Music In The Round… On Your Headphones
With a virtual reality headset you can experience The New Dublin Voices performing Thomas Tallis’ “Spem In Alium” in the round—right in the middle of it.
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Everything is a drum: two large men edition
By now these guys have been on late-night TV and tons of folks have seen them. But it’s so good I had to help spread the word anyway. Here is “Tummy Talk 2”:
What a music recording engineer actually does.
Fantastic, short, hilarious video formerly known as “The profession of a sound engineer 2013.”
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Diego Stocco’s Custom Built Orchestra.
Now here’s a man living out his love of sounds. A great introduction to Diego Stocco via his Custom Built Orchestra:
Tesla coil music.
Remember Tesla coils? You’ve probably seen them at a science museum or on TV. You probably haven’t asked yourself whether or not they could be used to make music.
Found object percussion: street and… otherwise.
We all know drummers like to bang on everything. (Especially those who are married to drummers. Sorry, Heather!) Here are three videos of some great found object percussion, featuring two different approaches: street and… otherwise.
A newly discovered 150-year-old composition.
If you appreciate a good Mendelssohn melody like I do, you might be interested to hear that a piece of his that was thought to have been privately commissioned, and never publicly performed before disappearing, has resurfaced. Read more and hear what is likely the first performance in a century and a half.
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Great industry interviews from L.A. Sound Group.
Gary Bourgeois, Jeff Wexler, Mark Mangini. If those names don’t mean anything to you, do nothing. If you’re experiencing a little bit of excitement just reading those names, you need to see these videos from LASG: Los Angeles Sound Group. They’re sort of a combination of interview and Q&A and they involve some of the biggest names in the business.
They’re at lasoundgroup.com. I was at the Mark Mangini event and found it downright inspiring. Huge thanks to my friend Steve Urban and the other fantastic people at LASG for sharing with the world. Keep up the great work!
Music For One City And Six Drummers: Sound of Noise
Okay, remember “Music For One Apartment And Six Drummers?” Sure you do, it’s the very last thing I posted before this.
Well, they made a movie out of it. I mean, out of the idea of basing a film on percussionists invading a space and making music with what they find there. Looks like a ton of fun.