Here are some recommended people to follow on Twitter. Most of them have blogs of various kinds which you can access via their Twitter profiles. For hip-hop, sampling and everything related: Questlove Kevin Nottingham Whosampled Grown Folks Music Wayne Marshall Hank Shocklee Jeff Chang For technology: Deb Chachra Tara Busch Paul Lamere For the highbrow [...]
Auto-tune was already a well-established studio tool by the time “Believe” came out, though it was unknown outside the music industry.
Also filed in Recording, Software
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Tagged autotune, cher, dance, electronica, Music, pop, posthuman, quora, Recording, Software
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Friday, December 16, 2011
A musical pitch is a blend of many different frequencies beside the fundamental. Here’s a visualization of the different vibrational modes of an ideal string. The string’s movements are the sum of all these different modes simultaneously.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
John: “Instant Karma” I’d put “Oh Yoko” up there too. “Imagine” has a gorgeous melody, but the lyrics are like something an eighth grader would write.
Several US presidents and other prominent politicians have also been musicians. Here are some highlights. Harry Truman played classical piano.
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Tagged alan greenspan, america, bill clinton, classical, condoleeza rice, harry truman, jazz, john ashcroft, mike huckabee, Music, Politics, presidents, richard nixon, rock
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Saturday, December 3, 2011
Improvisation Charlie Christian – “Waiting For Benny”
Also filed in Composition, Improvisation
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Tagged art blakey, blues, charlie christian, clifford brown, Composition, count basie, duke ellington, herbie hancock, Improvisation, jazz, john coltrane, max roach, miles davis, quora, soul
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I have a bunch of teenaged cousins, and they do the majority of their music listening on YouTube. They even DJ parties with it using playlists. Anytime they have a choice, they’ll always prefer music with some kind of video accompanying it, even if it’s just a still of the album cover.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
The word “groovy” originates in jazz slang, referring to music that’s swinging, tight, funky, in the pocket. The analogy is to the groove in a vinyl record — the musicians are so together that it’s like they’re the needle guided by the groove. The “groove” becomes generalized to any good rhythm, passage, or entire piece [...]
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
The trumpet player Nicholas Peyton wrote a blog post recently: On Why Jazz Isn’t Cool Anymore. It’s a must-read for anyone interested in the future of the art form. If jazz is ever going to be popular again, it needs to regain its cool. Jazz was popular when it was intimately connected to popular culture. [...]
Friday, November 18, 2011
Ella Fitzgerald lost some of her range as she got older, but her soul and phrasing got deeper and deeper. The series of duet albums she did with Joe Pass late in her life are exquisite.
Also filed in Key Musicians
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Tagged age, drumming, ella fitzgerald, funk, Improvisation, jazz, joe pass, max roach, miles davis, quora, soul
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