24 September, 2009
16 September, 2009
22 July, 2009
08 July, 2009
The Five Ways To Be An Icon
This lesson is to be intended for advanced students only. Follow the rules strictly.
1- Make use of the maximum amount of drugs your body can tolerate.
2- Be in a seminal band produced by a world known pop-artist and sell a miserable quntity of records.
3- Split the seminal band.
4- Put toghether a band of shady looking musicians (learn from above video).
5- Write a three chords song so incredibly beautiful as in video above and sing it like the world is ending tomorrow.
14 April, 2009
09 March, 2009
21 February, 2009
1967, a good year
Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground And Nico
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
David Bowie - David Bowie
(The video is from 1969, but the song was on Bowie's first LP released in 1967
In 1967 Billy Corgan and Kurt Cobain were born.
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground And Nico
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
David Bowie - David Bowie
(The video is from 1969, but the song was on Bowie's first LP released in 1967
In 1967 Billy Corgan and Kurt Cobain were born.
20 February, 2009
15 February, 2009
02 February, 2009
Ondes Martenot
Ondes Martenot, invented in 1928 by Maurice Martenot, is one of the first electronic musical instruments ever created. It sounds similar to a Theremin, but with more control over the timbre.
Its sound was produced by thermionic valves.
It can be played either via the keyboard or by sliding a metal ring in front of the keyboard and the keys can modulate the pitch of a note up or down by pushing it left or right.
A small drawer on the left contains other controls for the volume and the attack of the note.
Also in this drawer are switches that control the Martenot’s sound. Each switch has its own sound colorand type of wave (sine, tri, etc.) which can be stacked up to create a richer sound.
4 different speakers can be used to modify the sound.
Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead has one in his setup, it was commisioned and built by Analogue Systems which has them for sale for £1050
Its sound was produced by thermionic valves.
It can be played either via the keyboard or by sliding a metal ring in front of the keyboard and the keys can modulate the pitch of a note up or down by pushing it left or right.
A small drawer on the left contains other controls for the volume and the attack of the note.
Also in this drawer are switches that control the Martenot’s sound. Each switch has its own sound colorand type of wave (sine, tri, etc.) which can be stacked up to create a richer sound.
4 different speakers can be used to modify the sound.
Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead has one in his setup, it was commisioned and built by Analogue Systems which has them for sale for £1050
The French Connection was not born out of nowhere... it was commissioned during 2000 by Jonny Greenwood of the band Radiohead. Greenwood already owned an Ondes Martenot (an instrument built in 1983 by the son of Maurice Martenot) complete with all three resonators, but was nervous about performing with it, fearing that it would be damaged on tour. So he approached Martenot to purchase a second device for live use. Unfortunately for him (but fortunately for the rest of us) his instrument was one of a production run of just 50, and these were long gone - 44 to a music school in Japan, and the remaining five to other musicians.more here.So Greenwood approached Bob Williams, owner of Analogue Systems, to ask whether he would be prepared to design and build a replica for use with Radiohead's existing RS Integrators. Williams accepted the challenge, and in April 2001 demonstrated a prototype to Greenwood. Following a couple of minor modifications, production began, and the first two French Connections were delivered to Radiohead in May 2001.
26 January, 2009
Disco Synths
Joakim and the Disco
November 10 2008, Versatile release party 2008
From www.grandcrew.com (check it, it's an amazing place for live concerts videos):
"Joakim and his band are on a crusade for dancing and grooving in front of a crowd who came to discover the latest nuggets from Monsieur J who awes the crowd each time a bit more..."
November 10 2008, Versatile release party 2008
From www.grandcrew.com (check it, it's an amazing place for live concerts videos):
"Joakim and his band are on a crusade for dancing and grooving in front of a crowd who came to discover the latest nuggets from Monsieur J who awes the crowd each time a bit more..."
17 January, 2009
Liaisons Dangereuses - Los Niños Del Parque (1981)
Very cool, live on synths. That bassline is a dancefloor killer!
07 January, 2009
Vinyl is Good
Paul Mawhinney has the world’s largest record collection: 3 Million Records 300,000 Compact Discs and More Than 6 Million Song Titles. His entire library of music is estimated to be worth $50 million, and he is selling it. Current asking price is $3 million.
Love Music.
Love Music.
29 December, 2008
Fan Death - Veronica's Veil Video
I like this one, groovy and synthy old disco style. Erol Alkan's remix is good too, good for the dancefloor.
30 November, 2008
Some Good Space Music
Miles Davis - Live in Montreaux (1973)
Robert Wyatt - Alifib (1974)
John Martyn - I'd Rather be the Devil (around 1975)
Robert Wyatt - Alifib (1974)
John Martyn - I'd Rather be the Devil (around 1975)
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