This report presents the findings of unique surveys, which assess how artists and musicians use the internet, what they think about copyright issues, and how they feel about online file-sharing. Artists and musicians on all points of the spectrum from superstars to starving singers have embraced the internet as a...
This paper accompanies and describes a live interactive performance by guitarist John Schott and computer musicians Matthew Wright and David Wessel, each of whom use a combination of controllers. The proposed work involves composed situations that define the modes of interaction among the musicians and the musical materials available to...
When we pray, we ask for guidance and healing. When a guided musician plays music, the prayer, or intention for healing, is carried by the vibration of the sound, the "carrier wave" quoting Jonathan Goldman, to the receiver. The guided musician channels healing energy, in the form of music, from...
Composer of the Week 12NOON RADIO 3 In part three of this week-long examination of Charles Mingus, Donald Macleod assesses the influence of Duke Ellington and Charlie Parker on the musician and composer. Flight Sessions 7.30PM RESONANCE 104.4FM...
Going to jail in 1989 was the best thing that ever happened to Ike Turner. Locked up as prisoner #E4678 at the California Men's Colony in San Luis Obispo, the pioneering rock 'n' roll musician who invented a genre of music and trained several rock legends at his...
Happy birthday, United Bamboo! The label, which was launched in 1998 by Miho Aoki and Thuy Pham, celebrates its 10th anniversary of downtown New York fashion independence this fall. Over the past decade, the company has become renowned for its abstract, architectural, and kawaii-influenced interpretation of All-American prep. Now, what...
The Utah Symphony's Salute to Youth concert, sponsored by the Deseret News, gives local young musicians the opportunity to play with a professional orchestra. Tuesday evening, six youthful artists appeared with the orchestra and music director Keith Lockhart at the 49th annual Salute to Youth held in...
'Little Princess of the Air' who sang romantic duets with Sinatra despite their uneasy relationship In the history of American popular music popular music there have been few better judges of talent than the trombonist Tommy Dorsey. At its peak in the early 1940s, his band...
Organist and music director at Blackburn and Norwich cathedrals David Cooper was a dynamic and diverse musician whose influence permeated all aspects of the subject, from the classroom to the choir stall, as organist, teacher, composer, examiner, conductor, lecturer and adjudicator. The breadth of his intellect...
Learn to Leverage the Power and Versatility of Audio Technology SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- If you are an aspiring songwriter, DJ or musician who creates samples and loops; if you want to score soundtracks for videogames or motion pictures; if you compose or perform transformative music or have a...
Africa Express Africa Express has taken Western musicians to Mali and Congo, and brought African musicians to perform at Brixton, Glastonbury, Liverpool - and now at the Electric Proms. Performers who have taken part include Damon Albarn right, Franz Ferdinand, Baaba Maal, Amadou and Mariam, Fatboy Slim...
Of the thousands of movie lines Paul Newman uttered, his most memorable was likely from "Cool Hand Luke:" "What we have here is a failure to communicate." As an actor, however, communication never failed Newman. He was always on his game, whether playing the emotionally crippled Biff...
It was the greatest group of pop musicians in the world, playing on hundreds of hit records. They could nail a take in one-tenth the time it took regular bands to do so. They played with everyone from Frank Sinatra and Elvis to the Monkees and the Partridge Family. ...
PALM SPRINGS, Calif., Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- This morning, musician and songwriter Barry Manilow fulfilled his promise. At a press conference held at Palm Springs High School, Manilow, determined to revitalize the ailing music programs in schools, did so today by giving over $500,000 in musical instruments...
I KNOW it's a bit macabre but I subscribe to an American email service called celebritydeathbeeper.com. It sends email alerts whenever a celebrity dies, and means you can keep up to date with who is still around. This saves you the embarrassment of going on holiday and missing the news...
NEW YORK AP -- A New York City taxi driver has hit all the right notes by returning an 18th-century viola worth thousands of dollars to a passenger who left it in the back seat of his car. New Jersey Symphony violist Ann Roggen says she was...
Beethoven's 16 string quartets are the Everest of the quartet medium. Ensembles have always been intrigued by these pieces and have felt challenged to conquer them, especially the middle and late works. Quartets know it's a test of their talent and mettle to perform the entire body...
Utah's young musicians have a variety of venues where they can display their talents. Most community orchestras along the Wasatch Front have concerts featuring youthful soloists, giving them valuable performing experience. But the real prize on the circuit is winning a spot on the...
COMEDIAN Pat Shortt has admitted his early love life was a complete disaster. The Killinascully star, who returns to our TV screens tonight in the hit RTE show, said he was afraid of girls when younger. And he remembers how he even...
Articles 2008-09-28
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