Peace and Calm: New Compilation CD
January 7, 2010 by wkimball · 2 Comments
Gabriel Faure’s “Pie Jesu,” arranged for alto trombone and organ, originally recorded for my solo CD, Collage, is now featured on a compilation CD by Tantara Records titled Escape to a Place of Peace and Calm. I don’t have the CD available on this site yet, but it can be purchased directly from Tantara here. It features a nice variety of really beautiful music. It’s good to be a part of it!
Google Analytics Update: 2,000 plus visits!
December 1, 2009 by wkimball · Leave a Comment
I mentioned a month ago that at the end of every month I get a website report from Google called “Google Analytics.” The report details all sorts of things, including how many visits the site had that month, which pages are getting viewed most, which countries people are visiting from, which keywords people are using to find the site, how long people are staying on the site, etc.
I also mentioned that number of visits has been increasing pretty steadily since the site’s inception and that October’s total was sneaking up on 2,000. Well, looks like November was the breakthrough month at 2,393 visits!
Number of visits from each of the last 6 months: 764, 1091, 1149, 1482, 1982, 2393.
Most frequent countries to access site in November (out of a total of 85 countries that visited): US, United Kingdom, Canada, France, Spain.
Google Analytics tidbits: sneaking up on 2,000
November 3, 2009 by wkimball · Leave a Comment
At the end of every month I get a website report from Google called “Google Analytics.” It details all sorts of things, including how many visits the site had that month, which pages are getting viewed most, which countries people are visiting from, which keywords people are using to find the site, how long people are staying on the site, etc. I’m always intrigued, in my own nerdy little way. Number of visits has been increasing pretty steadily since the site’s inception; October’s total was 1,982—sneaking up on 2,000!
Here are a few interesting tidbits:
•Number of visits from each of the last 5 months: 764, 1091, 1149, 1482, 1982.
•Most popular pages: home page, trombone timeline, alto trombone, blog (trombone history category), blog (general).
•Most common keywords people use to find the site: alto trombone, trombone history, will kimball trombone, will kimball, trombone history timeline.
•Traffic sources: search engines (64%), referring sites (28%), direct traffic (8%).
•Most frequent countries to access the site: US, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Germany.
•Other countries to access site (most visits to least): Spain, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Brazil, France, Poland, Belgium, Switzerland, Philippines, Czech Republic, Norway, Russia, Latvia, Sweden, Indonesia, Portugal, Mexico, Malaysia, Japan, Ireland, Taiwan, Austria, Finland, China, and many more (78 countries total).
•Percentage new visits: 72.7
•Average time on site: 3:15
College Professor Among Best Jobs in America
October 28, 2009 by wkimball · Leave a Comment
I was a little surprised to see College Professor listed as #3 in Money Magazine’s “50 Best Jobs in America” (Nov 2009). I love my job, but I have never really seen it as one of those high-paying or “trendy” careers that often fill these kinds of lists. The rankings are based on several criteria, including pay, job growth, and quality of life. Here’s a link to an online version of the article.
Note from Adam Woolf, His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts
October 19, 2009 by wkimball · Leave a Comment
I got a nice note about the site from Adam Woolf, alto and tenor sackbut player in His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts and a number of other prominent early music ensembles. He is currently working on a sackbut tutor, the first of its kind. Please check out his excellent website–many sound clips of beautiful sackbut playing!
Big Brass Brain
September 21, 2009 by wkimball · Leave a Comment
On October 24th I’ll be premiering a work at the Bowling Green New Music Festival with trombonist Bill Mathis. The piece, by BYU composer Steven Ricks, is called “Force of the Mind,” and is written for 2 trombones and electronics. Yet another element of collaboration in the piece involves a sculpture, shown below, by BYU art professor Brian Christensen. The sculpture (which actually contains parts of a trombone from a studio “trombone toss” of several years ago) will be placed center-stage during the performance. It will contain speakers projecting the electronic sounds, as well as a separate click-track generator that we will plug headphones into, giving the appearance of our being plugged into a big, brass brain. Should be pretty exciting. Just gotta figure out how to get the thing on the plane!




