Music

Multitrack recorder for the iPhone.

http://www.sonomawireworks.com/iphone/fourtrack/

I’ve had this for a while now, but only just decided to some work.

Arm first track, record.
Rewind.
Arm second track, record while playing back first track.
Connect via wireless to the iPhone (app has its own built in web server!)
Download tracks individually (AWESOME!)
Import into Audacity, mix, and export.

Awesome!!

From the BBC

Ninety-five per cent of music downloaded online is illegal, a report by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has said.

Ahuh.
Also, did you know that anywhere between 41% and 98% of statistics are made up?

Just ask Google.

Via kottke.org.

Did you know that there was a ban on solo encores…:

“Did you know that there was a ban on solo encores at the Metropolitan Opera? Not anymore. After Juan Diego Florez busted out nine flawless high Cs in a tenor solo, the reaction from the audience compelled the singer into the first solo encore at the Met since 1994.

Peter Gelb, the Met’s general manager, said on Tuesday that he had asked Mr. Florez weeks ago whether he would be prepared to repeat the aria, if the audience demanded. Mr. Fl’orez had already done so at other houses, including the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, where last year he became the first to violate an encore ban since 1933.

Mr. Florez agreed to Mr. Gelb’s request, and the orchestra and chorus were warned. A system was established. Mr. Gelb kept an open line on the phone in his box to the stage manager. After the explosive reaction he gave the stage manager the go-ahead. The manager activated a podium light for the conductor, Marco Armiliato. Mr. Armiliato held out a questioning two fingers to Mr. Florez. ‘He just smiled, and that means ‘Yes,’ ‘ the conductor said.

Florez nailed all nine Cs in the encore too. The mp3 of the performance is a thrilling listen.

(link)”

Wow.

glass music

(Via ze’s page :: zefrank.com.)

From the BBC News:

A group of MPs has called on football clubs to cut the number of foreign players in the English game.

What say you have more important shit to worry about?

Via the BBC Website

BBC Radio 1 has banned the word “faggot” from the Pogues’ 1987 Christmas hit Fairytale of New York to avoid offence.

…MacColl’s mother, Jean, called the ban “too ridiculous”, while the Pogues said they found it “amusing”.

It’s quite funny actually. Listen here

UPDATE

The BBC has backed down!

BBC Radio 1 has said it will allow the Pogues’ Fairytale of New York to be played on the station uncut, after criticism of a decision to censor it.

Dan “Bjorn Turoque” Crane on the Air Guitar!

I consider the air guitar to be the ne plus ultra of both high and low tech, and thus find myself subservient to its power.

It is a sad day.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6981032.stm

Woohoo!
FLAC and Vorbis makes a welcome return to iTunes thanks to the lovely people at xiph.org. Hopefully this will remove the need to run 3rd party apps to listen to music encoded in these open formats.

Get it here.

*UPDATE* - Alas, still no support for native FLAC file format. Only Ogg FLAC, but at least it’s a step in the right directon.

From playlistmag.com

Famed electronic duo The Crystal Method has released Drive: Nike+ Original Run, a 45 minute continuous electronic music mix for runners.

Gotta love The Crystal Method. Vegas is a must-have album.