Thursday, November 30, 2006
Napster
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Brian May - Bang!
Power Pop
Monday, November 27, 2006
Melody Search
Saturday, November 25, 2006
Zune
I can read
On the turntable
Windows Vista
Robert Fripp created the startup sound for Windows Vista. Per Microsoft, the sound:
- is made of dual ascending 'glassy' melodies played on top of a gentle fading Fripp 'AERO' Soundscape
- has two parallel melodies played in an intentional "Win-dows Vis-ta" rhythm
- consists of 4 chords, one for each color in the Windows flag
- is ~4 seconds long, end-to-end
- is a collaboration between contributors Robert Fripp (primary melody + Soundscape), Tucker Martine (rhythm) and Steve Ball (harmony and final orchestration)
Also:
It was our goal for the sounds to be just noticeable enough that if they weren’t there you would miss them, but they’re subtle enough that they don’t get in your way. Just like the visual cues of the new Start button, the audio cues of the new sounds are "rounded" and "translucent." The default sound scheme in Windows Vista is intentionally much gentler and softer than in previous versions.
You can listen to it here.
BTW, Brian Eno created the startup sound for Windows 95. Eno says:
Q: How did you come to compose "The Microsoft Sound"?
A: The idea came up at the time when I was completely bereft of ideas. I'd been working on my own music for a while and was quite lost, actually. And I really appreciated someone coming along and saying, "Here's a specific problem -- solve it."
The thing from the agency said, "We want a piece of music that is inspiring, universal, blah-blah, da-da-da, optimistic, futuristic, sentimental, emotional," this whole list of adjectives, and then at the bottom it said "and it must be 3 1/4 seconds long."
I thought this was so funny and an amazing thought to actually try to make a little piece of music. It's like making a tiny little jewel.
In fact, I made 84 pieces. I got completely into this world of tiny, tiny little pieces of music. I was so sensitive to microseconds at the end of this that it really broke a logjam in my own work. Then when I'd finished that and I went back to working with pieces that were like three minutes long, it seemed like oceans of time.
Friday, November 24, 2006
Quintessential Player
Recommended, kids.
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Thanksgiving....
Peace.
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Monday, November 20, 2006
On the turntable
Wally
Sunday, November 19, 2006
Lesson #1
Arrivederci.
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Timeline / LSL Interview
In the meantime, realizing that's a long time to go between fixes, we'll trickle out some other song snippets or outtakes or whatnot. And along those lines, here's a clip Bob and I did a while back. We were asked to provide some commentary about our recording technique (laff - what recording technique?). We just turned the mic on one night and started babbling. Bob took an extract of Love Sweet Love to accompany it and voila. It's actually kind of cool. Oddly, the guy we sent it too didn't like it and wouldn't play it. Not techie enough I guess. Whatever.
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Saturday, November 18, 2006
Friday, November 17, 2006
World of B
Small World
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Haircuts
Monday, November 13, 2006
Funny
Band Names
Latest Podcasts
Independent Music Podcast
Bald Guy Show
Ask Naotake
Anarcheologist
Brief Glimpses Of Somewhere Else
About.com
Friday, November 10, 2006
Hi, Madrid
"Marmalade" de Supraluxe; una canción perfecta
por: Pedro · 10 Nov 2006
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Al cabo del año escuchamos miles de nuevas canciones, muchas de ellas magníficas, otras no tanto y entre todas ellas de vez en cuando surge una canción perfecta, una auténtica maravilla que debería figurar en las enciclopedias y en las revistas de turno, pero que, por desgracia, casi siempre pasa desapercibida.
Este es el caso de la canción "Marmalade" del grupo de Minneapolis Supraluxe, desde su comienzo te engancha con esos arpegios de guitarra acústica y el sonido de los dedos resbalando por las cuerdas, la entrada a continuación de la batería y el bajo marcando al unísono el ritmo y jugueteando con esos arpegios, después la maravillosa voz del cantante a lo Norman Blake (se le escucha hasta coger aliento), la perfecta textura de los teclados, y el broche final un punteo de guitarra apasionado con un pequeño toque de Wah Wah en su parte final, de los mejores que he escuchado este año.
Tremebundo medio tiempo recomendadísimo para amantes de TFC; si quereis podeis escucharla - aquí; pero lo malo es que no está entera en su página, buscad en otras.
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"Marmalade " of Supraluxe; a perfect song
for: Pedro · On November 10, 2006
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After the year we listen to thousands of new songs, many of magnificent them, different not so much and between all of them occasionally a perfect song arises, a certification astonishes that it should appear in the encyclopedias and in the magazines of shift, but that, unfortunately, almost always unnoticed raisin.
This is the case of the song " Marmalade " of the group of Minneapolis Supraluxe, from his beginning it hooks you with these arpeggioes of acoustic guitar and the sound of the fingers slipping for the ropes, the entry next of the battery and under marking to the unison the rhythm and playing with these arpeggioes, later the wonderful voice of the singer like Norman Blake (he is listened up to taking breath), the perfect texture of the keyboards, and the final brooch a plucking of guitar excited with a small touch of Wah Wah in his final part, of better that I have listened to this year.
Terrible half time recomendadísimo for lovers of TFC; if you want you can listen to her - here; but the bad thing is that it is not entire on his page, look in others.
On the turntable
Art Tatum - Solo Masterpieces
Broken Social Scene - Feel Good Lost
Brahms - String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51 (piano arrangement)
Doves - Some Cities
Mendelssohn - Octet in E flat Major, Op. 20
The Cure - Pornography