With this being my first post, I feel like I should talk about what I am looking for with this blog. To be honest, I’m not sure yet. I’ve always wanted to have a website where I can post projects of mine. This blog is, hopefully, the beginning stages of that. Until then, I plan on developing my ideas and writing skills. I believe that this will also help in developing my ear and musical ability. One of the main focuses of this blog will be music. It is not only my greatest hobby, but also my chosen career path. This blog will be more general to sound as a whole (post-prodction, audiology,…). I may end up posting articles about films, or anything else for that matter, to try and find a niche to write about.
Another main reason for this blog is the chance for criticism. This way I’ll get an idea whether I’m totally off or not. So I guess, feel free to tell me if I’m completely off the mark or not. The blog will also form based on the feedback I get. Oh, and hopefully this blog sees the light of day. With that said, I’m just going to show a few articles that I found interesting.
The following articles are a slight indication of where this blog may be going:
This could be genius. A mock bedtime story read by none other than Samuel L. Jackson. Now, as expected with Samuel L., it is appropriately name Go the F--- to Sleep. This short, yet hilarious story will perfectly capture anyone’s mood that has ever tried to put a child to sleep. This is not, however, a substitution for a story at bedtime. Even though Jackson evern says he’s quite often said the title of his book to his daughter, I think it might be for the best to leave that to him. I must complain that Audbile, the company that make a fair share of the audio books you hear, have to really look towards upgrading their quality. To only have 64 kbps tops is a joke, especially with the ease of even just streaming HD quality. At first, I was excited to hear Samuel L.’s low, distinct voice. I was very disappointed when it was squashed in the recording. Either way, it’s still Samuel L. Jackson dictating anything.
I never heard of Maya Beiser before, but now I definitely do. This American cellist performs an eight-part etude with seven other cellos back her up. The best part was that she was playing all eight cellos. Using a video accompaniment with seven short slivers of seven Mayas, she was able to play as the eighth lead voice live. Now I know it doesn’t sound hard to play in time with an unchanging video, but it is done so well. Maya spends the whole time remaining in the music and can be seen hopping about in her chair on the parts that arrived a slight bop to them. If the music sounds of familiar styling, it is because it is from the great Steve Reich; who specializes in minimalist composition. The piece is Reich’s “Cello Counterpoint” and should be checked out by anyone who enjoys a great, dynamic performance.
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