Wednesday, November 16, 2011
The best remix/mashup tool that I’ve used is Ableton Live. For many years I used a combination of Recycle, Reason and Pro Tools, which was cumbersome and labor-intensive. Ableton handles the same tasks more easily and has a bunch of cool effects the other programs don’t.
Monday, November 14, 2011
For my tastes, you can’t beat the Ellington Nutcracker. Ellington’s Peer Gynt suite is also pretty wonderful. This one has inspired some remixing from me.
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Also tagged aaron copland, chick corea, classical, django reinhardt, duke ellington, eumir deodato, jazz, john coltrane, oliver nelson, quora, sibelius, uri caine, wayne shorter
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011
The internet has spoken! These are the tracks of mine that you like the best, in order of listens. It comes as no surprise to me that three of them involve Michael Jackson, and two involve the Beatles. Wanna Be Startin’ Something megamix by ethanhein Bitter Sweet Symphony Megamix by ethanhein Human Nature Megamix by [...]
The defining musical experience of my lifetime is hearing familiar samples in unfamiliar contexts. For me, the experience is usually a thrill. For a lot of people, the experience makes them angry. Using recognizable samples necessarily means having an emotional conversation with everyone who already has an attachment to the original recording. Music is about [...]
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Also tagged beatles, beyonce, chi-lites, elvin jones, Evolution, grateful dead, jay-z, john coltrane, manu dibango, mashups, memes, michael jackson, monkeysphere, pop, radiohead, sample maps, Sampling, sarah mclachlan, soul makossa, susan blackmore, tribe, zap mama
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There’s no music I love more in the world than Duke Ellington’s. When I was a kid, the New York Transit Museum had a commercial in heavy rotation on local TV that used “Take The A Train” and I remember being riveted by it. I should point out that Billy Strayhorn wrote this tune, not [...]
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Also tagged andy jaffe, billy strayhorn, charles mingus, duke ellington, jazz, john steinbeck, max roach, nyc, soundcloud, subway, synths, tchaikovsky
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Last night I was talking about my sister about how timeless Missy Elliot songs are, how they continue to sound futuristic no matter how long it’s been since they were recorded. It was true of “Work It” and it’s equally true of “Get Ur Freak On.” Click the image to see the video, since I [...]
Friday, December 17, 2010
I’ve always been more of a Beatles guy than a Stones guy, but respect where respect is due, “Gimme Shelter” is a classic. It’s on my mind because Dangerous Minds posted the isolated tracks, and they’re a lot of fun. It’s fascinating to hear the separated vocals, guitars, bass and drums. The Youtube videos containing [...]
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Also tagged audio editing, guitar, keith richards, merry clayton, michael jackson, Recording, rhythm, rock, rolling stones, Sampling, singing, sixties, tuning
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Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Meet the most fascinating and problematic pop star of the moment, Antoine Dodson. If you’re a follower of internet memes, you know the story by now. If not: Antoine, his sister Kelly and her daughter were asleep in their apartment in the Lincoln Park housing project in Huntsville, Alabama. An intruder broke in and sexually [...]
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Also tagged america, antoine dodson, autotune, class, gregory brothers, memes, Politics, pop, race, tv, youtube
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Thursday, September 2, 2010
Two things happened this week in my life as a Michael Jackson fan. First, Spike Lee threw an awesome birthday party for MJ in Prospect Park for the second year in a row. I hope he does it every year. Snoop came and did a set, and so did Warren G. I had a lot [...]
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Also tagged aphex twin, brooklyn, fan art, fans, fela kuti, glen velez, mashups, michael jackson, molly hein, Sampling, snoop dogg, spike lee
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Tommy Revival Revival vs Primus mp3 download, ipod format download Vocals by Barbara Singer. Samples and programming by me. The guitar licks were originally played by Alex Torovic but have been chopped up pretty dramatically. This is part of our ongoing strategy, learned from hip-hop, of taking a familiar chorus and coming up with new [...]