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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?
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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!