I love reading about unique techniques people have discovered or developed in the studio to capture sound, and it is so much more interesting than the inevitable ‘what plugins/software do you use?’ forum questions. I was watching a DVD last…
Using Automation with Christopher Willits
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my analogue ipod
Check out my ipod – it holds 2,500 albums, has full size artwork (not crappy little pixelated mush) & fits in your pocket (if you happen to have a pocket the size of small car) One of the things about…
nz music
May is ‘New Zealand Music Month’ – a slightly parochial idea but I’ll take this opportunity to suggest you check out some of my favourite New Zealand music – some new & some old… While it may not have been…
Forbidden Planet
“The soundtrack for Forbidden Planet (1956) is today recognized as the first entirely electronic score for a film” – I’m quoting from The World of Kane a great blog (retro candy for your eyes and ears) that recently posted a…
piano; prepare, play, process..
A while ago I posted a few photos of my lovely old baby grand piano, which I prepared after being inspired by seeing Fred Frith playing guitar….. At the time I said I would post a few recordings from it…
piano + electronics
I have been a big fan of the ongoing collaboration between Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto (Carsten Niccolai) since their first album, Vrioon was released a year or two ago on the raster noton label. Heres a short excerpt from…
the cinematic orchestra
the new album by The Cinematic Orchestra is not far off release & if you visit their subsite on ninjatune you can download a preview song…. Words cannot describe how achingly beautiful that song is! But dont take my word…
touch the sound
I mentioned it in a comment somewhere but a DVD I recently got from amazon.com that I have really enjoyed is Touch The Sound, a doco about percussionist Evelyn Glennie, who is nearly deaf. One of my favourite bits in…
radio? i.choose
When I was a boy I grew up in rural Canterbury, in the South Island of New Zealand & as I became aware of music I began to crave more than what was dished up on mainstream radio… FWIW I…
I call architecture frozen music
and so does Goethe in fact he said it first I just borrowed the phrase So…. as the title says, this blog is about ‘the music of sound’ ie my random thoughts on the lovely way air molecules vibrate. Most…