Sadly Tom has decided to retire Music Thing. Not much to say other than the combined influence of Tom's amazing, funny and sardonic blogging on MT and Peter Kirn's (of CDM) massive and infectious enthusiasm encouraged (or was the catalyst for) me to start blogging in a more formal sense, and probably also triggered a much more in depth engagement with online culture in general.
Thanks tom mt was awesome and I'm sure the nets would be happy to have you back anytime you decide to set up mt again!
It's pretty cool actually, and not a bad way for apple to continue to leverage their hipster cred. The interface looks well thought out and easy to use. The music learning software I've used or sold (back in the day when I was a retail robot) were all pretty awful to use. This looks like not a bad addition and everyones used to paying money in small chunks to apple for things these days, so the paid lessons should go down alright too. No substitute for a proper instructor obviously.
Dylab has a 4 way Korg DS-10 jam up. I know a lot of us wanted Electroplankton to fill this kind of role and it's really cool to see the DS as instrument thing finally happen. The jam features briefly in the intro this video:
You can visit Dylab's site to listen to the whole thang.
Also he's just released a 4 track EP with hard acid on it. You can have a listen and purchase it from Juno.
Related: Electroplankton on onetonne.
If you are located in Tasmania, this may be of interest to you! If not... well probably not!
Terraphonic, Minimum Fuss Productions and Camp Florentine invite you to the fabuloso DIY Carnival which will take place in the ancient forests of the Upper Florentine Valley this weekend (8/9/10 Feb). There will be amazing music, spectacular cabaret madness, lotsa wicked workshops, beautiful walks, great food and lots lots more, including the inaugural Miss Florentine 2008 Pageant (evening wear, swimsuit and special talent - all entries welcome!)
For more info, go to http://terraphonic.info/. Please forward to all ya networks, frock up and bring all your mates. It's going to be a cracker
Being the first year I'm likely to spend New Years Eve in Tasmania without having to run from pillar to post to entertain various relatives while I'm on Holidays I'm entertaining the idea of heading to the Falls Festival here in Tasmania.
Here's the 2007 line-up (at the time of writing the Marion Bay (Tas) lineup and the Lorne (Vic) appear to be very similar if not identical.
Kings of Leon
Groove Armada
Paul Kelly
Midnight Jugganauts
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
The Waifs
Built to Spill
Gotye
Jose Gonzalez
The Go! Team
Blackalicious
The Mess Hall
Girl Talk
Kev Carmody
Whisky Go Go's
Neville Staple's Specials
Magic Dirt
Sarah Blasko
Jackson Jackson
Visit them on the interweb
Okay, so right now I'm busier than a one armed drummer at a def leppard concert. I have to tell you about CDM's massive giveaway. Sadly Peter's not able to share the love with non-US residents, but he does have an absolute boatload of fun swag for the US folks. It's no cost to enter, and well, there's lots of great stuff there.
What are you waiting for! GO ENTER! Win stuff!
Palm Sounds which is a great blog about making music on portable devices is currently collecting research for a paper for the 4th Annual International Workshop on Mobile Music. If you've got a sec, and you do mobile music on a PDA, or other portable platform then take a sec and help out with the Palm Sounds Questionnaire
Just a reminder to check out the Good Seed Festival website, where you can get all the details for the show. If you're in Melbourne and available on the 18th of March then grab a ticket quick-smart! It's a great lineup, and it's for a fantastic cause. It includes live music, a silent auction and tasty food. Should be a great vibe I reckon.
Check out the lineup!
Rob Sawyer Band, LABJACD, Loren and the Grow Your Owns, Dirty Lucy, Jess McAvoy, Dan Sultan, Liz Stringer, Sam Lohs, Nathan Gaunt, Tobias Cummings, Emma Heeney, Freya Hanly, The Little Stevies, Austin, Samuel Marcus, and The Periscopes.
Good Seed Festival supporting Future Cambodia Fund.
GSF @ Myspace
Download & Print out a copy of the poster to help promote the show!
Theres an absolute behemoth, colossal megalith of a post on Good Weather for Airstrikes. It's their top 50 tracks of the year, and it's an amazing effort.
Weighing in at over 14,000 words you might want to be packing a cup of tea and a biscuit. It's a monster. List looks good though. Looking forward to investigating this with said cuppa and packet of bikkies in hand.
