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An Introduction to Hydrogen
by Dave Phillips
posted 2004-10-14
Find out why Dave is so excited about this drum machine / rhythm programmer.
I’m going to interrupt my regularly scheduled broadcast to bring you a special program. For those of you expecting Part 2 of my MIDI article, have no fear, I’ll present it next month, so please read on…
Solace - a new record from Xavier Rudd
by Ken McKnight
posted 2004-09-15
A look at Xavier Rudd’s newest CD, Solace that released earlier this year. Solace is another giant leap up this musician’s career. It is a super follow-up to his incredible 2002 introduction piece, the highly acclaimed TO LET...
Tom Waits and the Avant Garde
by Alia Berkeley
posted 2004-09-15
Here on Earth, life goes in its endless cycle for most of us. The seasons come and go. We make the same comments about winter as we do summer. However, in a small part of this Earth is a world that has a cycle all its own. Heaven and Hell have joined into one. It’s 90 degrees Fahrenheit and snowing. Tom Waits is more than Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride…
Liquid Blue
by AllAboutSurf
posted 2004-09-15
With the release of Supernova in January, 2004, the band has been busier than in any prior year. The 2004 Supernova World Tour includes 200 shows in 34 countries! In February and March it was down under to Australia and then Asia. It was a big year for the city of San Diego as a brand new ballpark was opened downtown. In April the BlueGirls were invited to sing both the Canadian and U.S. national anthem at the new park prior to a Padres/Expos game…
Linux MIDI: a Brief History, Part 1
by Dave Phillips
posted 2004-09-13
In 1981, an audio engineer named Dave Smith designed a universal interface for connecting synthesizers together. He presented his basic design at the Audio Engineering Society meeting that year, and in 1982, the Roland corporation expanded the design specification. Later that year Smith’s company, Sequential Circuits, produced the Prophet-600, the first MIDI-capable synthesizer…
At the Sounding Edge: LilyPond, Part 2
by Dave Phillips
posted 2004-08-16
Last month we looked at some of the the basic operations of the LilyPond music typesetting software. We saw that LilyPond is a TeX-based language specifying the complexities of Western music notation and capable of producing excellent PostScript printable output. This month, we look at three GUI front-ends for LilyPond: the Rosegarden sequencer, the NoteEdit music notation editor and the Denemo LilyPond file preparation utility. I’ve also appended a brief account of the music and sound topic presentations made at this year’s Libre Software Meeting. But first we return to the ‘Pond’...
At the Edge of the World with Anika Moa's Thinking Room
by Alia Berkeley
posted 2004-07-15
Down here in the southeastern most part of the Southern Hemisphere in the small country of New Zealand, is a very able musician by the name of Anika Moa. She started off in the east coast town of Christchurch as a teenager in a high school music competition where the song “Flowers for You” ended up in the hands of a major New York record company executive…
Bourbon Street
by Ken McKnight
posted 2004-07-15
More likely than not you’ve never heard of the Australian rock band, Bourbon Street and that is just bad luck. From the coastal region in Queensland, Bourbon Street is an immensely talented group that has a solid fan base, a big catalog, and more music in the can ready to unleash. Here is a group that has written and recorded great anthemic music over the years, had some strong success in their home country, and even touring in the USA (something few Aussie bands get to do)...
Los Lonely Boys
by Ken McKnight
posted 2004-07-15
Los Lonely Boys ain’t nothing but “Roots” music pure and simple; their roots, my roots, and your roots. It is music that one can identify with easily. A sound that is a cool blended concoction of all the flavors these three have been exposed to, coming through your speakers, like a highway of heart and soul, driven into our consciousness in a big old convertible of music…
At the Sounding Edge: LilyPond, Part 1
by Dave Phillips
posted 2004-07-07
Judging from the response to last month’s column, it seems that many readers are interested in applications and utilities designed for practicing musicians. One reader brought up the subject of scoring software, which are programs designed for formatting music notation for printing. This month’s column looks at music notation software for Linux, with a special focus on the LilyPond project…
The Linux Soundfile Editor Roundup
by Dave Phillips
posted 2004-06-01
Whether you’re making nifty sounds for desktop events or recording a whole album, you’ll need one of these featureful sound apps…
Daniel Gannaway
by Veda Dante
posted 2004-05-15
New Zealand independent singer, songwriter and surfer, Daniel Gannaway is home – for now. With four albums under his belt and a new one in the works – he talks to ProMusicNews about swapping London for the beach, rediscovering surfing and making music…
Mason Jennings: Soul Proprietor
by Ryan A. Smith
posted 2004-05-15
For many surfers, like myself, with an ear for soundtrack detail, the introduction to a soulful crooner and acoustic guitarist named Mason Jennings came on the third film release from the Moonshine Conspiracy (the brothers Malloy and Jack Johnson, et. al.), the Shelter project…
The Linux-Based Recording Studio
by Aaron Trumm
posted 2004-05-01
With a Linux-based hard disk recorder, you can create your own project studio on a budget. Now the only thing between you and that great album you want to make is practice, man, practice…
Ryan Toohey
by Nick Van Ostren
posted 2004-03-15
Ryan Toohey’s music is exciting blend of folk, blues, roots and rock that suits a night around a beachside campfire.
The 19-year old musician from Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast uses acoustic guitar, slide guitar, djembe drums and didgeridoo in an infectious jam session…
Ryan Adams - Love is Hell Part One and Two and Rock'n'Roll
by Alia Berkeley
posted 2004-03-15
Love is Hell Part One and Part Two is so frigging good that I’m speechless. It’s not everyday you listen to an album from beginning to end and find every song on it one that you hang on for the rest of the day. Adams’ record label was wary about him releasing this double album. I think the risk was worth it. You will as well…
Tristan Prettyman - The Woman behind the Voice
by Ken McKnight
posted 2004-03-15
Here comes Tristan Prettyman and you better take notice. This second generation Californian surfs, plays guitar, writes songs, and is as fresh as the early morning off shores out of the canyon. Her talent is infectious and she is quickly becoming a highly sought after musical act not only in Southern California but on the East Coast as well…
At the Sounding Edge: OpenMusic and SuperCollider3
by Dave Phillips
posted 2004-03-03
Even a casual glance at the contents of the linux-sound.org pages shows that Linux enjoys a broad range of interesting sound and music applications. Players, recorders and editors abound, and I plan to profile some of that software in this column. This month I present two applications that are rather close to the edge of Linux audio software development: IRCAM’s OpenMusic and James McCartney’s SuperCollider3…
Steve Poltz - Chinese Vacation
by Alia Berkeley
posted 2003-11-25
The first time I saw Steve Poltz was two years ago when I went to the Belly Up in Solana Beach to see Ben Folds with a friend. He came out on stage looking like your average Joe and read a poem. I think it was about a bum, but I can’t remember. It was humorous in parts, though…
Tom Curren
by Kirk Putnam
posted 2003-11-15
It was a short day last Monday. The surf was on its way up. I was out the door loading my truck with boards and what not. Just trying to get out of the driveway and heading to the beach as fast as I possibly can. Suddenly the Federal Express driver in his familiar orange, white, and purple truck pulls up into the driveway. He was late as usual and I had almost blown him off to go surfing, even though I knew he had a package I was pretty anxious to receive. His timing couldn’t have been better…
