December 2009
41 posts
bucket list
creating a 43things page. anyone have any things on their bucket lists that might make a good addition?
fun little music creation/discovery tool →
Google’s Music Onebox Launches, Powered By MySpace... →
linkcity:
David Emery and newly Ethan Kaplan are my goto opinions for music tech things. I agree with David, but I think my frustrations are more to the fact that the deal seems corporate driven and not technology or user driven.
Ever-increasing choice was supposed to mean the... →
tumbledore:
“Perhaps the best explanation of why this might be so was offered in 1963. In “Formal Theories of Mass Behaviour”, William McPhee noted that a disproportionate share of the audience for a hit was made up of people who consumed few products of that type. (Many other studies have since reached the same conclusion.) A lot of the people who read a bestselling novel, for example, do not...
with no short term memory, a man lost in his own personal hell remembers music. my favorite radio piece ever. @WNYCRadiolab
Social Experiment
James Cameron has produced some of the most successful movies in history. After ‘Titanic’ took off, he was basically written a blank check to produce any movie he wanted.
I’ve actually never seen Titanic, but I did see Terminator, so I’m interested in his new movie ‘Avatar’. While no expense was spared (especially in the publicity department) I’ve seen...
rammstein + cookie monster
Can't be real, but follow them anyway! →
Noteworthy:
@newlywedsontjob
I can’t explain it, but I’m really really enjoying this anonymous prank twitter bot which logs how often, how vigorously and for how long a newlywed couple are knockin’ boots.
When it pops up unexpectedly on your twitter stream: so good.
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The problem with getting a position in a small...
After 12 years of public school education (14 if you count little kiddo school), 5 years of undergraduate training (earning a music education degree), 2 years teaching in the public schools, 2 years earning a master’s degree (choral conducting) and nearly 5 years working on a doctorate (choral conducting) here is a job that has recently been listed that I’m qualified to teach:
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Aether - EP →
stephendetwiler:
click, download, extract, listen. put it on your ipod, share it with friends. made by yours truly. a holiday gift, free until January 1st, 2010. i love you.
guitar hero + soccer = this video
i love this guy. Vadrum
conducting is all voodoo. here’s the proof.
You might recognize this instrument as a ghost/UFO sound effect, or maybe as a solo instrument from the Beach Boys “Good Vibrations”. Here is what is sounds like at its highest level.
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Another toy to play with →
You may have seen some young hipster at a club play this. Or maybe Imogen Heap. It’s an interface with endless possibilities. And yes, I DO kinda want one.
Wanna try writing electronic music? →
This is an interesting little music discovery/composition tool I discovered a while ago. Play around with it and see what happens.
Ben Zander giving a brilliant talk about the power of music at TED (June 2008).
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That’s what we’ve done to marriage in America, where young women are socialized...
– Diane Savino, NY State Senator.