Can you hear like an audio engineer? Hello, my name is Matt. I record, edit, and mix music for a living. My profession requires an extremely discerning ear. This little listening test is to see if you can pick up subtle differences in pitch.

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Can you hear which is louder? Hello, my name is Matt. I record, edit, and mix music for a living. My profession requires an extremely discerning ear. This little listening test is to see if you can pick up subtle differences in volume.

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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 [...]

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The Durutti Column are an english post-punk band that got their start in 1978 under the Factory Records umbrella.  Although they have gone through many lineup changes, they are still together today. In 1980 they released an album called "The Return of the Durutti Colum" and decided to do something special with the record jacket. [...]

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I have met just a few virtuosos in my interactions with musicians, and I have met even fewer who have been able to take their playing in an entirely new and creative direction. These two videos are simply incredible. They are of musicians who have managed to come up with methods of beatboxing while playing [...]

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Amazon has published their take on the 100 greatest jazz albums of all time. I had a great time going through this list, remembering music that I hadn’t heard in a long, long time and I also discovered a few albums (and musicians) that I still hadn’t been turned on to. Here is the list [...]

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I just love creativity in music. We ran a story on the Kasio Kristmas music and the Gadget Orchestra, but this one in particular is simply amazing.  It’s Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody ‘played’ entirely with old computer junk. No effects or sampling were used in this song, basically the sound is coming from the devices that [...]

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The human voice is one of the most versatile and amazing instruments. It is able to produce highly intricate arrays of sounds and pitches. It’s tone can also be modulated to suggest emotions such as anger, surprise, or happiness … and of course it can be used to sing. Many singers have claimed the ability [...]

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