Showing posts with label Music News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Music News. Show all posts
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Formula Drift ATL 2014: Geoff Stoneback Run by Mark Lenardon
Step into the LSX-powered GSR Nissan S14 cockpit with Formula Drift rookie Geoff Stoneback during a run at Road Atlanta this year.
Video by Mark Lenardon
Video by Mark Lenardon
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
FISE World Montpellier 2014 LIVE - English
FISE World Montpellier 2014 LIVE - English
From 28th May to 1st June 2014 !
The FISE WORLD Montpellier brings together the best riders in the world for 5 full days of competition, from May 28 to June 1st. There are 25 differents competitions: skateboarding, inline, bmx, mountain bike and wakeboard, pro & amateur.
This event is free for the spectators, and the competition is open to the professional and to the teenagers with the "junior" and "amateur" cathegory: a unique opportunty for everyone to participater! More than 400.000 spectators are present each year on the Lez River shores.
We'll see you there again this year for the event's 18th edition with an ever growing show, riders always pushing the limits of the possible and improved riding areas for an unmissable event.
We'll see you there again this year for the event's 18th edition with an ever growing show, riders always pushing the limits of the possible and improved riding areas for an unmissable event.
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
How Piracy is Hurting Indie Artists | ABS-CBN News
How Piracy is Hurting Indie Artists | ABS-CBN News
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – Jackie Chavez has been trying to make it big as a singer and musician for five years now. It hasn't been easy.
“It's tough when you're just doing it independently and you don't have connections. You rely on pure talent. It's really hard,” she mused.
Chavez released her self-titled album in the Philippines in 2011, and she's trying to do the same in the U.S.
For now, she earns her money through gigs. But she said selling her songs online through iTunes and Amazon has been especially challenging, because of piracy.
“As artists, we put our dedication and hardwork to create music. It's so sad that they're just going to copy it. They're just going to pirate it,” she added.
READ THE FULL STORY HERE:
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/global-filipino/09/23/13/special-report-how-piracy-hurting-indie-artists
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Ambient Soundtrack Reminds Us of Vangelis Blade Runner Soundtrack
Ambient Soundtrack Reminds Us of Vangelis Blade Runner Soundtrack
photo credit: o palsson Ambient Soundtrack Reminds Us of Blade Runner Body Waves is the full CD music soundtrack to the award-winning TV documentary film,
A SOFT LOOK (also available on DVD). In the style of Vangelis' Blade Runner music, fans of ambient music will enjoy this work.
Order here Body Waves
Monday, May 26, 2014
Free Electronic Music Software - Choices To Start With Right Now
Free Electronic Music Software - Choices To Start With Right Now
Marcus Henriksson & Sebastian Mullaert, 2007 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
If you are looking for a free electronic music software, then this article lists some digital audio workstations (aka DAW) that enable you to start music right now, without spending a dime. Although the free versions usually have slightly less features than the paid software, the following programs are surprisingly close to the professional ones in their capabilities.
They can be an excellent solution for someone who is on a low budget, or just wants to give it try without having to invest a lot of money. So, without further intro, let us jump right into the topic. Depending on the operation system that your computer is running on, there is free electronic music software available both for Windows, Mac, and Linux. GarageBand and Ardour The good news for Mac users is that it comes with a pre-installed music making software called GarageBand, which is a great tool to begin with.
While being an audio editing and mixing tool, it also enables you to work with MIDI files - an important feature that is essential for making electronic music. Mac users can also try Ardour, which is an even more comprehensive open-source DAW, being compatible also for Linux. Wavosaur Wavosaur is a Windows-oriented tool, containing a support for VST plugins and instruments. The uniqueness of this program lies in the fact that it requires no installing. This way it can be placed onto a USB memory stick, and be easily transported between multiple computers.
LMMS LMMS is a versatile music production environment, that can be run not only on Windows, but also on other operation systems. With its decent capabilities, this DAW can be compared to some commercial programs, since it offers such functions as putting together melodies and rhythms, creating and mixing various sounds, and manipulating with samples. Traverso DAW Traverso DAW is another completely free electronic music software. It is a cross-platform multi-track audio recording and editing program, which lets you create electronic songs from start to finish.
While known for its intuitive and simple user-interface, it harbours the utilities and operations that are usually contained in paid music production tools. Routing multiple tracks into one channel is only one example of a valuable built-in function, that can save a lot of CPU power as you start working with larger projects.
MU.LAB Another program that I decided to put into this list of free electronic music software, is MU.LAB. Although you can pay for the full version, which has slightly more features, there is this essential non-paid version called MU.LAB free, which delivers pristine audio quality. Containing all the tools to start making electronic music, this software works both in Windows and Mac.
They can be an excellent solution for someone who is on a low budget, or just wants to give it try without having to invest a lot of money. So, without further intro, let us jump right into the topic. Depending on the operation system that your computer is running on, there is free electronic music software available both for Windows, Mac, and Linux. GarageBand and Ardour The good news for Mac users is that it comes with a pre-installed music making software called GarageBand, which is a great tool to begin with.
While being an audio editing and mixing tool, it also enables you to work with MIDI files - an important feature that is essential for making electronic music. Mac users can also try Ardour, which is an even more comprehensive open-source DAW, being compatible also for Linux. Wavosaur Wavosaur is a Windows-oriented tool, containing a support for VST plugins and instruments. The uniqueness of this program lies in the fact that it requires no installing. This way it can be placed onto a USB memory stick, and be easily transported between multiple computers.
LMMS LMMS is a versatile music production environment, that can be run not only on Windows, but also on other operation systems. With its decent capabilities, this DAW can be compared to some commercial programs, since it offers such functions as putting together melodies and rhythms, creating and mixing various sounds, and manipulating with samples. Traverso DAW Traverso DAW is another completely free electronic music software. It is a cross-platform multi-track audio recording and editing program, which lets you create electronic songs from start to finish.
While known for its intuitive and simple user-interface, it harbours the utilities and operations that are usually contained in paid music production tools. Routing multiple tracks into one channel is only one example of a valuable built-in function, that can save a lot of CPU power as you start working with larger projects.
MU.LAB Another program that I decided to put into this list of free electronic music software, is MU.LAB. Although you can pay for the full version, which has slightly more features, there is this essential non-paid version called MU.LAB free, which delivers pristine audio quality. Containing all the tools to start making electronic music, this software works both in Windows and Mac.
Joonas Kreen is a musician, who produces electronic music mixed with acoustic instruments. Click here to get a free download of his latest single and hear what his music sounds like.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Joonas_KreenPim Zond - She Was GODZILLA in My Bed (Gothic Music Video Graphics Version)
Pim Zond - Gothic Music VIDEO- "She Was Godzilla in My Bed" ABSTRACT Rock
Pim Zond releases new MUSIC video short:"She Was Godzilla In My Bed". VIDEO version display dark machine graphics plus experimental minimal metal audio track from experimental gothic metal MUSIC CD album. pimzond.com
Pim Zond - Gothic Music VIDEO- "She Was Godzilla in My Bed" ABSTRACT Rock by Pim Zond
Sunday, May 25, 2014
Heavy Metal Music As Sound Therapy?
Heavy Metal Music As Sound Therapy?
Picture of a Led Zeppelin exhibition at Montreaux taken on March 7, 1970 by Fabio Rizzato (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Whenever I present to groups about sound therapy or talk with people at trade fairs, I often get expressions of concern and questions about heavy metal music. These are valid concerns, so I decided to take a closer look. My closer look has provided some interesting insight. Heavy metal music has been a personal journey for our family. Our son, Matt, is lead guitar in a heavy metal band. It is his favorite music. He is a fabulously talented guitarist.
Matt is also an early indigo child and one of the wisest, old souls I know. If I need advice, I will often ask Matt. He is one of the kindest, compassionate, joyful and authentic people I know. Heavy metal music touched our family in a very personal way when Matt entered grade 10 in high school. By the second term, Matt was suffering from a clinical depression. For him, it was a true dark night of the soul. Medication and intervention were refused as he relied on his own inner wisdom and healer. From a very young age, this wise old soul has preferred to heal himself. Mind you, for a broken arm, he was taken to the hospital. The doctors were amazed at how quickly he healed.
What he found during this dark night of the soul was an expression of what he was going through in the form of heavy metal music. If he was feeling really angry, for example, he would play some really angry music, we would plug our ears, and shortly, he would emerge from his room calmer. Now, Matt regularly shares with me videos on YouTube of his favorite bands and performers. We gleefully share our wonder over the technical and musical accomplishments of some of these guitarists. I also share with him my concern over the content of some of the songs and its effect on him.
As a classically trained musician and sound and energy healer, I had some serious reservations about this style of music. Many people enthusiastically condemn heavy metal music. You may even be aware of a court case or two brought against a band concerning its influence over young people. I believe that labeling it "bad" and shoving it under the rug may not be the wisest thing to do. Music and art are reflections of what is going on in the heart, mind and soul of humanity. With heavy metal music, I believe that we are staring right into our collective shadow. What is the content of this shadow? Death, anger, fear, illness, sex, repressed weakness, shortcomings and instincts. Welcome to heavy metal. Each of us is a mixture of light (like compassion) and shadow (like dark angry thoughts). We like very much to avoid the shadow.
The problem is that the more we avoid or repress it, the darker it becomes. Sometimes we have to turn out all the lights and sit in the dark to understand the nature of the darkness. Sometimes that experience becomes the dark night of the soul where we confront our own shadow side. Humanity as a whole is undergoing a shift in consciousness right now and part of this shift involves understanding and creating a relationship with our collective shadow. As an individual, some of the unconsciousness mind becomes conscious.
As a species, some of our collective unconscious is becoming conscious and we are getting a good look. As a result, humanity is experiencing a collective dark night of the soul. The great psychiatrist, Carl Jung wrote about the shadow and coined the term collective unconscious.
One of the things he said was, "To confront a person with his shadow is to show him his own light." (Good and Evil in Analytical Psychology (1959). In Collected Works 10. Civilization in Transition, p. 872.) He also said, "One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious." (The Philosophical Tree (1945). In Collected Works 13: Alchemical Studies, p. 335.) The gift of heavy metal music is that it forces us to look at our collective shadow. We have been shoving it under the rug for millennia. It has grown deep and dark there. By bubbling up in music and art, it forces us to take a good look and make some choices about what we see.
Matt is also an early indigo child and one of the wisest, old souls I know. If I need advice, I will often ask Matt. He is one of the kindest, compassionate, joyful and authentic people I know. Heavy metal music touched our family in a very personal way when Matt entered grade 10 in high school. By the second term, Matt was suffering from a clinical depression. For him, it was a true dark night of the soul. Medication and intervention were refused as he relied on his own inner wisdom and healer. From a very young age, this wise old soul has preferred to heal himself. Mind you, for a broken arm, he was taken to the hospital. The doctors were amazed at how quickly he healed.
What he found during this dark night of the soul was an expression of what he was going through in the form of heavy metal music. If he was feeling really angry, for example, he would play some really angry music, we would plug our ears, and shortly, he would emerge from his room calmer. Now, Matt regularly shares with me videos on YouTube of his favorite bands and performers. We gleefully share our wonder over the technical and musical accomplishments of some of these guitarists. I also share with him my concern over the content of some of the songs and its effect on him.
As a classically trained musician and sound and energy healer, I had some serious reservations about this style of music. Many people enthusiastically condemn heavy metal music. You may even be aware of a court case or two brought against a band concerning its influence over young people. I believe that labeling it "bad" and shoving it under the rug may not be the wisest thing to do. Music and art are reflections of what is going on in the heart, mind and soul of humanity. With heavy metal music, I believe that we are staring right into our collective shadow. What is the content of this shadow? Death, anger, fear, illness, sex, repressed weakness, shortcomings and instincts. Welcome to heavy metal. Each of us is a mixture of light (like compassion) and shadow (like dark angry thoughts). We like very much to avoid the shadow.
The problem is that the more we avoid or repress it, the darker it becomes. Sometimes we have to turn out all the lights and sit in the dark to understand the nature of the darkness. Sometimes that experience becomes the dark night of the soul where we confront our own shadow side. Humanity as a whole is undergoing a shift in consciousness right now and part of this shift involves understanding and creating a relationship with our collective shadow. As an individual, some of the unconsciousness mind becomes conscious.
As a species, some of our collective unconscious is becoming conscious and we are getting a good look. As a result, humanity is experiencing a collective dark night of the soul. The great psychiatrist, Carl Jung wrote about the shadow and coined the term collective unconscious.
One of the things he said was, "To confront a person with his shadow is to show him his own light." (Good and Evil in Analytical Psychology (1959). In Collected Works 10. Civilization in Transition, p. 872.) He also said, "One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious." (The Philosophical Tree (1945). In Collected Works 13: Alchemical Studies, p. 335.) The gift of heavy metal music is that it forces us to look at our collective shadow. We have been shoving it under the rug for millennia. It has grown deep and dark there. By bubbling up in music and art, it forces us to take a good look and make some choices about what we see.
Sharon Carne has transformed a successful 30-year career of teaching and performing the classical guitar to teaching about how sound heals. She speaks for conferences, corporate retreats and interested groups on the power of music and sound to reduce stress, create deeper meditations, ease emotional release, create focus and concentration and ease the symptoms of illness and disease. http://www.soundwellness.com
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Sharon_Carne
How to Make a Podcast
How to Make a Podcast
Podcast Awards (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
A podcast is an easy way of distributing media files over the internet, and this article will tell how to make a podcast. The first thing necessary is a domain, and a host on which to store the media files for the podcast.
Getting a domain is simple and easy, there are many domain registrars that can register a domain for someone for a small fee. Some of these domainregistrars are GoDaddy.com, Dotster, or Network Solutions are some that provide domains.
The domainregistrar will, for a small fee, enter the chosen domain, provided it is not being used, into the computers that form the backbone of the internet. These computers will be told where the domain is located on the internet; what host it is that holds the domain's information. In order to give them that information, the name servers that are held by the host need to be associated with the domain.
Once the domain is in place, a good host should be found. The host that is chosen should offer a large amount of both disk space and a much larger amount bandwidth.
Disk space is neccessary because the site which holds the podcast will be storing large media files; audio or video files that take up a lot of space and are difficult to compress. The large bandwidth is necessary because transferring these large files many times to many different people will use up the quota quickly.
A good amount of diskspace would be several GigaBytes, bandwidth should be in the tens or hundreds of Gigabytes. Once the host is set up, it should offer you a couple of addresses called nameservers. Inputting these server addresses into the site where the domain was registered will complete the domain setup and allow the site to be found on the internet.
The next step for people who want to know how tomake a podcast is installing the software necessary to maintain the podcast. A small piece of coding called dircaster.php can be used to set up a basic level of podcast. Dircaster.php can be found easily by searching for it in any search engine.
Once it is located, it should be edited to reflect the particulars of the domain and uploaded to the site. Dircaster.php will generate an RSS file, or feed, that tells the subscriber about the new files available for downloading.
To begin podcasting, create the audio files that should be podcast, fill in the information about the file such as date, author, etc, and upload them to the same directory that contains dircaster.php. You now have a podcast, and all that is needed is to publicise the address of the file dircaster.php. To update the podcast with newinformation, just upload the new files. Other things to make the podcast better might be a site that contains information about the podcast, but it isn't necessary.
Mobile Podcast Recording Studio (Photo credit: theunabonger)
Pim Zond - 23 Years of Fear - Experimental Gothic Metal Album
Pim Zond - 23 Years of Fear - Experimental Gothic Metal Album
Saturday, May 24, 2014
[Chthonic Recording Diary #3] Lady Yoga in Sweden 2013
[Chthonic Recording Diary #3] Lady Yoga in Sweden 2013
English: CHTHONIC's concert in Metropolis, Montreal, CANADA (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
[Chthonic Recording Diary #3] Lady Yoga in Sweden 2013
musique chinoise traditionnelle par Liu Fang 中国传统音乐的刘芳
musique chinoise traditionnelle par Liu Fang
Traditional Chinese Music by Liu Fang
中国传统音乐的刘芳
劉芳演奏琵琶 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) An incredible Chinese musician in this video clip from the CBC. Unfortunately, as usual with the CBC in Canada the narrator can't seem to "shut the hell up", and let the viewer see and hear...
English: Extracted from a video film taken with camcorder (Video: Zhou Fan) Français : Extrait d'un vidéo pris avec un caméscope (Vidéo: Zhou Fan) 中文(繁體)‬: 從視頻中提取（攝像：Zhou Fan） (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption]
Friday, May 23, 2014
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