September 1, 2008 – 9:00 am
Happy Labor Day folks.
Here’s a selection of entries from Barbarism Begins at Home from August 2008:
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Classical Music Needs a Gary Vaynerchuk
Writing Chord Progressions Is Like Playing Killer Instinct
The iTunes “Last Chance” Playlist
microKorg Editing – Hardware Synth Software is BLAH
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August 31, 2008 – 8:26 pm
It’s been a while since I used the Phil Collins category…
Since finishing my read-through of the Logic 8 instruments and effects manual I’ve thought the best way to learn some sound design was not to create something new, but to replicate the sound of something that already exists.
I have a few classic synth lines I want to try to redo in Logic (or Reason 4) [...]
Alright, so maybe I wasn’t the first to do it, but I definitely had this idea over a year ago.
Back then there were no versions of Maneasy Lover, but if you do some Googling you’ll find at least 2 others that have come out since last summer.
Maneasy Lover – Subtonic
My version does not have a [...]
For a while I’ve been wanting to hear this mashup. I talked about it over a year ago.
So, since nobody did it I decided to do it myself.
It’s Nelly Furtado’s Maneater vs. Phil Collins Easy Lover. Stir them together, you get Maneasy Lover.
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Direct download: Maneasy Lover
Phil Collins vs. The Ultimate Warrior in a “But Seriously” promotion.
Seriously.
January 6, 2007 – 7:25 pm
Today was the first time I heard something from Nelly Furtado’s latest album “Loose.” No, I haven’t been living under a rock. I’m not even really into Nelly Furtado, so I can’t weigh in on if she sold out with this latest album. I do know that I like what I’ve heard from Loose more [...]
November 2, 2006 – 10:08 pm
For the past week I’ve been driving into work with the song Easy Lover on repeat.
I suppose that when addicts get out of rehab they may be tempted by a drug once in a while but resist the temptation. Yet sometimes they relapse after one event or experience reminds them of their euphoria.
The marketing campaign [...]