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Don’t ask me why I’m feeling angry at artist packaging by the music industry. I’m just an angry young man. Well, I used to be young. I have a lot of respect now for Questlove, especially after seeing this clip. The meat of the clip is at 4:48.
If this clip makes you mad, you’ll understand what kind of mood I’m in.
To really get your blood pressure up, read this: http://www.cosellout.com/?p=6
Skinny jeans, skinny jeans, you’re still hanging ’round
In the back of my closet and that’s bringin’ me down
This morning, I woke up and made me a vow
Skinny jeans, gonna get back into you somehow
Some things got between us, and now you’re too tight
But I know it’s all my fault, and I’m gonna make it right
No, it won’t be easy, but it’s not too late.
Song by Heidi Roizen, http://www.skinnysongs.com/
Entrepreneur and former Apple exec Heidi Roizen has released a collection of weight-loss songs. Imagine the market! If only I had thought of this first! If this works, just think of how many other preventable health problems (i.e. caused by behavior) could be cured by music. Songwriters, your fortunes are waiting…
Jonathan Coulton’s career took off when he wrote a little ditty called “Code Monkey”; a witty love song from the point of view of a repressed software code writer. All the resulting press, including Jonathan’s own BIO, now labels him as a leader of the “geek rock” movement in popular music. This is a sad illustration of what happens when your own songs turn on you:
(video courtesy of Paul and Storm)
It’s interesting to see the changing role of technology in live performance. A few months back, my wife and I saw Jonathan Coulton with his Zen Drum triggering loops in order to “perform” his song “Mr. Fancy Pants”. A couple of weeks ago, this video appeared on Youtube, following Coulton’s UK tour and documents the Zen Drum’s demise and subsequent replacement by the IPhone.
Is this the same quality of creation? I know it’s making something new from prior material; it happens in visual arts all the time. In music, we used to call it “lifting a melody” and the lawyers would get all excited, but it’s so commonplace in this age that no one seems to care.
I’m getting the same feeling I get when I watch the work of DVDJ Unique: -question= is it art?
A student came by today to borrow my throatsinging resources. All I have is Genghis Blues and some memories of discussions on blogs/websites etc…, so I pulled up Youtube. There are a couple of good tutorials, should you feel like trying it. But the most amazing performance was clearly this one:
Can’t embed this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTNe1vvbbVg
She’s Bo Diddley’s right hand woman.
Her website is at http://www.ladybo.com/
From her website:
PEGGY JONES was born on Friday July 19th 1940, and grew up in the Sugar Hill district of New York City, located in uptown Manhattan. She displayed a very early talent for music. At just 3 years of age she was already a tap dancing prodigy, and by the age of 9, studying opera and learning to master her first instrument, the ukelele. She graduated from the New York High School of Performing Arts, studying dance, drama, music theory, and several musical instruments. Influenced by artists such as Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, Ruth Brown, Etta James, LaVern Baker, Mahalia Jackson, Linda Hopkins and Sam Cooke, she began to compose and arrange her own music. In 1955 she bought her very first guitar, and it was in this same year that she first heard the music of BO DIDDLEY.
In the following years she recorded 3 local hits, and in 1957 joined The Bop Chords vocal group as first tenor, and went on to enjoy a further 2 hits with them. That year, after meeting up with BO DIDDLEY, she replaced his guitar player Jody Williams, who had been drafted for military service. The following year she was hired full-time to play on all of his recording sessions and for all of his stage performances. SHE WAS THE FIRST FEMALE LEAD GUITARIST IN HISTORY TO BE HIRED BY A MAJOR ACT. She worked full-time with BO DIDDLEY until 1961, when she formed her own group The Jewels, later to be known as LADY BO & The Family Jewel. In addition, at this same time, she worked as a session musician, and as a night club singer, and as a vocalist with several big bands. It was as a session percussion player that she enjoyed her biggest international pop chart success when, in 1967, “San Franciscan Nights” by Eric Burdon & The Animals (MGM Records), reached the Top 10 around the world.
Now married to her bass player Wally Malone, LADY BO & The Family Jewel continued to accompany BO DIDDLEY for many of his stage performances upto 1993. In November of that year she was the recipient of The Lifetime Achievement Award in appreciation of her contribution to the Blues, at The Third Annual South Bay Blues Awards Show, held at the San Jose Civic Auditorium. On that same evening she was presented with a plaque from Gibson Guitars USA for her years of loyalty to Gibson, plus a 20″ x 26″ oil portrait painted by local artist George Milo Buck. Today, LADY BO and her current group The BC Horns continue to perform to appreciative audiences around the US and worldwide. Audiences that are eager to see and to hear at first hand the woman who added so much to the distinctive BO DIDDLEY sound, and who did so much pioneer work to further the cause of women in music. In 2008, LADY BO was included in Venus Zine magazine’s “Greatest Female Guitarists of All-Time” listing, in recognition of how she altered the shape of the male-dominated industry.
266 trick or treaters this year… a new record!
Trivia: What is the cat saying?
–BREAKING NEWS–
Shay Watson sent me a flickr style video to his song “Graveyard Dirt”. I love a good Halloween story, don’t you? Great song, Shay!
Nancy Rigby presented this seminar for presenters and arts organizations at the Atlanta Performing Arts Exchange. The clip is her summary of disscussion points.
M-PACT wows the audience with a cappella goodness
A short clip from Illusionist Jason Bishop’s show at PAE Atlanta:
Barrage brings strings, dancing and vocals to the stage Friday.
Enjoy!
The Performing Arts Exchange show had a few issues; the venue for the opening showcase and reception was small and not suited for listening. When you have a couple of hundred presenters and agents trying to say “hello” or “do you still represent so-and-so”, it makes for a noisy room.
The sound engineers hired for this gig were obviously not ready to handle the quantity and variety of acts. Watch the tenor banjo player as he dances to the rap music playing in the background…
The Panel included Laura Colby (Elsie Management), Bobby Rossi (Director, Ruth Eckerd Hall), Jeff Laramie (SRO Artists), and Andrew Nielsen (Production Manager, Fox Theatre of Atlanta). If you have any interest in hearing stories and insights into “big-league” contracts and riders, then these videos are for you. The audio level is low in all of these clips due to phase issues and my location.
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Some world music/dance performances at the 2008 Performing Arts Exchange Georgia Applause Showcase in Atlanta.
Throatsinging:
Mystical Arts of Tibet:
Mask Theatre and Music:
Kuchipudi Dance:
Enjoy!
Mario Garcia Durham is the Director of Presenting for the National Endowment for the Arts. Think of him as a cultural prime minister. His job is helping communities and arts service organizations provide cultural arts experiences for Americans in about 14 distinct disciplines.
From Wikipedia:
In 1996, Congress cut the NEA funding to US$99.5 million as a result of pressure from conservative groups, including the American Family Association, who criticized the agency for using tax dollars to fund highly controversial artists such as Robert Clark Young, Barbara Degenevieve, Andres Serrano, Robert Mapplethorpe, and the so-called “NEA Four.” Since 1996, the NEA has partially rebounded with a 2004 budget of US$121 million.[1] For FY 2008, the budget is US$144.7 million.[1]
From the NEA website, the agency awards grants in the these specific areas:
Media Arts: Film/Radio/Television
And now, a few words with Mr. Durham:
As I try to wrap my head around my upcoming mission to Atlanta, I keep asking myself “What is more important, to entertain or to enlighten?” It’s made me turn introspective and all spiritually and eventually go looking for my Daniel Lanois DVD (which I still haven’t found). So here I am, digging on Youtube again:
Almost at the end of the first part, Lanois says:
“…and as performers, we witness the raising of the Spirit, you know, the capacity the music has to change the feeling of a room. So we can’t help but be spiritual people…”
and
Near then end of this clip, Lanois says:
” Heart and soul is probably what’s most important in the “center of the matter”, and especially within an education system that we’ve sorta been brought up in, we are led to believe that if you’re interested in a subject matter, then you should study. But in fact, Passion is probably your greatest teacher, because even as a kid, if you’re passionate about something, you can learn how to do it through looking at books, asking friends, listening to records…whatever you’re interested in.”
Passion. That’s what I’ve gotta book.
Yesterday I received my 15 year service pin from the university. Of course, no one sent me the memo about showing up in coat and tie. That’s me on the left of Dr. Pat Rossi. It’s funny, 15 years ago I was as tall as Pat. I wonder what happened?
I probably need to start taking Progenitorivox ASAP.
This is funny, even out of context:
http://pribek.net/2008/09/07/god-is-a-song-plugger/#comment-6974
Jack-”I appreciate you taking time to see me God”.
God-”I see all”.
Jack-”Uhmmm…well…as you know, I have this great new ballad. It would be perfect for Jessica Simpson”.
God places the hand lettered, mastered demo in to the portable CD player sitting amidst the stacks of hand lettered, mastered demo CDs, on top of his His mahogany desk, presses play and closes his eyes. After fifteen seconds, barely making it through the intro and well before the first hook, God abruptly presses stop and says in a tone that is serious yet somehow conveys empathy in the face of failure and says; “I’m not feeling it”.
In other news, I found this crazy band:
Does it remind anyone of the ”Dani California” video from the RHCP?
How about a contest to create the best video for Jack Pribek’s new song? Any takers?
This is a flickr-style video I made this weekend for Jack Pribek’s “Market Street” (available at www.pribek.net). It’s nothing fancy, just a few random pics I pulled from the Creative Commons search at Flickr. If you’ve got Windows Movie Maker or IMovie, you could do much better than this. If you’re up to the challenge, post a link to yours in the comments section.
More videos from the recent workshop given by the Co-writer of the new musical Tinyard Hill and the director of the Red Mountain Theatre Company.
In this clip, Mr. Newman describes how creating a “flexible” book leads to production appeal.
When a show is picked for production, it takes on a “life of its own”.
Take advantage of all the opportunities you can at the undergraduate level. Tommy speaks about his experience at TROY.
Red Mountain Theatre Company’s director Keith Cromwell speaks about his career, the new musical incubation process, and how Tinyard Hill was selected for production.
That’s all the videos; please leave comments!
-J
Alright, I’m having embedding problems with video here at ol’ Edublogs.org, so if you want to see 26 seconds of amusement based on this post, click the following link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05yo2811i1Y
Michael Langan is a promising new animator whose short film “Doxology” was featured in a film festival in Alabama yesterday. Michael is originally from Montgomery, Alabama and I wish I’d made the trip up to meet him, but we had a full day of activities yesterday.
On the movie site, http://www.doxologyfilm.com/index.html, you can watch the trailer and see where the film is headed next. In a recent interview, the filmmaker described recording the music for the Doxology (aka, Old 100th hymntune):
Perhaps my favorite part of filmmaking is designing the sound and music for a film. “Doxology” involved extensive original recording, for which I enlisted the help of a choir, two organists, a box of corn starch, and a mariachi band. The song which plays over the climax of the film is called “The Doxology,” which is an English hymn sung at the close of many church services. To achieve the full sound of an enormous church congregation, I had to multiply the sound of a single choir many times over. This required animating a sing-along video of sorts, from which the choir and organist could take their cues and sync up when joined by editing. I recorded the Higher Keys of Brown University in a large dance hall, asking them to sing the song ten times, changing their voices and positions after each take to add as much variety as possible to the recording. They sang like grandparents, children, opera singers, bored teenagers, and hopelessly tone-deaf churchgoers. On a separate day in another hall I recorded the organist playing the hymn with no choir. I then layered all of these sounds on top of each other, creating the illusion that the audience is listening to a single, gigantic congregation being led by an organist.
Sounds like he’s got some producer chops….pretty cool, eh? Well, the movie is about the complex interrelationships between tennis, dancing cars and spiritual enlightenment.
Check out the synopsis:
Before reaching spiritual enlightenment, one sweater-vested young man must face a dancing Oldsmobile, endure a boozy encounter with God on a frozen tundra, and brush his teeth, comb his hair, floss, Q-Tip, lather and shave simultaneously. “Doxology” combines groundbreaking stop-motion animation techniques and unusual storytelling with the time-honored quest for spiritual awakening.
The really interesting thing is that this film is stop motion. Like that series of stick-figure drawings you did in the textbook margin in elementary school. Very old-school.
Noted anti-composer John Cage would be proud: Twelve circuit-bent, MIDI-actuated Pikachu toys scream together to form the “Y.M.O” — the Yellow Mouse Orchestra.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT-CgYPE2y0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDKsmGw-7Rc
For The Birds - Brad and Bobby laying down a scratch track of “The Lights”
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=38573961
Went back to the studio tonight after a quick stop at Mr. Ho’s Chinese Restaurant. When I arrived, Uncle Charles (engineer) was doing a wonderful job and was still going strong after 10 hours in the chair. With Pat’s ear and Charles’ editing chops, they made the whole day seem like a breeze. Here is the world premiere exclusive video footage of some of the work/fun.
They tracked the drums for 9 songs, then almost completed 2 songs!
Doing a little bass punch-in…
This song is NOT appearing on the forthcoming album.
Chet playing Bigfoot on a Gibson Super 4000?
Click the above link if video doesn’t embed! Darned Edublogs and their bugs!
After visiting Guitarflame earlier today, I felt inspired to dig up a few old Chet Atkins videos from Youtube.
Now…
What the heck is that on his LH thumb?
Drove almost 700 miles today and alternated between radio and my newest CD purchase: The Raconteurs’ Consolers of the Lonely.
They have certainly blended together SEVERAL genres on this album (the only one I’ve heard), and I believe they’ve really created something unique. Tonight I found their website and I’ve decided I’ve never seen anything more… err…. retro?
{ above is embedding attempt. Cool video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG_UjxaKDK0 }
My friend Shay Watson is one of the co-writers/producers of this song by Barry Russo of Nashville:
Check it out, and if you like it…
Please share it with your friends!
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid464021199/bclid463916479/bctid1566340783
Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler is reportedly entering rehab. My best wishes go out to Steven as he seeks help to get in control again.
Last night we drove a bit to find Crockmeir’s Pub to hear my old buddy Stan Foster and his friend Mark Custer play a few sets. They played together in a very successful duo (Custer’s Last Stand) in the mid-1980s but due to careers, family responsibilities, etc… they each followed different paths. This is the first time in 10 years that they’ve done a gig together and they’re doing it out of their home territory, so none of their regular (old) fans are there (except for me and my wife). Stan’s wife, Donna Hall, joins them for several numbers; she’s got a good voice with lots of range and control.
In the opening of the video, you hear Stan say “I’m not sure about this one…” but they were fine. They had a few fakebooks lying around and didn’t hesitate to take requests. It’s good to see them back together!
Think just a moment about how much economic sense a duo makes; –plus no lugging a drum set back to the van! They used hand-held percussion or a rhythm machine to good effect (–just dialed up a beat and faded it in and out). Mark had a pedal rig for his acoustic that gave him a nice variety of tone. Stan used the extended range of his 5 string bass to its fullest advantage. Good sound, happy customers, and at the end of the night, you divide the pay in half and head to the house.
I believe that duos deserve special respect; –it requires a special amount of musical give and take to pull off everyone’s favorite cover tune. I rarely see solo acts that can (or will) do covers any more. But in terms of profitability, it seems a bit strange. Venues that handle large bands often pay more than smaller venues, so unless you’re a solo act playing a large venue, the money is not much different.
What is your experience?
I’m still having embed problems with the site.
http://www.redlasso.com/ClipPlayer.aspx?id=842a1833-05ff-470b-a0c4-10ec60987926
The above clip is of a performing artist on a syndicated TV show (thanks Listenerd!)
Watch his backup singers. Do you see the fan? Look at the candles on the keyboardist’s rig. What do the costume colors suggest?
What messages do these stage “props” send? Famous “props” (and costumes, decor, etc..) that I can think of:
“Eddie” the Iron Maiden mascot.
That scarf that Steven Tyler ties on his mic stand.
Johnny Cash dressed in black.
Liberace’s candles & outrageous costumes.
Elton John’s glasses.
Zappa’s moustache and goatee.
Michael Jackson’s glove.
Add more if you can think of any!
(And tell me if you use a prop onstage!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9a4ThBNacY
(my edublogs site is currently messing around with embed codes so you have to click the link above).
Bass guitar is an instrument ideally suited for playing chord roots and helping the drummer keep time. But it’s nice to see someone think outside the box and take the instrument to new levels. I’ve seen Victor Wooten live and he strikes me as a very warm, genuine person who never met a stranger. No wonder he’s among the top dogs, not only in Nashville, but around the world.
From Audiogeekzine comes a wonderful video tip; how to archive your protools sessions!
See his original post here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-70HnOrChQ
Happy Archiving!
Man, I gotta get me a uke!
UkeHunt posted TAB and tutorial here:
I heard Coulton do this live a few months ago and he was such a captivating songwriter; –great sense of humor and a knack for thinking “out of the box.”
Ukehunt is working on a buyer’s guide. I wanna read that when it’s finished!
Born June 24th 1944. Knows how to play expressively (when he feels like it).
Ok, normally I don’t post cat videos. I’m allergic to cats. I like theremins, however.
Pat McMakin has 30 successful years of experience as a recording engineer, producer, songwriter and studio manager. He’s worked with great artists such as Dolly Parton, NSync, Brenda Lee, Brooks & Dunn, George Jones and Ray Charles. Ever wonder who inspired and influenced him? Well, I asked him, so you can take a moment and find out! Recorded 4/12/2008 at the Southeastern U.S. Music Industry Showcase.
Two musical giants try to pull off a historic blues cover tune and both manage to put their own unique spin on it; it may not be great blues, but it’s a classic collaboration! Thanks to Lenny Trawick for sharing this video with me!
I took a walk on our farm today to survey the timber cutters who came to thin the pines my dad planted nearly 20 years ago. They were too thickly planted and as a result, I have a bunch of tall, thin trees that are fighting each other for sun and water. I always hate to see the way the equipment scars the land, but the crew working this thinning is actually doing a pretty good job, all things considered. And the result will be bigger, happier trees.
The flip cameras I had to order for film scoring class came in today, so I took one with me and made a little video. The musical underscore you’ll hear if you watch the video came with the software as “stock”; –it’s definitely not music that I would have picked as being appropriate for a walk in the woods.
Years ago when I was trying to make a go in retail music with 5 partners, we had a pretty nice little store with full lines of most anything you’d want. One day the Randall amps representative (if memory serves me) came in and (after begging everyone else in town) offered us the line for a rather small investment. If we took the line, we’d also get a clinic with Michael Angelo Batio (from the band Nitro). Everyone thought this was a good idea at the time (even though we already had Marshall, Ampeg, and Crate lines), so we took the line and booked a clinic. Michael Angelo was an incredibly nice guy and brought his double-neck and another guitar and drew a pretty big audience for B’ham, Alabama in the late 1980s. Frankly, I’d not heard of him, but when he played, I was very impressed. This video illustrates why you should learn to play your tetrachords! (@45 sec.s) Read the rest of this entry »
Found this on Youtube- Dweezil demonstrating Native Instruments’ Guitar Rig software.
Any guitar sound that you like can be created, stored and emailed to your friends using your computer, not your amp. Guitar Rig is a plugin for popular sequencers/recording software.
It’s kinda cool to hear Dweezil play Van Halen then one of his dad’s old solos. His 2nd tour (Zappa plays Zappa) is coming to play a concert in Atlanta in a few months…I wonder if the wife would go. Hmmm…. Read the rest of this entry »
This Youtube video demonstrates how our ears use volume differences between them to create the "effect" of location. (this example works best with headphones, but you can still get the idea...)
Try the other 4 neat ear tricks here: (thanks, Musicthing)
I’m a Jonathan Coulton fan. I learned about him when he started touring with my friends Paul and Storm. This People of the Web segment from Yahoo News features JoCo’s story and has a neat little video; -some parts were filmed when I saw him in Atlanta a few months ago. I haven’t spotted my wife or myself in the video yet, but we’re there somewhere!
as played by heavy metal artists Children of Bodom. It’s amazing the amount of classical training you find in “non-classical” artists; I remember meeting A.J. Pero, drummer of Twisted Sister fame, in a clinic and realizing the incredible depth of musicianship that can get hidden behind long hair and stage makeup. Did he sell out? He made more $$ w/ Twisted Sister than any timpanist…so could anyone blame him? And maybe he’s able to have more fun now that he’s entered a new phase: Circle of Thorns.
In true Listenerd tradition (except he always posts phonographs)… Hey, guys, I’m sorry for not posting more; truth is, I still feel very sick. I’ll make it up to you somehow!
This clip is of Gary Burton; one of my heros and perhaps the most influential jazz vibraphonist in the whole world. He also runs Berklee School of Music.
Producer Don Was shares good music, interviews and undiscovered artists. I can’t get the player to embed, but here’s the link to it:
http://www.mydamnchannel.com/channel.aspx?episode=448
Congress passes a higher ed funding bill that requires colleges & universities to deal with the illegal downloading on campuses. (webware via future of music blog).
John Mellencamp demands John McCain stop using his songs for campaign events. (WTOP via future of music blog).
Gerd Leonhard (MediaFuturist Blog) recommends a book predicting what the future holds for the music industry.
Hometracked shares some Vocal EQ Tips.
Protooler shares a link where you can get PDF files to make your own ProTools shortcut stickers.
Guitarflame asks “where do you find your music?”.
Listenerd shares a link to a company that has used pitch to MIDI conversion to create a version of Guitar Hero that is usable with real guitars Plus, it also offers a teaching mode to help you learn new songs. Cool!
Music Row reports that Warner Music Group’s head is under investigation by French authorities for insider trading. Bad, Edgar, Bad!
Musicthing has posted the strangest accordian equipment review ever. (I’ve never seen an accordian do anything like that!).
Seth Godin’s post on deciding what to make could speak to musicians. Rewrite it yourself only with a focus on making music.
Good Musician shares tips on how to get young children interested in playing an instrument.
I’m not originally an Erykah Badu fan, but after seeing her on Before the Music Dies (a great video!!), I had to catch this review of her new music video on Killed by the Video Star’s site. As I watched it, my grins turned to guffaws…she’s probably one of the most intelligent artists out there today! I won’t give away the cool stuff, but it’s a real trip down memory lane in the spirit of RHCP’s Dani California vid.
This is a cool video tip I found at http://www.recordbetteraudio.com/ :
The clinician is Terry Howard (3 time grammy award winner).
From Gearslutz via ProTooler here’s an interesting (albeit slow-paced) video review of the C|24 from Digidesign.
KilledbytheVideoStar posted a review of this great blast from the past:
Blind Melon’s No Rain (the one with the girl dressed as a bumblebee).
No, they’re not going to play @$%&ing “Stonehenge”….
The Sundance Film Festival had a rock-umentary this year titled
It’s a story of the amazing persistence of a Canadian metal band that never broke through to stardom. In some of the interview clips, I get this Spinal Tap deja-vu feeling. You can decide for yourself, though if this is a case of the music industry ignoring great talent or just another semi-pro band that didn’t have the material. Read the rest of this entry »
It’s been a crazy week; can anyone tell? But I found some great things to share!
Indy Mogul – the perfect site for anyone interested in starting out in filmmaking or animation using no-nonsense (and low budget) tricks and tips. These guys are serious; they just got back from Sundance Film Festival and video blogged a bunch of it! They also have video tips for how to do special effects(like ripping the beating heart out of a victim “a la Indiana Jones & Temple of Doom”). I’m sure you can use that soon… (Thanks Audiogeek Zine)
Your Internet Service Provider (ISP) may soon have to police your downloading habits. This is due to increased pressure from content owners to control illegal downloading. If only the RIAA had thought of this sooner… (Thanks, Future of Music Blog). In the meantime, the European Courts say that ISPs don’t have to disclose file sharers (via Hypebot); so if you can’t catch the birds, chop down the tree?
Marc Cohen’s Ad-supported Music Central reacts to the Qtrax fiasco. Good one, Marc!
Andrew Dubber discusses the boundaries of the new music industry (or lack thereof). (New Music Strategies).
Guitar Flame shares a video from what has to be the world’s youngest fingerstyle guitar player. Nice one.
ProMedia reminds us how to use the Xpand! plug-in as a metronome in Pro Tools.
Protooler reviews a free online sound source (did someone say “Free?”) for film, radio and tv sfx.
Wire-to-the-Ear makes me feel 100 years old as he shows y’all how we used to do things.
Didn’t find anything interesting, yet? Then check out my wife’s latest zombie video review…
Here’s one of my favorites: Frank Zappa soloing over his twisted cover of an Allman Brothers tune in 11/8 time; –Whipping Post!
Earfarm posted this vocal outtake here of David Lee Roth singing “Running with the Devil” . It’s pretty amusing without the music!
If you liked that, you might also enjoy this outtake here of Smashmouth’s” Days like These”.
Undiscovered footage of Phil Collins recording the drum track for “In the Air Tonight” (flash required)? No it’s a commercial, silly.
I’m not a sports fan, and I really rolled my eyes when I discovered that Chunklet had this country ditty labled as “Worst Song” here; Being an Auburn grad. myself, I’d quickly add that this doesn’t seem to be an officially produced song about Auburn University(at least I sure hope it’s not!!).
Creative loafing has an article about the songwriter who’s started the UGA music business program.
Simon Napier-Bell reflects on the great injustices of the major record labels. (Thanks Media Futurist)
The Listenerd share a cool interactive music video, “Black Mirror” that allows you to mute the multitrack audio (1 = vocals, 2 – drums, 3 – pad, etc…).
Protooler noticed this Strum-Acoustics release: a virtual acoustic guitar plugin with performance-enhancing voicing/strum algorithms to make any hack keyboard player sound just like a real acoustic guitar player.
How much of the mediocre stuff in your life have you let yourself believe is great?
Seth Godin talks about breaking bad habits: (video link).
Wire to the Ear reminds us that it’s better to start tracking softly to avoid the big “D“.(article is tagged Ableton Live, but applies to Pro Tools, too!)
Make it a good day!
-J
I know how annoying it is to surf over to a potentially wonderful site and find that you have to surrender your email address to register to use it. Such is the case for Rode University; the education/marketing effort touted at NAMM by Australia’s #1 microphone maker (thanks Protooler & Harmony Central). Inside you’ll find 25 well-made videos covering every application for 11 Rode microphone models. If you’re just getting into recording, it’s a great place to start.
Remember the review I did of Eye Music Network?
Here’s the glimpse of their music video player that I couldn’t share before…(because I was having embed problems w/ Edublogs.org). Enjoy!
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Here’s the embed code (after the jump)
Listenerd turned me on to Mental Floss’s top 5 Rap/Hiphop covers(in a folk style).
Here are 4 more funny favorites not necessarily in a folk style:
The Dan Band’s rap medley. Fast girl rap covered by your local neighborhood mechanic.
Richard Cheese's swing Gin and Juice.
Aaron Durr's Ludacris cover.
Hayseed Dixie's Snoop Dogg cover.
The amazing Michael Kelsey from Lafayette, IN. More videos at www.michaelkelsey.com . (Thanks to Guitarflame.com for putting me in this mood!).
Are your coworkers cool enough to help you make a video? Check out this! Thanks Listenerd & Pop Candy. I predict this will become the next big fad!
How many ways can you play a guitar? (Thanks, GuitarFlame).
Find a strange music video you like from a band you’ve never heard of. (Thanks Killed by the Video Star).
(Click on image above to see full-size.)
I checked my email this morning and found an invite to join Eye Music Network for free…and I remembered these folks at the Atlantis Conference. So I went and signed up.
Impressions:
1. The streaming is really fast! I’m on my office connection (at a university) and have been used to waiting 15-30 seconds for the average stream to begin. These videos load almost instantly! A nice surprise, but would it continue at these speeds once 100,000 more people joined?
2. Interesting variety. Here’s a Ozzy video…
http://musicroom.eyemusicnetwork.com/video/b0ade2d026/I+Don%27t+Wanna+Stop
Let me know if you have any playback issues!
3. It is ad-supported. As a member you can select your favorite videos and embed them into your facebook page or blog; i.e. a personal “video boombox”. I could see how some folks would really enjoy this if: (1) they could upload their own media, and (2) more artist videos were available. Their player is supposed to be embedded below (after the jump), but apparently they have some technical issues with my blog host or the wordpress GUI.
*UPDATE* - They contacted me and said a fix for this was in progress! YAY!! How’s that for good customer service!
I’m a Zune fan. I like PCs. “I know PC’s are pretty lame, but at least they’ll always stay the same.” (Thanks to Listenerd for the first video.)
Notice the balance of the major and minor modes in this ancient carol. For me, Christmas carols are a musical journey, taken at the same time each year. They are like ghosts of a much older meaning; --one that is obscured by many of the modern trends of this season.
The new year is a cultural manifestation of an astronomical cycle of seasonal significance. It can be much more, if you're interested in creating new meanings for yourself. May the spirit of renewal follow you throughout the coming year.
Even though things get a little rushed this time of year, I hope you take a moment to count your blessings and be thankful that you’re not stuck on an asteroid somewhere out in the far reaches of the universe.
*Quickstop Entertaiment is giving away a free download of this Jonathan Coulton hit tune, if you’re interested. It’s been given the stamp of approval *(i.e. LEGAL) from JoCo himself.
Hypebot found this video somewhere and it makes me want to post a Zappa quote…
This was a killer Wednesday and major amounts of “grace” were enjoyed by so many at my end of the building! This has been a killer semester and the exam grades reflect just how busy we all seem to have been with extraneous things. In the spirit of reflection and overall adherence to academic standards, I offer the following 2 videos: Read the rest of this entry »
Part of the true power of music is evident in this TV advert for Sony’s video mp3 player. Look beyond the ad and see what’s happening with the people. When diverse people with diverse agendas can come together and cooperate to make music for music’s sake…well, that’s what it’s all about, for me at least. Can you relate?
I never had much respect for the telecaster. But Ethan’s Tele-vision music video is a cute little cheese-ball of video editing. But besides being a great way to spend 10 minutes, there are musical clues hidden within that, if you’ve identified more than anyone else, will earn you $2000 worth of cool valuable pro audio prizes.
BTW, Ethan has a killer page on Acoustic Treatments...
So here comes the busiest week of the year; my apologies for the light posting! Digidesign still hasn’t fixed the 101 Exam administration problem, so I’ve had to scramble to provide another grading opportunity for Audio principles I folks. Now comes 50+ students who need to rehearse with me before juries! And I have to play the Troy Arts Council concert tonight after spending last night fixing their sound system woes in the Crosby Theatre… it’s good to be needed.
**Update** – the ProTools 101 test server issue has been resolved!
Frank Zappa plays “Blues In A”
Got 43 minutes? Artistshousemusic.org has posted a great video interview of Chris Scarabosio, Skywalker Sound’s lead sound designer. He talks about recording techniques, his work on films and tv series, and using Pro Tools. Actually, there are several videos by Chris on this site; a worthy visit for anyone considering sound design as a career.
Digidesign has unveiled a new video content streampage that lets you browse and view product info, tips and tricks.
There are 6 new videos about version 7.4!
Digital Audio Insider shared an interesting interview from
Cory Doctorow (Via Kottke.org). Check this statement out:
And the ethical reason /for allowing free sharing on the ‘net/ is that the alternative is that we chide, criminalize, sue, damn our readers for doing what readers have always done, which is sharing books they love—only now they’re doing it electronically. You know, there’s no solution that arises from telling people to stop using computers in the way that computers were intended to be used. They’re copying machines. So telling the audience for art, telling 70 million American file-sharers that they’re all crooks, and none of them have the right to due process, none of them have the right to privacy, we need to wire-tap all of them, we need to shut down their network connections without notice in order to preserve the anti-copying business model: that’s a deeply unethical position. It puts us in a world in which we are criminalizing average people for participating in their culture.
So copying is the new culture and the main reason for computers? Bah!
Gerd Leonhard’s MediaFuturist has a wonderful video interview about the price of freedom on the Internet. What if your employer fired you because of some comment you made on your facebook page?
Most importantly, someone at Dallas Baptist U. is spending too much time playing Guitar Hero…
(thanks, Listenerd).
Some of you may not have heard of the forthcoming virtual guitaramp plugin from Digi: –Here’s a very short overview:
Video not working? Go here: http://www2.digidesign.com/eleven/media/index.cfm
My scary contribution= French Organ Music! (French music = downfall of Western Music) **For some reason, these videos keep becoming unavailable…I’ll keep updating!
Hypebot serves up some Halloween Fun, complete with the famous Ozzy and Bat video…
Our Digital Music has their own Halloween on the Net list…
Boo!, Ya’ll….
-J
Thanks to Jonathan Savage’s Blog for this!
Thanks to Listenerd for making my day!
If you haven’t seen “A Vision of Students Today”, it’s a thought-provoking slap in the face that needs to be watched by many of my colleagues in higher ed. I’ve seen a lot of “teaching” (i.e. full-frontal “read my notes” assault) that is more mind-numbing than provocative and know the complaint. I wish universities cared more about the classroom environment than grants and publications. Here’s the vid if you haven’t seen it:
Video remixing intrigues me, but I don’t think I’ll be able to buy any equipment anytime soon…the startup cost is just too high! Luckily, we can all use simple video editing programs like Windows Movie Maker or I-Movie to mix and mash bits of a/v.
I was excited to attend a session about getting jobs in the music industry featuring the president of MusicRowSearch.com. Imagine my surprise when the most qualified speaker on the panel remained eerily silent while the other panelists told the audience to “just hang out and make yourself available”, “use good quality paper for your resume”, “go pick up his dog from the groomer” and ”…P.Diddy let me pack his suitcases for a trip…and that’s how I got to where I am today”.
It was funny, ’cause he didn’t inhale anything…he was sort of a human smoke machine. I thought the Amish were against this sort of thing… What some people do for art’s sake!
Download Kids; –don’t try this at home!
I can’t remember how many groups we saw in the past 24 hours, but I’m about to say too many! Here are some clips assembled in no particular order to show a bit of the variety at the Midtown complex; –there were venues all around town, but in interest of seeing as many as possible we stayed at the complex (3 stages there). All I can say is that I know one sound man who might be to blame for axing the hopes and chances of about 12 groups to get signed. This guy would start off alright after sound check but kept boosting the bass frequencies once the groups started playing. People were actually moving away from the stage to escape the high SPL’s… Some great bands were drowning in bass mud and I watched some of the producer-types head for the bar to escape the roar. I was impervious to the pain due to my Kryptonite earplugs…and Mrs. J lost a lot of her heavy metal frequencies long ago.
Anyway, you’ll get the idea… Did I mention it was still fun?
Download Hard Rock to Hip Hop Collage
The alternative way to sell music… this plastic card can be sold to fans for 25% of the price of traditional cds. The fan gets all the artwork and material of a traditional cd plus the artist is able to count the product as a Neilson Sound Scan sale of 1 record when the consumer logs on and downloads the product. This video was made in the worst lighting conditions and I’m sorry I didn’t realize it was so noisy when we were recording this.
Download visit www.soundloadmusic.com
Yes, this is Trey Wilson of Superkalastudios.com; he and Kosha are back at it in BollWeevil Town!
Ever wanted to control 2 things at once? How about a practical use for all that X-Y axis stuff they taught you about in Algebra? Well, Korg has the gear for you!
Download Rodney demonstrates the KAOS controller..
The guys from Panasonic brought a 12K rig and loaded all kinds of media into the decks (which held multiple DVDs, CDs AND SDMedia cards. It was amazing; –stereo video output!
I edited the VJ’s demo ’cause it was about 15 minutes long!
Download DVDJay
The Digidesign gang was in great form as they tailored a session for MIDI production and remixing…
First we remember the old beat producers…while working on deconstructing a hihat sound…
Download Lofi Hihatz
Discrevolt.com
Download Discrevolt
I’ll have a few interviews from the morning to post when I get a breather…too many folks and lots of great gear people this afternoon!
Here’s a video of Shawn from discrevolt.com playing some Chet Atkins for you guys!
Download Shaun Hopper at Atlantis Music Conference
In the interest of bandwidth, I’ve compressed them and put them on another page…
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Today we did Ex. 1P from the old Pro Tools curriculum. I’ve included a sample, in case anyone wants a chuckle or two.
Download New dialog by AB
Kosha showed me this in Nashville a couple of years ago; –I can hear your neighbors calling the police now…
Regardless of your gender, I think you’ll appreciate this…
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