FANTASTIC explanation of 12-tone Music and its forbearers |
A friend referred me to this amazing video the other day:NY Times: 12-Tone MusicIt is a FANTASTIC explanation of 12-tone music and where it came from presented by Anthony Tommasini, the New York Times...
Posted by j. rogers on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:24:00 PST |
Get Theory Part 3 |
Perhaps a few bad examples in the previous posts, but I am still unwavering in my belief that trying to impose centuries-old practices on such a new form with such exciting possibilities is not the wa...
Posted by j. rogers on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:45:00 PST |
A few pics from the Oasis Beat-B-Q |
Here's a flickr slideshow of a couple pics from the show at Oasis Sunday. There are only like 8 though. I guess we were kind of busy getting drunk or something....... http://www.flickr.com/phot...
Posted by j. rogers on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:41:00 PST |
Check out this event: BeatBQ--Club Oasis--Limacon, Kenneth Scott & More |
Hosted By: I LOVE 222UESDAYSWhen: Sunday Jul 06, 2008 at 6:00 PMWhere: Club Oasis125 12th St.Oakland, California|5 94118United StatesDescription:I LOVE 222UESDAYS Click Here To View Event...
Posted by j. rogers on Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:52:00 PST |
Get Theory Part 2 |
If you see post-tonal thought as a response to tonal thought, then one definitely needs to study diatonic/chromatic theory. I don't. I see it as a whole new system. So did Schoenberg...
Posted by j. rogers on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:28:00 PST |
Need some music theory, tech-heads? |
A few people have asked me lately about boning up on their Music Theory a bit. Well, there's lots of approaches. But for our type of music, honestly, do not bother learning diatonic/chromatic theory. ...
Posted by j. rogers on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:00:00 PST |
Those damn genre descriptions |
There are times when the long strung-together genre descriptions in electronic music can just seem silly. I have to say there are aspects of the pigeonholing that I rather enjoy. One of the most...
Posted by j. rogers on Fri, 23 May 2008 07:10:00 PST |
Some DJs stuck in 1999... |
Saw some DJs this last weekend that were quite disappointing to me. It's not that they couldn't mix, not that they didn't have the tracks, but... These guys have to re-think why the fuck they do this....
Posted by j. rogers on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:09:00 PST |
Post-Modernism? Why, yes... |
How many times have we encountered the "DJs aren’t real musicians" argument?Most people that are stupid enough to actually make a silly comment of this sort aren’t really worth a retort, b...
Posted by j. rogers on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 02:24:00 PST |
micro mix 01-08 DETAILS |
Details formicro mix 01-08Stats: 20 compisitions x 19 divisions x 29 minutesWhat does this mean? During the course of this 29 minute mix, you will hear 20 distinct tracks from vario...
Posted by j. rogers on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:07:00 PST |
