Michael Wesch has an amazing video called An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube. Though it’s well worth watching the full hour, I wanted to highlight a particular moment which really stood out for me. The overlay of the video, Us (which is already a remix of Regina Spektor and popular films), […]
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I recently stumbled upon the Ubustu Feed when I began learning Ardour. They have a great tutorial on how to sync Hydrogen with Ardour: This tutorial will show you how to sync up the digital audio workstation, Ardour, and the advanced drum machine, Hydrogen. This will allow you to have […]
I recently setup a Facebook musician page for Robyn Dell’Unto. We ran into one really annoying problem importing her blog posts from her MySpace blog. As Robyn described it, my only issue with the notes is that they go all squidgy when there’s punctuation in the title. which, frankly, embarrasses […]
I’m listening to my music library on random right now, and a song just came on that was playing on my digital audio player when I was arriving by bus at the Mathausen Concentration Camp a few years ago. When it started to play on the bus then, it sent […]
[This originally appeared on Techdirt.] Legal trouble for Girl Talk — an artist named Greg Gillis who released a “mash up” album using the pay what you want model — is almost inevitable, but the situation gets even more interesting when you consider how the music is licensed. Girl Talk […]
After Melbourne, we flew into Ayer’s Rock. We were shuttled to the resort complex, which is the only place to stay. Except, we didn’t yet have a place to stay. We got off by the information centre and found a room at the Desert Gardens Hotel. We booked a sunset […]
I’m proud to be a member of both the Songwriters Association of Canada (SAC) and the Canadian Music Creators Coalition (CMCC). Both organizations have expressed their disappointment with Bill C-61. It’s not that hard, really, but it’s noteworthy since the bill is supposed to be “protecting artists.” The SAC is […]
I have a third generation 40 GB iPod. In the past year, I’ve hardly used it for two reasons. First and foremost, the battery was pretty much dead. I couldn’t get more then a few subway rides of play time or a few minutes of transfer time to my computer. […]
[This post originally appeared on Techdirt.] Hockey Night in Canada is an award-winning program that airs on Saturday nights on CBC Television featuring eccentric hosts, Ron MacLean and Don Cherry. The show has been broadcast on television weekly since 1952 (Wikipedia claims it’s the “oldest sports-related television program still on […]