Tara Rodgers (Analog Tara) synthesizes music from images. This MP3 is an Aerial View of Inauguration, in Sound: [display_podcast] An occasional song: Aerial view of the National Mall, Washington DC on Inauguration Day, with RGB color data from each pixel converted to sound and noise. Image is resized to 160×30 pixels; each line plays back… Read More Music From Photos: Obama’s Inauguration
We generally avoid politics at Synthtopia, but Time Magazine’s Joe Klein has penned an interesting take on Obama’s February 24 speech to Congress that’s relevant to synthesis. In the article, Klein call’s Obama’s speech “A Tonal Masterpiece“, and compares the qualities of recent presidents as synthesizers: The modern presidency is a vast electronic synthesizer, capable… Read More Time Magazine: Obama Is A Synthesizer
This is a few days old, but still interesting: timexile does a live remix/mashup/improv using the BBC World Service live web stream of Barack Obama’s inauguration speech.
In support of Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama, The Crystal Method has released a new remix of their dance anthem Now Is The Time. The Vote ’08 Remix features samples from Obama’s DNC acceptance speech, and is available as a free download from the band’s website. An email address is required to download the free track. … Read More Free Music From The Crystal Method, Barack Obama
Over at Salon, Camille Paglia writes that Barack Obama is a synthesizer: As an Obama supporter, I of course see things quite differently. Whatever his tactical assertions in the primary trenches, Obama seems to have an open and flexible mind. He is a conciliator and synthesizer, ready to give due respect to opposing views —… Read More Barack Obama Is A Synthesizer
I’m starting to lean towards Barack Obama. Here’s one reason why. According to Andrew Sullivan at the Atlantic, Barack Obama is a synthesizer: A Synthesizer, Not A Divider The rather banal view of “bringing people together” is such a cliche and so clumsy a phrase when describing Barack Obama’s history of coalition politics. Jeff Rosen,… Read More Barack Obama Is A Synthesizer
If you’re not following Moby’s blog, you’re missing out on a lot. Here’s his take on Barack Obama: barack obama. first off, he has the single worst name anyone could ever have in the history of politics ever ever ever. barack(rhymes with iraq) hussein(like the guy who tried to kill gw’s daddy) obama (one consonant… Read More Moby On Barack Obama
