Toots for elsemusic@musician.social account

Written by elsemusic on 2025-01-20 at 19:27

Turning a DX9 into a DX7.

https://ajxs.me/blog/Hacking_the_Yamaha_DX9_To_Turn_It_Into_a_DX7.html

=> More informations about this toot | View the thread

Written by elsemusic on 2025-01-20 at 19:01

Meet the Hollywood music supervisor working to put Kiwi music into international films ... with considerable success.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/539463/the-movie-soundtracking-legend-helping-kiwi-composers-get-hollywood-gigs

=> More informations about this toot | View the thread

Written by elsemusic on 2025-01-19 at 19:24

The music industry is worried; what will replace Tiktok for breaking new artists?

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/18/us-tiktok-ban-music-industry

'“I think it could spark a creative renaissance in the industry,” he says. “Artists are feeling a lot of pressure to go viral, and it’s shifting the way that they’re making music. In some ways, having TikTok not be the ruler of the modern marketplace may allow true creatives to feel a little bit less constricted.”'

=> More informations about this toot | View the thread

Written by elsemusic on 2025-01-19 at 18:39

Dylan memorabilia sells for good prices at Musicians Hall of Fame auction.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jan/18/bob-dylans-drafts-for-mr-tambourine-man-sell-for-more-than-400000

"In March 1964, [music journalist] Aronowitz awoke to find Dylan, then 22, asleep on his sofa and the lyrics to Mr Tambourine Man crumpled up in his bin."

=> More informations about this toot | View the thread

Written by elsemusic on 2025-01-19 at 04:07

Alan was from the USA, but contributed significantly to NZ music. He died in October.

https://www.odt.co.nz/entertainment/music/obituary-alan-mansfield-musician

=> More informations about this toot | View the thread

Written by elsemusic on 2025-01-18 at 18:50

Aussie rockers Cold Chisel are on the road for a fiftieth anniversary tour.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/539298/50-years-of-cold-chisel-it-s-now-the-best-we-ve-ever-gotten-on-with-each-other

=> More informations about this toot | View the thread

Written by elsemusic on 2025-01-18 at 03:50

As Timothy Chalamet plays his younger self in another biopic, the 83 year old Dylan has his own take on his life and relevance.

https://www.odt.co.nz/entertainment/film/delving-deep-dylan

This piece is not paywalled for me. If you're unable to access it, please let me know.

=> More informations about this toot | View the thread

Written by elsemusic on 2025-01-16 at 02:54

"In the late 1960s, the recording industry lost interest in America’s greatest art form. But in a small, dark club on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, jazz legends were playing the best music you’ve never heard."

https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/slugs-jazz-ethan-iverson/

=> More informations about this toot | View the thread

Written by elsemusic on 2025-01-15 at 19:52

I really must install a plugin that lets me easily reverse the left and right channels on my master bus.

I think there may even be a built-in plugin in Reaper. I just need to add it to my default master bus chain.

=> More informations about this toot | View the thread

Written by elsemusic on 2025-01-15 at 19:17

As yet I'm a little unsure quite how the Free Music Archive works, but it looks interesting and may be useful if you want to license your music for use by others.

https://freemusicarchive.org/home

=> More informations about this toot | View the thread

Written by elsemusic on 2025-01-14 at 19:20

Glicol is a next generation computer language for making music.

https://glicol.org/

=> More informations about this toot | View the thread

Written by elsemusic on 2025-01-14 at 03:46

The Daily Mash has a crack at recent-ish supergroups who've failed to hit the mark.

https://graph.org/Mantra-of-the-Cosmos-and-other-supergroups-formed-to-destroy-their-members-legacies-01-14

The URL for the original paywalled article is at the top of the above page.

=> More informations about this toot | View the thread

Written by elsemusic on 2025-01-14 at 03:40

Welcome to heaven ... Here's your harp. / Welcome to hell ... Here's your accordion.

https://www.thefarside.com/2025/01/13/2

=> View attached media

=> More informations about this toot | View the thread

Written by elsemusic on 2025-01-14 at 03:38

"Nashville is where you go to make a hit that sounds like everyone else. Memphis is where you make a hit that sounds like no one else."

https://oxfordamerican.org/magazine/issue-127-winter-2024/how-jukeboxes-made-memphis-music

"By the 1950s, jukeboxes were as influential as radio in breaking hits. From 1943 until 1957, the industry trade magazine Billboard maintained a hit chart based on jukebox plays."

=> More informations about this toot | View the thread

Written by elsemusic on 2025-01-13 at 20:19

If I'd used artificial intelligence I would have denied myself the joy of this process of discovery. I would have entered the idea or title as a prompt and had the silicon do all the creative work. That choice would also have signalled that there was no point letting my subconscious develop song ideas in future. And if you don't use it, you lose it.

[... ends]

=> More informations about this toot | View the thread

Written by elsemusic on 2025-01-13 at 20:19

This morning I can feel the verses slowly forming in the background while I go through my usual routine. I won't try to capture them until they shape up a little more, but I feel confident they will.

[more ...]

=> More informations about this toot | View the thread

Written by elsemusic on 2025-01-13 at 20:14

The idea popped up again two days ago. I thought about it some more and came up with the song title.

Last night as I was getting ready for bed the idea returned forcefully, along with some strands of melody and a cobweb of lyrics. I knew I had to strike while the iron was hot, so I sat down with a guitar and developed the chorus until it was complete enough to write down lyrics and chords and record a quick demo on my phone.

[more ...]

=> More informations about this toot | View the thread

Written by elsemusic on 2025-01-13 at 20:11

Aelyth and I are currently working on the second sideSister album. So far we have nine definite songs and two possibles. We both continue to look for song ideas that fit the "feel" of the album.

I had a song idea last week about the precariousness of life for many people in a world where the wealthy call the shots. I did nothing more than think about it a little.

[more ...]

=> More informations about this toot | View the thread

Written by elsemusic on 2025-01-13 at 18:56

A new documentary explores hiphop in the Emerald Isle.

https://www.redbull.com/ie-en/projects/origins-irish-hip-hop-film

"Biig Piig, Breezy Ideygoke, Collie Costello, Damien Dempsey, Denise Chaila, DJ Flip, Emmet Kirwan, Fehdah, Frankie Grimes, Scary Éire, DJ Mek, God Knows, Jafaris, Kneecap, Kojaque, Lethal Dialect, Luca Palm, Mango X Mathman, Mark Murphy, Maverick Saber, Messiah J & The Expert, Mr. Affiliate / J.B2, Murli, Nealo, Ophelia, Rob Kelly, Strange Boy, Blindboy / Rubberbandits and Yamma Yamma."

=> More informations about this toot | View the thread

Written by elsemusic on 2025-01-13 at 18:24

Radio New Zealand tells us about the music it's looking forward to in the coming months.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/538871/what-we-re-looking-forward-to-in-music-in-2025

=> More informations about this toot | View the thread

=> This profile with reblog | Go to elsemusic@musician.social account