Thursday, August 09, 2007
 5:30PM & 7:15PM
 AHA! | www.ahanewbedford.org
 Centre Street
 New Bedford, MA
Ramona Borthwick Quartet with Ramona Borthwick (piano), Noel Borthwick (guitar), Esperanza Spalding (acoustic bass), Mauricio Zottarelli  (drums)

As part of my job at Cakewalk, I’ve been working on making our applications support this new operating system from Microsoft. Some things have been easy and some not. Interestingly the stuff that ended up being the hardest to do were features that looked relatively simple on the surface. I’ll elaborate on some of this in future threads.

Here are some interviews that got published recently, where I discuss some of the work we’ve done with SONAR for Windows Vista.

Create Digital Music: Vista for Music + Pro Audio: Exclusive Under the Hood with Cakewalk’s CTO

CakewalkNet: Interview with Noel Borthwick, Cakewalk CTO

EWeek: Why Vista Matters To Developers

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Hello and thank you for visiting my site. As a result of webmeistress Ramona’s tireless efforts, my new weblog Minidump is now online!

For those of you who aren’t computer nerds(lucky you), a Minidump refers to a log file containing a small snapshot of your computers memory, when your Windows computer crashes. That snapshot is useful to find out what went wrong. If you are a Mac person, never mind - your Mac never crashes, right?
I thought it might be appropriate to call my blog a Minidump, since it will mostly consist of small dumps of my memory, most of which is faulty anyway. I’m hoping this blog will facilitate getting some memory snapshots prior to complete hardware meltdown.

I’ll be more inclined to keep this site up to date, since its so much quicker to add interactive content now.
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My guitars: 

• D’Angelico Excel EX-DC: a great semihollow guitar and my most recent acquisition
• D’Angelico NYL-2: a lovely archtop - also bought recently. I replaced the stock pickup with a Kent Armstrong floating humbucker and really love the sound. It can sound delicate or more modern if you want it too. I’m glad I got one before D’Angelico stopped manufacturing these.
• 1982 Gibson ES-335TD.
• Godin LGX-SA - my primary solid body guitar these days. Its a really versatile axe.
• Paul Reed Smith PRS CE-22: A classic solid body from PRS.
• Ibanez GB-10 - my oldest axe, bought this one in 1982! I don’t use it a lot these days but it still has sentimental value to me
• Taylor 810CE: This is actually a custom guitar I ordered -a cross between the 810 and 910 series with an Englemann spruce top and the electronics outboard (the fishman pocket blender). Its a great instrument but I sadly don’t use it as much as I should. Haven’t quite figured how to get around feedback problems with an acoustic guitar live.
• Baby Taylor: The little travel guitar that I take along with me occasionally when I travel. 

Here’s a pic of my D’Angelico NYL-2 and Excel EX-DC:

More pix coming soon…

Thursday, August 10, 2006 @ 5:30PM
AHA! | www.ahanewbedford.org
Centre Street
New Bedford, MA
Ramona Borthwick (piano), Carl Clements (sax), Noel Borthwick (guitar), Chris Lopes (acoustic bass), Mauricio Zottarelli (drums)

Tuesday, June 20, 2006 @ 8PM-midnight
Bobs Southern Bistro | www.bobthechefs.com
604 Columbus Avenue
Boston MA
Esperanza Spalding Quartet with Esperanza Spalding (voice, acoustic bass), Noel Borthwick (guitar), Ramona Borthwick (piano), Anthony Steele (drums)

Wednesday, May 17, 2006 @ 9PM
Ryles Jazz Club | www.rylesjazz.com
Inman Square, 212 Hampshire Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
$10
‘A New Leaf’ CD Release Concert, with Ramona Borthwick (piano), Phil Grenadier (trumpet), Noel Borthwick (guitar), Rick DiMuzio (sax), Fernando Huergo (el. bass), Esperanza Spalding (voice, acoustic bass), Francisco Mela (drums)

Saturday, January 21, 2006
6 PM
JazzFest: Benefit Concert
Hoyt Auditorium, Tabor Academy| www.taboracademy.org
Front Street, Marion, MA 02738
$15

Ramona Borthwick Quintet with Ramona Borthwick (piano), Noel Borthwick (guitar), Dan Abreu (sax), Fernando Huergo (bass), Nick Falk (drums).

All proceeds to benefit hurricane victims through: New Orleans Teach For America Disaster Relief Fund, New Orleans Musicians Hurricane Relief Fund, Touro Infirmary Foundation, New Orleans Public Library Foundation

Sunday, January 30, 2005, 7 PM
Zeitgeist Gallery | www.zeitgeist-gallery.org
Inman Square, 1353 Cambridge St.
Cambridge, MA 02139
Tel: 617.876.6060
Donation: $8