Graham English
Songwriter, Recording Artist, and Blogging Musician
Songwriter, Recording Artist, and Blogging Musician
Lessig: Is Google Print Fair Use?:
Larry Lessig has posted a video of a presentation on whether Google Book Search (AKA Google Print) is protected by Fair Use. His conclusion: Yup. But how he gets there is fascinating and informative. Why wouldn’t you want to hear one of the nation’s top law professors clearly addressing [...]
Wired: “Hailed as one of the first to break out without the backing of a manager or label, the quartet’s high-octane record is widely tipped to top the charts.”
They’re talking about the British group, the Arctic Monkeys. Watch for their new album, Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not, and see how they [...]
Thanks to everybody who participated in Thursday’s Absolute Pitch Power Blogathon.
If you couldn’t make it, go check out the comments. It was top-notch conversation.
David Byrne: boycott DRM:
So, first they start off suing their customers, and now they are maliciously making it hard for their customers to even listen to music, and they will cripple your music and media player to boot. These guys deserve to go out of business, they obviously don’t love music, and they don’t understand [...]
Open Labs – MiKo PC synth workstation:
Open Labs debuted their MiKo at NAMM this week, the box’s premise being that you shouldn’t build your PC rig around your synthesizer setup, but build a synthesizer around your PC. The MiKo aims to completely flesh out the whole digital media workstation offering thing with a 37-key keyboard, [...]
The experiment was to see whether I could teach these students binary arithmetic (arithmetic using only two numbers, 0 and 1) only by asking them questions.
Very good read. I wonder how I could use this to teach Absolute Pitch. read more.
Check out podesafeaudio.com
This site aims to provide a location where musicians can upload music under the Creative Commons License for use in Podcasts, Mashups, Shoutcasts, Webcasts and every other kind of ‘casting’ that exists on the ‘net.
I just subscribed to their podcast in iTunes and they’ve got some really good music on there. Plus, they’ll [...]
Friday Morning Miscellany:
Indie musicians looking for a good deal on digital distribution should look at Tunecore. Its no-frills pledge: “You get 100% of what iTunes and Rhapsody pay! We take NOTHING. Not a penny. It all goes to you. There are NO hidden costs or fees.
You pay a one-time delivery charge of $0.99 per song. [...]
Digital Music Sales Skyrocket in 2005:
Luke PiWalker writes “The market for digital music hit $1.1 billion in 2005, more than triple 2004 sales. But the industry, wanting to wring the maximum profit out of the consumer, remains fixated on piracy.” From the article: “The IFPI also called on ISPs to join the fight against music [...]
In the war against music file swapping, there have been countless casualties. Napster and Grokster are a few that come to mind. But, even with the industries clamp down on file sharing, new technologies have emerged to make this fight, against such financial loss, impossible to win. One such free technology, BitTorrent, created by Bram [...]
Soul legend Wilson Pickett died of a heart attack today at the age of 64. According to his management company, Pickett had suffered health problems for the past year.
Born in Prattville, Alabama, Pickett started out by singing gospel music at church. He moved to Detroit while in his teens, and joined the Falcons, with whom [...]
Blogcritics’ own Robert Burke was featured today in a story on C-net News.com. The story highlighted the playlists he features on his personal websites and shares here, calling them and playlists in general the future of music.
Burke uses his series of sites, called Scopecreep.com to post playlists that can be played by any Yahoo [...]
Soul singer Wilson Pickett dies:
Wilson Pickett, famous for his soul hits In The Midnight Hour and Mustang Sally, has died, aged 64.
I played Midnight Hour in bands all through high school and college. That song is one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll. Damn he had [...]
I just wanted to remind you about tonight’s Absolute Pitch Power Blogathon.
Visit this post any time after 7PM EST Thursday evening and ask any question about absolute pitch in the comments area.
I might be tired, but I’m staying up until 4 AM my time!
See you there.
This article describes an apparent case of GoDaddy blackmailing a customer. I’ve never used GoDaddy and never will. Can you say EVIL? read more.
Just got a copy of GarageBand 3. Get ready for the podcast.
For a long time now I’ve recorded everything I play on my iPod. Then I flesh out the ideas I like in GarageBand. From there I choose my best ideas and finish them in Logic Pro. It’s a really smooth songwriting workflow.
But [...]
Loading ...Coolfer: Rolling Stone on 2005: “The Worst Year Ever”:
Album sales have dropped 21% since 2000 but sales of digital tracks rose to 353 million from 141 million in 2004, and sales of digital albums rose to 16.2 million from 5.5 million last year.
The time is ripe for podcasting and using RSS to distribute your music. [...]
RSS made it possible for everyone to participate in publishing on equal technological footing with NYT.
Specifically for musicians, blogging and podcasting make it possible for musicians to participate in music publishing on better technological footing than the major labels.
The kicking-and-screaming RIAA is clinging to CDs while digital delivery of music via P2P is winning the [...]
On Thursday January 19th from 7PM until 2AM EST I’ll be sitting here at my computer answering EVERY one of your questions about how to learn absolute pitch in as short a time as possible.
This is your opportunity to learn ALL of my absolute pitch shortcuts!
Here’s how it works:
Visit this post any time after 7PM [...]
Let’s say you have a song stuck in your head, and you don’t know the name of it. All you do is load up this search screen, tap the rhythm of the song on your space bar, and see what happens. read more.
about grahamI'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.
Why Americans Don't Like Jazz http://dyske.com/paper/778 1 day ago
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