PETER SIEDLACZEK Complete Classical Collection!

I purchased Best Service's Peter Siedlaczek Complete Classical Collection, 2nd edition about a week ago. I am very happy with it. I have been using GPO (Garritan Personal Orchestra) for my music compositions up until now. I am much happier with the strings in PSCCC and there is much more versatility and key switching in all of the instruments. The choirs sound fantastic.

I will try to post some samples sometime in the near future.

One Last Ball Game!

Last Wednesday we had a surprise farewell party for our good friend Brian Moore who is getting married this weekend. He is the first of us young guys to leave the group of "bachelors".

New studio desktop speakers.

I recently purchased a set M-Audio Studiophile AV 40 Powered Speakers for my computer.

They are very well built and the sound quality is excellent. http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/StudiophileAV40.html

Here is a picture of them on my desk.

I built some simple 12 inch speaker stands for them so that I get the best sound and performance while using them.

Basin Harbor paintings complete.

I finished my paintings for the "Reflections on Basin Harbor" art show. This afternoon I went and color corrected my images for prints at North 7 Studios.

First Light: Basin Harbor

So all I have to do is varnish and frame each of my pieces and they will be ready for the show. To see the other complete painting of the stone house, visit http://www.benjaminioccostudios.blogspot.com/

Field Days!

This week we had a booth at the Addison County Fair and Field Days.

Artist's Reception.

Yesterday afternoon I went to the artist reception at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum for the art exhibition...Sky, Water, Land, Light; Vermont Artists Look at Lake Champlain.

There were quite a few people who came through.

This is me standing next to my painting,

'View of Lake Champlain from Mt. Defiance'.

(Mom and Dad came up later and took these pictures). Thanks Mom ;-)

Afterwards we went for a tour on the canal schooner, Lois McClure. http://www.lcmm.org/our_fleet/lois_mcclure.htm

Basin Harbor painting progress.

Here is a photo of my current painting progress.

This photo was taken a few days ago, so I'm further along now.