“Beautiful.” -Mavis Staples

Sequenced in Logic Pro 9 using the East West Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra.

Dutch television gets this. I get American Idol.

Cool physics experiment: The Rubens’ Tube

“Reading a newspaper, I saw a picture of birds on the electric wires. I cut out the photo and decided to make a song, using the exact location of the birds as notes (no Photoshop edit). I knew it wasn’t the most original idea in the universe. I was just curious to hear what melody the birds were creating.” -Jarbas Agnelli

This is cool on so many levels.

The brain sounds kinda nice.

I’ve written about Evelyn Glennie before but wouldn’t you rather hear it come straight from the source?

If you’re a brand new Logic Studio user or If you’re thinking about buying it and want to see how easy it is to begin making music, these videos will help you hit the tape hot.

Anytime Wynton speaks, I listen.

Born April 29, 1899, in Washington, D.C. There’s a gold mine of videos on YouTube.

Trent Reznor talks about the music business and more.

Here’s an ear training game I’ve been playing using white noise.

Ear Training With White Noise Download

Getting into the holiday spirit with Christmas Time Is Here from A Charlie Brown Christmas. Music by Vince Guaraldi.

Christmas Time Is Here Download

If you make music with Logic Studio, you’ll be interested in a tutorial I just published showing you a cool time-saving trick for your Logic Studio Templates.

Time Saving Template Tips [Logic Studio Minute] Download

TextMate is my second favorite app right behind Logic Studio. I’ve written about my TextMate love affair a lot. In this tutorial, I wanted to share how I use TextMate to write and analyze lyrics, including tips for finding the perfect rhyme and spotlighting important ideas.

How To Write And Analyze Lyrics Using TextMate Download

This is what a lot of nervous energy sounds like two days before the election.

In An Anxious Funk Download

The Sermon is a blues written and recorded in 1957 by jazz legend, Jimmy Smith. I haven’t learned the complete melody yet but I thought I would take a stab at playing it from memory. After all, it’s just an F blues.

The Sermon Download

I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And, above all, I will ask you to join in the work of remaking this nation, the only way it’s been done in America for 221 years — block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.

Jazz is a music of integrity, and it teaches us to listen. -Wynton Marsalis