Musical Holocron

Well this came as a shock when I saw this post today. But I guess it's true.

John Williams conducted the National Symphony Orchestra in a memorable performance of his "Imperial March" from Star Wars during a gala to celebrate his 90th Birthday in 2023.

John Williams conducted the National Symphony Orchestra in a memorable performance of his "Imperial March" from Star Wars during a gala to celebrate his 90th Birthday in 2023.

It makes me think of the future and the artists we will eventually lose. What an important contribution he made to the world. What a legend.

Source: Imgur.

Labels: genre/classical, genre/soundtrack, music, music/artists, music/artists/john-williams, star-wars

# posted by ArcoJedi : 02:04  0 comments

I present to you... this weird hold music that I had to identify.

Labels: genre/instrumental

# posted by ArcoJedi : 12:45  0 comments

Let me quickly tell you about a new website I learned about called Music-Map. You can type in the name of an artist and get a variety of similar artists in a simple, visual relationship cloud. The closer the two names are, the greater the probability people will like both artists.

Let's try a few examples, just off the top of my head:

Tool

Metallica

The Beatles

Jace Everett

Blue Öyster Cult

Most of the major streaming services, Spotify, Pandora, Amazon Music, YouTube Music and so on, all have built-in recommendation engines. You listen to one song or one artist or play a playlist of your favorites, they have an additional 10 songs for you to add. As a manual music recommendation engine, Gnod's Music-Map is pretty interesting because it shows you visually the relationship between different bands and artists, allowing you click from one to the next through degrees of separation. It's more interactive and purposeful and it fulfills a research role as well. The major streaming providers could learn a thing or two here and incorporate something similar into their paid services. But regardless, check out Music-Map.com.

Found via Imgur.

Labels: music, music/artists, music/artists/beatles, music/artists/blue-oyster-cult, music/artists/jace-everett, music/artists/metallica, music/artists/tool, streaming

# posted by ArcoJedi : 22:34  0 comments

Rob Kindle, who was at one time the guitarist in a band with me called Dirty Soap, has himself a YouTube channel and has been posting himself playing bluegrass and acoustic guitar music. Check it out.

Labels: Dirty Soap, friends, genre/bluegrass, local, local/saint-louis, music, music/artists, music/artists/rob-kindle

# posted by ArcoJedi : 20:52  0 comments

@patrickhicks82 Attention you must pay #musictok #musicstory #musichistory #80smusic #80shiphop #oldschoolhiphop #hiphophistory ♬ original sound - Patrick Hicks Music Stories

Found on TikTok.

Labels: genre/hip-hop, genre/rap, history, music, music/artists, music/artists/salt-n-pepa

# posted by ArcoJedi : 21:37  0 comments

A new friend of mine named A.J. is drummer for a local ska band named Free Champagne. They play plucky stuff that I'm enjoying quite a bit. Check them out here on Bandcamp:

Also check out their Facebook, YouTube or Spotify.

Labels: genre/ska, local, local/saint-louis, music, music/artists, music/artists/free-champagne

# posted by ArcoJedi : 23:06  0 comments

I want to share this @messiahsez video that encapsulates everything you need to know to start playing slide blues guitar with open D tuning (DADF♯AD).

That's wild. I want to learn more immediately and I think I need to be this guy's friend too.

Here's a slightly more serious video to actually get into more detail with a different type of drop D tuning (DADGAD).

Labels: genre/blues, music, music/guitar, video

# posted by ArcoJedi : 01:14  0 comments

I know at some point, I was researching some DIY musical instruments. I think I was considering making something with PVC pipes a la Blue Man Group. At some point I got suggested videos by Nicolas Bras. Check this out:

Nicolas just passed 100k subscribers to his channel. His stuff is so wacky and weird and I love each one. He demonstrates in each video a concept, shows how he designs and builds it, then plays an original composition. Sometimes he takes it one step further, adding on other pieces and making a composite instrument.

Given time, the one I want to make the most is the Aquatic Harp inspired by an Indian ektara. See this:

I don't know why I want one. I don't know what I would use it for. I don't know where I would use it. But I still want one.

Oh, and here's the fun PVC pipe instrument.

Labels: audio, genre/instrumental, instrument, video, weird

# posted by ArcoJedi : 20:31  0 comments