Interesting update to the post below: negotiations continue. The time limit has been dropped and they are going to talk to EMI about licensing. On the positive side, that shows they are aware that the agreement needs some fixing, which is commendable. On the negative side, I wonder what would be the case if I [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Music'
CONTROL 2010 SYMPOSIUM NYC
April 10th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Music, Ranting
Attention Cyber Digital Artists! You are invited to CONTROL 2010: an exclusive symposium to be held Friday – Sunday in NYC next week. Courtesy of Apple we’ll be touting the new iPad. But there’ll be plenty of other REAL KNOB ACTION. Some of the talks on offer over the first day: DJ Skewl will patch [...]
Tags: bullshit
Rebigotting
April 5th, 2010 · Comments Off · Music
Gosh gee willikers! How time flies when you’re servicing high interest debt! The Big Bigot album was released 24 years ago, and the last time it was remastered is now 11 years ago! Now it’s time for Bigot to leave sevcom and join its friends over in the UK on the LTM ‘more memories than [...]
3 Philosophers in a Rowboat
November 1st, 2009 · Comments Off · Music
3 philosophers are in a row boat. At the front of the boat, the first philosopher is playing a tuba, badly. A horrid spluttering Parp! Parp! To the rear the other philosophers are manning the oars. They face backwards, so they enjoy a view of where they have been. As the boat is going nowhere [...]
Tags: music·philosophers·tuba
Night of The Living Dead
July 28th, 2009 · Comments Off · Music, Ranting
Chucked a huge sickie and no one cared. Lay on the floor coughing up blood tuberculously and not even a Get Well Card. The missus just suggested I fetch the groceries on the way back from the hospital. I even tried dragging my gagging carcass up and down the corridors of Kunst Kamp but that [...]
Tags: 80s·art·influenza·music·television
Remastering Gigapus
July 6th, 2009 · Comments Off · Music
I have nearly finished remastering Gigapus some 15 years after the album was first released. I say ‘some 15 years’ because it was recorded and rejected several times in the period 1993-1995 and so the timing is a bit loose. Probably I should also not say remaster, as most of the album was never mastered [...]
Tags: music·my foot·severed heads
Survey: Music Industry Perceptions 09
February 8th, 2009 · Comments Off · Music
This study was conducted by the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Exchange on behalf of PayPal, Rapidshare, Google and The Pirate Bay. All rights reserved. Pirate Bay et al. reserves the right to prosecute for unauthorised reproduction of the data hereunder. I enjoy listening to music. Agree Strongly 88% Agree 9% Disagree 1% Don’t Know 2% [...]
Tags: bile·music industry
Music Class: Synthesis part 1
January 30th, 2009 · Comments Off · Music
While friend astronaut was teaching sci fi I’ve been reading a lot of synthesis lessons trying to get a feel for how I would go about this. I thought the best thing is to work with a particular synthesiser, choosing Ichiro Toda’s Synth1. This free VST instrument is intended as a virtual Clavia Nord Lead, [...]
Music Class: Let’s Write Some Music!
December 26th, 2008 · Comments Off · Music
Today is Boxing Day which is synonymous with belly ache, boredom and regret. Let us use this day in a constructive and useful way! Either that, or write music. Let’s go: AAAAA AAAAA AAAAA AAAAA AAAAA AAAAA AAAAA AAAAA AAAAA AAAAA AAAAA AAAAA AAAAA AAAAA AAAAA AAAAA That’s a really crap song. It just does [...]
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Music Class 3: I am sitting in a head
November 8th, 2008 · Comments Off · Music
Vocals are, as you have become used to me saying, made up of multiple sounds. Look at a head. Here are a set of cavities. The throat, the mouth, the nasal cavity etc. Each has a size which resonates at a certain pitch and they are joined up in sequence. If you are Barry White [...]
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