August 31, 2008 – 8:26 pm
It’s been a while since I used the Phil Collins category…
August 28, 2008 – 8:36 pm
I’m thinking of writing a longer post about the state of hardware synth editor software – but the below is interesting to me.
Here’s a quick video demonstration of someone using the Windows version of the microKorg editor.
Now check out this shot from the OSX version.
You basically drill down into each patch – and since every [...]
August 26, 2008 – 3:05 pm
If you’ve read the iTunes Zero article you’ll know that I’m very meticulous about everything in my iTunes library – and chances are you probably do the same things.
One of the other problems you may be facing is that there’s SO MUCH STUFF in your iTunes library. How do you handle it all?
Here’s what works [...]
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Tagged aac, apple, itunes, library, mac, mp3, music, osx, playlist
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August 24, 2008 – 6:24 pm
It’s always a little weird when you realize that something that seems obvious is also something that isn’t implemented well in an Apple app.
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p>For example: Using mail.app to send attachments.
Try attaching something to an email in mail.app. There’s nothing that tells you that your file is attached. I think I never noticed this before because [...]
August 19, 2008 – 9:03 pm
Another takeaway from the Benjamin Zander TED talk is how writing chord progressions is like playing Killer Instinct.
Killer Instinct is a fighting game that took a different path than using Mortal Kombat’s fatalities. KI had fatalities, but it was really known for its combo system. Players could chain together multiple moves to come up with [...]
August 13, 2008 – 7:53 pm
After watching the Benjamin Zander TED speech, it occurs to me that a lot of the problems that classical music has are the same kinds of problems that wine has.
Like wine, there are some myths about classical music that keep it at the low 3% that Zander states in his presentation:
If [...]
August 9, 2008 – 10:27 am
Peter Aidu plays Steve Reich’s “Piano Phase” with an absolutely unique technique: with a left hand on one instrument and the right hand on the second piano – he alone performs the score for two pianists
Via: one man piano phase at 17 dots
Derek Sivers posts about publishing your music digitally or still using CDs.
The real question is: How much of your potential audience are you willing to exclude?
This is a topic that I wondered about last year when Kindercore said they’d be going digital-only where possible.
From what I remember, besides delivering a format that your audience [...]
From the previous month:
Deastro – Light Powered
CRM Magazine Doesn’t Know What a Podcast Is
People Rocking Out To Final Fantasy on Youtube
Wallpaper. – T.Rex
Being Afraid of Failure Doesn’t Help
Music Sharing on Pownce [...]
Ninja Gaiden 3D Layered Bead Sprite, originally uploaded by Doctor Octoroc.
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