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The Nature of Pat Martino

Published on December 14th, 2004 in News | Comments Off

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

Pi 10k

Published on December 11th, 2004 in News | Comments Off

“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 [...]

Kubrick & Krantz

Published on December 10th, 2004 in News | Comments Off

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

Published on December 5th, 2004 in News | Comments Off

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

GuitarBot

Published on November 30th, 2004 in News | Comments Off

Percy Grainger: “Too long has music been subject to the limitations of the human hand and subject to the interfering interpretation of a middle-man: the performer.” GuitarBot to the rescue!

The Beatles Meet Metallica

Published on November 23rd, 2004 in News | Comments Off

Beatallica – worth a listen

Aaron Copland on Composing

Published on November 21st, 2004 in News | Comments Off

Excerpt from Aaron Copland – What to Listen for in Music Pg. 24 Chapter Title: The Creative Process in Music. Most people want to know how things are made. They frankly admit, however, that they feel completely at sea when it comes to understanding how a piece of music made. Where a composer begins, how [...]

Memory & Sleep

Published on November 19th, 2004 in News | Comments Off

The following is an excerpt from James McGaugh’s Book Memory & Emotion: Robert Stickgold and his colleagues reported that human subjects improvement on a visual discrimination task occurred only after the subjects had had a night’s sleep and that, most interestingly, the improvement varied directly with the amount of slow-wave sleep during the early hours [...]

Tab Resources

Published on November 18th, 2004 in News | Comments Off

Some Places to get Tabs Online (leave more in the comments) Olga Guitar Noise Fresh Tabs Tab Crawler Chordie Heart Wood Guitar Google (just type the name of the song or artist and “tab” or “chord” and sift through the results)

Drum Machines, Strings & Backwards Lyrics

Published on November 17th, 2004 in News | Comments Off

36 Vintage Virtual Drum Machines: click here How many strings do you need? Backwards Lyrics & Audio for Stairway to Heaven, Imagine, I’m So Tired, Kiss, Kiss, Kiss, My Name Is, Pokemon Rap, Empty Spaces, Another One Bites The Dust, Hit Me Baby One More Time : click here