http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32vpgNiAH60
What’s one way to spend your musician skills? Improving on Chatroulette of course! Slightly funny and awesome.
“This of video of Merton doing piano improvisation with random strangers on Chatroulette wins for most hilarious Chatroulette video created so far.” – Laughing Squid
For more info: chatroulette.com
via Laughing Squid
This entry was written by , posted on March 16, 2010 at 7:24 pm, filed under music and tagged Chatroulette, improv, piano. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Gary Numan In Conversation from Machine Music on Vimeo.
I’ve always thought Gary Numan was highly underrated. Go back today and listen through his albums and see if you don’t agree. Honest loud real analog synths and interesting vocals. They don’t make them like they used to.
“Gary Numan (born Gary Webb on 8 March 1958) is an English singer, composer, and musician, most widely known for his chart-topping 1979 hits “Are ‘Friends’ Electric?” (with Tubeway Army) and “Cars”. One of the first musicians to use electronic synthesizers successfully in rock music, his signature sound consisted of heavy synthesizer hooks fed through guitar effects pedals. Commercially unsuccessful for many years of his career, Numan is nevertheless considered a pioneer of commercial electronic music. His use of themes from science fiction, and his combination of aggressive punk energy with electronics, have since been widely imitated.” – Wikipedia.org
The official Gary Numan homepage: http://www.numan.co.uk
This entry was written by , posted on March 2, 2010 at 4:43 pm, filed under interviews, live performance, music, synthesizer and tagged 1980's, concert, Gary Numan, interview, music, new wave, Recording Studio, synthesizer, synthpop. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
For years I’ve been thinking how great it would be to write a song a day or something along those lines. I write a lot of music but it’s in bursts and most of it I would never release. The RPM Challenge is an online get together where you basically record an album in a month. I just came across this and the 2010 challenge is almost over so why blog it? I really enjoyed checking out the site. Somehow it feels like a small music town get together. I also like listening to songs recorded quickly. The less contrived the music is usually the better.
“This is The Challenge – Record an album in 28 days, just because you can. That’s 10 songs or 35 minutes of original material recorded during the month of February. Go ahead… put it to tape. Don’t wait for inspiration – taking action puts you in a position to get inspired. You’ll stumble across ideas you would have never come up with otherwise, and maybe only because you were trying to meet a day’s quota of (song)writing. Show up and get something done, and invest in yourself and each other. Anyone can come up with an excuse to say “no,” so don’t!” – rpmchallenge.com
For more info: rpmchallenge.com
This entry was written by , posted on February 25, 2010 at 5:11 pm, filed under music, song writing and tagged contest, RPM Challenge, song writing. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
I once also owned every single Front 242 record. I wish they still made song structured songs with Jean Luc DeMeyer on lead vocals. Even still, I am glad for the amazing albums they gave us such as Official Version and Front by Front. I saw them perform at the Palidium in the late 80s. It was awesome.
“Belgian industrial group Front 242 were at the crest of the Electronic Body Music wave, carrying the baton from groups like Throbbing Gristle and Caberet Voltaire, combining their post-punk aesthetic with strong backbeats, slices, samples, and ominous vocals. Their raw sound is married with strong militaristic imagery, chopped-up scenes from television, and even evangelical leanings.” – redbullmusicacademy.com
For more info: front242.com
This entry was written by , posted on February 22, 2010 at 8:11 pm, filed under interviews, music, video and tagged electronic body music, Front 242, Red Bull Music Academy. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miFFZe0X7_w
Depeche Mode has long been one of my most loved bands. If you didn’t already know I won a contest and went on tour with DM which ended up as the movie Depeche Mode 101. You can see me in it as a young mohawked 17 year old. I personally feel there best work was when Alan Wilder was in the band so it was so very nice to see he took the stage this yesterday with his old mates.
Former Depeche Mode keyboardist Alan Wilder appeared on stage with the British synth pop band for the first time in 16 years…. Wilder appeared with the band during the encore to help perform “Somebody,” which appears on 1984’s Some Great Reward. “Dave contacted me a few weeks back and asked if I’d be willing to join them on-stage,” Wilder wrote on his website on Thursday (Feb. 18). “He assured me that everyone in the band was into the idea. I was very happy to accept, especially as it was all in a good cause and we were long overdue some kind of reunion of this sort. “It was great to see everyone again and catch up a bit, and it was also the first time I have actually ’seen’ Depeche Mode perform!” – chartattack.com
via Maurice Roy
This entry was written by , posted on February 18, 2010 at 2:59 pm, filed under live performance, music, video and tagged Alan Wilder, Depeche Mode. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
It’s valentine’s day. Sorry if you are lonely. Here’s one highly recommended very romantic song: Depeche Mode – Shake the Disease (iTunes link).
“Here is a plea From my heart to you Nobody knows me As well as you do You know how hard it is for me To shake the disease That takes hold of my tongue In situations like these” – depechemode.com
For more info: depechemode.com
This entry was written by , posted on February 14, 2010 at 7:50 am, filed under music and tagged Depeche Mode, Shake the Disease, Valentine's Day. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ne3vAsMXJg
Here’s my 5 thoughts about this: 1. This is what it feels like to go on tour in Germany. Imagine this for 12 hours straight and you now know what it’s like to play events over there. 2. German people! 3. This is actually pretty creative and awesome. 4. Even though I lived in Berlin for three years I have no idea what they are talking about. 5. WTF!
“meine name ist garfield, ja! ja
ich war schon immer da, ja! ja
und jetzt bin ich auch da, ja! ja
und du bist auch da, ja! ja
wir sind beide da, ja! ja
zusammen in the universe, ja! ja
zusammen mit der polizei, ja! ja
ich erzähl ihm ihm was von salbei, ja! ja
eukalyptus und menthol, ja! ja
ich bin unschuldig, ja! ja
like manitu, ja! ja
das ist der killa, ja! ja”
via Marc Decourt
This entry was written by , posted on February 13, 2010 at 5:42 am, filed under music and tagged German, HGich.T, music, strange, Tutenchamun. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exFWurXtsU4
Something was really lost when the mixtape died. You see once upon a time a boy could make a mixtape for a girl. I personally took part in that exact ritual. The music on the tape represented how cool I was and the lyrics on each song were specific planned out messages. I took pride in knowing I had to coolest music. I walked the streets of NYC going from record store to record to be sure of just that fact. It’s a shame every tune in now just one click away. I wonder what teenage boys are giving girls these days.
““Mixtape”, a wonderful short film by Luke Snellin brings back the memories for those of us who used to spend hours making music mixes on cassette tape.” – Scott Beale
This entry was written by , posted on February 6, 2010 at 6:39 am, filed under music, political and tagged cassette, mixtape, romantic. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
ReGen is a USA based EBM, Synthpop and Goth magazine. Since last October (2009) they have been putting out a free one hour mix of music. I like to grab it and scan through the audio to pick out a gem here and there. Where’s my black nail polish?
“An hour of the best in industrial, goth, EBM, synthpop and alternative and electronic music, downloadable every Monday provided by ReGen Magazine.” – regenmag.com
Subscribe now (iTunes link): click here
This entry was written by , posted on January 4, 2010 at 6:34 am, filed under music and tagged EBM, electronic body music, Goth, industrial, podcast, ReGen. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m8IOD-wk9g
Every now and then I come across a vintage synthpop gem that I never heard before. I found today’s song via the Matrixsynth blog and it’s called Computer Games by a band called Mi-Sex. Apparently the song was a huge hit in Australia. I checked out other Mi-Sex songs on Amazon and discovered they are really a rock pop band and this was one of the few tracks they released that were synth heavy. Amazon link: Computer Games/Space Race
“Mi-Sex (also spelt ‘’MiSex’’) was a New Zealand / Australian new wave rock band active from 1978 to 1984. Led by Steve Gilpin as vocalist, they were best known for their singles “Computer Games” in 1979 and “People” in 1980. Their first single for CBS, “But You Don’t Care” / “Burning Up”, was released in Australia in June 1979 and their debut album, Graffiti Crimes was issued in July 1979 to coincide with their national tour as the support act for Talking Heads. The LP included their biggest hit, the synthesizer-driven “Computer Games”, a Burns/Stanton composition released in Australia on October 1, 1979. The single went to #1 in Australia, made the Top 5 in New Zealand, and also charted in 20 countries including Canada and South Africa.” – wikipedia.org/wiki/MiSex
Discogs: http://www.discogs.com/Mi-Sex-Computer-Games/release/1962269
via Matrixsynth
This entry was written by , posted on January 2, 2010 at 7:31 am, filed under music and tagged Computer Games, Mi-Sex, music, synthpop. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
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