A very interesting talk by Tod Machover of the MIT Media Lab, who researches how music expression can be extended… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj2QoLhfwew via media futurist

The recent & ongoing tragedy in China is stark reminder that nature will always have the last word in any conversation with humanity. Where I live (Wellington) is known for its earthquakes although most are short & sharp & damage…

Asimo, Hondas little humanoid robot conducts the Detroit Symphony Orchestra http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb6MC73Ggck more info here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eZBevXohCI very funny… viaboing boing

This video is fantastic, not so much for the sound (its youtube after all) but for the fact the camera is far enough away from the explosion that you can see the shockwave travel, check it out: http://youtube.com/watch?v=eU8joiS62js

I’ve just been reading an interesting thread over on the gearslutz forum about whether the subject matter of ones work in sound post has a human effect & how that effect manifests itself. Have a read here as it is…

Well, for a start go here, download & have a read of the PDF called How To Be Creative – some of it makes very good sense!

Bands like Deep Forest make me feel a little sick… but I have respect for this guy – he used the same vocal sample as a Deep Forest song Sweet Lullaby (the sample was originally recorded by ethnomusicologist Hugo Zemp…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1m44VNw3O0

This week we finished the mix for Anthony McCartens new film Show of Hands so I am off to spend some time outdoors, on a road trip around the South Island… back on deck on 5th May… ciao!

There are 100 inspirational quotes here… and heres a few I like from the list: 3. Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking. William B. Sprague 14. Vision without action is…

Does a hook require a minimum of four notes or sixteen? I dunno but I sure know this tune has an instant hook that takes only eight notes to lodge firmly in my brain. Hit play, this song is like…

ok, so the title of this post sounds serious but no, sorry, I havent discovered some connection between all music of the last century and the light reflected off a paua shell… Time is one funny concept: there is only…

These aren’t recent but are interesting if you havent seen them… When I first saw this, I was like WTF? Where is it going? Dancing hands? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2cYWfq–Nw Theres also a robot-girl version too… This video is quite enlightening; lots of…

A few friends have been borrowing my Korg Kaossilator & rather than risk them ‘misplacing’/losing my owners manual I point them here for a PDF of the manual… but I havent been able to find a PDF copy of the…

‘Today a new music is on the rise, one that can neither be expressed nor understood using the old tools, a music produced elsewhere & otherwise. It is not that music or the world have become i n c o…

This plug could be handy for any Zoom H2 owners who use a Mac (satans spawn will have to look elsewhere); its a VST/audio unit plugin that creates 5.1 audio from the quad recordings made with the H2…. And the…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSLqZbSrnIQ

This isnt a review, its more of a philosophical rant about reality versus convenience… I’ve been enjoying playing around with the gamelan sample library I bought recently, but I suspect I’d enjoy it a lot more if I hadnt spent…

This is a suprisingly engaging hearing test: try it HERE!