December 2009
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bucket list
creating a 43things page. anyone have any things on their bucket lists that might make a good addition?
Dec 29th
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fun little music creation/discovery tool →
Dec 29th
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.
Dec 29th
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Dec 26th
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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...
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with no short term memory, a man lost in his own personal hell remembers music.  my favorite radio piece ever. @WNYCRadiolab
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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...
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rammstein + cookie monster
Dec 15th
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.
Dec 14th
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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.
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Dec 10th
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guitar hero + soccer = this video
Dec 9th
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i love this guy.  Vadrum
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conducting is all voodoo.  here’s the proof.
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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.
Dec 5th
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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.
Dec 5th
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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.
Dec 5th
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Ben Zander giving a brilliant talk about the power of music at TED (June 2008).
Dec 5th
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“That’s what we’ve done to marriage in America, where young women are socialized...”
– Diane Savino, NY State Senator.
Dec 5th