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I'm reading 'The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the 20th Century' by Alex Ross . I'm only 40 or so pages into it but it's already whetted my appetite for more instrumental/orchestral/experimental music. He has an online audio guide with excerpts of some key pieces from the modern classical repertoire. ...

great post - loved that first link and will check out the others. thanks.

turn up the vocals!

I'm looking for a small mixer so I can combine multiple electronic sources in a live band context. Kaossillator, sampler, noisebox, etc. Maybe 2 stereo/2 mono inputs. I'd like to be able to send those sources to a loop sampler and/or some fx pedals. So maybe I'll need a couple sends. EQ on each chan...

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We are a 6-pc space-rock/garage-dub/free-punk ensemble. Influences include but are not limited to: Can, Talking Heads, Miles Davis, Flaming Lips, Radiohead, Latin Playboys, King Tubby, Spoon, Jesus Lizard. Lineup includes vox, gtrs, bass, keys, sax, percussion, electronics, etc. We need a drummer wh...

sounds like a pretty sweet deal.
what gear do you use to master?

...already a couple threads going about this:

http://messageboard.tapeop.com/viewtopic.php?t=64505

http://messageboard.tapeop.com/viewtopic.php?t=64482

looks awesome - psyched to hear the madness.
so....how much do you charge for building one of those?

Here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104129585 In addition to Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse, other artists appearing on Dark Night of the Soul include James Mercer of The Shins, The Flaming Lips, Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals, Jason Lytle of Grandaddy, Julian Casablancas of...

the markings on the rim of the Jensen Concert speaker are:
220713
and
EMI202.C8310.3

- not sure how to find out more w/out taking it apart.

I have a vintage 12" Jensen 'Concert' speaker with a ripped-up cone (otherwise in great condition) and a vintage 12" Fender (blue label) speaker with an intact cone but possibly some other issue. The Fender speaker works, but I was having some issues with slight distortion on my Deluxe Reverb and th...

I have a vintage 12" Jensen 'Concert' speaker with a ripped-up cone (otherwise in great condition) and a vintage 12" Fender (blue label) speaker with an intact cone but possibly some other issue. The Fender speaker works, but I was having some issues with slight distortion on my Deluxe Reverb and th...

superaction80 wrote:Eddie Hazel-Red Hot Mama
I know Maggot Brain gets all the love, as it should, but this solo is so "singable".

Nice call!

Of course almost anything by Django, Charlie Christian and Wes Montgomery is gonna be brilliant. I'll just throw out some others that come to mind... "The Abandoned Hospital Ship" Ronald Jones/The Flaming Lips "10 Feet Tall" Dave Gregory/XTC "Yezrial" Marc Ribot (doing Zorn, I think) "Just Like Bett...