sonolum http://sonolum.com/blog/ sonolum | music | sound design en Copyright 2007 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:34:41 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2ysb5-20051201 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss are you right-brained or left-brained? check this out - do you see her spinning clockwise or anti-clockwise?

]]> http://sonolum.com/blog/2007/10/are_you_rightbrained_or_leftbr.html http://sonolum.com/blog/2007/10/are_you_rightbrained_or_leftbr.html Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:34:41 -0600 play-doh here's a great video (play doh video) for Sony's Bravia... apparently it used 2.5 tonnes of plasticine in the making. Hope that's recyclable

]]> http://sonolum.com/blog/2007/10/playdoh.html http://sonolum.com/blog/2007/10/playdoh.html sonolum Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:30:27 -0600 stop motion piano and drums ]]> http://sonolum.com/blog/2007/09/stop_motion_piano_and_drums.html http://sonolum.com/blog/2007/09/stop_motion_piano_and_drums.html music Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:53:55 -0600 Noise Canx Headphones The NY Times has written a good review of noise cancelling headphones that compare to Bose, but cost less. The choicest Bose set run at $350.

Audio-Technica and Panasonic pairs get a good review, they run between $100 - $140. According to the author, the quality is as good as Bose. Read more here

]]> http://sonolum.com/blog/2007/06/noise_canx_headphones.html http://sonolum.com/blog/2007/06/noise_canx_headphones.html tech Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:47:10 -0600 Ash move to release singles only This could be a sign of things to come. Rock band Ash have vowed to release no more albums. They've decided to release singles only, due to the success of digitial singles downloads.

Is this the way forward for artists and composers? Read about it here

]]> http://sonolum.com/blog/2007/06/ash_move_to_release_singles_on.html http://sonolum.com/blog/2007/06/ash_move_to_release_singles_on.html music Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:44:28 -0600 stop the press An interview with Conor O'Sullivan can be found here

]]> http://sonolum.com/blog/2007/06/stop_the_press.html http://sonolum.com/blog/2007/06/stop_the_press.html music Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:38:33 -0600 this female fronted rock group Quick mention - here's a rock group to check out: Land of Talk. According to Ari Stein, this female fronted rock group will rock you socks off. He says their beautiful noise comes in the vein of Giant Drag, Sonic Youth and Metric.

Their myspace page is here: http://www.myspace.com/landoftalkmtl

]]> http://sonolum.com/blog/2007/02/this_female_fronted_rock_group.html http://sonolum.com/blog/2007/02/this_female_fronted_rock_group.html music Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:06:00 -0600 really great sound design This video has to be seen and heard to be believed. This uk ad for the honda civic showcases the most human aspect of the car's quality - its sound.

Not only that - but in the video all the sound design is performed by humans. That is, the sound effects from the commercial that seem to be car sounds are actually a choir.

See for yourself

The composition is by Steve Sidwell. More can be seen on honda's site at www.honda.co.uk/civic

]]> http://sonolum.com/blog/2007/01/really_great_sound_design.html http://sonolum.com/blog/2007/01/really_great_sound_design.html sonolum Tue, 23 Jan 2007 20:45:51 -0600 Music for One Apartment and Six Drummers This video, from Swedish directors Ola Simonsson and Johannes Stjarne Nilsson displays some really great home drumming! Turn up the sound.... Press Preview

 

]]> http://sonolum.com/blog/2007/01/music_for_one_apartment_and_si.html http://sonolum.com/blog/2007/01/music_for_one_apartment_and_si.html music Wed, 17 Jan 2007 07:37:37 -0600 American Idol's musical overkill There are few things more beautiful than hearing someone singing well. Unfortunately people increasingly think that this means cramming as many decorations as possible into short musical phrases.

Sometimes the ability to hold a note without decoration can be far more effective than jumping all over the place and vibrato-overload. Then, showing what you can do through well timed vocal  effects will have even more impact.

NPR has a good article on the overuse of Melisma in today's Idol generation. Anthony Heilbut talks about the gospel origins of the technique, through jazz and into pop. He explains the correct usage of the technique and how to spot the faker from the practitioner. Read more about Melisma here.

]]> http://sonolum.com/blog/2007/01/american_idols_musical_overkil.html http://sonolum.com/blog/2007/01/american_idols_musical_overkil.html music Tue, 16 Jan 2007 16:47:07 -0600 ones to watch for 2007 Singer Mika and rockers The Twang and Klaxons are artists to watch in 2007. This is according to over 130 influential music critics and broadcasters in the UK that were surveyed recently.

Mika is an emerging singer-songwriter that has been compared to Freddie Mercury and Scissor Sisters (the inevitable 'flamboyant' label and all)

the full list is as follows:

1. Mika
2. The Twang
3. Klaxons
4. Sadie Ama
5. Enter Shikari
6. Air Traffic
7. Cold War Kids
8. Just Jack
9. Ghosts
10. The Rumble Strips

Read more here

]]> http://sonolum.com/blog/2007/01/ones_to_watch_for_2007.html http://sonolum.com/blog/2007/01/ones_to_watch_for_2007.html music Fri, 05 Jan 2007 14:19:39 -0600 archiving your old cassette tapes There are many ways to archive your old cassette tapes, or convert them to more modern digital audio formats, such as mp3.

The coolest way is possibly by using this specially designed cassette deck for the pc. The PlusDeck2c is used to "archive your old cassette tapes of 80s hair bands into digital media files for playback on your PC". It even fits right into place in your rack!

Here's more info

By the way, if you're interested in an easy way to do this manually, Alpha Geek has a good how-to article on archiving cassette tapes using cables from radioshack and freeware audacity editing tools.

The Apha Geek article is here.

]]> http://sonolum.com/blog/2006/12/archiving_your_old_cassette_ta.html http://sonolum.com/blog/2006/12/archiving_your_old_cassette_ta.html tech Tue, 19 Dec 2006 09:49:39 -0600 hugged by your shirt The Hug Shirt from CuteCircuit has been nominated by Time Magazine as one of the best inventions of 2006. This shirt brings haptic technology and wearable communication to the consumers wardrobe.

 

The wearer of the shirt receives a text hug from their loved one. The mobile phone notifies the shirt via bluetooth and the the shirt gives the wearer a hug!  

 

Cute Circuit says "the new design features a very comfortable mix of smart textiles, cotton and micro-fiber that make it very soft and pleasant to wear. And yes! Is completely washable!"

 

The Hug Shirt can be seen on the CuteCircuit site 

]]> http://sonolum.com/blog/2006/12/hugged_by_your_shirt.html http://sonolum.com/blog/2006/12/hugged_by_your_shirt.html sonolum Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:00:00 -0600 Sonic Youth's b's Sonic Youth have released a new album, Destroyed Room. It's a collection of unreleased material and B-side tracks from their last twelve years.

Opening with a 10 minute soundscape, the album according to NPR "immediately grabs you on this and other tracks is Sonic Youth's signature bursts of noise. What keeps you listening are the shadings of emotion and feeling that emerge amidst all the fuzz and distortion".

You can read the review on NPR

]]> http://sonolum.com/blog/2006/12/sonic_youths_bs.html http://sonolum.com/blog/2006/12/sonic_youths_bs.html music Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:58:50 -0600 watch this video

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