If you enjoyed the previous musical Kickstarters from Andrew Allen and Coverville Records – 2012’s Smooth Federation and last year’s Free Play – you’ll certainly want to take a look at their latest endeavor.
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Housework would never get done if it weren’t for procrastination. It’s amazing how important the organization of the spice cabinet is when I have a writing deadline. But the internet gives me so many, many ways to distract myself from the task at hand.
Continue ReadingMadPad – $.99 iPhone, $2.99 iPad MadPad is another brilliant music-making community-minded app from Smule. The tagline is “Remix Your Life,” and that’s a pretty good explanation of what it does. Using your iDevice’s camera and mic, you can collect …
Continue ReadingMy kids love jazz. We can listen to John Coltrane albums on endless repeat thanks to a single animator, Michal Levy, who explores “the visualization of sound.” When my daughter was a few months old, my husband discovered Levy’s animation for Coltrane’s Giant Steps. She was riveted. We showed the animation to our 1-year-old and […]
Continue ReadingMy kids love jazz. We can listen to John Coltrane albums on endless repeat thanks to a single animator, Michal Levy, who explores “the visualization of sound.” When my daughter was a few months old, my husband discovered Levy’s animation …
Continue Reading[Read part 1 of this series about the upcoming graphic novel Theft! A History of Music and the history it reviews and part 2, which discusses how copyright entered the picture.] Imagine a 20-year-old musician publishing his work today. Let’s pretend he’s living the fast and reckless life of a rock star and will die […]
Continue ReadingWhy did Plato argue that remixing should be banned by the state? What threats did jazz and rock ‘n roll pose? And what does all of that mean for the conflicts between artists and copyright today? Those are the questions Jennifer Jenkins, James Boyle, and Keith Aoki answer in layman-friendly language in Theft! A History […]
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