Music is a pervasive and versatile entity; while it may be difficult to write about it – like dancing about architecture – music can interplay very well with a range of other artforms…
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It’s that time of year again, when procrastinating musicians are challenged to take it upon themselves to defy their creative nitpicking and create an entire album in a single month…
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There’s a lot going on between us and the music – good vibrations (and bad) interact through a complex combination of physics and biology to move the sounds we hear into our brain. Explaining it all in a rather dynamic and engaging way is Vi Hart…
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There is something both primal and exquisitely civilised in the human voice; it has the power to move us in ways that no other instrument can. Indeed, the scope of communication afforded by this seemingly crude vibratory mechanism is truly remarkable, as demonstrated here by Claron McFadden…
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An interesting clip was published by researchers from UC Berkeley earlier this year, which claimed they had managed to use functional MRI data to create a composite YouTube video corresponding to the visual input received by the test subject…
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My first encounter with audio effects processing was a humble distortion guitar pedal. Long before discovering the myriad of mind-bending effects available through computer-based DAW production, I had plenty of fun with the basic delay, chorus and flanger guitar pedals. However, even in the computer studio, there is still a place for pedal effects…
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Perspective is as important in music as in art…taking a step back, or a step closer, can often conjure up interesting results. One man who has developed plenty of new ways of approaching music is Brian Eno…
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There are many ways to create music using a computer, and many philosophies on how deep you should go into the technology. Some are quite happy to browse through presets, while others like to build their own synthesisers from the ground up. While both approaches are perfectly valid, there is certainly a middle ground where knowing even a little bit about patch creation can open up a new realm of sonic exploration…
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Although several interesting tablet computers have been released this year, it’s still the iPad that leads the way when it comes to music production (and App depth generally). The Apple tablet isn’t looking like relinquishing its lead either, with plenty of new Apps for musicians emerging with each passing month…
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For many forms of music, the performance is the most important aspect in capturing a great recording. However, it’s very difficult to get every member of a band ‘into the zone’ at the same time – in such cases, the application of judicious editing can really transform a track into something special…
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