Garritan is offering a free online Jazz Arranging Course by Chuck Israels! (thanks HarmonyCentral).  It looks cool, if you’ve had at least 1 year of music theory.

Chuck Israel

Enjoy the best Mashups of 2007 (free download) [thanks to Gerd Leonhard & MediaFuturist.]

Sample tracks include:

07 Lobsterdust // Marley Maiden
Bob Marley VS Iron Maiden
[from the Number of da Boots album, MOTW #27]

08 DJ Zebra // Break Through Love
Doors VS Led Zeppelin
[MOTW #44]

09 El Barto & Liam B // Don’t Dance
Genesis VS David Bowie
[MOTW #40]

Mark Hornsby is starting a new year-long series about recording a song entirely in the box using Pro Tools.  Every month the tracks will be available as a free download at http://recordingmag.com/index.html  (Thanks, Promedia Blog).

Good Musician has started his series of Basic Repertoire posts with the Queen of the Night’s flashy Aria from the Magic Flute.  I didn’t realize there was a “whistle” register in the human voice…I’d always assumed these sopranos were a result of cold war genetic engineering experiments…

Marty Atkins has begun Tour Smart:  The Tour.  Watch for it in a city near you. (Feb. 8th in Bham, AL).

KilledbytheVideoStar has killer reviews of the latest (and not so latest) in music videos.  Good stuff!

 My buddy Stan and Rollin’ in the Hay will be in town at the Double Branch Saloon on Friday Jan. 11. at 10 pm.