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Why I want to buy the Korg Monotron for my next analog synthesizer
Read more . . . →I just watched this video which demonstrates how versatile Korg's new Monotron synthesizer is. This little synth was recently reviewed in the May 2010 Future Music Magazine (Issue 226) but this video looks at how it can filter other sounds, even guitar! I just recently purchased an analog synthesizer, the DSI Mopho, and one of the main features it sports is an audio in which can modulate and filter external audio signals, or create feedback within the synth. Check out the video below to check out Korg's new product, and check back later this month to find a review on...
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Guitar Hero or Guitar God
Read more . . . →Image by ♫axime via Flickr Like many music lovers I learned guitar when I was in high school. I saw my first music video showcasing some really hot licks and I instnatly fell in love; I needed to master those six strings. Unfortunately it's not as simple as getting your hands on the instrument. There is tuning, pracice and guitar lessons that all helped to get me off my feet. I have taken many classes to improve my skill, but this one tiny product helped me imensely. If you want to take your guitar skills to the next level find...
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Why Coldplay Doesn't Suck
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Vibrasphere Remix Breakdown
Read more . . . →By Alex Massaad A few weeks ago I made a remix of a song: Its by a band that I've been a really big fan of for a couple years, Vibrasphere. You can check out the link above to get caught up with the song I'm about to describe and break down. In this post I'm going to explain how I put together this arrangement, as well as some details on how I'm configuring Ableton Live to play around with the samples before I get to the arrangement stage. I save a lot of time by playing around with musical...
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Florence + The Machine - You've Got the Love (Live at the Rivoli Ballroom)
Her voice is just ridiculous! Another great live video from Florence + The Machine Check out more Florence + The Machine Videos here.Read more . . . → -
Week 12: Intertextuality and Hollywood
Read more . . . →Watch: Star Trek (Abrams, 2009) Read: Jenkins, Henry. "Star Trek rerun, reread, rewritten: Fan writing as textual poaching" Critical Studies in Mass Communication 5.2 (1988). 29 Nov. 2009 My last screening returns to the land of fiction as I wanted a good example of the types of borrowing and rewriting that already exists heavily within Hollywood. Hopefully with the previous weeks exposure to liberal copyright politics the students will take a closer look at who has the right to control and change this culture. I went back to revisit our friend Henry Jenkins for another look at the relationship between...
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Lady GaGa Plays the GaGatar, electro-modern style
We’re not quite sure just what the heck Lady GaGa is playing here, but it looks like she’s got a keytar slash bass slash MPC GaGatar in the Haus. You can see Lady Gaga’s keytar thing in action in her video for Telephone & Dance in the Dark, below, unless it gets yanked by the YouTube police.Read more . . . → -
Week 11: Copyright, copyleft
Read more . . . →Watch: Good Copy, Bad Copy (Johnson, Christensen, Moltke 2007) Read: Pouwelse, J., P. Garbacki, D. Epema, and H. Sips. "Pirates and Samaritans: A decade of measurements on peer production and their implications for net neutrality and copyright." Telecommunications Policy 32 (December 2008): 701-712. My last non-fiction week screens a documentary that takes a close look at fan-created media, sampling and copyright issues around the world. The film interviews Girl Talk who was introduced during week 8 and also DJ Danger Mouse who is another “king” of copyright infringement. What I felt was really valuable in this film was the way...
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Florence + The Machine - Drumming Song
Her voice deviates quite a bit from the version on the album . None the less it's a solid performance and just goes to show how authentic the performance is.Read more . . . → -
Week 10: Propaganda Model of Content Creation
Read more . . . →Watch: Manufacturing Consent (Wintonick, 1992) Read: Seltzer, Trent. "RIAA, MPAA, and the Digital Piracy Issue: Comparing Public Relations Strategies and Effectiveness" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Sheraton New York, New York City, NY, . 2009-05-25 http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p14465_index.html Following with the previous weeks examination of corporate media and how their agendas affect the media we consume I wanted to look at a seminal Canadian documentary based on the propaganda model of media. The film does a good job of criticizing the media for being partisan and only interested in the agendas of an elite minority. The...