Awww Yeeeah!! The latest and greatest from Roaming Crazy is done and on its way to the epresses!
“Sing Too” is liable to cause spastic brain flams and incoherent fist swings.
You will be able to own your own copy … Read the rest
Music & Sound Tech
The study of sound, music, and the technology used to create and distribute it.
Why Analog Matters
In reply to a thread on CNet about Record Store Day, I laid out a long reply to the idea that buying vinyl these days is pointless, especially if the artist records digitally. The poster implied that the CD … Read the rest
8 Bit Goodness
I present the first computer I purchased (and still a favorite of mine)…
The 8 bit goodness of the Atari 130xe.
Commodore people were everywhere back then (like Windows now), waiting 23 minutes to load a game, but my Atari … Read the rest
Begin Debate Now
The Beatles vs. Stevie Wonder.
I have no pick, there is no first place. Just thinking out loud, who had a better career, who is more top of line to you…. ?
The Simple Charm of Music Videos
Art & Commerce
If enough people stop paying for a product it will cease to be made on a sufficient enough scale to be a product. Sponsored content is paid for in-part by the sponsors, so if you watch your video and listen … Read the rest
It’s Always About The Music
For All The Studio Rats
Wherever your studio may be, if you spend massive amounts of time there this one’s for you: Feel My Heat!
Satellite Dish Ears
Cool article on Bernie Worrell making a home for himself.
This guy is the greatest, an amazing human and one of the finest musicians ever. A living legend who is an example for us all.
… Read the rest
That Was Really Super Laid Back
… We Have Seen The Future
1970 gets a glimpse at the machine-music future and is not sure what to make of it.… Read the rest
Too Real Too True
October 1972: Birth of the Packet Man
Packets, packets, got your packets here!
Going way back into the ‘what is the internet?’ file, here’s a great article about the actual first pitch and live demo of the internet (then called by it’s acronym ARPANET).
Yes, it did … Read the rest
Just Some Funky Fun From 1984
My Hat Tipping Unto Itself
[Is it too early to declare my first album that no one bought the most underrated album no one bought in the last 7 years?]… Read the rest
My First Laptop
I’ve been more or less living on a laptop since about 2002. I had a desktop machine as my only rig from ’87-’96 (Atari, Apple, Tandy, Gateway, Dell, IBM, white boxes, you name it…) and around 1996 I was finally … Read the rest
Touch the Music
Here’s a nice overview article on some of the tech that’s changing music making, particularly the iPad. As someone who’s produced several tracks with just a laptop, an interface, a mic, and a midi board, this is a big change. … Read the rest
