
January 29, 2012
January 28, 2012
Ordinary People

January 24, 2012
Salutations
January 23, 2012
Roland Electronic Music Instruments
Why do I love Roland products? Well, there is a certain precision I hear in them that I don't hear elsewhere. They're also wonderful to work with and esthetically very pleasing. They all have a sort of majestic quality in their tones. Roland synthesizers have almost an organ quality about them. It's hard to explain. Maybe Roland, more than most companies at the time were more concerned with musicality or the musician's needs (don't even get me started on Buchla!), always advocating polyphony, having delays on LFOs and things like that. But I do think that this quality that worked so well for them at the beginning, was probably their downfall. Because the products they make these days pale in comparison to their former glory. But I don't dwell on this. These modern products have nothing to do with me and i can ignore them easy enough. Nothing gold stays….
January 20, 2012
Meant To Be Together
January 19, 2012
January 18, 2012
January 17, 2012
More of Kate Bush and the Fairlight

“I took one look at it and said, ‘This is what I’ve been looking for all my life.’ I couldn’t believe the Fairlight. It’s called a synthesizer, but many of its sounds are of natural source. To be able to play with strings, waterfalls, anything you want, it’s wonderful.”
This is a wonderful interview with Kate -- she has such a delightful demeanor, it's like listening to Princess Diana talk about the Fairlight. But she also talks about her religious beliefs, it's all quite interesting. There's also a little nod to C.S. Lewis in there.
I agree with her about how writing with different instruments effects your song writing. I've heard so many people say they write all their music with a piano or acoustic guitar, even when making electronic music. But i've always though that writing music with a synthesizer has such a way about it.
January 16, 2012
Roland SDE - Digital Delays; A Shallow Comparison

January 14, 2012
Electronic Music in the Classroom


You'll also want to check out Let's Go Orienteering! by Land Equivalents:
http://jimmusgrave.bandcamp.com/album/lets-go-orienteering
January 13, 2012
1884

January 12, 2012
Klaus Doldinger

January 11, 2012
Time Zones
January 10, 2012
EKO ComputeRhythm Drum Machine 1972

January 9, 2012
January 8, 2012
Drum Machines in Narnia

January 7, 2012
January 6, 2012
January 5, 2012
January 4, 2012
More Of The Same

January 3, 2012
The Fairlight CMI and Sampling in General

January 1, 2012
Best Song of 2011: Autumn's Edge by Xeno & Oaklander
Roland's Most Wonderful Era

You know, those years between '79 and '81. At that time Roland's design was perfect. The Tr808, Jupiter 8, RS-09. All beautiful. Those buttons, Those knobs. They were doing everything right.