soulophonic beta http://www.soulophonic.com sounds of souls Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:03:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 en Tan Biến (Gone) on Paris By Night http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/soulophonic/~3/NQvNe59w9x4/ http://www.soulophonic.com/2007/07/10/tan-bien-on-paris-by-night/#comments Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:48:33 +0000 soulophonic http://www.soulophonic.com/2007/07/10/tan-bien-on-paris-by-night/ Tan Biến (Gone), first track I’ve ever written, has been featured on Thúy Nga’s latest show Paris By Night 89 in Seoul, Korea. It was performed by Thúy Nga’s new spunk Huỳnh Gia Tuấn and Finnish Idol finalist Roni Trọng.

The show was on July 1st, and I’ve yet to listen to the final recording. If you happened to attend the show, please leave your thoughts.

]]> http://www.soulophonic.com/2007/07/10/tan-bien-on-paris-by-night/feed/ http://www.soulophonic.com/2007/07/10/tan-bien-on-paris-by-night/ Eskimo Joe remix competition winner announced http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/soulophonic/~3/QBNUHdleA5w/ http://www.soulophonic.com/2007/04/24/eskimo-joe-remix-competition-winner-announced/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:48:40 +0000 soulophonic competitionEskimo JoeMusicRemix http://www.soulophonic.com/2007/04/24/eskimo-joe-remix-competition-winner-announced/ Eskimo Joe announced the winner for their New York remix competition via Digidesign website yesterday. Congratulations to Paul Wood and the runner-ups.

All mixes hosted by Digidesign.

]]> http://www.soulophonic.com/2007/04/24/eskimo-joe-remix-competition-winner-announced/feed/ http://www.soulophonic.com/2007/04/24/eskimo-joe-remix-competition-winner-announced/ The Month of No Comply http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/soulophonic/~3/DoJ2ibElw10/ http://www.soulophonic.com/2007/04/21/the-month-of-no-comply/#comments Sat, 21 Apr 2007 02:11:25 +0000 soulophonic artsdesignfestivalNice ProduceNo Complyskate board http://www.soulophonic.com/2007/04/21/the-month-of-no-comply/ A few pictures taken at No Comply Festival for those who missed the launch night. On display was a collection of 130 skate boards by artists from around the globe. The festival is running until April 28th.


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Laurie Anderson

]]> http://www.soulophonic.com/2007/04/12/quote-of-the-day-2/feed/ http://www.soulophonic.com/2007/04/12/quote-of-the-day-2/ Best of V Festival 2007 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/soulophonic/~3/kls-xDgyaxc/ http://www.soulophonic.com/2007/04/10/best-of-v-festival-2007/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:22:44 +0000 soulophonic Gnarls BarkleyGroove ArmadaMelbournePet Shop BoysThe RaptureV Festival http://www.soulophonic.com/2007/04/10/best-of-v-festival-2007/ Best of V Festival 2007Back at Sidney Myer Music Bowl again, this time for the Best of V Festival 2007 night. We got there just in time for Gnarls Barkley, missed out on The Rapture set. I’d imagine not many made it there for The Rapture, considering it was a work day and the band was set to start at 5.50pm. Gnarls, backed by a full band and a 6-piece orchestra, lost his voice half way through the set, yet managed to deliver a vibrant performance. Groove Armada was my highlight of the night, indeed the reason I was there. Totally rocking my socks off!

Pet Shop Boys was erm… entertaining. Never a fan…


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Having to line up for a good 40 minutes just to get into the main stage, we decided to stay there till the end, missing out on many other great sets including Chris Lake, Xpress-2, Fedde le Grand and Nick Warren. Nevertheless, Carl Cox and Ferry Corsten never fail to rock any stage. The only problem:- 2 hours of Corsten is never enough…


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]]> http://www.soulophonic.com/2007/03/14/future-music-festival-2007/feed/ http://www.soulophonic.com/2007/03/14/future-music-festival-2007/ Happy Lunar New Year! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/soulophonic/~3/nAZ0MzeBgmQ/ http://www.soulophonic.com/2007/02/17/happy-lunar-new-year/#comments Fri, 16 Feb 2007 23:29:30 +0000 soulophonic 2007ChineseLunarNew YearVietnamese http://www.soulophonic.com/2007/02/17/happy-lunar-new-year/ Happy Lunar New Year! Chúc Mừng Năm Mới! Gung Hi fat choi!
Vietnam this year celebrate its New Year a day early to all other countries, due to the time difference between Hanoi and Beijing. It happens every 22nd or 2rd year.

]]> http://www.soulophonic.com/2007/02/17/happy-lunar-new-year/feed/ http://www.soulophonic.com/2007/02/17/happy-lunar-new-year/ Steve Jobs’ thoughts on music http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/soulophonic/~3/9jsIGGZTtw8/ http://www.soulophonic.com/2007/02/10/steve-jobs-thoughts-on-music/#comments Fri, 09 Feb 2007 14:15:52 +0000 soulophonic AppleDRMFairPlay http://www.soulophonic.com/2007/02/10/steve-jobs-thoughts-on-music/ Steve Jobs has recently posted an article on the Hot News section of Apple website expressing his thoughts on music, or rather his explanation of the cause and effect of Apple’s Digital Rights Management (DRM) system. Considered its “not so fair” FairPlay DRM recently declared illegal in Norway, with many more legal bills to come from all over Europe including France, Germany, Sweden and Finland; these are not just Jobs’ random thoughts.

Jobs indeed blames the “big four” labels for the DRM system’s existence, saying if they can be convinced to release their music DRM-free, Apple will embrace it wholeheartedly. He advises “those unhappy with the current situation”, i.e. European consumer agencies and/or Apple’s competitors, “should redirect their energies towards persuading the music companies to sell their music DRM-free”.

On the other side, Jon Johansen, the first and only man to date who managed to unblock FairPlay, accused Apple of lying by quoting an article on NYTimes about Apple rejecting requests from music label to remove FairPlay copy protection from their tracks on Apple Music Store. He also pointed out that Apple was using misleading statistics by showing the 22 songs average per iPod. Jon also demonstrated Microsoft’s case as an example of opening its DRMs to other companies and still had less security breaches than FairPlay

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]]> http://www.soulophonic.com/2007/02/06/future-music-festival/feed/ http://www.soulophonic.com/2007/02/06/future-music-festival/ Eskimo Joe’s New York [Soulophonic’s Remix] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/soulophonic/~3/5d3dJ9eFwRc/ http://www.soulophonic.com/2007/02/03/eskimo-joes-new-york-soulophonics-remix/#comments Sat, 03 Feb 2007 11:05:08 +0000 soulophonic ContestEskimo JoeMusicRemix http://www.soulophonic.com/?p=6 I love the new Eskimo Joe’s Black Fingernails, Red Wine album. So when they announced their remix contest for the upcoming New York single, that was just another excuse for me to get back into something that I haven’t done for quite a while: making music. That and the fact that they made their track available in Pro Tools session format. Another excuse for me finally create something in Pro Tools.

By the end, it got quite frustrated - she crashed on me every 15 minutes, no exaggerating! Maybe 7.3 LE doesn’t like my outdated MBox. Maybe she doesn’t like FruityLoops (ermm, you did not hear me say FruityLoops, I was supposed to do everything in Pro Tools!!!). What came out was a progressive groovy house track. Kinda spacey actually. I’m quite happy with it, indeed I spent a good whole 3 days dancing to it in my lounge room.

Check it out and leave your thoughts! Also visit Eskimo Joe’s Space for the Original Mix, or watch it on the Tube.

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