Posted in Ideas, Movies, Music, Stories on May 10th, 2008 No Comments »
Independent Lens had an incredible documentary last night: Na Kamalei (the men of hula).
Follow the journey of legendary teacher Robert Cazimero and the only all-male hula school in Hawaii as they celebrate their 30th anniversary and prepare to compete at the world’s largest hula festival. NA KAMALEI: The Men of Hula goes beyond deep-rooted stereotypes […]
Posted in Music, People, Places on Apr 27th, 2008 11 Comments »
Milton Hall, Milton, Connecticut. Bill and Gordon warming up before the show. Bill is a part time song writer and folk musician and a neighbor of ours here in Warren. Gordon is a professional studio musician who plays sessions and on tour with the big boys who’s been a friend of Bill’s for years. He’s […]
Posted in Ideas, Music, Social Software on Apr 23rd, 2008 6 Comments »
Sony to Buy Gracenote for $260 Million
When you put an audio CD into iTunes and you’re not connected to the internet, the songs come up “track 1″ track 2″ etc. and the album has no title, genre, artist.
However, if you’re connected to the internet, iTunes will look at an online database (which isn’t always correct) […]
Posted in Ideas, Music, People on Apr 9th, 2008 No Comments »
There’s a great video on the Young at Heart Chorus over at Huffington Post: Seniors Who Rock: Video.
Nice piece by Bob Dotson at NBC.
[via Bill Lynn]
Posted in Ideas, Macintosh, Music, Video on Mar 1st, 2008 4 Comments »
Incredible, this is great. Utterly useless but great.
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Posted in Ideas, Macintosh, Music, Video on Feb 28th, 2008 2 Comments »
The editing, the music, the whole thing works to show off all the great capabilities of this gadget. This makes me want to get an iPod touch, immediately!
Posted in Ideas, Music on Feb 11th, 2008 No Comments »
Mark Nicholson has done an incredible 12 minute mashup of introductions to various songs, some familiar to me and some not: Intro-Spection.
These kinds of products (both visual and aural) which reuse copyrighted material are controversial but I have to say, even as one who makes original, copyrighted material, I like it and my guess is […]
Posted in Macintosh, Music, Opinion, People, Video on Jan 17th, 2008 No Comments »
This takes guts, both for Jobs, for Apple, and for Newman.
Posted in Ideas, Music, Opinion, Photo Resources on Jan 16th, 2008 No Comments »
Bits Debate: Mixing It Up Over Remixes and Fair Use
What is fair use in the digital age? How much can I remix, quote, make fun of, or summarize without infringing on a copyright?
Wow, scrapbooking, remixing, youTube and more.
Posted in Music, Video on Jan 14th, 2008 No Comments »
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Posted in Music, Video on Jan 12th, 2008 No Comments »
Great. I wonder what auditions for the orchestra are like?
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Posted in Music, People, Social Software, Tech Stuff on Jan 10th, 2008 2 Comments »
WIRED magazine has a great article I read this morning: David Byrne’s Survival Strategies for Emerging Artists — and Megastars.
It’s a modern version of Nicholas Negroponte’s “atoms vs. bits” with the trad music industry being atoms (CDs and such) and the new music industry (or lack of industry) being bits (digital).
Posted in Music, Video on Jan 2nd, 2008 4 Comments »
I was watching the 2007 Crossroads Guitar Festival DVD the other night and while the entire concert is fantastic I was struck by both Jeff Beck and the bass guitar player backing him up, 22 year old Tal Wilkenfeld from Australia. Anne said “she must be someone’s 15 year old daughter” but in fact, […]
Posted in Music, Video on Sep 28th, 2007 No Comments »
Raul Midon on Letterman. Wow.
[via Dale Allyn]
Posted in Ideas, Music, People, Yoga Photographs on Sep 9th, 2007 19 Comments »
Last Friday night we drove up to Northampton, Massachusetts to Smith College to attend a kirtan led by Krishna Das.
I’ve been listening to Krishna Das on and off for five years as part of my wife’s collection of music she uses in her yoga practice. Going to a live kirtan is a totally different experience […]
Posted in Macintosh, Music, Tools on Sep 9th, 2007 1 Comment »
Apple has produced a great iPod Touch Guided Tour.
Wow, this looks fantastic. Just what I’ve wanted all along.
I had a Palm Pilot and various generations of Palm organizers in the early days but moved away from the device as syncing to the Mac became more awkward and unreliable. I always had a use for devices […]
Posted in Music, Video on Sep 8th, 2007 2 Comments »
Gustavo Dudamel & the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra at the Proms
This is an incredible performance: so much spirit, so much fun. This is what playing music with other people is all about. Lenny would be so happy and proud.
[via David Darling]
Posted in Drumming, Music, People, Video on Aug 17th, 2007 No Comments »
Lori Cotler sings konnakol* Glen Velez drums, Symphony Space, NY.
* slang name: Indian beatboxing
Posted in Ideas, Music, Tech Stuff on Aug 16th, 2007 No Comments »
What do you listen to in orbit? Astronauts take iPods
Every astronaut on the space shuttle Endeavour has an iPod. NASA certified the MP3 players for flight about a year ago. Astronauts used to carry CD players, but iPods are better because they are smaller and weigh less.
Posted in Music, Photographers on Aug 10th, 2007 No Comments »
Incredible BBC Guns N Roses Photographic History Documentary as much about the photographer, Robert John who documented their rise as the band as the band itself. Incredible behind the scenes images and commentary.
When this band was signed with Geffen Records, Axl Rose made it a stipulation that their photographer, Robert John did all of their […]
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