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PBS NOVA: Musical Minds With Oliver Sacks

graham@grahamenglish.com (Graham English) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:01:13 +0000

Oliver Sacks explores how the power of music can make the brain come alive.

You need to watch this soon. It will only be available to watch for one week, from July 1-7, 2009, due to right restrictions. It features musical savants, music therapy, and some fascinating mind/brain research dealing with music.

You could also search for a torrent.

Evelyn Glennie: How To Listen To Music With Your Whole Body

graham@grahamenglish.com (Graham English) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:01:59 +0000

Hat tip to Beyond Bass Camp and Steve Lawson for finding this one.

I’ve written about Evelyn Glennie before but wouldn’t you rather hear it come straight from the source?

Watch now: Evelyn Glennie: How To Listen To Music With Your Whole Body

Logic Studio Training Beginner Series

graham@grahamenglish.com (Graham English) — Sun, 24 May 2009 19:25:26 +0000

If you’re a brand new Logic Studio user or If you’re thinking about buying it and want to see how easy it is to begin making music, these videos will help you hit the tape hot.

Watch the entire series on YouTube: Logic Studio Training Beginner Series

Become a Logic Studio Training subscriber and get access to hours of Logic Studio tutorials.

Wynton Marsalis Testifies Before A Congressional Committee. Arts = Jobs

graham@grahamenglish.com (Graham English) — Sat, 02 May 2009 14:40:32 +0000

On March 31, 2009, Arts Advocacy Day, Americans for the Arts gathered a panel of acclaimed artists and experts to call on Congress for continuing and additional support and funding for the arts and arts education in America. This hearing, entitled “The Arts = Jobs,” focused on congressional support of strong public policies for the arts, appropriating increased public funding for the arts and supporting arts workers. Josh Groban and Wynton Marsalis were among the artists who testified before a Congressional Committee to champion the benefits of arts and arts education.

Anytime Wynton speaks, I listen.

Watch on Vimeo.

Happy Birthday, Duke

graham@grahamenglish.com (Graham English) — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:29:56 +0000

Born April 29, 1899, in Washington, D.C. There’s a gold mine of videos on YouTube.

Trent Reznor On Digg Dialogg

graham@grahamenglish.com (Graham English) — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:24:41 +0000

Trent Reznor talks about the music business and more. Trent Reznor On Digg Dialogg

UPDATE: The NIN iPhone app is live! http://tinyurl.com/ninaccess RT @trent_reznor

Google Something Better

graham@grahamenglish.com (Graham English) — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:07:29 +0000

This is just a little challenge. John Battelle wrote about the “database of intentions” in his book, The Search. If you look at our search history, it tells us who we are and what we value. Our Google searches are the artifacts of our culture.

Really, it’s just a small challenge. Google something better.

Google Hot Trends What are people searching for on Google today? http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends/atom/hourly,2007-08 2009-07-09T20:00:41Z 2009-07-09T20:00:41Z <![CDATA[tim tebow girlfriend, ...]]>

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steve mcnair sahel kazemi vacation photos

big green egg

michael jackson body missing

trousseau

lebron james gets dunked on video

rentometer

michael jackson memorial service full video

eve plumb

smith and hawken

tour de france stage 6

emma watson wardrobe malfunction

egg grill

steve mcnair 911 call

emmett till

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cloward piven strategy

paris jackson exploited

diamondback terrapins

us women s open 2009

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mcnair s girlfriend

i like to think of jesus as a mischievous badger

children of the corn

sean duffy real world

the clean program

district 9

mcnair funeral

for those who think young

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big brother 11

beyonce sweet dreams video

skating babies

aj lamas

sahel kazemi dui video

evian roller babies

jussie smollett

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dad runs over campers

stephanie der

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klove

jussie smollett and raven symone

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mariah apologizes for singing

ali wise

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No Resolution

graham@grahamenglish.com (Graham English) — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:44:03 +0000

On the one hand, I feel like I can’t take any credit for this piece because I didn’t play a lick of it. On the other hand, I spent a lot of time creating the rules that would compose this music in real-time.

My experience while listening to it the first time was in an altered-state already, so maybe that’s why I’m conditioned to like it. Because every listen since, I’ve been able to really quiet the mind with these “sound rules.”

Visualizing Relative Beat Strength

graham@grahamenglish.com (Graham English) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:14:53 +0000

I was taught to organize rhythms into increments of two measures at a time. Some beats/pulses get a natural emphasis in relation to their placement in the measure. I put together this illustration of the most natural points of relative emphasis in a 2-measure unit of rhythm.

Download the pdf: Relative Beat Strength

Coins In The River

graham@grahamenglish.com (Graham English) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:51:12 +0000

This is my first attempt at composing generative music. All four harp parts were generated by a set of melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic rules. Minor editing was done after the fact. I improvised the piano in real-time. The drone was performed using Camel Audio’s Alchemy. Tim Conrardy, a member of the talented Camel Audio team, passed away yesterday. So I dedicate this piece to Tim.

Ear Training With White Noise

graham@grahamenglish.com (Graham English) — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 23:34:22 +0000

Here’s an ear training game I’ve been playing using white noise.

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We’re In A Culture War

graham@grahamenglish.com (Graham English) — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 04:35:16 +0000

Peter Kirn is shaking it up and inspiring me to think about what actions I need to take in response to the diminishing importance of the arts in our culture.

My question is fundamental: why can’t the arts and “entertainment” be considered part of the economy? And what do we have to do, exactly, to convince people that there are real jobs that don’t involve building roads?

Link: Democrats, Republicans Join to Ban Arts Stimulus, Declare Arts Worker Jobs Not “Real”

UPDATE: Great news. Congress Restores Arts Funding, Drops Arts Stimulus Ban, After Public Outcry

My Favorite Audio Sites

graham@grahamenglish.com (Graham English) — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:32:43 +0000

A friend recently asked me for the list of feeds I read to keep up with the audio world because I’m always sending him the coolest stuff. Until now, I’ve kept it a closely guarded secret. But I figured we could collaborate and you could share some of your favorite audio sites in the comments.

These are the feeds, not the actual sites. I don’t have time to visit 30 or 50 sites on a daily basis. But with the site feed, all the information comes directly to me in my inbox. If you’re not organizing and managing the content you’re interested in with Google Reader or a similar feed reader, you’re really missing out. There’s awesome power in the aggregation of information.

In no particular order:

Also, you can subscribe to my Google Reader Shared Items here.

Celemony Presents Melodyne Editor… Again [NAMM 2009 Highlights]

graham@grahamenglish.com (Graham English) — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:36:27 +0000

Quite some time ago Celemony made a huge buzz among musicians and non-musicians alike with their Direct Note Access technology. I discovered it in the Delicious Popular Feed of all places. Anyway, I forgot all about it until today.

M-Audio Axiom Pro Series [NAMM 2009 Highlights]

graham@grahamenglish.com (Graham English) — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:07:04 +0000

I’ve been looking for a 49-key controller to fill the gap between my Korg nanoKEY and Keystation Pro 88. Best feature…

HyperControl automatically maps the keyboard’s 65 controls to commonly accessed parameters in digital audio workstations including Pro Tools®, Cubase, Logic and Reason*, as well as software instruments.

Native Instruments Maschine [NAMM 2009 Highlights]

graham@grahamenglish.com (Graham English) — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:55:37 +0000

A brand new hardware/software groove production studio. Covered in depth by Create Digital Music. I’ll be picking one up when it drops in April.

Solo Transcriptions: Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum by Freddie Hubbard

graham@grahamenglish.com (Graham English) — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:33:50 +0000

Today we lost a jazz lion, Freddie Hubbard. I’ve spent countless hours digesting his music and transcribing his solos so his death deeply touches me. His art was a major influence on my jazz vocabulary. If you don’t own Speak No Evil, you’re missing out.

I took one of my handwritten transcriptions and put it in the Logic Studio score editor this afternoon to give you a taste of his genius. I hope you enjoy it.

Original Recording:

Download the transcription: Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum by Freddie Hubbard

Meditating On The Musicians We Lost In 2008

graham@grahamenglish.com (Graham English) — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:08:31 +0000

The New York Times posted a beautiful sound collage featuring some of the musicians we lost in 2008. Just added to the list, Freddie Hubbard.

Handwritten Notes By Thelonious Monk

graham@grahamenglish.com (Graham English) — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 01:16:18 +0000

I’m not sure of the original source, but I just found these handwritten notes by Thelonious Monk in the Delicious popular feed posted by thescotter. Awesome stuff!

Merry Christmas!

graham@grahamenglish.com (Graham English) — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 04:50:59 +0000

I have a very special holiday gift for you. Logic Studio Training is dropping the usual price of its membership from $19.95 a month to a single low payment of $19.95 for a lifetime membership! I wish I could say this price will last forever, but I can’t. So it’s important that you act now. If you have any questions, let me know in the comments.

I want to thank you for all your support and I wish you the happiest of holidays and the absolute best in 2009!

Join Logic Studio Training Today!

From The Notebook 12-7-08

graham@grahamenglish.com (Graham English) — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 04:17:09 +0000

Chris Brogan’s article, How Alltop Powers Bloggers, has a tip to get more traffic by getting added to an Alltop topic. Go here to sign up. Maybe if enough of us submit the topic, independentmusicians, it will be recognized.

Here’s a pair of scripts to simplify posting videos to YouTube. If you’re a Mac user and post to YouTube regularly like me, you might find these time-saving scripts useful.

Calling all musicians: Join YouTube’s Symphony Orchestra. YouTube is offering musicians around the globe the opportunity to join a symphony orchestra via video through the world’s first collaborative online orchestra.

Google Friend Connect is now available and you might want to get your Google profile tidied up. You can connect to me on my sidebar.

Delicious Has A Brand New Audio Player For MP3 Bookmarks so now you should bookmark all your MP3s using delicious.

I’m accepting and sharing MP3s using SoundCloud. Anything you want me to hear? I can’t promise to comment or anything but I love to listen to new music.

Send me your track

On the music licensing front:
Songcatalog connects publishers, labels, independent artists and producers with companies looking to license music for commercial use.

WacBiz could use a website usability makeover and some proofreading, but it might be an avenue for licensing opportunities.

Rumblefish just joined YouTube. Submit you music here and you could get a piece of the action. They also place music in film, TV, video games, advertising and marketing campaigns, podcasts, video blogs, background usage, and more.

And when you need a music business contract…

Christmas Time Is Here

graham@grahamenglish.com (Graham English) — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:25:24 +0000

Getting into the holiday spirit with Christmas Time Is Here from A Charlie Brown Christmas. Music by Vince Guaraldi.

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Servitude

graham@grahamenglish.com (Graham English) — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:36:42 +0000

Their minds seem like clean slates upon which we can write.
—Dr. Cyril J. C. Kennedy and Dr. David Anchel on the benefits of electroshock therapy, 1948

I had just one goal—to stay alive until the next day…But it wasn’t just to survive, but to survive as me.
—Mario Villani, survivor of four years in Argentina’s torture camps

From The Shock Doctrine.

Quiet Wonder

graham@grahamenglish.com (Graham English) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:58:08 +0000

I wrote this for my nephew who is due to be born in 15 days.

Update: Elliot English was born on December 7, 2008.

Quiet Wonder

I Think I Crashed The Economy

graham@grahamenglish.com (Graham English) — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:51:43 +0000

Sorry.

I Think I Crashed The Economy

Time Saving Logic Studio Template Tips

graham@grahamenglish.com (Graham English) — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:37:13 +0000

I’ve been investing the majority of my time these days into developing Logic Studio Training. It’s a membership site devoted to helping you become a master Logic Studio user.

If you make music with Logic Studio, you’ll be interested in a tutorial I just published showing you a cool time-saving trick for your Logic Studio Templates.

Right now, we’ll give you a 7-day trial for only $1, but it will be ending this week. So if you are interested in mastering Logic Studio, you should take advantage of this time-sensitive offer now.

Let me know if you have any questions.

How To Write And Analyze Lyrics Using TextMate

graham@grahamenglish.com (Graham English) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:56:16 +0000

TextMate is my second favorite app right behind Logic Studio. I’ve written about my TextMate love affair a lot.

In this tutorial, I wanted to share how I use TextMate to write and analyze lyrics, including tips for finding the perfect rhyme and spotlighting important ideas.

You may also be interested in a previous tutorial on finding lyrics for your MP3s.

Watch on Viddler:
How To Write And Analyze Lyrics Using TextMate by Graham English
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How To Write And Analyze Lyrics Using TextMate by Graham English
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How To Write And Analyze Lyrics Using TextMate by Graham English

Beyond Is Within (If I Could Surrender)

graham@grahamenglish.com (Graham English) — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 21:10:17 +0000

If I could surrender and fall into the emptiness.

In An Anxious Funk

graham@grahamenglish.com (Graham English) — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 20:58:29 +0000

This is what a lot of nervous energy sounds like two days before the election.

In An Anxious Funk from Graham English on Vimeo.

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The Sermon

graham@grahamenglish.com (Graham English) — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:37:09 +0000

The Sermon is a blues written and recorded in 1957 by jazz legend, Jimmy Smith. I haven’t learned the complete melody yet but I thought I would take a stab at playing it from memory. After all, it’s just an F blues.

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