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17 October 2009
Betty Moon: “I Get High”
What a blast to see this after all this time – I didn’t know Betty ever made a video of it. My brother Owen wrote the song (Betty added new lyrics) and I was the arranger and played guitar on the recording.
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6 March 2009
More Creativity in a Can: When Thomas Dolby Met the Rhinestone Cowboy
Microsoft Songsmith has been stuck in my mind lately like, well, a bad song (follow that link at your own risk). It’s got me reflecting about the long trend towards using music technology to increase productivity, but not creativity. And that reminds me of the following anecdote about one night in New Orleans with Thomas [...]
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21 February 2008
Duggup reviews The Desert Mothers
A very nice review of “Nowhere Motel” by The Desert Mothers at Australian music site duggup.com.au, which has made us their featured artist of the day – excerpt: Today’s track is a ripper, for a whole bunch of reasons. My favourite one is that if you are interested you get to hear the stages the [...]
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15 December 2007
The Desert Mothers release “Nowhere Motel”
My new band The Desert Mothers has a new release, “Nowhere Motel”, which I’m really excited about – give it a listen.Dieselbe Farbe 10 und Bube gegen verschiedene Farben Bube und König – Wenn es keine Flush Straf-Karte gibt, dann online poker spielen 10, Bube. Here’s our web site, which has a music player on [...]
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12 November 2007
“Nowhere Motel” by The Desert Mothers
My new musical project is The Desert Mothers, who have just released their first single, Nowhere Motel. Listen to it at thedesertmothers.com, or on the great social music site Amie Street:
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13 June 2006
iPod iChing
“Silent Steps”, Nuspirit Helsinki “Boy Meets Goy”, Benny Goodman (featuring Charlie Christian) “Happy”, The Rolling Stones Hear the iMix.
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13 March 2006
Strip Away The Production, Reveal The Great Song Within
I’ve been listening to Moments From This Theater: Live, a wonderful album by the great Memphis/Muscle Shoals songwriters Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham. It’s just the two of them, accompanying themselves on acoustic guitar and electric piano, recorded at 1998 shows in Ireland and England. They play classics including “Dark End Of The Street”, “Do [...]
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11 March 2006
My Tips From An E-Musician Article On Podcasting
Electronic Musican recently ran a comprehensive article on podcasting, written by David Battino. It includes some tips from me. A lot of what has stuck with me about communication over the years I first learned as a freelance writer-broadcaster for the Canadian Broacasting Corporation: “I think the most important thing is a strong focus-an angle,” [...]
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12 August 2005
Digital Nashville
O’Reilly has published an article of mine on recording an album I produced in Nashville, working with digital audio tools such as Steinberg Nuendo–and great musicians. MP3 examples let you hear tracks in isolation, showing how they come together to form a mix. Read it here…
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18 July 2005
Shirky: “50 Years Of Chaos” Ahead In Digital Media
“I am predicting 50 years of chaos,” says digital media thinker Clay Shirky. He’s been speaking at the TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) Global conference in Oxford, UK. Story here. Sounds about right, though I’d guess it could be 50 years worth of chaos crammed into as little as 10 years. Hey, it’ll be just [...]