MTV MUSIC – I Want My MTV This could be big. I think it’s pretty safe to say MTV probably has the biggest library of videos. It’s funny how they had to call the site mtvmusic.com since MTV, the brand, is no longer really associated with music. In my mind, mtv.com should be where you [...]
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Jeff Magnum returns
“Engine” Live in Pittsburgh; updated with better video | Pitchfork A while back David J gave me In the Aeroplane Over the Sea to check out. Both my wife and I fell instantly in love with it. Jeff Magnum’s lyrics, voice, and melodies, over his insanely simple acoustic guitar chord progressions is just a winning [...]
Direct Note Access
Famous M sent his fellow Magnans this little video that blew me away. It used to be if you’d track a wrong note on a polyphonic instrument, you surely had to punch-in to fix the entire phrase. Now with Celemony’s Direct Note Access, you just let the software separate out all the notes including decays [...]
TunePrompter
My good friend emailed me a link to a neat little tool that let’s you create your own karaoke files– TunePrompter. Import the mp3, import the lyrics, and then listen to the song and tap on the spacebar to sync the words with the song. After your done tapping, you can fine tune the word [...]
The Beatles were on to something
Here’s an interesting article about the magic of early Beatles songs– Words and chords. The semantic shifts of the Beatles’ chords. Unless you understand music theory, this is probably going to look like a lot of mumbo jumbo to you. It’s a pretty good explanation on why the Beatles were so revolutionary. via Make
Amon Tobin | Field Recording Excursion
Amon Tobin is one of my favorite sonic manipulators. If you have a fast connection, I highly recommend visiting his site. The Field Recording Excursion is a dead simple Flash game that rewards your discovery of new species with snippets of music. Set aside a few minutes. Amon Tobin | Field Recording Excursion via Wired
Archways
After the Magna show last weekend, our pal, Miles, gave me his new band’s CD. Mein Gott! Wow! It’s pretty darn good. If the guys in Calexico were turned into super cool vampires, this is the music they would make. It’s sparse and mellow but epic with just enough unconventional rhythmic ideas to keep you [...]
Adventures in piano
I just started playing the piano after hooking myself up with a nice Casio with 88 fully weighted keys back in January. Earlier this week, I decided to tackle “Opening” from Glassworks by Philip Glass. The cool thing about this song is that the left-hand plays eighth notes while the right hand plays eighth note [...]
AmieStreet, a brief review
The idea is that mp3 downloads start out free. As more people download a song (proving its value), its price goes up topping out eventually at 98 cents. There’s already a bunch of stuff there from the major indies. And a bunch of high-quality stuff it seems is still free at the moment (you better [...]