronics:    • Karlheinz Stockhausen - Mikrophonie 1 - Fi...   ~ MB Subscribe, be notified, enrich your life. If you like what you see in these videos, I offer in person lessons at my studio, and over Zoom. Let me know if you are interested. If you feel so inclined, you can make a donation to help me continue producing these videos. Thanks! https: //www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=7NLAKP3EE9RFQ As always, you can find me at: http://www.gongtopia.com My new books, THE WAY OF THE GONG and ART AS A SPIRITUAL PRACTICE, are available on my website as paperback books, digital books, and even a 6 hour audio book of TWotG: https://gongtopia.com/book-shop/ My PATREON:   / gongtopia   - $15 exclusive teaching & performance videos, including the new FOUNDATIONS of SOUND series, that goes into much more depth than my YouTube videos; the FOUNDATIONS of RECORDING series, and the new FOUNDATIONS of PERCEPTION series. My continued thanks to: Paiste cymbals sounds gongs - www.paiste.com And my wife, for their ongoing support. Things I like and use: Deep Space Mallets - https://deepspacesound.life ThetaDrum Ocean Drums - https://oceandrum.thetadrum.it UFIP Percussion - https://www.ufip.it/category/series/p... REMO hand drums - https://remo.com/products/drums Gibraltar racks - https://gibraltarhardware.com/collect... Orpheus Percussion bits and bobs Adagio Tea - https://www.adagio.com