Comments on: The Singular Thomas Dolby http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/05/20/the-singular-thomas-dolby/ Synthesizer and electronic music news, synth and music software reviews and more! Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:47:58 -0500 hourly 1 By: synthhead http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/05/20/the-singular-thomas-dolby/#comment-136769 synthhead Thu, 21 May 2009 14:09:23 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=14314#comment-136769 "I Scare Myself" is a wonderful track, too, and completely unlike his hits. "I Scare Myself" is a wonderful track, too, and completely unlike his hits.

]]> By: Torley http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/05/20/the-singular-thomas-dolby/#comment-136756 Torley Thu, 21 May 2009 05:12:40 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=14314#comment-136756 While some peg him as a one-hit wonder, they're sorely mistaken — Beatnik was quite a pioneering force in getting more music on the web. I remember having to contend with embedded QuickTime MIDI, and now, Flash is near-ubiquitous. While "Science" is his most popular hit, many of Dolby's songs are so catchy — the video to "May the Cube Be With You" has been adopted by some Second Lifers as a theme song of sorts (since 3D construction in SL often "begins with a cube"). The psychedelic aspects are not forgotten. While some peg him as a one-hit wonder, they're sorely mistaken — Beatnik was quite a pioneering force in getting more music on the web. I remember having to contend with embedded QuickTime MIDI, and now, Flash is near-ubiquitous.

While "Science" is his most popular hit, many of Dolby's songs are so catchy — the video to "May the Cube Be With You" has been adopted by some Second Lifers as a theme song of sorts (since 3D construction in SL often "begins with a cube"). The psychedelic aspects are not forgotten.

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