Deets on Youtube’s audio handling:
Audio is streamed at either 128k or 320k mp3.
Everything defaults to 128k. You can only get the 320k audio stream by selecting the HD video quality. Some videos start in HD but most don’t. … Read the rest
Music & Sound Tech
The study of sound, music, and the technology used to create and distribute it.
Good Morning Eddie
Who’s the finest electric guitarist of all time?
It’s a very short list at the very very top.
There’s likely millions of good ones, thousands of amazing ones, and probably 100’s of legends that I have heard of.
But then … Read the rest
Magical 2nd Track
When you have your first certified hit as track #1 on your first album, track #2 becomes really important. Track 2 = What else can this band do?
If track 2 sounds like track 1 – probably a 1-trick pony. … Read the rest
Commercial Breaks
Priming the pump…. 2MERICA isn’t over
it might just be beginning
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Do It To Me I’ll Do It To You
What you be about?
Hip-hop is 37 years old. At least.… Read the rest
What’s That Sound What’s That Sound?
Is it Freekbass gettin’ down?
I don’t think so.
Not funky enough.
It’s an unknown sound disrupting an Oregon town and it has experts stumped.
It’s a high-pitched squeal almost like a boiling tea kettle or crazy flute, has … Read the rest
Music Everywhere
… Streaming’s Shortcomings
If everyone got their music from streaming? That’s a big problem.
Streaming…
- has no cross promotion with local events or the local economy.
- has no cross promotion with local unsigned bands.
- has no direct connection back to the artist.
- completely
The Mortal Coil
We wake every day, or we don’t. I’d like to keep it that simple but man is it hard to contain the sadness as more and more beautiful people perish.
The latest is a great musician and friend Big … Read the rest
The Next Era of Music
On the playback side, not the creation side….
Turntables have been selling well the past few years but there was one big dark spot on that record – the iconic Technics 1200, the stratocaster of turntables, was discontinued a … Read the rest
The Sun Within
The person behind this website does a few other things that you might kindly check out:
21st century concept albums from 2MERICA:
https://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/2merica
https://soundcloud.com/2merica
https://www.reverbnation.com/2merica
ROAMING CRAZY. FOR REAL.
EZRAZ solo noodles.
This is all distributed by Collinwood … Read the rest
New Bowie: Behold The Blackstar
David is 68 and counting and still making new, relevant music – very inspirational.
For his new record he scouted the New York scene and then hired an experienced hard-jazz improv group to act as his foil. He brought … Read the rest
Science On My Side
Another advancement in the understanding of how we detect sound: timing is more important, and more accurately detected, than frequency. #savetheaudio
This flies in the face of hi-res skeptics who believe our horrible ears could never hear beyond that CD-quality … Read the rest
More Hi-Res Rumors For Apple
I guess this is good – rumors are floating again that Apple Music is moving into Hi-Res Audio. Being a rumor there are very few specifics but a few people more influential than me are saying that 24/96 streaming … Read the rest
Shop Local Record Stores
Nice little roundup of the remaining Cleveland-area record stores, fighting for survival in this digital streaming world. I know where I’m spending my christmas cash!
17 Great Independent Record Stores in Cleveland, Akron, and Beyond…
Always Roaming Crazy
Home grown rock
Music Education Helps Us For An Entire Lifetime
What an amazing study done by Northwestern University showing that simply taking music lessons as a child can improve your cognitive ability as you age and actually offset natural degradation. Music lessons from over 40 years ago still resonated … Read the rest
Hearing With Bones and Eyeballs
Wha? We hear with more than our ears?
Our bones? Our joints? Our eyeballs? Our teeth?
But don’t they just test the ears in hearing tests? Yep.
Don’t they just test the ears in music listening tests? Yep.
See … Read the rest