Songwriter, Recording Artist, and Blogging Musician
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
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.
Getting into the holiday spirit with Christmas Time Is Here from A Charlie Brown Christmas. Music by Vince Guaraldi.
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.
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.
This is what a lot of nervous energy sounds like two days before the election.
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.
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
Just watched this on DVD and had to share it with you. Rent it when you can.
I'm a songwriter and recording artist who sings, plays keyboards, and explores the vast world of sound hoping to find some magical moments along the way. I'm also a Mac geek.
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