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Tenori-on on the iPhone. Once upon a time devices did not have multi-touch interfaces. Technology is moving at a blistering rate. I hope when Apple releases the Macbook Touch ... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/07/26/tenori-on-on-the-iphone/ 19:31 Sat, Jul 26, 08 |
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An interview with Ionic Vision. An Interview with Ionic Vision. from thingstocome on Vimeo. One of the best ways to promote a band on your record label is to create a video interview... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/07/28/an-interview-with-ionic-vision/ 12:10 Mon, Jul 28, 08 |
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Chris Pirillo talks about lyric website Lyricsfly. Chris | Live Tech Support | Video Help | Add to iTunes Uber geek Chris Pirillo lives his life online. He’s talks about all things tech while streaming... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/07/29/chris-pirillo-talks-about-lyric-website-l... 10:34 Tue, Jul 29, 08 |
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Why imeem is great. Crazy weird playlists! Yes my friends, above is a playlist I found on imeem. It was posted by Attchort and it’s titled, “USSR 1980-1990’s”. I can see why imeem is so popular... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/07/29/why-imeem-is-great-crazy-weird-playlists/ 12:33 Tue, Jul 29, 08 |
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Four synthesizer comics from Wire to the Ear. Comicon was last week so I got inspired to make some strips for Wire to the Ear. I hope you find them somewhat entertaining. Feel free to share and re... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/07/30/four-synthesizer-comics-from-wire-to-the-... 12:49 Wed, Jul 30, 08 |
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10,000 MySpace friends and a surprise. Last night I reached 10,000 friends on MySpace. I’ve never tried to hack the system or send a bot out to friend people. It’s true a large percent of t... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/07/31/10000-myspace-friends-and-a-surprise/ 18:22 Thu, Jul 31, 08 |
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My Ableton Live workflow for recording vocals. It’s 90F/30° in Berlin today (hot!) so instead of my normal routine of office work in the morning and then afternoon in the studio I had to reverse th... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/07/31/my-ableton-live-workflow-for-recording-vo... 18:23 Thu, Jul 31, 08 |
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Pick a portable hard drive for your music catalog. I’ve been recording music since 1989 and each year since I’ve saved my songs, stems and album covers on Cassettes, DATs, Zip Disks, CDs, DVDs, assorte... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/01/pick-a-portable-hard-drive-for-your-music... 18:25 Fri, Aug 1, 08 |
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Infrasonik’s top 10 Ableton Live shortcuts. Infrasonik is a Canadian company which produces sample packs for electronic musicians. They just posted an outstanding video on YouTube of their top 1... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/02/infrasoniks-top-10-ableton-live-shortcuts... 12:27 Sat, Aug 2, 08 |
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Negative or subtractive sequence arranging. I often say that the arrangement is the most important part of a song. For some people it’s also the most difficult task. Anyone can make an incredibl... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/04/negative-or-subtractive-sequence-arrangin... 10:26 Mon, Aug 4, 08 |
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Iggy and the Stooges equipment stolen. One of the golden rules of modern times is: Never ever leave stuff in a truck unattended. Every first of the month in any city you see moving vans gua... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/05/iggy-and-the-stooges-equipment-stolen/ 11:19 Tue, Aug 5, 08 |
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Free audio recordings from the Berlin S-Bahn. Yesterday I took a trip to Ikea in Berlin. To get from Prenzlauer Berg to Spandau takes about thirty minutes on the S-Bahn. I had my camera with me wh... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/06/free-audio-recordings-from-the-berlin-s-b... 11:45 Wed, Aug 6, 08 |
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New Fisher Price Dj Controller - Exclusive Review I’m showing up to my next DJ gig with this. 100% awesome! via Music Thing on Twitter http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/06/new-fisher-price-dj-controller-exclusive-... 19:53 Wed, Aug 6, 08 |
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Fill out a form and get free karma. I’ve been asked by a California startup to help get musicians to take their survey. They use the data to get VC funding and make their product better.... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/08/fill-out-a-form-and-get-free-karma/ 09:39 Fri, Aug 8, 08 |
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Vocal manipulation with Ableton Simplers. Vocal manipulation with Ableton Simplers. from wiretotheear on Vimeo. There are thousands of ways to mangle audio in weird and wild sound. Here’s a sc... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/08/vocal-manipulation-with-ableton-simplers/ 09:40 Fri, Aug 8, 08 |
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Moldover shows us how to mod an Oxygen 8. By now we all have a bunch of old spare controllers lying around so why not hack the hell out of the them? Luckily Brooklyn native Moldover has posted... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/09/moldover-shows-us-how-to-mod-an-oxygen-8/ 12:40 Sat, Aug 9, 08 |
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The top ten 1980’s New Romantic bands. Real analog synthesizers, hairspray and makeup. What more do you want? If I had a time machine I would spend a few hundred years in the 1980s. via Bes... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/09/the-top-ten-1980s-new-romatic-bands/ 23:00 Sat, Aug 9, 08 |
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Free Roland TR-727 samples from Kent Williams. Over at the Ableton forums Kent Williams has posted a link to a nice set of Roland TR-727 samples he recorded using four different methods. I own a TR... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/10/free-roland-tr-727-samples-from-kent-will... 17:20 Sun, Aug 10, 08 |
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I have synesthesia. When I was in elementary school I used to have screaming fits at my mother if she would cover my books with the “wrong” color paper. What you say? Wel... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/11/i-have-synesthesia/ 15:36 Mon, Aug 11, 08 |
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Audiotuts 50+ Great Lyric Writing Resources. Before the internet I relied on my monthly magazine subscriptions to get a fix of the topics that interested me. Every blue moon a tidbit of music tec... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/12/audiotuts-50-great-lyric-writing-resource... 10:39 Tue, Aug 12, 08 |
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Adjust volume automation using Utility. Here’s a quick tip that may save you time and a headache. Most of the time when I am arranging in Ableton Live I create a large amount of volume autom... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/13/adjust-volume-automation-using-utility/ 00:03 Thu, Aug 14, 08 |
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Faber Acoustical sound measurement iPhone apps. The iPhone is a device that can combine and replace so many useful tools. Today you can add another tool to that list: an SLM (sound levelmeter). Fabe... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/14/faber-acoustical-sound-measurement-iphone... 10:49 Thu, Aug 14, 08 |
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Izotope enters the iPhone music app game. iDrum for iPhone from Art Gillespie on Vimeo. “iZotope kicked Beatmaker’s ass” was the title of a forum thread at Ableton.com by user beats me that ma... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/14/izotope-enters-the-iphone-music-app-game/ 19:37 Thu, Aug 14, 08 |
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D16 Fazortan ready and armed. D16’s newest plug-in Fazortan has come out of beta. It’s part of their Silver Collection. I use Phaser effects to make pads and string sounds shimmer.... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/15/d16-fazortan-ready-and-armed/ 10:39 Fri, Aug 15, 08 |
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Last.fm application for the iPhone. Here’s a nice and short video review of Last.fm for the iPhone from AppVee.com. I truly hate AM/FM radio so these new net radio apps that go with you ... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/16/lastfm-application-for-the-iphone/ 12:16 Sat, Aug 16, 08 |
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TapeDeck sends audio direct to YouTube. Here an interesting new application for Mac OS-X called TapeDeck. It’s an audio recorder that looks like an old Radio Shack cassette deck. You can lab... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/16/tapedeck-sends-audio-direct-to-youtube/ 12:35 Sat, Aug 16, 08 |
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Use multiple automation lanes in Ableton Live. When using Ableton Live do you use multiple automation lanes per track? No? Well you should because it gives you a clear overall image of every automa... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/18/use-multiple-automation-lanes-in-ableton-... 16:23 Mon, Aug 18, 08 |
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Got a gig coming up? Run parallel promotion. Brian “Botkiller” from Albuquerque, New Mexico shares his thoughts on playing live. I agree with what he says concerning doing your own share of promo... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/19/got-a-gig-coming-up-run-parallel-promotio... 09:32 Tue, Aug 19, 08 |
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Scribbles is a handmade synth with a chalkboard. My friend was showing me some neat synthesizer ties on Etsy. For those who don’t know Etsy is a great site where people sell their hand made goods. I ... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/19/scribbles-is-a-handmade-synth-with-a-chal... 08:53 Wed, Aug 20, 08 |
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Comments have been fixed. I was wondering why it was so quiet around here the past two days. Then it hit me. Something maybe wrong with the comments since I upgraded to Wordpre... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/20/comments-have-been-fixed/ 00:59 Thu, Aug 21, 08 |
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The Archive. A short film about a lot of records. The Archive from Sean Dunne on Vimeo. Paul Mawhinney’s has a 50 million dollar record collection. I always imagined there must be people with insanely... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/21/the-archive-a-short-film-about-a-lot-of-r... 10:08 Thu, Aug 21, 08 |
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Use Eno’s Oblique Strategies to unblock yourself. In 1975 Brian Eno published a set of cards to help him unblock his creativity. There are now five editions and an a website where you can go read the ... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/22/use-enos-oblique-strategies-to-unblock-yo... 09:44 Fri, Aug 22, 08 |
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Using Google Trends to compare sequencers. YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Uh6rGYiDDk Here’s an interesting “vlog” from a guy who calls himself Hydlide. He’s from The Netherlands... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/24/using-google-trends-to-compare-sequencers... 08:32 Mon, Aug 25, 08 |
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Can you guess what song I am covering? Last week I had the pleasure of working with Gabriele Negro in my studio. He’s an Italian piano genius who also produces electronic music for fashion ... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/25/can-you-guess-what-song-i-am-covering/ 09:17 Mon, Aug 25, 08 |
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Motion recording and kinetics in Doctor Device. Dr. Device Overview… from Audio Damage on Vimeo. Ever since I saw André Michelle’s software physics demos I knew the concept would make it’s way into ... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/26/motion-recording-and-kinetics-in-doctor-d... 10:18 Tue, Aug 26, 08 |
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Inside Digital Media interviews Pandora and more. Inside Digital Media is a series of interviews by Phil Leigh. I like his content because it’s a view of net media with a heavy business swing. This we... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/27/inside-digital-media-interviews-pandora-a... 16:33 Wed, Aug 27, 08 |
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Ohm Force uses an iPhone to control a VSTi. using iPhone to control a VSTi plugin synth Hochgeladen von ohmforce Cid from Ohm Force sent me this video. How can I not try this out during my live ... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/27/ohm-force-uses-an-iphone-to-control-a-vst... 20:54 Wed, Aug 27, 08 |
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The sweet sound of elevator music. Today is one of “those” days. It’s 7:00 AM, raining. I have a dentist appointment, haircut appointment and then I need to hit the bank. The dentist is... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/27/the-sweet-sound-of-elevator-music/ 09:08 Wed, Aug 27, 08 |
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Universal Audio announces UAD-2. With today’s massive computer power you don’t buy a TC Powercore or Universal Audio UAD-1 because you need a boost, you buy them because the plug-ins ... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/28/universal-audio-announces-uad-2/ 17:37 Thu, Aug 28, 08 |
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Flickr fun with audio gear Groups and slideshows. Do you remember my post titled, “Why every musician should have a flickr pro account.“? If not, go read it and get back over here. Today’s post is abo... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/29/flickr-fun-with-audio-gear-groups-and-sli... 15:37 Fri, Aug 29, 08 |
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M-audio announces the successor to the 410. I was one of the first owners of the M-Audio Firewire410. It’s been on the road with me for a few years and never gave me any problems. When a tiny sc... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/29/m-audio-announces-the-successor-to-the-41... 21:52 Fri, Aug 29, 08 |
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The Moog Multimode Filter for UAD-2. Here’s a pretty new plug-in for the new Universal Audio UAD-2! It seems to have all the right stuff too: self-oscillation, drive control, stereo tonal... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/30/the-moog-multimode-filter-for-uad-2/ 09:03 Sat, Aug 30, 08 |
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Ikea hacker. Build a nice headphone stand. I was watching this weeks episode of Tekzilla and their “website of the week” is Ikea Hacker. I admit I am a bit of an Ikea junkie and i’ve been to th... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/31/ikea-hacker-build-a-nice-headphone-stand/ 08:47 Mon, Sep 1, 08 |
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Apple to introduce interactive albums. One of the things I miss the most about vinyl records is the nice large artwork, inner sleeves and lyric sheets they came with. Compact Disc booklets ... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/09/02/apple-to-introduce-interactive-albums/ 10:19 Tue, Sep 2, 08 |
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Don LaFontaine heads to the big mic in the sky. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QPMvj_xejg Here’s a guy who spent more time in front of a microphone than probably anyone you know. Don LaFontaine was... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/09/03/don-lafontaine-heads-to-the-big-mic-in-th... 11:58 Wed, Sep 3, 08 |
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My Implant and Satronica remixes are finished. I am finally free of all obligations other than to finish my next album. It’s a good feeling especially because these last two remixes had me pulling ... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/09/04/my-implant-and-satronica-remixes-are-fini... 15:25 Thu, Sep 4, 08 |
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Createspace by Amazon for POD CD manufacturing. When MP3 sales and distribution took off many artists broke the chain between themselves and greedy record labels. All a band needs is music, a little... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/09/05/createspace-by-amazon-for-pod-cd-manufact... 17:47 Fri, Sep 5, 08 |
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Adobe Soundbooth CS4 has Speech Transcription. Adobe has released a beta for it’s upcoming version of Soundbooth that will be part of CS4. It has a very cool new feature called Speech Transcription... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/09/07/adobe-soundbooth-cs4-has-speech-transcrip... 08:23 Mon, Sep 8, 08 |
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Who needs a Blofeld? Grab a K1m on eBay. This week saw the release of the new Waldorf Blofeld keyboard synthesizer. I was thinking about posting the info here but since all the other music te... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/09/09/who-needs-a-blofeld-grab-a-k1m-on-ebay/ 09:53 Tue, Sep 9, 08 |
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Anatomy of an endorsement deal. So it’s official: The Horrorist is endorsed by Propellerhead Software. I, as you know record under the name “The Horrorist” and today the box of goodi... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/09/10/anatomy-of-an-endorsement-deal/ 16:48 Wed, Sep 10, 08 |
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Gummi Bears Make Music. What’s my secret to making music? I let my Gummi Bear friends do it for me! Normally they are camera shy but today they let me take photos of them rec... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/09/11/gummi-bears-make-music/ 08:32 Fri, Sep 12, 08 |
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More Cowbell please. Explore the space. What if there was a website where you could upload a song and then add more cowbell to it? Wouldn’t that be amazing? What if you could listen to tons ... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/09/11/more-cowbell-please-explore-the-space/ 09:17 Thu, Sep 11, 08 |
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Channelflip takes a look at Rifflet.com It’s clear online music collaboration has potential. Mixmatchmusic came out of beta this week and there are a host of other similar services including... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/09/13/channelflip-takes-a-look-at-riffletcom/ 19:14 Sat, Sep 13, 08 |
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Spectrasonics Power Synth Omnisphere released. The massively hyped new software synth from Eric Persing’s Spectrasonics has been released. It’s called Omnisphere and I like that it’s a hybrid sampl... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/09/15/spectrasonics-power-synth-omnisphere-rele... 22:58 Mon, Sep 15, 08 |
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The Automaton buffer effect sequencer is available... Automaton Overview Pt. 2 - Effects… from Audio Damage on Vimeo. I like Ableton’s Beat Repeat plug-in , Monome hardware, the iPhone and random sequence... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/09/15/the-automaton-buffer-effect-sequencer-is-... 09:11 Mon, Sep 15, 08 |
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A collection of wonderful gig posters. I love graphic design. Even though I am far from professional I have a legit copy of Photoshop, a Wacom tablet and I am always learning from online de... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/09/16/a-collection-of-wonderful-gig-posters/ 10:28 Tue, Sep 16, 08 |
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Extend your mixer channels in Ableton Live. Here is a simple tip that most people overlook when mixing down in Ableton Live. If you hover the mouse pointer above the faders and below the sends y... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/09/17/extend-your-mixer-channels-in-ableton-liv... 22:14 Wed, Sep 17, 08 |
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Musician get together photo with a twist. Look closely here and let’s pick out the synths. I see a Korg Monopoly, Roland V-Synth, Dave Smith Instrument’s Prophet 08 and a Nord Rack. What’s the... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/09/18/musician-get-together-photo-with-a-twist/ 14:39 Thu, Sep 18, 08 |
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Turn off the iTunes Sound Enhancer. Did you know that by default iTunes is mucking up the sound of your recordings? I’m not sure with what version this started with but iTunes when first... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/09/19/turn-off-the-itunes-sound-enhancer/ 17:38 Fri, Sep 19, 08 |
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Video from a Pittsburgh Rave in 1995. Here’s some video from a Rave called Tunnelvision which happened sometime in 1995. As you can see the event takes place in a public tunnel and lasts u... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/09/20/video-from-a-pittsburgh-rave-in-1995/ 09:13 Sat, Sep 20, 08 |
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What’s your render recreation? What’s that plug-in? No that’s not the new Audio Damage Automaton. Notice the Ableton Render bar? What you see here is Quinn, the best Tetris clone ev... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/09/22/whats-your-render-recreation/ 14:37 Mon, Sep 22, 08 |
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A few soft synth patches from Bearnaomh. Here’s the heads up on some free patches I came across today. They are from a generous person who calls himself Bearnaomh. He has patch sets available... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/09/23/a-few-soft-synth-patches-from-bearnaomh/ 13:41 Tue, Sep 23, 08 |
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Spend time to make wicked transitions. When producing a song I can spend a good 20-30 minutes working on creating a single ear tingling transition. Usually I make transitions when the song ... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/09/24/spend-time-to-make-wicked-transitions/ 16:31 Wed, Sep 24, 08 |
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Dave Smith Instruments Mopho Dave Smith has now officially released his new synthesizer the Mopho. It’s got a 100% analog signal path and it retails for $399. At this price it’s c... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/09/25/dave-smith-instruments-mopho/ 11:31 Thu, Sep 25, 08 |
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Is it real or is it Memorex? I like the wood case this guy built for his Minimax ASB. Although he does a convincing job of making you believe the old and new synths sound the same... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/09/26/is-it-real-or-is-it-memorex/ 19:36 Fri, Sep 26, 08 |
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Do you know the man who created Hip Hop? Up in the Bronx gentrification has arrived. The borough is the last area near Manhattan where living space is still affordable and the middle class is... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/09/27/do-you-know-the-man-who-created-hip-hop/ 00:01 Sun, Sep 28, 08 |
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The Wall Street Journal explains the Loudness War. For years many musicians, producers and music fans have been crying foul about the “Loudness War“. This is when a mastering engineer compresses and li... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/09/27/the-wall-street-journal-explains-the-loud... 11:23 Sat, Sep 27, 08 |
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A look at Daptone Records Studio in Bushwick. Here’s a great video visit to Daptone Records studio in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Co-founders Neal Sugarman and Gabriel Roth show you around their music mak... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/09/30/a-look-at-daptone-records-studio-in-bushw... 10:54 Tue, Sep 30, 08 |
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Happy Birthday to Wire to the Ear!!! One year ago today I installed Wordpress and starting typing this blog. My main motivation was to give my friends a break from the relentless emails a... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/09/30/happy-birthday-to-wire-to-the-ear/ 16:23 Tue, Sep 30, 08 |
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Ableton Live stars in the new movie Berlin Calling... Ableton just posted this interview with Paul Kalkbrenner the DJ and main actor in the soon to be released movie Berlin Calling. “How many music softwa... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/10/01/ableton-live-stars-in-the-new-movie-berli... 17:51 Wed, Oct 1, 08 |
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Put your music video everywhere with Tubemogul. We all know that having a few music videos per album is great promotion. With inexpensive tools like iMovie and a Flip video camera there is no excuse... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/10/01/put-your-music-video-everywhere-with-tube... 11:11 Wed, Oct 1, 08 |
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Interview with Thomas Stenumgård of NYLVI.com Nylvi is a new site about to launch from a group of Norwegian’s who recently moved to Berlin. They have been getting to know the city and its scene vi... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/10/02/interview-with-thomas-stenumgard-of-nylvi... 09:24 Thu, Oct 2, 08 |
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Fix hard panned stereo files using Ableton’s Utili... I came across a problem recently when I recorded an interview using Skype. For some reason my own vocal only ended up recorded on the left side of a s... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/10/03/fix-hard-panned-stereo-files-using-ableto... 09:05 Fri, Oct 3, 08 |
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Reporting back after my live show in Malta. I performed live Saturday night in Malta (photo above). It’s a great island below Italy and above Lybia. It’s in the EU, has ancient Roman ruins and a... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/10/06/reporting-back-after-my-live-show-in-malt... 19:13 Mon, Oct 6, 08 |
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This synthpatch explains how I feel today. “Snore” patch from Peter Speer on Vimeo. I am definitely still feeling last weekend and it’s Tuesday night! This synth patch in the uber cute Doepfer ... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/10/07/this-synthpatch-explains-how-i-feel-today... 18:14 Tue, Oct 7, 08 |
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Should we be collecting Audiophile Releases? The all things strange and weird Boing Boing blog had an interesting article yesterday talking about Audiophile recordings. SACD, DVD-A, and 5:1 surro... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/10/08/should-we-be-collecting-audiophile-releas... 09:40 Wed, Oct 8, 08 |
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Come on America do the right thing! I wholehearted believe politics should stay the hell off tech blogs. Tech is nice because it gives us a break from the real world of doom and gloom. I... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/10/09/come-on-america-do-the-right-thing/ 17:23 Thu, Oct 9, 08 |
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James Bernard starts a blog at Propellerheads. If you remember not too long ago I mentioned I was recently endorsed by Propellerhead Software. An old friend of mine James Bernard who is a Product S... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/10/09/james-bernard-starts-a-blog-at-propellerh... 16:27 Thu, Oct 9, 08 |
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Sound like you have an old sampler with Decimort. Vintage color is the special sauce audio producers crave when producing. We want the sound of Mic pres from the 70s, spring reverbs and even that clas... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/10/10/sound-like-you-have-an-old-sampler-with-d... 20:47 Fri, Oct 10, 08 |
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Electronic Music Berlin - A Wire to the Ear map. View Larger Map Berlin is the undisputed center of electronic music. A few times a month friends and blog readers come to visit. I’ve decided to make ... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/10/11/electronic-music-berlin-a-wire-to-the-ear... 17:47 Sat, Oct 11, 08 |
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The Blip Festival set to make noise in Brooklyn. Blip Festival 2008: The Promo from Richard Alexander Caraballo on Vimeo. Jenn de la Vega from The Blip Festival sent me an email today asking if I wou... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/10/11/the-blip-festival-set-to-make-noise-in-br... 18:11 Sat, Oct 11, 08 |
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Bandcamp and SoundCloud screencasts. Bandcamp Screencast from Ethan Diamond on Vimeo. Last week I mentioned to a friend that 1pixelout must have released a new audio player because I’ve b... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/10/12/bandcamp-and-soundcloud-screencasts/ 08:42 Mon, Oct 13, 08 |
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Just make a few folds and create a paper CD case. Paper CD Case - video powered by Metacafe I love this video. I gave up on plastic CD cases a long time ago. In the rare moment I need to give someone ... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/10/12/just-make-a-few-folds-and-create-a-paper-... 17:39 Sun, Oct 12, 08 |
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The Dubreq iStylophone. Come on now tell me an iPhone/iPod Touch is not getting more and more tempting every minute? “The Very Cool Software Company, a U.K.-based Mac OS deve... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/10/13/the-dubreq-istylophone/ 23:49 Mon, Oct 13, 08 |
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Event takes on Dynaudio and Genelec with Opal. I always held Event monitors in high regard. My brother had a pair of nice sounding 20/20s and I’ve always lusted after the highly regarded ASP8’s. Th... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/10/14/event-takes-on-dynaudio-and-genelec-with-... 09:58 Tue, Oct 14, 08 |
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Ohm Force Group Buy at the ProToolerBlog. If you don’t own any Ohm Force this is a good time to get them all cheap. All thier plug-ins are highly recommended. For more info: click here Related... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/10/14/ohm-force-group-buy-at-the-protoolerblog/ 17:33 Tue, Oct 14, 08 |
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Honda makes a musical groove road for the Civic. Here’s a way to promote a new car: Create a road that forces your the tires play the William Tell Overture when driven over it. This is exactly what H... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/10/15/honda-makes-a-musical-groove-road-for-the... 09:07 Wed, Oct 15, 08 |
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Five pro-audio video sites with original content. Gone are the days when were starved to find any video (television) showing a synth or mixing console in action. YouTube and the myriad of other sharin... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/10/16/five-pro-audio-video-sites-with-original-... 12:13 Thu, Oct 16, 08 |
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Get out to your local user group and meet people. The above video is from the recent Ableton Live Users Group in LA. I used to go to Club Cubase run by Fadi Hayek in NYC quite often. Before I moved to... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/10/17/get-out-to-your-local-user-group-and-meet... 23:55 Fri, Oct 17, 08 |
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Quick tip: When your not sure just Deactivate. So your at a critical part of your song arrangement and your just not sure if a certain Clip belongs. You erase it and listen but you kinda miss what ... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/10/17/quick-tip-when-your-not-sure-just-deactiv... 20:19 Fri, Oct 17, 08 |
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A song about the singularity, solar power and spac... Here’s a screenshot and clip from a new song I am working on called “Into the Universe”. It’s not as dark as my usual stuff. If I can get it to a plac... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/10/18/a-song-about-the-singularity-solar-power-... 12:56 Sat, Oct 18, 08 |
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Frank O’ The Mountain’s Ramapo Sessions Today I found more obscure electronic music from the 80s I didn’t know about. Interestingly the artist “Frank O’ The Mountain” lived in Rockland Count... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/10/20/frank-o-the-mountains-ramapo-sessions/ 15:16 Mon, Oct 20, 08 |
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Lala is a legal way to get your iTunes library onl... I have a zillion songs on my studio’s Apple Mac Pro. When I am at home or on the road I can’t listen to those songs. In the past there were services s... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/10/21/lala-is-a-legal-way-to-get-your-itunes-li... 13:45 Tue, Oct 21, 08 |
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Who are the world’s best-selling music artists? I got into an argument with a friend today about how many records Nine Inch Nails have sold to date. He said they were not in the echelon of artists w... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/10/22/who-are-the-worlds-best-selling-music-art... 16:22 Wed, Oct 22, 08 |
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Have you seen Rubber Johnny? I seemed to have missed this video when it came out. All I can say is at 4:27 my voice screamed hell yeah without my brain knowing it. Are there more ... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/10/23/have-you-seen-rubber-johnny/ 23:06 Thu, Oct 23, 08 |
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Kurt Kurasaki’s great Reason books. My wife consistently asks me how to do the same few things in Photoshop over and over. I beg her to RTFM (read the ____ing manual) but it’s just too d... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/10/23/kurt-kurasakis-great-reason-books/ 17:43 Thu, Oct 23, 08 |
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SM Pro Audio V-Machine Stand Alone VST Player The SM Pro Audio V-Machine looks like a micro competitor to the Muse Research Receptor. It’s a $599 box that allows you to load a few VSTs into it and... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/10/24/sm-pro-audio-v-machine-stand-alone-vst-pl... 17:29 Fri, Oct 24, 08 |
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Is learning at the SAE Institute worthwhile? I’m big on education. The more you know the better your music will sound, the more jobs you will get, the more money you will be paid and the more fun... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/10/25/is-learning-at-the-sae-institute-worthwhi... 17:37 Sat, Oct 25, 08 |
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The transition of CBGBs into a clothing store. I performed at CBGBs three times. Two of those times were for events I threw myself. It was a nice accomplishment to take the same stage as so many gr... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/10/26/the-transition-of-cbgbs-into-a-clothing-s... 09:33 Sun, Oct 26, 08 |
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Digital 80s drum machines from Puremagnetik. If I had unlimited cash I would go onto eBay right now and buy every single drum machine I could find. The next best thing is a good sample collection... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/10/27/digital-80s-drum-machines-from-puremagnet... 15:51 Mon, Oct 27, 08 |
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MTV finally gives us music videos again. I remember when MTV was all music videos. Along with HBO it was the reason you paid your hard earned cash for Cable Television. Right from the start M... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/10/28/mtv-finally-gives-us-music-videos-again/ 10:02 Tue, Oct 28, 08 |
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Use Mad Mimi to send email to your fans. When I first started my record label over 10 years ago I included 8.5×11 sheets of paper inside ever single record with information about the songs, l... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/10/29/use-mad-mimi-to-send-email-to-your-fans/ 18:02 Wed, Oct 29, 08 |
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Atomolabs Mochika 2 synthesizer sequencer. This pretty clear plastic noise machine has been out since August but since it’s not via a major manufacturer maybe you missed it? The Atomolabs Mochi... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/10/30/atomolabs-mochika-2-synthesizer-sequencer... 16:32 Thu, Oct 30, 08 |
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Audio Damage BigSeq2 coming soon. Chris Randall from Audio Damage gave us a teaser of what the next version of BigSeq will look like. On his always fun to read blog Analog Industries h... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/10/31/audio-damage-bigseq2-coming-soon/ 10:45 Fri, Oct 31, 08 |
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Some photos from my recent show in Stuttgart. I’m in the midst of a few live shows. Recently I performed in Stuttgart at a really cool underground club confusingly called Prag. I must have played ... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/11/01/some-photos-from-my-recent-show-in-stuttg... 17:41 Sat, Nov 1, 08 |
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Sunday sounds: Sad Songs I Understand I think Sundays will be a good time to share music playlists with you. Today is a collection of sad songs I adore. I really didn’t like this kind of m... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/11/02/sunday-sounds-sad-songs-i-understand/ 11:50 Sun, Nov 2, 08 |
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Subliminal Kid’s Macbeth M5 in a delightful video. The Subliminal Kid in the studio from Ruben Broman on Vimeo. Look at this gorgeous studio video of Stockholm, Sweden’s “The Subliminal Kid” (aka Peder... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/11/03/subliminal-kids-macbeth-m5-in-a-delightfu... 09:38 Mon, Nov 3, 08 |
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A database and spreadsheet of your equipment. I keep an up to date Database and Spreadsheet containing the details of all the hardware and software in my recording studio. I refer to these lists w... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/11/04/a-database-and-spreadsheet-of-your-equipm... 09:08 Tue, Nov 4, 08 |
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Welcome President Obama. I’m going to tell you a little story. About five years ago I was living in New York City and it was mid-winter. I had to perform three live shows in E... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/11/05/welcome-president-obama/ 09:37 Wed, Nov 5, 08 |
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Hack lyrics into the Ableton Live lessons area. I’m playing live tonight at Tresor. It’s one of the more well known clubs in Berlin. On stage tonight I will be keeping a secret from the audience. Do... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/11/06/hack-lyrics-into-the-ableton-live-lessons... 16:34 Thu, Nov 6, 08 |
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The Ocarina by Smule for the iPhone. SMule: Ocarina [Zeldarian] from SonicMule, Inc. on Vimeo. One of my childhood friends works at Apple. Every now and then he emails me and the header r... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/11/07/the-ocarina-by-smule-for-the-iphone/ 10:32 Fri, Nov 7, 08 |
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Imagine being asked to produce this audio spot. Imagine getting a call from your local television station. Imagine they tell you a hip hop artist is coming in and they need you to work the board. No... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/11/08/imagine-being-asked-to-produce-this-audio... 14:39 Sat, Nov 8, 08 |
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Sunday Sounds: Electronic Body Music In keeping with a new tradition on Wire to the Ear called “Sunday Sounds” where I post a music playlist each week here’s the next installment: Electro... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/11/09/sunday-sounds-electronic-body-music/ 19:51 Sun, Nov 9, 08 |
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Sonic Charge releases Synplant Sonic Charge, the makers of the well loved µTonic (MicroTonic) have released their new creation Synplant. I would describe Synplant as a Generative mu... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/11/10/sonic-charge-releases-synplant/ 08:25 Mon, Nov 10, 08 |
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Momentum or perfection? If you had to choose. It seems I am in a constant dilemma when it comes to my music career. I simply can’t create my albums as fast as I should. Ideally I would like to rel... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/11/11/momentum-or-perfection-if-you-had-to-choo... 13:29 Tue, Nov 11, 08 |
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Something fun to do with LP covers: Sleeveface Here’s one of those websites you check out and say, “Huh that’s cool”. I guess taking photos of Gummi Bears using synths isn’t too much different. One... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/11/12/something-fun-to-do-with-lp-covers-sleeve... 19:13 Wed, Nov 12, 08 |
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Two reasons musicians should check out Scribd. Scribd is a San Fransisco web company that helps you present documents online. You join up, upload and your doc, pdf, xls, txt, rtf, ppt, odt files to... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/11/13/two-reasons-musicians-should-check-out-sc... 14:57 Thu, Nov 13, 08 |
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Akai EWI USB. Electronic Wind Instrument. Since the release of the very first Akai EWI, pronounced like “Kiwi”, acronym for Electronic Wind Instrument was released in 1987 I wanted one. There’... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/11/14/akai-ewi-usb-electronic-wind-instrument/ 12:18 Fri, Nov 14, 08 |
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Hard drive crashing sounds. What is a sound that every computer owner hates? Come on the answer is easy right? It’s the sound of a hard disc crashing! Data Recovery Services from... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/11/15/hard-drive-crashing-sounds/ 10:43 Sat, Nov 15, 08 |
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Sunday Sounds: Early Rave Today’s edition of Sunday Sounds is a playlist of early Rave tracks. I was deeply involved with this era so this playlist could be really long but for... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/11/16/sunday-sounds-early-rave/ 15:37 Sun, Nov 16, 08 |
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A different kind of Bauhaus cover song. What does the goth band Bauhaus have to do with the mall, girls and the store Orange Julius? This video for one thing. Do you think Peter Murphy would... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/11/17/a-different-kind-of-bauhaus-cover-song/ 18:35 Mon, Nov 17, 08 |
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Make an anthem for an event you play. The Horrorist Live - Halle, Germany 2008 from thingstocome on Vimeo. Often a promoter from an event I am booked to play will ask me to do an anthem. S... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/11/17/make-an-anthem-for-an-event-you-play/ 10:07 Mon, Nov 17, 08 |
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Flowers. Another pretty Monome video. Flowers from Jan van Nuenen on Vimeo. There is a large collection of really good looking Monome videos on Vimeo. This one is my favorite. “Monome is a... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/11/18/flowers-another-pretty-monome-video/ 13:20 Tue, Nov 18, 08 |
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Justice are living up to their name. I give credit where it’s due and Justice and the Ed Banger crew created something new in electronic music and I respect that. The massive club hits th... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/11/19/justice-are-living-up-to-their-name/ 09:08 Wed, Nov 19, 08 |
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I wish iTunes had tags. There’s only one thing I want more than having my music collection “in the cloud” and that’s for Apple to allow us to Tag songs in iTunes. Why are we ... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/11/20/i-wish-itunes-had-tags/ 11:58 Thu, Nov 20, 08 |
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Buchla 200e, 250e, 266e makes me happy. Buchla uncertainty from Joe Pascarell on Vimeo. I like random sequencers of any type. I’m always adding little variations in my music using Ableton’s ... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/11/21/buchla-200e-250e-266e-makes-me-happy/ 18:52 Fri, Nov 21, 08 |
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In the studio with Bon Harris from Nitzer Ebb. The always busy James Bernard from Propellerhead Software went to LA to interview Bon Harris one of the founding members of Nitzer Ebb. It doesn’t sur... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/11/21/in-the-studio-with-bon-harris-from-nitzer... 00:08 Sat, Nov 22, 08 |
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Sunday Sounds: Songs about Robots. I’m in the process of moving from Berlin to New York and all the packing is making me feel like a robot. What I thought would take two days has become... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/11/23/sunday-sounds-songs-about-robots/ 09:58 Sun, Nov 23, 08 |
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A few words I heard today. “The police told us we couldn’t park there so we had to return the truck and rent a Sprinter.” I will be billed. “This (synth) case is over size by 2c... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/11/24/a-few-words-i-heard-today/ 17:09 Mon, Nov 24, 08 |
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Shortcut: Randomize the Matrix Sequencer Today I present to you a highly fun Reason beginner tip: Instead of placing notes into Reason’s fun Matrix Sequencer use the Randomize function. But d... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/11/26/shortcut-randomize-the-matrix-sequencer/ 20:22 Wed, Nov 26, 08 |
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Are you shopping on Black Friday? Well I am back in the good ole USA. After a day of Thanksgiving over eating and loud relatives Black Friday is here. Still quite jet lagged so I woke ... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/11/28/are-you-shopping-on-black-friday/ 14:23 Fri, Nov 28, 08 |
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Music from a Little Stapler. How many times have you though about making a complete musical piece out of one sound or with one instrument? I know it’s crossed my mind a hundred ti... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/11/28/music-from-a-little-stapler/ 22:08 Fri, Nov 28, 08 |
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My family loves the Smule Ocarina. Alex plays the Ocarina from wiretotheear on Vimeo. For the past few days I have been in a suburb of New York City called Rockland County. It sits abou... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/11/29/my-family-loves-the-smule-ocarina/ 16:12 Sat, Nov 29, 08 |
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Sunday Sounds: When I Hear Music Today’s Sunday sounds will just focus on one song: When I Hear Music by Debbie Debb. This song gets my vote for “Best Freestyle Song Ever”. Freestyle ... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/11/30/sunday-sounds-when-i-hear-music/ 16:48 Sun, Nov 30, 08 |
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Neuton Medien Vertrieb announces insolvency. I’ve had a Press & Distribution deal for my label Things to Come Records with Neuton Distribution since June 2002. Neuton has been a major force in vi... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/12/02/neuton-medien-vertrieb-announces-insolven... 13:24 Tue, Dec 2, 08 |
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TouchOSC, Ableton Live and a Question. TouchOSC / Ableton Live from max Min on Vimeo. Now that I am living in New York again I decided to go from a two person live show to a solo act. Howev... http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/12/03/touchosc-ableton-live-and-a-question/ 15:03 Wed, Dec 3, 08 |
