Today, I’ve been listening to the original release of “Something Good” by Utah Saints (Jez Willis Tim Garbutt) – a personal favorite of mine from the early 1990s. Here’s what Wikipedia has to say about the track: ‘”Something Good” is a house music song released by Utah Saints in 1992. It was first included as [...]
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EarPractice.com Lesson 3: Intervals – Tritone and Major 3rd (Musical Ear Training)
EarPractice.com was created by Geoff Peters and myself with the goal of helping “you become a better music listener and musician by presenting a series of informative and fun ear training videos.”1 In our third offering, Geoff talks about intervals, in particular, how to play a tritone (aka Diminished 5th or Augmented 4th) and the [...]
Amazing New York Street Performance Percussionist and Drummer
The YouTube video below is of an amazing drummer & street performer based in New York, NY: There are other videos on YouTube showcasing this performer. But there’s a disturbing trend in many of these videos (not the least to say the comments) — I didn’t find a single video that mentioned what the drummer’s [...]
New Microphone Replaces the Traditional Mechanical Mic Diaphragm with Smoke and Lasers
Audio engineer David Schwartz and his son Daniel have created a new type of microphone (still in the prototype stage) that replaces the traditional mechanical diaphragm used in mics with a stream of smoke and lasers. A photo-detector picks up changes in the density of the light due to the sound pressure waves acting on [...]
Logic Pro 9 Amp Designer Demo
One of the new features in Logic Pro 9 is the Amp Designer. Assuming that you’re not miking your own guitar amps, this opens up the possibility of not having to purchase either a separate software amp simulator or hardware amp simulator for doing direct recordings of your guitar playing into Logic. But how good [...]
