Articles in Music
I was checking out XKCD today and came across something that I thought I would share: The Tell Tale Beat (click for a larger version):
It reminded me so much of how my family must feel, …
The video below is Edison, playing the track “Tonka Truck” from his album “All the Information at Hand”.
What is completely remarkable about this track is not just that it’s played entirely on a Monome, but …
Thomas Nilsson is a graphic artist and animator from Stockholm, Sweden. As part of a school project, he’s reinterpreted the classic tale of Little Red Riding Hood with animated infographics, all set to the …
We’re covered Niklas Roy before, and he’s got a new DIY project that synthesizes sound in a pretty interesting way. Niklas and Jari Suominen had a chance to play with a laser cutter for …
I always loved how Sesame Street brought in all sorts of fantastic musical guests for the kids and viewers. Here’s a great clip of Herbie Hancock showing the Sesame Street gang his Fairlight CMI:
My …
Most music, some more than others, is fairly mathematically based. Songs are subdivided into measures, which are subdivided into beats, which are further subdivided. Most western music (and especially electronic music) is based …
For the music video “Get Yourself High”, the Chemical brothers turned to director Joseph Kahn to create a music video via some creative video editing.
“Get Yourself High” was a bonus track on The Chemical …
Most people who are familiar with computer-based music production have used or seen de-noise plugins. They basically take a snapshot of the noise, and remove the noise from the wanted sound via various algorithms. …
Leroy Anderson (1908-1975) was a composer of pops orchestral music, mainly composing mainly short, happy pieces.
In 1950, Leroy wrote a piece called “The Typewriter”, which featured a solo on a mechanical typewriter. The Typewriter …
Whether you like it or not (and probably not), the vuvuzela has gone from unknown in much of the western hemisphere to defining noise pollution for the summer of 2010.
In a move that I’m sure …
