Forget the last century in music portability. It is all posed for another shift. Who would have thought in 1960, when the 8-track tape was just a few years old, that within 40 years, the music community would transition from portable 8-track car decks to cassette walkmans and portable CD players.
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Apple iPad – Can it replace your mp3 player?
Last week saw the official unveiling of the iPad, the latest addition to Apple’s hipster-friendly stable of multimedia devices. Among other things, the ‘Pad [which resembles an oversized iPod Touch and has been the subject of countless puerile Twitter jokes due to its name] features an iPod application, through which music can be played in [...]
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MySpace Music Buys Imeem
MONEY OR MUSIC: You Just Can’t get ‘em Both MySpace Music bought Imeem, the popular networking site, for a reported price of 8 or 10 million dollars, (most of it to pay for the staff, rather than the music or the customers, which actually went for less than $ 1 million) on Tuesday Dec 8th. [...]
Trans Siberian Orchestra
The legendary rock orchestra “Trans Siberian Orchestra” basted in 1996 by Paul O’Neill, Robert Kinkel, and Jon Oliva. Paul O’Neill had managed and produced rock bands including Aerosmith, Humble Pie and Scorpions. Their songs are known that combine progressive rock, symphonic metal and heavy metal, with themes of classical music.
Music Interface using Webcam
Audio d-touch is making a collection of applications for real-time musical composition and performance freely available. Using a web-cam, computer, and printer, you can play sounds using image processing to recognize physical markers. You can visit the site below to get the application which includes a drum machine and a sampling sequencer, both are controlled [...]
Tony Trischka School of Banjo
If you want to learn to play the guitar it should not be that difficult. You can enroll at your local college, browse the classified ads and get a personal instructor, or pick up some video lessons. The difficulty presents itself when you want to learn to play the Banjo. No worries. Banjo Virtuoso Tony [...]
Is Heavy-Metal Getting Too Loud
Heavy Metal is characterized by massive sounds, strong vocals, amplified distortion, guitars, and overall loudness. Metallica certainly fits the description very well. However, loud in itself is the not the end-all-be-all or definition of good music. Hearing loss is also a negative side effect of hearing music too loud. Over the years, Metallica has brought [...]
Digital Theater System Trumps State Budget
California legislators do not seem capable of managing the state budget and have issued IOUs (promissory notes) as it continues to face cash problems. Rest assured that politicians are working day and night to come up with solutions. Apparently, the Mayor of Augora Hills Denis Weber together with California State Assemblywoman Julia Brownley seem to [...]
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