Did anyone see Jerry Lee Lewis on the Farm Aid show? Unbelievable!!!! This guy is 74 years old and he still kicks ass! I didn’t even know he was still alive. He has been playing music for OVER 50 years. AWESOME!!!! This guy needs a lifetime achievement award! Amazing!
Here is some old school Jerry:
from RemixMagazine:
Mar 2, 2009 6:53 PM
Version 1.7 of Spectrasonics Stylus RMX Real-time Groove Module is now available for $399 or as a free upgrade to existing RMX users. The update features an innovative and completely new capability called Time Designer, which instantly transforms RMX audio loops into different time signatures and features the ability to Groove Lock the feel of any groove to another — all in real time. Time Designer also lets you create instant pattern variations with smart algorithms based on musical rules, and to “simplify” any RMX groove in a musical manner.
To Groove Lock any loop in real time to another loop or MIDI file, you choose a designated loop as the Groove Lock master, and switch the Settings button. After that, all the loops that are played as the user browses are Groove Locked to that main feel.
RMX 1.7’s Time Designer is available in any designated time signature. Once new Time Signatures are selected, the browsing experience works the same way – once you choose 6/8 in Time Designer, your entire RMX library will be instantly available rearranged in 6/8 patterns.
For multiple time signatures in a piece of music, you sets the first time signature variation, drag and drop the MIDI file to the sequencer and then set the time signature to a new one. Repeat that process for each section of music that requires a new time signature. The MIDI files you drag to the host sequencer are “imprinted” with all the Groove Lock and time signature changes in the MIDI data, so they’ll be ready for further customization.
Time Designer’s Pattern Variation section lets you instantly check out useful variations on a loop. Time Designer makes rearrangements of the pattern based on a series of musical rules creating useful variations, and is available for all time signatures.
The new Simplify function provides another way to instantly customize audio loops to fit the music. Turning the Simplify knob takes out slices and makes more space for other musical parts. Used along with Groove Lock, Simplify lets you quickly layer synchronized grooves to create one-of-a-kind groove combinations. The Time Designer page shows a graphic of the groove’s time slices to give the user instant visual feedback along with the changing groove as the Simplify knob is turned. Anything in RMX can be used with Simplify including tonal, percussive and imported REX libraries.
All Time Designer features also work with third party RMX libraries and imported REX files, as long as the grooves are sliced properly.
Sylus RMX 1.7 is the first 64-bit native software from Spectrasonics, includes all the new effects from Omnisphere and useful workflow enhancements, such as Suite Editing and Host Transport Sync.
Check out Spectrasonics’ video demo of Stylus RMX 1.7.
From Creative Comons:
Georgia Wonder, the UK band who made headlines earlier this year for encouraging their fans to share their music, is participating in this year’s annual MIXABLE contest to support UK schools. The band has made the separated audio tracks from their song “Girl You Never Knew” available for download in both WAV and AIFF files and available under our Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license:
Whoever comes up with the best version as chosen by the band will get to work further on the track in a full studio, and this new version will then be featured on an upcoming release with full production and performing credits!
Hello, my name is Adam.
I prefer daydreams over reality.
Music is my muse.
I write and record in my basement.
I have trouble sleeping.
These songs are all I have to show for my sleepless nights.
I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed creating them.
It means the world to know someone is out there listening.
You have no idea how much I appreciate you.
Thank you.
website: http://www.myspace.com/owlcity
Looking for royalty free songs? Here are some groups of royalty free songs released under a creative commons license that you can use, remix, etc.
Report from Jon Newton at p2pnet.net:
I had an email from an RIAA victim — a student — who said she was going to kill herself because she’d heard from someone at an (the?) RIAA extortion settlement centre categorically promising her she’d be taken to court unless she came up with more than $9,000 to buy the RIAA off.
She said she was already up to her neck in debt because of school loans and had absolutely no way of finding that kind of money, or anything like it, that she couldn’t sleep, couldn’t study, couldn’t live a normal life because of the worry.
YouTube just made an incredibly exciting announcement: it’s testing an option that gives video owners the ability to allow downloads and share their work under Creative Commons licenses. The test is being launched with a handful of partners, including Stanford, Duke, UC Berkeley, UCLA, and UCTV.
We are always looking for ways to make it easier for you to find, watch, and share videos. Many of you have told us that you wanted to take your favorite videos offline. So we’ve started working with a few partners who want their videos shared universally and even enjoyed away from an Internet connection.
Many video creators on YouTube want their work to be seen far and wide. They don’t mind sharing their work, provided that they get the proper credit. Using Creative Commons licenses, we’re giving our partners and community more choices to make that happen. Creative Commons licenses permit people to reuse downloaded content under certain conditions.
Visit YouTube’s blog for information. And if you’re are a partner who wants to participate, fill out the YouTube Downloads - Partner Interest form.
So recently, I have been trying to change up my songs. I think its going pretty well so far. Let me know what u think & I Hope you enjoy! Okay, so basically the real reason why i started making my instrumentals was because of a man named Ronald Jenkees. He is an amazing keyboard player who records, mixes, produces, and sells his own music online. I later discovered a music software through one of my friends called ‘Fruity Loops.’ Fruity Loops allows you to create your own music. Its pretty entertaining. Its the software im currently using now.
Website: http://www.myspace.com/kevinanderson4292
Here is a great article from Rahaf Harfoush about viral videos and remixing. The subject is that kid who was messed up after the dentist appointment.
http://www.rahafharfoush.com/blog/2009/02/the-5-rs-of-viral-videos-david-after-dentist/
B. East started writing poetry at the age of twelve in the confines and privacy of his own imagination, his fascination with words and imagery became the foundation of his abilities and talents. Manipulating words and phrases, conveying clear pictures and thoughts through rhythm and poetry is his true passion and delight. His music invites the listener to experience his internal playground of metaphors, similies, and stimulating thought patterns through the art of poetry. His intrigue of the “mystic sciences and study of metaphyscics,” is the basis of every rhyme. The clairvoyance echoes “he’s a true artist,” and “he sees what’s beneath the surface.”
website: http://www.myspace.com/billygene1982
