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- Matters of Time… »
You probably remember the super stretched Hamster Dance i posted the other day, or maybe the Justin Bieber song stretched by Shamantis? As you listen to each piece you'll notice that a lot of the original has disappeared and in fact the entire thing sounds a completely new piece of music. It just so happens that my favourite radio show, WNYC's Radiolab, dedicated an hour long program to the subject of time and how it changes things when it's bent and stretched. Give it a listen here
If you thought turning a 3 minute pop song into a 30 minute sonic adventure was a bit out of the ordinary, you'll think people might be insane to want to listen to Beethoven's entire 9th Symphony over the course of 24 hours....More on that in the Radiolab Podcast.
- And now for something completely different »
Just for fun, i decided to hyperstretch the Hamster Dance techno remix by 800%. I used a tool called "PaulStretch" to accomplish this. (You can check it out here) Pretty interesting to see the kind of textures and notes that come out of something you would otherwise write off as being nothing but cheese.
HamsterDance Stretched to 800% by Stefan AnionUPDATE: It seems my experiment is catching on. The popular Create Digital Music blog has picked up the story. See it here
- Digital Killed the Social Star »
The other day while i was browsing through iTunes, getting completely immersed in the plethora of music and discovering new artists, something occurred to me: where is everybody? To clarify, i remembered that up until about 6 years ago my weekly ritual included a trip to my local record shop and making sure i budgeted enough for buying vinyl and still have money left for ramen noodles. Pretty much everything else, sans playing shows and making tunes, was secondary in a way. You see before the digital music revolution really took hold with all of the DJs here in Dallas, you could go to your local dance record shop and find 15 others like you wading through stacks of new releases before the owner could even put price stickers on them. For those of us that weren't lucky enough to receive promos in the mail, showing up early and knowing the owner, gave you a chance to buy the latest and greatest before anyone else. An ancillary benefit of going out to the store was also the fact that you got to socialize with other DJs and make connections, ergo get gigs in some cases or meet likeminded folks you may end up working on some music with to create something cool.Of course there was a downside to the whole experience: money. On average, a Single would set you back $10 and usually only had 2 really great tracks out of 3 or 4. In some cases you only got one great track out of a double pack that cost $20 or more. You then really had to think about whether or not to shell out all that money or have enough left for food and gas. Don't ask me how many times i've seen people show up at the record store with their piggy banks, jars of change or their parents, just so they can get some new records that week.
When i worked for a record store in 2004, this was pretty much a daily occurrence. Back then i stubbornly stayed away from iTunes and Beatport, but once i realized that $20 bought me nearly 15 great tunes compared to one or two, i was hooked. That year it seemed that digital really exploded onto the scene, a fact that became evident when the store i worked for closed later that year due to sharply declining sales.So am i complaining about digital music here? No, absolutely not. I just thought it was interesting that now i sit in front of my computer to shop for the latest music, rather than get in my car and drive out to a store. I guess the only thing i do miss a little is being able to hang out with some likeminded people and socializing. I wonder if someone will create a store where you can buy digital music the same way you do now, but have the added benefit of being there and enjoying some coffee and a chance to hang out with people and network? I would love to hear everybody's thoughts on this, so comment away.
- Help Save Internet Radio! »
Being an avid Internet Radio listener and having a radio show on Proton myself i thought it was pretty shocking to find out that webcasters rates will be going skyhigh, according to a recent announcement of a new ruling to go into effect June 15th - this is contradictory to what was ruled on back in January. The ultimate effect is that a lot of your favorite online radio stations will go away due to the increased costs.
Get involved and help save internet radio by going to www.savenetradio.org
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