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Category Archives: klingon

Defiance is both a television series and video game set in the same post-apocalyptic world

Kronos Wartet, Sci-Fi Music, and Defiance

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It’s been a good time for Sci-Fi music. With so many blockbuster films, television series, and video games becoming practically mainstream there’s no lack of scores being written. Of most […]

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Film, klingon, klingon music, Music
il Troubadore and Deserae at the Opening of A Klingon Christmas Carol

A Klingon Christmas Carol

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Friday night was officially the longest night and to celebrate my band, the il Troubadore Klingon Music Project (otherwise known as bomwI’pu’ on the planet Qo’noS), opened for Commedia Beauregard‘s […]

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belly dance, Bellydance, klingon, klingon music, tlhIngan QoQ, xenomusic
If you think your music is a difficult sell, try playing a piece of amplified sheet metal.  Jon Silpayamanant as Noiseman433 performing in St. Louis (9 May 2003) during the Rotten Piece 2003 Tour.  Photo by Carol Kelly.

Which Came First, the Music or the Brand?

July 16, 2012by Jon Silpayamanant 3 Comments

As I mentioned in a previous post, if you’ve Branded yourself well, then Marketing (to raise awareness about your music) and Selling (to get gigs) should be much easier to […]

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Aesthetics, Art, Audiences, belly dance, Bellydance, Economics, klingon, klingon music
Jon Silpayamanant as a Klingon Cellist at the Joliet Public Library Annual Star Wars Day in the Chicago-land area.

Creating Sustainability as an Entrepreneurial Musician

July 7, 2012by Jon Silpayamanant 2 Comments

“An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to be at best incomplete and very often false, misleading, fictitious, mendacious – just dead wrong.” […]

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Audiences, Economics, klingon, klingon music, Music, Performing, Professional Development, tlhIngan QoQ, Venues

“A Klingon Christmas Carol” opens tonight!!

November 25, 2011by Jon Silpayamanant Leave a comment

The music I composed and recorded will have it’s official premiere tonight.  It has already been featured during three preview shows last week, but tonight marks the opening night of […]

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Composing, klingon, klingon music, Performance, tlhIngan QoQ

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