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August 25th, 2010
Just by mentioning vinyl records, you’re looking at something that is rare and collectible. There are two types of vinyl records; 33s and 45s. 33s were the larger, full album records where the 45s contained only two songs, one on each side. 45s are where the concept of the single in music comes from.
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August 6th, 2010
Writing music for free is a great aid, but if you don’t have the musicians to play it, you’re out of luck. Fortunately, this multitrack tape machine will allow those who can play multiple instruments to play each instrument on a separate track of a recording. This leads to the ultimate one man band.
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August 5th, 2010
For the next Bach or Mozart in your family, give them this easy to use online music software. This service is free but their is a premium site called crescendo which includes a few extra features. Sketch musical ideas or orchestrate them in a full-on score with this software.
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August 3rd, 2010
It’s amazing to me, yet not surprising, that vinyl records are still being sold and bought. Vinyl actually gives the music a warmer sound than CDs do. There is something to be said for going all digital in music. And vinyl is perfectly suited for jazz. And the quintessential jazz album is Giant Steps from John Coltrane.
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June 21st, 2010
If you grew up with Springsteen and the E-Street Band, you’ll probably dig this 2 DVD set of a live concert in 2009. I loved the band’s chemistry from Max Weinberg to Clarence Clemens and of course the boss’ gravel laden voice belting out lyrics while playing his guitar. You get almost three hours of music and concert footage from a legendary band.
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November 29th, 2009
As the historic festival marks its 40-year anniversary, Rhino presents WOODSTOCK-40 YEARS ON: BACK TO YASGUR’S FARM, a 77-song, six-CD boxed set that features the most comprehensive collection ever available of artists that performed at the original festival, sequenced in chronological order of performance, featuring 38 previously unreleased recordings, including the Grateful Dead, The Who, Tim Hardin, Jefferson Airplane, Country Joe & The Fish, and others.
To assemble the most comprehensive document of the myth-steeped weekend, the boxed set’s co-producer Andy Zax pored over every inch of multitrack tape in search of the strongest parts of each of the 33 sets. ‘The way we approached all of the material was as if it was a cinema verite documentary-the raw record of the event,’ Zax says. In addition to the music, the set offers considerable amount of ancillary material sprinkled throughout the discs-stage announcements, lysergic babble, the sounds of rain, a cameo appearance by Abbie Hoffman, and the graciousness of Max Yasgur’s address to the crowd, heard for the first time in its entirety.
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September 21st, 2009
OFF THE WALL remaster contains previously unreleased demos and commentary by producer Quincy Jones and songwriter Rod Temperton.
Personnel includes: Michael Jackson (vocals, percussion); Patti Austin (vocals); David Williams, Marlo Henderson, Phil Upchurch, Wah Wah Watson, Marlo Henderson, Larry Carlton (guitar); Larry Williams (flute, alto & tenor saxophones); Kim Hutchcroft (flute, tenor & baritone saxophones); Jerry Hey (trumpet, flugelhorn); Gary Grant (trumpet); William Reichenbach (trombone); Greg Phillinganes (electric piano, synthesizer); David “Hawk” Wolinski (electric piano); Michael Boddiker (synthesizer, programming); George Duke, David Foster (synthesizer); Louis Johnson (bass); John Robinson (drums, percussion); Randy Jackson, Janet Jackson, Richard Heath, Paulinho Da Costa (percussion).
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