March 14, 2018 Katauta 52 Project Acoustic, Ambient, Anti-Pop, Katauta, Katauta 52, Katauta 52 Project, Ospreyshire, Poetry, Spoken Word, Tibetan Singing Bowl, Unplugged 4 Comments

Katauta #51

by ospreyshire

This is my penultimate katauta in my year-long project. This time around, I busted out a Tibetan singing bowl to accentuate this poem.

February 28, 2018 Katauta 52 Project Acoustic, Anti-Pop, Avant-Garde, Drone, Experimental, Katauta, Katauta 52, Katauta 52 Project, Melodica, Ospreyshire, Poetry, Postminimalism, Spoken Word, Unplugged, ZAP Records 4 Comments

Katauta #49

by ospreyshire

I uncovered an instrument I haven’t played in years. This is none other than the melodica, ladies and gentlemen. Interesting fact about this instrument: it was also used in the song “Clint Eastwood” by the Gorillaz.

I decided to give myself more constraints by having an entirely alliterative poem with all the words starting with C.

January 17, 2018 Katauta 52 Project Acoustic, Anti-Pop, cowry shells, Experimental, Katauta, Katauta 52, Katauta 52 Project, percussion, Poetry, Political, Racism, Spoken Word, Unplugged Leave a comment

Katauta #43

by ospreyshire

People shouldn’t be throwing scatological terms to other nations. Real talk.

January 3, 2018 Katauta 52 Project Acoustic, Anti-Pop, Experimental, Goals, Hand Drum, Katauta, Katauta 52, Katauta 52 Project, Minimalism, New Year’s, Ospreyshire, percussion, Poetry, Spoken Word, Unplugged, ZAP Records 2 Comments

Katauta #41

by ospreyshire

I got to use one of my Christmas presents for this Katauta.

It’s the first one of the new year, so I might as well write a poem about it.

However, I prefer goals over resolutions.

November 15, 2017 Katauta 52 Project Acoustic, Anti-Pop, Bongos, Katauta, Katauta 52, Katauta 52 Project, Ospreyshire, Poetry, Spoken Word, time signatures, Unplugged, ZAP Records Leave a comment

Katauta #34

by ospreyshire

I returned to my bongos despite how cliche it is to recite poetry over playing them. It makes me feel like a beatnik sometimes. Oh well. Perhaps a brief time signature change at some point could spice things up.

-Curtis

October 25, 2017 Katauta 52 Project Acoustic, Anti-Pop, Experimental, Katauta, Katauta 52, Katauta 52 Project, Minimalism, Ospreyshire, Panflute, Poetry, Spoken Word, Unplugged, ZAP Records Leave a comment

Katauta #31

by ospreyshire

I’ve been negligent in incorporating instruments into my Katauta projects, so I decided to debut one of my panflutes for this minimalist spoken word piece.

It was fun trying to come up with a linear, yet noticeable melody in between each line of the katauta as a motif. Maybe I should use this instrument more often in recordings or possibly if I decide to do this Ospreyshire thing live at concerts.

-Curtis

August 16, 2017 Katauta 52 Project Acoustic, Anti-Pop, Experimental, Katauta, Katauta 52, Ospreyshire, Poetry, Spoken Word, Ukulele, Unplugged, ZAP Records Leave a comment

Katauta 52 #21

by ospreyshire

I finally brought the ukulele again for this Katauta video. There’s way too much hatred going on especially over these past few days, and it needs to stop. Denial only goes so far, people.

May 24, 2017 Katauta 52 Project Acoustic, Experimental, Katauta, Katauta 52, Piano, Poetry, Spoken Word, Unplugged Leave a comment

Katauta 52 Project #9

by ospreyshire

Oh, out of tune piano…we meet again to make music.

May 3, 2017 Katauta 52 Project Acoustic, Hand Drum, Katauta, Katauta 52 Project, Minimalism, Ospreyshire, Spoken Word, Unplugged 2 Comments

Katauta 52 Project #6

by ospreyshire

I did another percussion based piece despite some audio issues.

-Curtis

April 26, 2017 Katauta 52 Project Acoustic, Avant-Garde, Drone, Experimental, Katauta, Katauta 52, Minimalism, Ospreyshire, Poetry, Postminimalism, Spoken Word, Ukulele, Unplugged 2 Comments

Katauta 52 Project #5

by ospreyshire

I can’t believe I did it. I busted out the ukulele on this one.

My mind is still boggled by this decision to make minimalist music under the Ospreyshire name with one of the happiest sounding instruments ever made.

Oh, the things I do for whoever bothers to watch or listen…

-Curtis