Nir Yaniv

Exactly 99 years ago, jazz giant Charles Mingus was born. To celebrate his birthday, here’s a short true story: At the age of 19 I was not yet a musician, nor aware of Mingus, and spent most of my time wasting the Israeli Air Force’s time, and resources, by pretending to be working. I used to read a lot on the way to and from the base, and one day got myself (yet another) science fiction anthology to fill the time. One Thursday, on the way home (I used to spend two or three w

“I like New York in June, how about you? I like a Gershwin tune, how about you?” I love that song, but let me tell you, I’ve been to New York last June, and it was hot and humid and rainy and generally a mess, and therefore I hereby vote to change it to “I like New York in April”, but this kills the meter, so let’s compromise for, say, May, which leaves us with merely an awful rhyming problem, which can be easily yet dreadfully solved thus: I like New York in May, how about

#Music #star

Here are the results of a slight silliness this very afternoon: vocal bass and distortion, vocal voices, absolutely non-vocal drums. Also a robot. Tech stuff for bored musician and recording engineers: Bass: voice+octaver pedal – Octamizer by Aguilar Lead: voice+Logic’s AMP plugin Harmony: voice+voice+voice+voice+voice Thank you, thank you, you’re a wonderful audience! #Vocal #octaver #acapella #groove #Music #robot

#rock #funk #groove #Music #guitar #bass #jam #drums

Unrecognizable is a new album by a new band, Salvya. I’m on the bass. Here it is: #album #bass #Music #prog

Uncle Nir enjoys playing his new analog synthesizer. The analog synthesizer enjoys playing its Uncle Nir. #Music #synthesizer

Adventure Rocketship! is a new magazine in book form. The first issue is dedicated to music in science fiction, and features stories by Lavie Tidhar, Liz Williams, Martin Millar, Tim Maughan and yours truly. There’s a launching on Thursday, 16 May, at 6pm, Forbidden Planet Megastore, London. The magazine can be purchased here. #magazine #Music #sciencefiction #shortstory

Here’s a small Xmas tune by myself: [mp3j track=”http://www.niryaniv.com/songs/XmasNirYaniv.mp3″%5D Enjoy! #bells #Music #xmas

For several years now I’ve been asked why I’ve never put my albums somewhere on the www for all to listen and enjoy. I always managed to dodge the question, using bad puns, silly excuses and, in one particular case, a fish-shaped helium balloon (don’t ask). But yesterday, for some reason, I’ve had enough, and thus I can now proudly present to you my two albums in fully-internetted form. Admittedly they’re both in Hebrew, but that’s actually an advantage: its a really good exc

Here’s a direct link to the clip in YouTube, where it can be watched in full-HD. Yesss! #Music #song #videoclip

The above picture is a part of the “No Piano” video-clip. Notice how the Nir on the left and the Nir on the right are slightly fatter than the Nirs in the middle. Here’s another one. #Music #photography #song #videoclip

A spontaneous video taken by the fabulous Merdi at the Nir Space Station, of me demonstrating my vocal-loop act. In full-HD, too! #acapella #looper #Music #Vocal

#song #Vocal #videoclip #Music #KingandNir #beatbox

Ilanit Tadmor is a dancer and choreographer with whom I’ve been working and performing for about ten years now. Our new show, Happiness is Real, now has its own website. Check it out! #dance #Music #soundtrack #Vocal

Right here! #Music #song

The most common question I hear, when asked about being a musician, is “what’s your instrument?” In my case, the answer isn’t that simple. I have to explain what’s the difference between a vocalist and a singer, and how a man can become a one-man-band without using even a single musical instrument. Therefore, in order to simplify all that, I’ve prepared a demonstration video-clip. #acapella #Music #videoclip #Vocal