World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale from World Science Festival on Vimeo.
The World Science held this June in NYC discussed music and the human. And unlikely grouping of Neuroscientists and Bobby McFerrin. Very interesting. You can wind the whole discussion here. It is pretty interesting stuff.
So, I am going old school today and talking about a person most of have heard but most likely don’t know it. Mike Watt is a man that has takend a winding road thorugh indie music meeting many many people along the way.
Comparing bands as part of other bands mixed together is pure laziness by the writer. So, call me lazy. MGMT is one part David Bowie Spiders from Mars spacey rock (or maybe The Flaming Lips) one part New Order dancy synth pop. Depending on the song the ratio greatly swings one way or the other [...]
We all know torrents are eating up all the bandwidth of the interwebs and destroying the entire world be pirating media. Well, that might be true. But the reason people use it for all the copyright violating is it works really good. Pirates tend to be early adopters of the best technology. The thing that [...]
The Hold Steady are often referred as the greatest Bar Band in America. The is a lot of problems with a moniker like that. Just what the hell is a bar band. It means something different to everyone but to me it fits. The Hold Steady just rock.
The first of what what hopefully be many Sundays tracks. I didn’t have a week I had only a few days form when I decided to do this. And those days very few hours. So, quick and dirty it was.
This song has been stuck in my head very since ‘97 when I discovered turn based [...]
I hate the idea that idea that the Internet hurts music of the “Industry”. It might not be on the radio but there is a lot of good music out there. It is easier than ever to find, share, and buy. And if you are a big or small act it is easier to promote yourself on your own terms. Here is some of the what I feel has been the best music of 2008 in completely random order.
I have neglected these pages too long. I have moved half way across the country. Got a new job and returned to school and bought a new house. But this is one of those personal blogs were I tell you what I ate for breakfast or get all Emo and tell you how [...]
These pages have been somewhat neglected but that should change. The last two weeks have been a mad scrambled as I moved half way across the country. It is a good thing to shake things up once in a while. I feel like I have escaped from a rut.
Driving a cross country [...]
Found Via CDM
These new tiny tiny controls from Korg seem pretty damn cool. I am sure the is a market for these with all the mobile muscians out there. What took so long.
Desktopvibes same how nice images of some cool desktop areas. So if you workspace needs some work take a look.
Everyone [...]