If you stream and don’t buy anything ever, you are hurting us all.
We all do it, or know those that do. Since about 1999 (the early Napster era) the idea of actually paying for your music collection has been … Read the rest
music
modern, classic, songs, artists, the business
Language Splits; Music Unifies
Very interesting article here about how humans use music psychologically, and how we have evolved with the help of music.
Language divides us into groups and parses all types of information into specific, tribal code.
Music on the other hand, unites … Read the rest
Guide To Hi-Res Audio
The momentum continues, as more publications pick up on this new push towards quality in consumer audio. MP3 won’t die without a fight, but it’s 15 year grip on the music industry appears to be loosening.
Check out … Read the rest
So Brown
Good news when a good band gets back together – Gene and Dean Ween reconvene!
Guess they’ve been off the scene for a few but have booked some shows for next month, and Ween live is always worth it.
Maybe … Read the rest
Gonna Make It Funky For You
Heartbeat, a great jam from WAR in 1975:
I got most of the WAR collection on my Pono and wow, oh yeah, one of my favorite bands of all time.
Now That Was Music
Bill Burr could be america’s most underrated comic. His rants about our everyday social politics leave no one untouched. Not awkward, amazed just like me. It’s not right or left and it’s not playing the games we’ve built for ourselves, … Read the rest
When Jeff Was A Boy
Free Upgrades For Life
Funny how reality got in the way of the Pono bashing and Neil Young hating that was all over the internet in 2013-2014.
The emperor has clothes. He usually wears yellow.
- They claimed Young was trying to
Cut Me Some Slack – McCartney Nirvana
Famous band loses famous singer and breaks up. 20 years pass. More-famous singer is invited to work out a new song and jam, see what happens. This happens. Good stuff.
… Read the restRaindrops
One of my favorite pieces from my favorite classical composer, performed admirably by this young fella Yundi.
Welcome To New Orleans
Great but short concert from The Meters in 1980 with some cool interview clips.
Still Ain’t Got What I Want
Power of music.
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Water Works
Witness the awesome power of music. Tissue please.
… Read the restA Tale Of Two Setups
I was in my new all-analog studio last night with a simple task – dump from the 4-track tape machine to something digital so I could share the tracks just recorded with the artists.
First I needed to do … Read the rest
Quality Hiding In Plain Site
Why the hatred of quality music and sound right now? Is it really the machines taking over?
Consumer audio suffers this weird delusion. It seems to be a digital blindness.
It started in the 80’s but was … Read the rest
Good Drummer, Bad Drummer
“She’s just keeping the beat.” And?
Good advice. Musicians always need to serve the song (and actually write a good song to begin with ).… Read the rest
