Monthly Archive

You are currently browsing the monthly archive for September 2009.

Edward R. Murrow once said…

September 29, 2009 in Uncategorized | 7 comments

“Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices-just recognize them.”
 
Murrow was a journalist and broadcaster.  Do you think most journalist have prejudices?  If so do you think journalist profession give them a special obligation to examine themselves honestly?
Advertisements

Beats, Rhymes and Life

September 21, 2009 in Uncategorized | 1 comment

Dick Clark, an icon in the music industry, once said, “I’ve always felt that music is visual. I’ve said for years that ‘Music is the soundtrack of your life.’ Listening to it spurs memories. That’s when you fell in love; that’s when you graduated from school; that’s when you got that job; and that’s when you lost that job.”

‘music is the soundtrack of your life.’ What does this quotation mean to you? Do you agree or disagree with this statement? What songs immediately strike you as music that defines your life and experiences?

Welcomed break?

September 16, 2009 in Uncategorized | 23 comments

Before the age of television, people entertained themselves largely by reading, telling stories, playing music and doing things outside. If you had to stop watching TV and using your electronic devices for one month, how would you fill your time? Would you miss them terribly, or would you welcome the break?

September 2009
M T W T F S S
    Oct »
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
282930  

RSS DMHS Counseling

  • An error has occurred; the feed is probably down. Try again later.

RSS Rampage

  • An error has occurred; the feed is probably down. Try again later.

RSS Mr. Katz

  • An error has occurred; the feed is probably down. Try again later.

RSS College of the Desert Radio 1620 AM

  • An error has occurred; the feed is probably down. Try again later.

RSS The Makeshift Musician

  • Producing Natural-Sounding MIDI Notes
    When making electronically-produced music, you’ll find yourself often programming notes rather than playing them. People who don’t understand the medium will say that this makes the music cold, mechanical and lifeless, but they simply don’t understand the amount of work and craftsmanship that goes into manually arranging notes. A composer needs to take into […]
  • Weekly Music Writing – Like lifting weights made of creativity
    A while back I wrote about writing music constantly in order to build your skills and flex your creativity. I’ve been making music for several years now and my biggest project had been a 16 track score for a tragically unreleased computer game, which I finished in about 6 months. This was a great exercise, […]
  • Microphones, Cables and Everything Else in Your Studio
    This is the final part of the Makeshift Musician’s Comprehensive Guide to Building Your Own Studio So, you’ve got your room for your studio, you’ve set up your computer, hooked up your audio interface and installed your recording software. What’s next? Actually, a lot of stuff. Microphones Unless you’re an all-software kind of musician, you need […] […]
  • Audio Recording Software for Your Studio
    This is Part 4 of the Makeshift Musician’s Comprehensive Guide to Building Your Own Studio We’re now down to the last big component of your beast of a studio. To add this last piece, we need to dive into the prickly, sometimes confusing realm of software. Luckily for you, though, there are a lot of easy […]
  • Audio Interface, or, How to Get Sound into Your Computer
    This is Part 3 of the Makeshift Musician’s Comprehensive Guide to Building Your Own Studio Now that you’ve got a computer, it’s entirely possible that you’re now standing in front of it with your guitar or piano or whatever, your eyes slowly moving back and forth between the two objects in a confused manner, wondering how […]

RSS Crate Kings

  • Just Blaze on Ghost Production, Musical Styles
    Just Blaze on the evolution of musical styles, the state of New York hip-hop, DJ’ing, and ghot production. “A lot of these guys employ people who do their music for them.” “Some of these DJ’s that are constantly on the road are also constantly putting out new music.  How… because they have guys under them […]
  • Battle Of The Americas Beat Battle f/ Young Guru
    The Beat Academy presents The Battle of The Americas Beat Battle featuring judges Young Guru, Symbolyc One (S1), and Jake One. On Saturday June 21st 24 producers from USA and Canada will go to war in the ultimate team beat battle! Grab tickets or visit Beat Academy for more info. Video of The Road to […]
  • DJ Premier Explains Iconic Gangstarr Logo
    DJ Premier explains how Guru and Big Shug designed the Gangstarr logo and how it’s been used throughout all of their albums.  Primo also talks about how Mass Appeal was created with the intention of being a radio hit.

RSS Audio

RSS Up Above Records

RSS The Yard

  • An error has occurred; the feed is probably down. Try again later.

RSS Rhymesayers Releases

  • An error has occurred; the feed is probably down. Try again later.

RSS USA Today

  • An error has occurred; the feed is probably down. Try again later.

RSS Art & Culture

  • An error has occurred; the feed is probably down. Try again later.
Advertisements