Here’s a track I’m working on, based around a couple of envelope filtered samples of Beethoven’s string quartet in A minor, opus 132, 3rd movement. Filtered Beethoven [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Me vs Guarneri Quartet vs Babsy Singer vs Don Henley vs DJ Trace mp3 download, ipod format download Envelope filter is [...]
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Also tagged bjork, effects, envelope filter, jerry garcia, led zeppelin, mutron, posthuman, reason, stevie wonder, wah pedal
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I’m pretty sure that “Need You Tonight” by INXS was the last song I fell in love with through commercial radio. I would never have admitted it, and I couldn’t have articulated why, but oh yes, in middle school this track hit me exactly where I lived. It still sounds as fresh today as it [...]
Let Us In [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Revival Revival vs Nirvana mp3 download, ipod format download Vocals and guitar by Barbara. Additional guitar, controller synth, 808 programming and sampling by me. Contains some salty language. This continues our recent push into mostly original rock material about Barbara’s complex romantic life. The sample [...]
May 22nd at 9:30 Parkside Lounge – 317 E. Houston St 9:30 pm Revival Revival – Babsy Singer, Ethan Hein, Pam Adams 10:30 pm Danger Pin – Sam Gurewitz, Matt Horton 11:30 pm DJ Babsy No cover!
As I mentally prepare for my Revival Revival show tonight, I find myself thinking about the scene in Revenge Of The Nerds when they perform their talent show:
This weekend my electronica band Revival Revival is doing some shows for the first time in many months. We’ll be doing a lot of what my non-electronic-musician friends consider to be cheating. The lead vocals and guitar will be live, as will some of the synths. Everything else will be canned, recordings played back from [...]
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Also tagged authenticity, guitar, improvisation, lionel richie, michael jackson, midi, miles davis, pop, pro tools, reason, remixes, revival revival, songwriting
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In keeping with my posts thinking of the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix as electronic musicians, I thought I’d round out the techno-hippie trifecta with the Dead. Their fans might lean to the crunchy granola side, and they did some of their most endearing work in unplugged mode, but for the most part the Dead were [...]
I’ve had a lot of music teachers, formal and informal. The best one has been the computer. It mindlessly plays anything I tell it to, over and over. Hearing an idea played back on a continuous loop tells me quickly if it’s good or not. If the idea is bad, I immediately get annoyed, and [...]
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Also tagged beatles, book, country, dance, fela kuti, hip-hop, jazz, looping, memory, modules, recursion, remixes, rza, structure, symmetry, theodor adorno
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My friend Adam suggested combining “Let’s Dance” by David Bowie and “Just Dance” by Lady Gaga. Here’s the result. Let’s Just Dance [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Revival Revival vs Lady Gaga vs David Bowie mp3 download, ipod format download
Friday, February 26, 2010
The vast majority of music that I hear is recorded, and if you’re reading this the same is probably true of you. Most people don’t have a clear idea what the recording process is like, especially using computers. Here are my adventures in recording. I grew up in the eighties. Cassette recorders were just starting [...]
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Also tagged analog, audio, audio editing, autotune, book, computers, hip-hop, improvisation, looping, mashups, music, pro tools, recording, remixes, revival revival, sampling, sequencing, synths, tape, tape editing, visualization
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