Jaco played briefly on the 1978 horror film Bloodstalkers. Credits say “Music composed and conducted by Stan Webb” and lists Peter Graves as “Musical Coordinator”. Peter enlisted Jaco to play on a couple of brief interludes, accompanied by Bobby Economou on drums, Alex Darqui on piano, and Don Alias on percussion. http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=552F5B1AB6A4627A Have fun sorting through this B movie! :))

With the cameras in hot pursuit, Derren faces his toughest project yet, going in search of an unsuspecting member of the British public prepared to adopt the guise of a pastor and miracle worker.

His chosen one then has six months to learn the trade and flourish across the pond as a convincing pastor.

The final phase of the volunteer's extraordinary challenge sees them attempt to perform faith healing miracles live in Texas, but will Derren's new recruit be accepted as a faith healer or cast away as fake healer? (from http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2011/04/derren-brown-miracles-sale-tonight-9pm/)

The Animated Version of Tim Minchin’s ‘Storm’

You can read the lyrics here.

And Mad Art Lab has an interview with the creators!

Loudness War Vs. Sales: The-Truth

On November 4, 2010, Earl Vickers presented his research paper at the 129th AES Convention in San Francisco with clear evidence that there is no connection between loudness and sales. (See the video below.)

Earl is the first to admit that further research is need on the subject, but his conclusions are striking. Here are a few:

• Loudness is not correlated with sales figures
• Loudness has almost no affect on listenerÕs preferences when comparing different songs
• Listeners tend to dislike the side-effects of hyper-compression, and prefer more dynamic music
• Content trumps loudness, especially on the radio

 

 

 

 

Here's a short little bass theme I wrote for (or inspired by) the event.

Theme for Ian

I highly recommend that you check out http://dynamicrangeday.co.uk/ to read more about the subject.

If you care about music then you care about the dynamic range. Right? ;)

Spread the word:

Dynamic music sounds better !

NO MORE Loudness War

Join us on March 25th for the Competition and Award announcements

http://dynamicrangeday.co.uk/live/

Follow the discussion on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/#!/DynamicRangeDay

https://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23drd11

This is a short little improvised theme I wrote for (or was inspired by) Ian Shepherd and his Dynamic Range Day 2011 project and challenge (@DynamicRangeDay and #DRD11 on Twitter)

The bass line is played on my fretted Lakland 5 string as are the harmonized lead lines. The harmonics where played on my fretless Zon Sonus 4 str. bass.

No loops were used. Few punch-ins and clean ups.

All bass parts were recorded directly to Pro Tools 9 through a Demeter VTDB-2b Tube Direct (boost ON). Fresh set of Lo-Riders strings from DR on the Lakland bass. The Zon bass also has DR strings, probably Hi-Beams, not as fresh though :)

Plugins used on all tracks when mixing:
Reel Tape Saturation (from Avid)
Digi EQ (mostly cuts, HPF, LPF, minor HF boost on the harmonics)
SPL TwinTube
Massey's Tape-Head
VintageWarmer & oldTimer from PSP
The Glue (buss compressor) from Cytomic.

Plugins used for mastering:
MEqualizerLinearPhase, MStereoProcessor, MMultiBandDynamics, MDynamicsLimiter from: Melda Producions http://www.meldaproduction.com/mmasteringbundle/

... oh and the dynamic range:

Peak value: -2.38 dB -2.10 dB
Avg RMS: -14.19 dB -14.01 dB
DR channel: 9.73 dB 9.63 dB
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Official DR value: DR10
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Enjoy and share!

Also available on last.fm: http://www.last.fm/music/Sigurdór+Guðmundsson/_/Theme+for+Ian

Twitter for Musicians

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This page collates all our most important posts on Twitter for Musicians and gives you a handy reference for best practice in Twitter music marketing.

Our very comprehensive guide entitled ‘Top Twitter tips for Musicians‘ is where you should start as it covers everything you need to know about how Twitter should be a key part of your online music promotion in plenty of detail.

A musician who has never used Twitter should be able to read this series of posts and be amongst the best users of Twitter for music promotion and marketing.

Top Twitter Tips for Musicians is a six part series of posts.

Top Twitter Tips for Musicians – the Basics – Part 1

Top Twitter Tips for Musicians – Interaction – Part 2

Top Twitter Tips for Musicians – Facebook, Pictures & Video – Part 3

Top Twitter Tips for Musicians – Help, Lists & URL’s – Part 4

Top Twitter Tips for Musicians – Involvement & Music – Part 5

Top Twitter Tips for Musicians – TweetDeck, Hootsuite & TweetAdder – part 6