Music
Beatbox Chef
In this video which is rather clever - a “chef” or “cook” is creating a parody of cooking shows while beatboxing to create the illusion of mixing up different sounds.
Gary Numan: Cars
I heard this while walking to work this morning, it was blasting out of a ‘67 Valiant. So naturally I had to seek it out.
This song is from 1980. I was 10. Gary has influenced a lot of bands. Gary Numan’s Wikipedia Page
Buddy Guy in 1969: Video
To show Buddy Guy nearly 40 years ago, and to continue the 8 year old vs Buddy Guy meme we present this:
8 Year old jams with Buddy Guy
This is amazing. 8 years old. Wow.
The legendary blues guitar hero, Buddy Guy, invites 8 year old guitar whiz Quinn Sullivan on stage for an impromptu jam!!!
myspace.com/quinnsullivan8
Chromatic Approaches to Chords
Check out this video from Berkleemusic.com and watch as Associate Professor at Berklee College of Music, Michael Williams explains how to spice up your rhythm guitar playing and get that T Bone Walker sound by adding chromatic approaches to the chords in your favorite blues guitar progressions.
Slide Spoon guitar
This artist, Hannes Coetzee, is from South Africa. Very good technique.
A Q & A with Phil Western
What is your musical background? How did you get started? Where are you from? Where do you live now? Do different places inspire different kinds of music from you?
My background, for going back to the very beginning, is as a drummer. A lot of drummers end up making music, because when you play drums [...]
Theramin sounds
I played a theramin once. Its a cool instrument. Many of us have heard it in old sci-fi and B movies. Its an early electronic instrument. Anyways, here are 3 Youtube videos that describe this better. The first is an interesting re-make of the Gnarls Barkley “Crazy” song, made with a theramin. The next two [...]
Digital Pursuits
I was born in 1969, which means I was around the right age to play many of the “first” video games as they began arriving in arcades and — as consoles — in the early 1970’s. Those were heady days for poor kids with a jones for the latest video games, and we fed our [...]
Robert James on Art, Music, Shyness and Growing up OC — Part 1
What follows are transcribed excerpts of my interview with Orange County artist “Robert James”. Be sure to check out more of this fun and interesting interview in the first garbage culture podcast — to be released soon.
On file sharing, copyright and P2P:
I like to think it’s all good. Wow — great things can be done [...]
