Monthly Archives: January 2006

Software Training

For the past 2 months I’ve kind of hit a brick wall when it comes to creating any new music. Not that I should concentrate on making new music because I’ve got material that I should be working on before moving into something new, but even with that material I’ve been feeling that I [...]

A Neat Little iTunes Tip

Here’s something I just discovered by accident.

When using iTunes, if your library window is active, hit a letter or number. You’ll be taken to the first or closest track of that letter, depending on how you sort things by (track name, album, artist, etc). Should help people get to the latest My Morning [...]

What Steve Jobs Taught Us On Tuesday

It’s always kind of thrilling to watch a Steve Jobs keynote. Jobs has a charisma that is unmatched in the tech industry. I think that’s mostly because in a world of people with pocket protectors and Babylon 5 posters, Steve just seems like a regular guy. He doesn’t talk about the things [...]

How Loops Should Be Used

I did some music stuff this weekend…not making it, but more organizing and trying some new things out. I grabbed demos for Traktor DJ Studio 3 and Battery. My Reaktor demo expired months ago. Battery seems REALLY COOL! One of the demo kits is generated from NI’s FM7 synth software. [...]

Blue Monday/The Perfect Kiss

I’ve been listening to a lot of New Order this week. Usually I switch between Blue Monday and The Perfect Kiss on Substance. I’m compelled to listen by the lo-fi percussion beats mostly, but I also think that The Perfect Kiss is one of the most perfect songs ever written. For some [...]

Digital Music: Things That Need To Change OR An Open Letter To Apple

It’s 2006 and the recorded music industry has come a ways with digital downloads kicking and screaming. Apple deserves a lot of the praise, but there are still some things that need to be done before iTunes can be less of a database of music and media files and more tuned into the way [...]