music
Music Services I use: Rhapsody vs Rdio vs Spotify vs Pandora
So, Spotify is allegedly (finally) coming to the US. I, for one, welcome our new music overlords. Rhapsody pulled a fast one on me yesterday, after years of loyal service with them (dating all the way back to when Windows Media / MTV’s Urge was enveloped). They told me I needed to up my plan. [...]
How Does Music Influence Your Life?
If you’ve tuned into my live stream lately, you’ve heard the awesome 8-bit music that’s playing. I can’t stand silence. There’s always something making noise here in my office. This sound can come from the television, or from music I have playing. My tastes are pretty out there as far as style goes. The beauty [...]
Sir Mix-a-Lot: A Geek Who Loves Carz
Anthony Ray – better known as Sir Mix-a-Lot to most of you – is back in the music game in a very big way. His new video, Carz, debuted just the other day and already has about a kajillion views and downloads. The video itself is put together very well, and you cannot help but [...]
How to Learn to Play Piano
Learning to play the piano isn’t as hard as you used to think it is, thanks to Synthesia. Synthesia is a game that can help you learn how to play the piano using falling notes. Synthesia comes with over 100 songs which are in the MIDI format. If you want to learn a song that [...]
Do Stormtroopers Listen to Music?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed What kind of music do you listen to? Well, that’s what was asked of the stormtrooper, so… here’s the answer, as recorded live – with questions being taken from Twitter. This is a great question. Like all people, Stormtroopers have eclectic [...]
How To Create a Unique Music Video
This official music video for She Runs was taken from Tim Halperin’s latest album Make or Break. It was directed by Jonathan Combs and my friend Joe Childress. Not only is this a cool song, the video for it is seriously unique. It was shot as a “continuous shot” music video. This is a single [...]
Organize Your Band with BandCentral
When a band is busy, things can go haywire pretty fast. There are many difficulties associated with staying organized during the touring, performing, writing and recording processes. Wil Padley, a bass player in the U.K. band The Domino State, came up with the idea for BandCentral to help him and his fellow musicians attempt to [...]
Are You Awesome?
The new song “I’m Awesome” by Spose is a pretty big hit. Even though I’m not normally a fan of this type of music, I have to say I keep singing the lyrics. Something about part of the first verse just gets to me. I’m awsome! a quarter of my life gone by and I [...]
IZABO Video with iPhones
Funky band IZABO created their newest music video – On my way – using a whole lot of iPhones. Izabo’s music has been described as a “Brilliant, action packed combination of Psychedelic Rock, Disco, Punk and Arabic spices.” Featuring high-to-ultra-high vocals, twisting and expressive Arab-flavored guitar work, powerfully funky bass lines, arrogantly catchy keyboards and [...]
How Does Your Face Sound?
UncleJohn has been a community member for quite awhile now. He regularly helps me out with screen captures and video editing. He also posts a heck of a lot of funny outtakes… random things that tend to happen on my stream. He found BallDroppings recently, and knew he had to give it a try. All [...]
How Does iTunes Work on the iPad?
Imagine being stuck in an airport for hours on end. You’re bored out of your mind, and feeling as though you could flip out at any second. Now imagine having the iPad with you, just waiting for you to connect to iTunes. It takes one tap of a finger to connect to the iTunes store [...]
iPod on the iPad
Using your iPad as a music device will let you see and touch your music in ways you can’t when using your iPod. The large screen makes it so much easier to view your library, and make changes as needed. You can browse through your entire collection by song, artist, album or genre. You’ll be [...]
Turn Your iPad Into a Harp
There are a lot of musical “instruments” available for the iPhone and iPod Touch. While some of them are quite good, others are mediocre at best. The bad ones are usually ones that have strings involved, such as with guitars. The small screens on those devices just don’t work well for this type of app. [...]
Beat Your iPad with the dPad Drum Sequencer
I have told you people many times that I’m no musician. I cannot stay with the beat of anything, and I am no good at creating music. I do, however, love music. I’m a big fan of gadgets that help me to lay down some jams (such as my Tenori-On). Apparently, I will also be [...]
What is the Name of That Song?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed How often have you heard a new song and liked it, only to not find out the name of it at the end? It can drive you crazy trying to Google pieces of the lyrics, attempting to figure out who sings [...]
