Author Archives: admin

Shouting the Blues

Posted on April 15, 2012 by admin

David Murray [wk] and James Blood Ulmer’s [wk] blues big band project played Milan’s Teatro Manzoni on January 29, 2012.

Blues big band? What a great idea the two elders have conjured and made happen!

Permanent link to this post (37 words, estimated 9 secs reading time)

Posted in blues, masters, video | Leave a comment

Sun Ra – Montreux 1976

Posted on April 6, 2012 by admin

Permanent link to this post (2 words, estimated 0 secs reading time)

Posted in Improv, inspiration, video, visionaries | Leave a comment

h/t to Synthhead at Synthtopia; although I’m not sure what the thrust of the headline for the post is; to whit: “Does This Laser-Controlled Musical Church Satisfy Your Need For Audio-Visual Nihilism?”

Earlier,

Permanent link to this post (2 words, estimated 0 secs reading time)

Posted in sound & beyond, soundscapers, video | Leave a comment

Jean Grae – My Story aka Spitting Til They Shame You

Posted on March 27, 2012 by admin

Jean Grae | Blog | Twitter | Facebook

Some say she’s the Queen of MC’s. Sure, and King too.

Permanent link to this post (21 words, estimated 5 secs reading time)

Posted in Beats & Breaks, video | Leave a comment

Touching Figure

Posted on March 22, 2012 by admin

Propellerhead Figure

My own initial foray:

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Although reviewers decried the lack of a save function, none came around to praise the lack of latency. When the iPad or iPhone’s audio output is hooked into a DAW all the interesting alterations you can make on the ‘song’ page, such as jumping around to different notes in the progression, and on-the-fly stuff you make elsewhere, are captured without any hiccups.

Permanent link to this post (101 words, estimated 24 secs reading time)

Posted in IPad/iOS audio, video | Leave a comment