Tuesday, October 30, 2012
For Paul Geluso’s Advanced Audio Production midterm, we were assigned to choose two tracks from his recommended listening list, and compare and contrast them sonically. I chose “Regiment” by David Byrne and Brian Eno, and “Little Fluffy Clouds” by The Orb. Recorded ten years apart using very different technology, both tracks nevertheless share a similar [...]
Filed in Copyright and Authorship, Key Musicians, Music, Recording, Sampling
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Also tagged brian eno, dance, david byrne, digging the crates, eighties, electronica, funk, mixing, Music, nineties, nyu, paul geluso, Recording, Sampling, synths, the orb
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The most fun Music Technology class I’m taking this semester is Advanced Audio Production with Paul Geluso. A major component of the class is learning how to listen analytically, and to that end, we were assigned to pick a song and do an exhaustive study of its sonic qualities. We used methods from William Moylan’s [...]
Filed in Composition, Music, Recording
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Also tagged ableton, analysis, attention, big boi, funk, hip-hop, janelle monae, melodyne, michael jackson, Music Theory, nyu, omnigraffle, paul geluso, r&b, Recording, visualization
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Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Recently, I was on Connecticut Public Radio’s Colin McEnroe show, talking about the culture and history of the mashup. I gave my usual enthusiastic endorsement of the practice. My friend Jesse Selengut, an ace jazz trumpet player and all-around music master, had some responses.
Filed in Composition, Copyright and Authorship, Music, Recording, Sampling
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Also tagged appropriation, capitalism, collage, Composition, copyright, dj earworm, hip-hop, jesse selengut, mashups, memes, Music, ownership, Recording, rolling stones, Sampling, susan blackmore
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Saturday, February 25, 2012
Chapman, Dale. “That Ill, Tight Sound”: Telepresence and Biopolitics in Post-Timbaland Rap Production. Journal of the Society for American Music (2008) Volume 2, Number 2, pp. 155–175. Chapman examines the impact that Timbaland has had on popular music production, and what his significance is to the broader culture. While Timbaland himself is no longer the [...]
Filed in Key Musicians, Music, Race and Identity, Recording, Sampling, Software, Technology
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Also tagged anxiety, dance, hip-hop, Internet, linkedin, missy elliot, pop, posthuman, technomusicology, timbaland
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Saturday, August 14, 2010
In 1988, a pair of British acid house DJs named Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty, variously known as The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, The Timelords, and The KLF, had an improbable number one hit with “Doctorin’ The Tardis.” The track isn’t so much a song as it is an early mashup. Just about everything [...]
Filed in Composition, Copyright and Authorship, Dance, Music, Music Business, Music Teaching, Recording, Sampling
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Also tagged dance, digging the crates, doctor who, eighties, looping, mashups, memes, michael jackson, pop, Recording, rick astley, songwriting, uk, whitney houston
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Thursday, December 3, 2009
Boys And Dance Floors Revival Revival vs Janet Jackson mp3 download, ipod format download Right-click or option click the links to save the track to your computer. There are as many different ways of writing songs as there are songwriters. Barbara Singer and I have arrived at a good one, so I figured I’d share [...]
Filed in Autobio, Composition, Improvisation, Music, Recording, Sampling, Software
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Also tagged autotune, composing, Improvisation, janet jackson, looping, pro tools, reason, Recording, remixes, revival revival, Sampling, songwriting
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Janet has been on my mind a lot the past few months, what with Michael, and I was driven to go listen to Control again.
Filed in Music
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Also tagged candida haynes, drum machines, eighties, erykah badu, janet jackson, jimmy jam, joni mitchell, mashups, michael jackson, new jack swing, nicole bishop, prince, pro tools, q-tip, remixes, revival revival, Sampling, terry lewis
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