Posted in Listening, Stupid links, music on Jul 13th, 2008 No Comments »
Nice organ music. The real find here, however is in the comments on youtube: proof that, if something exists, there are people arguing about it on the internet somewhere.
YouTube – Koopman: Schmücke Dich, o liebe Seele BWV 654 – J.S. Bach
Posted in Cool Science, music on Jul 23rd, 2007 No Comments »
Listening to music releases the same “feelgood” chemicals as eating and having sex, researchers have found.The neuroscientist and former rock music producer Prof Daniel Levitin said music activates the brain area responsible for feeling pleasure, excitement and satisfaction.
A woman listening to music, music vibes as good as sex and food
Research shows that music has [...]
Posted in music on Jul 10th, 2007 1 Comment »
This is a peice of art. Along with Ishkur’s guide to electronic music, it’s required watching.
Posted in music on Dec 3rd, 2004 2 Comments »
Interesting discussion the history of an early live sequencer. It sounds a hell of a lot more live than the crap we live with today. Check out the specs:
From Leiner Media
The Zyklus MIDI PERFORMANCE SYSTEM is a MIDI equipment controller designed provide an unprecedented level of musical control. It achieves this by allowing the musician [...]
Posted in groovetronica, music on Dec 1st, 2004 No Comments »
Jim Griffin on the pho list asked the question today, ‘What “rules of the road” from your business do you offer those traveling this information highway?”‘
My response, as an artist trying to get my groovetronica project heard:
– The internet is not a panacea. It’s getting there, though. —
1. The internet is not a [...]
Posted in music, non sequitar on Nov 12th, 2004 No Comments »
I can’t stop laughing. The wave files that ship with the windows media player were edited on a pirated copy of Sound Forge. The proof is incontrovertible – try it for yourself.
From Slash dot:
An anonymous reader writes “German PC-Welt magazine reports that Microsoft used an illegal copy of SoundForge 4.5 (Google translation) for editing Wave [...]
Posted in Listening on Oct 31st, 2004 No Comments »
If you haven’t been here yet, you should really try it. Use the search function at the top of the page to look for a favourite artist of yours, and you will get a list of all the playlists composed by others, of free mp3s, that contain that artist.
Webjay – Playlist Community
Posted in music on Oct 26th, 2004 No Comments »
How strange…. and cool.
Visit20to20Dungeness
Posted in music on Oct 25th, 2004 No Comments »
wedge from tapeop answer the question of why recorded music sounded so much better in the ‘good old days or recording”
“Here’s the bloody ironic thing — and something I’ve having a hard time drilling intp the heads of my ill-informed bandmates — that the technological limitations of the 50’s & 60’s (low track count, mostly) [...]
Posted in Listening, music on Oct 25th, 2004 No Comments »
Set to descend into Titan’s atmosphere after Christmas, the Huygens probe carries a microphone for recording any stormy weather it may encounter.
Alien Thunder :: Astrobiology Magazine :: Search for Life in the Universe