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Archive for December, 2004

FFF Friday

Friday, December 17th, 2004

Frogger & Other 80’s games (the only ones I’m good at).
Fluttr
A quick scan from their Feature article in the globe today.

Far Side
oh, how I miss the far side

Shredder Wednesday

Wednesday, December 15th, 2004

I have great admiration and respect of Satch, but I found this particularly funny.
Joe Satriani performing the National Anthem:

Quicktime Video
Real Stream
All kidding aside, Steve Vai has some great lessons on his website: Vai.com
Here’s his main Lesson page.

Beethoven Online & The Wayback Machine

Wednesday, December 15th, 2004

From the New York Times:
The world’s largest collection of Beethoven manuscripts and letters has gone digital. The Beethoven House in Bonn, his birthplace, has scanned more than 5,000 handwritten letters and manuscripts and posted many of them for access on its Website.
(note: It can be a little hard to navigate through because it looks like […]

The Nature of Pat Martino

Tuesday, December 14th, 2004

Some words and pictures of wisdom from Pat Martino
The Nature of the Guitar
more at his website: PatMartino.com

Pi 10k

Saturday, December 11th, 2004

“This experiment attempts to convert the first 10,00 digits of pi into a musical sequence.
Select ten notes, and your corresponding selection translates into an integer. The first note you select will equal ‘1′, the second will equal ‘2′ and so on. As your computer cycles through the digits of pi, the corresponding note will play.”
Click […]

Kubrick & Krantz

Friday, December 10th, 2004

An interpretation of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 - A Space Oddessy (click here)
A quick article from Wayne Krantz on finding your own sound. (click here)

Psychic Action Figure Scientist Wayne Horivitz

Sunday, December 5th, 2004

Wayne Horvitz, a great composer, improviser, band leader & producer is sharing some of his scores on his website: waynehorvitz.com
Mind Reader Software: click here
Action Figure Comics: click here
The Science of Music: Exploratorium

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