Issues with this technology:
Photography, was still in its infancy, improvements to this inventions were required in order to make it as a sound recording and reproduction medium.
Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
Monday, 26 September 2011
First Recording Device:
Phonautograph:
Invented in 1857, Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville invented the phonautograph, the first device to record sound. it used a membrane (which vibrated in response to sound.) attached to a pen, which traced a line roughly corresponding to the sounds waveform onto a roll of paper. although able to record sound, this machine was unable to immediately play back the recording. however in one experiment it was recorded onto a metal plate which was then able to be played back.
Issues with this technology:
Photography, was still in its infancy, improvements to this inventions were required in order to make it as a sound recording and reproduction medium.
Issues with this technology:
Photography, was still in its infancy, improvements to this inventions were required in order to make it as a sound recording and reproduction medium.
Monday, 12 September 2011
Remix culture:
With the recent trend in music of remixing a song to suit it to your desired audience, generally speaking this is seen in electronic music where vocal samples and sections of music are used and mixed together to create a new piece of music. Now as musicians that have grown up with this so called remix culture we don't really look into its origins and the people that really kicked off this trend.
'King Tubby' (January 28, 1941 – February 6, 1989)
A Jamaican born, electronics/ sound engineer, primarily known for his work in Dub music, His innovative studio work, saw him elevate the role of the mixing engineer, he would prove to be influential across many genres of popular music. He is often cited as the inventor of the concept of the remix, and so may be seen as a direct antecedent of much dance and electronic music production.
Tubby began as an owner of an electronics store where he built amplifiers for large local sound systems, and from this formed his own sound systems. Tubby began working as a disc cutter for producer Duke Reid in 1968. Reid, one of the major figures in early Jamaican music, he ran Treasure Isle studios. He was invited to produce instrumental versions of songs for MCs. Tubby initially worked to remove the vocal tracks with the sliders on Reid's mixing desk, but soon discovered that the various instrumental tracks could be accentuated, reworked and emphasised through the settings on the mixer and primitive early effects units. eventually Tubby began creating new pieces of music by shifting emphasis on certain instruments dropping tracks in and out and adding various effects.
His production work in Dub music is what makes Tubby one of the kings on remix, his knowledge of electronics allowed him to create his own studio with his own equipment where he built effects into his mixer allowing him to literally play it and drop samples in and out. Tubby was able to use his custom-built studio to take this technique into new areas, often transforming a hit song to the point where it was almost unrecognizable from its original.
King Tubby was shot and killed on February 6, 1989 by an unknown group of people outside his home in Duhaney Park, Kingston upon returning from a session at his Waterhouse studio. It is thought that the murder was probably an attempt at robbery.
For his work in Dub music and studio's and his innovative thinking King Tubby is worthy of praise and recognition and anyone producing music today should definitely go back to the roots of remixing and listen to Dub music and read up on King Tubby.
'King Tubby' (January 28, 1941 – February 6, 1989)
A Jamaican born, electronics/ sound engineer, primarily known for his work in Dub music, His innovative studio work, saw him elevate the role of the mixing engineer, he would prove to be influential across many genres of popular music. He is often cited as the inventor of the concept of the remix, and so may be seen as a direct antecedent of much dance and electronic music production.
Tubby began as an owner of an electronics store where he built amplifiers for large local sound systems, and from this formed his own sound systems. Tubby began working as a disc cutter for producer Duke Reid in 1968. Reid, one of the major figures in early Jamaican music, he ran Treasure Isle studios. He was invited to produce instrumental versions of songs for MCs. Tubby initially worked to remove the vocal tracks with the sliders on Reid's mixing desk, but soon discovered that the various instrumental tracks could be accentuated, reworked and emphasised through the settings on the mixer and primitive early effects units. eventually Tubby began creating new pieces of music by shifting emphasis on certain instruments dropping tracks in and out and adding various effects.
His production work in Dub music is what makes Tubby one of the kings on remix, his knowledge of electronics allowed him to create his own studio with his own equipment where he built effects into his mixer allowing him to literally play it and drop samples in and out. Tubby was able to use his custom-built studio to take this technique into new areas, often transforming a hit song to the point where it was almost unrecognizable from its original.
King Tubby was shot and killed on February 6, 1989 by an unknown group of people outside his home in Duhaney Park, Kingston upon returning from a session at his Waterhouse studio. It is thought that the murder was probably an attempt at robbery.
For his work in Dub music and studio's and his innovative thinking King Tubby is worthy of praise and recognition and anyone producing music today should definitely go back to the roots of remixing and listen to Dub music and read up on King Tubby.
Saturday, 20 August 2011
Web 2.0 social networking: Sound cloud.
Ahoy and welcome to another enthralling post!
So ... Im sure we have all heard of sound cloud 'the music sharing site for any musician!'
The site offers a chance for musicians of any level with a varying quality tracks, to upload their music follow and be followed by musicians. The artist can create a free profile where they can upload 120minutes of music, simple waveform widget to share via Facebook and your other favourite social networking sites.
Sound cloud offers more than just a chance for upcoming artists and producers, it also it a site for venues, managers and promoters where people can listen to the tracks that others represent and can assess the quality of the business managing the bands.
Features: Sound Cloud features a number of ways to connect with your friends and fellow musicians via many social networking/ blog sites. It also allows the artist to upload their tracks from their phones with over 100 apps to chose from.
So ... Im sure we have all heard of sound cloud 'the music sharing site for any musician!'
The site offers a chance for musicians of any level with a varying quality tracks, to upload their music follow and be followed by musicians. The artist can create a free profile where they can upload 120minutes of music, simple waveform widget to share via Facebook and your other favourite social networking sites.
Sound cloud offers more than just a chance for upcoming artists and producers, it also it a site for venues, managers and promoters where people can listen to the tracks that others represent and can assess the quality of the business managing the bands.
Features: Sound Cloud features a number of ways to connect with your friends and fellow musicians via many social networking/ blog sites. It also allows the artist to upload their tracks from their phones with over 100 apps to chose from. Sunday, 14 August 2011
MOAR MIDI... :P
Midi.... well a midi cable is designed to transport digital bytes (128). with this 0 is counted a number so the volume can be expressed as 0-127.
this means that the maximum amount of data that can flow through at once is 128 bytes. Of course now most midi controllers are connected via usb 'which allows a lot more traffic' but midi still only allows 128, it has been this way from the very beginning. (hence the earlier reference about midi surviving the ages.)
this means that the maximum amount of data that can flow through at once is 128 bytes. Of course now most midi controllers are connected via usb 'which allows a lot more traffic' but midi still only allows 128, it has been this way from the very beginning. (hence the earlier reference about midi surviving the ages.)
Midi... The platform that survived!
Midi: Musical instrument digital interface.
Midi is the standard electronic language 'spoken' between electronic instruments and the computerized devices which control them during performances. Developed in the early 1980s, MIDI technology allows a keyboardist to kick off a drum synthesizer with one key or a computer to store a sequence of composed notes as a MIDIfile, for example. The keyboard, drum synthesizer and computer all recognize the same set of binary code instructions.
Brief history:
Before midi in the early 1970's electronic musical devices were becoming increasingly common and affordable although there was no compatibility between manufacturers.
In 1981, Dave smith(an audio engineer) proposed digital standard for musical instruments at the Audio Engineering Society show in New York. By the time of the January, 1983 Winter NAMM Show, Smith was able to demonstrate a MIDI connection between his Prophet 600 (a later version of the groundbreaking Prophet 5 analog synthesizer) and a Roland JP-6. The MIDI Specification 1.0 was published in August 1983.
MIDI brought an unprecedented state of compatibility which revolutionized the market by ridding musicians of the need for excessive hardware. In the early 1980s, MIDI was a major factor in bringing an end to the "wall of synthesizers" phenomenon in progressive rock band concerts, when keyboard performers were often hidden behind huge banks of analog synthesizers and electric pianos. Following the advent of MIDI, many synthesizers were released in rack-mount versions, which meant that keyboardists could control many different instruments (e.g., synthesizers) from a single keyboard.
Midi is the standard electronic language 'spoken' between electronic instruments and the computerized devices which control them during performances. Developed in the early 1980s, MIDI technology allows a keyboardist to kick off a drum synthesizer with one key or a computer to store a sequence of composed notes as a MIDIfile, for example. The keyboard, drum synthesizer and computer all recognize the same set of binary code instructions.
Brief history:
Before midi in the early 1970's electronic musical devices were becoming increasingly common and affordable although there was no compatibility between manufacturers.
In 1981, Dave smith(an audio engineer) proposed digital standard for musical instruments at the Audio Engineering Society show in New York. By the time of the January, 1983 Winter NAMM Show, Smith was able to demonstrate a MIDI connection between his Prophet 600 (a later version of the groundbreaking Prophet 5 analog synthesizer) and a Roland JP-6. The MIDI Specification 1.0 was published in August 1983.
MIDI brought an unprecedented state of compatibility which revolutionized the market by ridding musicians of the need for excessive hardware. In the early 1980s, MIDI was a major factor in bringing an end to the "wall of synthesizers" phenomenon in progressive rock band concerts, when keyboard performers were often hidden behind huge banks of analog synthesizers and electric pianos. Following the advent of MIDI, many synthesizers were released in rack-mount versions, which meant that keyboardists could control many different instruments (e.g., synthesizers) from a single keyboard.
Thursday, 11 August 2011
Web 2.0 ........ next edition! .... BELIEVE IT!
So not as many commented as hoped ... never mind i shall and continue any way.
Well to beging the web 2.0 really opened up many gateways 'some good, some bad' depending on who's side of the music industry you sympathise with. Moving on the web 2.0 really made its big leaps with sites like google and myspace, where a user could not only read information but interact with the site (not so much google, although it interacts with you as in tailors a search criteria on previous things you have searched and believes will suit you.) Social mediums such as myspace and facebook allow us to connect with a large number of people where we can talk about our selves and share our interests with anyone in the world that has an account.
These sites in relation to musicians have been extremely useful in many ways. The normal way for a musician to be heard just over a decade ago was to play regular gigs, hire managers and publicists etc. on the off chance they would be heard by a record label and get picked up and make it big. This is all a way of the past almost every band i know has an online presence of sorts to up load music, videos, information or even just an update of what is happening in their lives.
if i may contradict myself here just a wee bit, i said that the 'record label' option is a way of the past which in essence is incorrect to say but what i mean is it has taken a step back to these alternative options for an artist to establish themselves. having said this these record labels are taking advantage of the social media as well, they are browsing through these sites listening to tracks determining who the next star could be... as i believe the famed Justin Beiber was discovered via Youtube.
Wednesday, 10 August 2011
Internet evolution ..... GO! Web 2.0
First of all excuse the pokemon pun, :P
But seriously, How many of us know of us actually know what the term 'Web 2.0' means?.... Well it is to my understanding that this term explains the change of the internet, from when websites were once just a page filled with information for us to read 'much like a Word document,' and are now a immeasurable network of connections which allow us to interact with the internet and the pages it contains.
Before i post any more of my thoughts i would be really interested to see others views on the effects of the Web 2.0 on the music industry.
also here is a link to a cool little power point i found online about this topic: http://www.slideshare.net/djwesty/web-20-effecting-the-music-industry
But seriously, How many of us know of us actually know what the term 'Web 2.0' means?.... Well it is to my understanding that this term explains the change of the internet, from when websites were once just a page filled with information for us to read 'much like a Word document,' and are now a immeasurable network of connections which allow us to interact with the internet and the pages it contains.
also here is a link to a cool little power point i found online about this topic: http://www.slideshare.net/djwesty/web-20-effecting-the-music-industry
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