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dwlb wrote:So what you're saying is, he's a quarter step flat a lot.

Yes and no.

I wouldn't really call his vocal stylings "atonal" as that implies a systematic (or intuitive) avoidance of tonal harmony (that thing we've been living with since Bach: begins and ends in the same key, strong tonic/dominant relationships, etc). What's interesting about Ian's singing is that he's oft...

I take the question posed by the OP as being one more about "great learning" and inspiration, rather than trying to establish the mechanics of a specific technique. For example, if a recording makes me sit up and say "That's really something..." then what more could I ask for? I've been challenged t...

I found behind the glass to be pretty inspiring. Also there's one that is something like Palaces of Sound that's about great studios. Reading about Atlantic Records making great records in a second story walkup with limited gear made me stop thinking about what I don't have and start using what I d...

Excerpted! This is my friend Will's sextet Mutasm performing a 40 minute long jazz composition of his. http://www.box.net/shared/l2a6ddk41b (opening free improv) http://www.box.net/shared/34o29nofyt (nathaniel's beautiful alto solo) Technical: 88.2 kHz RME MultiFace I Earthworks QTC1 spaced pair -> ...

http://www.box.net/shared/cy03qqpjys entitled: "normandy (for matt m)" technical: sung through a dirty sock. musical: sort of eno-y / riley-y / and based on a french drinking song i learned in high school. originally meant to be some sort of lugubrious meditation on war, after sitting around for abo...

I think that anybody who plays a wooden, acoustic instrument is well aware of the continuous battle with temperature, humidity and the alignment of the stars.

I don't totally agree with you, Joel. I think that your "intuition first" style is indeed good and true and helpful... to those whose temperaments are so naturally inclined, and whose creative contexts are similar to yours. Here's an alternative temperament and context! One of my biggest heros (for ...

dammit, i have a rhodes i want to leave san diego and come out to new york city.

really cool idea, though.


! jms ?

Oh, very good!

I don't.

But you can add one more to your list of Kensingtonfriends if you like.

Wow!

Really rather nice! You are among those with a gentle ear, for songwriting as well as engineering.

Congratulations.

+1 for mic'ing because clearly i'm the type of person who appreciates when The New Yorker spells it co?rdination MORE DIACRITICS! as for xlr's i've always tried to figure out if there is some sort of convention concerning pluralizing acronyms/numbers. like the b-52's . but then, you can go to any de...

I try to avoid misanthropy, but. Yes.

Our guts are probably sinking in the same room.

I have theories about this. But nobody ever likes my theories around here!

I really liked my experience with some B&W's (DM 602's or something, three way home theater speakers) that had found their way into my apartment last year. I was very sad when they went away. They had a believably impressive low-end and very tight imaging, but the "bigness" of the sound led me to un...

It really does not have to be as complicated as you are making it. I really does not have to be as simple as you are making it. But then again I am who I am. /end contrariness. In fact, John Cage and Sun Ra only came in as responses to posts that were also not clearly on topic. Not that there's any...