Ottmar Liebert

Two Years Ago

ottmar — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:00:49 +0000

I get up a little before 4AM and start to get ready. While I shower this comes into my mind:
Whatever you want, this world has it.
If it is greed and ignorance you are looking for, we got that.
Selfishness and inflated egos, yes, got that.
Hatred and violence, yes, plenty.
but also…
Poetry and wonder, yes.
Love and care and gentleness, yes.
Beauty, creativity and awe, yes.
Disliking greed and ignorance does not make it go away. Instead we notice more of it.
Hating violence and hatred doesn’t make them go away. It amplifies them and we see hate and violence everywhere.

Sure, we may know this. But, it slips my mind all the time.

All that and a marvelous moon!

Touring Schedule

ottmar — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:35:20 +0000

We are adding more dates to our Spring and Summer schedule – with more to come.

Spring – East Coast

Summer – West Coast

For the Birds

ottmar — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:23:14 +0000

A different way to play guitar. Or, playing guitar is for the birds:

Thanks Y.

Need a last minute gift?

ottmar — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:56:55 +0000

Go to the Under the Rose webpage.
Click on Download this album in lossless FLAC format.
Click on Click here to download a PDF you can print out for making your own CD jewel box insert.
If you don’t have FLAC software, go to this webpage and download some.
Burn an audio CD.
Print the jewel box insert.
Tie a ribbon around it.

Optional: make a donation to Direct Aid Iraq.

Total cost should be about a buck, for the CD-R with case, plus the donation, if applicable.

Happy Holidays!

PS: Of course, you can also give a gift certificate for our ListeningLounge

HD Albums now available

ottmar — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:30:38 +0000

As of this week we have two albums available in the 24/96k HD format. HDTracks carries them online: One Guitar and Up Close.

The downloads are FLAC – more about the Free Lossless Audio Codec here.

File under lame…

ottmar — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:31:36 +0000

It appears that SoundCloud has changed their rules overnight and disabled downloading of the tracks from Under the Rose. We are looking into an alternative – and I would also like to offer a lossless download option.

PS: I uploaded to zipped folders. One contains the ten songs in 16/44.1 FLAC format, and the other contains the songs in 320kbps mp3 format. The links will be added to the webpage soon.

The FLAC Folder is shared here (281 MB)

The mp3 Folder is shared here (114 MB)

November Slideshow

ottmar — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:18:37 +0000

Ottmar Liebert – Photos (02009-11)
Moonlight, Northern California and Japan.

Digital Dharma in Manhattan

ottmar — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:45:49 +0000

December 10th:
Digital Dharma preview in New York. An intimate evening of art, music and ispiration.

Click here for more info.

I donated some of my photos to the movie and will perform solo with a new slideshow of my Tibet photos.

Tokyo Fixies

ottmar — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:33:15 +0000

Next Week

ottmar — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:30:12 +0000

more info here

OL + Luna Negra in Japan

ottmar — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:12:53 +0000

Ottmar Liebert – Tour Schedule: Fall 2009 – Luna Negra

Nov 14 – Yokohama, Japan – Motion Blue – Tickets / Info
Nov 16 – Tokyo, Japan – Blue Note – Tickets / Info
Nov 17 – Tokyo, Japan – Blue Note – Tickets / Info
Nov 18 – Tokyo, Japan – Blue Note – Tickets / Info

Thirteen Years Ago

ottmar — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:00:31 +0000

TOUR REPORT
Tour Report #1
report: october 13th, 1996

Jacksonville, Florida: the Florida Theater is our first headlining show since Greece…luckily we get a long soundcheck and can rehearse all the pieces we haven’t played in all the weeks with Santana…tonight i get to use the Midi guitar again…Jon and i go for lunch to the nearby Riverside Mall and end up searching for a relatively quiet corner where we don’t have to hear the loud music that fills the mall, courtesy of a country music radio station and a P.A. system set up on a stage…

20 Icons of Echoes: John’s Picks

ottmar — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:51:48 +0000

20 Icons of Echoes: John’s Picks « The Echoes Blog
18 OTTMAR LIEBERT
He created a sound that never existed before, Nouveau Flamenco and instead of riding that to infinity, he’s stretched and expanded it in a uniquely understated style for the entire existence of Echoes. Essential Album: The Hours Between Night & Day.

October 2nd, 1997 – Montreal

ottmar — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:00:25 +0000

TOUR REPORT
Sound check at 2pm. Show at 8:30pm. Le Spectrum is a Club, not a theater, and the management has left space in front of the stage for dancing. Within the span of 4 songs people start dancing. The atmosphere is fantastic and I can see that the whole band is getting caught up in the great mood of the moment. The second set is happy, and exuberant, and the band gets as much joy from watching the smiling, dancing, standing, clapping audience, as they are getting from our music. A performance is a closed feedback loop. Undoubtably one of the highlights of the tour.

Three Years Ago in Kham, Tibet

ottmar — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:00:28 +0000

Playing guitar for the kids at the Zhechen monastery college. Photo by Joan Halifax Roshi. You can find her photos on Flickr.