Archive for August, 2007

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Brain parts

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

Great post from Seth Godin on the power of audio or more specifically audio books.
In my experience, audio book listeners are ten times more likely to drop me email or talk about what they heard than book readers. Part of it is the entertaining nature of the presentation, I think (I probably talk better than [...]

Free Music - A piece for four Theremins

Saturday, August 25th, 2007

I just found out I’ll be performing Percy Grainger’s ‘Free Music’ as part of a Theremin quartet on September 27th.
Percy Grainger was a Australian composer born in 1882. His work was inspired by folk music and featured traditional tonality, gliding intervals, polyrhythms and electronic instruments. Free Music was his attempt to break free of [...]

Doug E Fresh on American Idol

Sunday, August 19th, 2007

I know this happened a while back, but I only just found it. When this track came out I loved it so much - I used to walk around town with my stereo eating up batteries playing this among other tracks. I got to interview Doug a few years back and he was [...]

Honda invite you to close your eyes and listen

Saturday, August 18th, 2007

Really cool ad from Honda in Brazil. It invites you to ‘Put your headphones, close your eyes and enjoy the ride’. It dispenses with any visual and relies purely on sound using what it claims is ‘3D Holophonic sound technology’. It is great to see brands embracing the evocative power of sound, although its not [...]

What the Future Sounded Like

Saturday, August 18th, 2007

What the Future Sounded Like is a brilliant documentary that tells the story of British synthesizer manufactures EMS. EMS was setup in the 60’s by pioneering electronic composers Peter Zinovieff and Tristram Cary (famed for his work on the Dr Who series) and engineer David Cockerell. The 60’s was a time of sweeping change, experimentation [...]

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