The Final Countdown

We are now barely a week away from L2Ork debut, or what we now call a “sneak preview” performance. And even though we are now officially on Thanksgiving break, there is an unmistakeable sense of mounting pressure, so much so it appears neither the break nor precious time spent with family will let me forget its presence…

Posters have been printed and they look really cool, as in over 9000 cool :-) (thanks David!). We also have a facebook event page up, which reminds me, we need to update the “events” page asap…

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Following our first public rehearsal footage showing at TEDxMidAtlantic, we’ve decided to share the same video with the World via YouTube:

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TEDxMidAtlantic took place yesterday in Baltimore, MD. It has been a tremendous honor and a humbling experience to share the stage with Nobel Prize winners, human rights activists, notable public figures, amazing artists, and entrepreneurs. The reason I mention this here is because L2Ork also got its 5 minutes of fame as part of my talk on rediscovering the true potential of human hearing. On-demand video streams of all talks are available on the TEDxMidAtlantic’s website (NB: L2Ork segment also includes first publicly available video footage of L2Ork in action). Additional event info can be found on the TEDxMidAtlantic twitter channel. Special thanks to conference staff for organizing such an amazing event!

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Publicity!  And we didn’t even ask for it!  A recent article published by Con-Techie and Associated Content is the first official media coverage of L2Ork, which came out as a result of a Con-Techie team member apparently randomly stumbling across this site (not that we feel any less flattered).  The article, an interview with our very own Maestro of L2Ork Dr. Ico Bukvic, gives an overview of what L2Ork is, some of the reasons for building L2Ork the way we did, and a slight glimpse into the future the ensemble.  Here are the links to the Con-Techie and Associated Content articles.  Enjoy!

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A warning: I’m writing this from work, so it may be disjointed and horribly unentertaining.

I’ll be honest – I haven’t picked up a real instrument in about 4 years (the last time I legitimately played my trumpet was in New Orleans during the Sugar Bowl in 2005). During the summer months before school started I began to have dreams about playing in an ensemble. In an attempt to calm my mind I tried again to teach myself guitar but self-lessons didn’t pique my interests in the way they had before. And so I would dream of making music… until the semester started. I don’t know if it really was L2Ork that ended the recurring dreams or the exhaustive properties of working 45+ hours a week and taking 13 credit hours, but eventually they stopped.

Why do I bring this up? Well, it may not seem like much right now, but I think that what is being built in L2Ork is something spectacular.

I don’t know how much I am contributing – my music theory knowledge has dwindled after years of dormancy – but I do feel as though I can contribute in some way, shape or form.

Ico is getting stressed from having to constantly squash bugs and with the realization that a performance is only a month away I can only imagine him as Mario, running through the sections in the mini-boss castles in Super Mario Bros. 3 with the spikes at the bottom of a descending wall.  Luckily, though, I think that with the help of the members of L2Ork Ico will find that the wall only has spikes on one side and by jumping to the top of the wall can get to the Warp Pipes that lead to “L2Ork,” “…?…” and “Profit.”

I guess what I’m trying to say is that we are making music, we are an ensemble, we are dangerously close to a public performance and I believe that we will make it after all.

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