The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a voluntary recall of the CTK-710 Casio Keyboard, because it poses a fire hazard. Here are the details: Name of product: Electronic Musical Keyboards Units: About 12,000 Importer: Casio Inc., of Dover, N.J. Manufacturer: Casio Computer Co. Ltd., of Tokyo, Japan Hazard: The recalled keyboards can overheat when… Read More Casio Keyboards A Hazard; Stop Using Immediately!
Bojam is a new site – not officially released yet – that tries to bring the open-source approach to music: Bojam is an online music collaboration service connecting musicians to mix, record, and collaborate to produce original or popular music. Mass collaboration has been utilized in text (Wikipedia) and software (Firefox). Bojam does so with… Read More New Site Bojam Like Wikipedia For Music
Henry Faber is “an information strategist and lover from way back”. He likes to listen to Frank Sinatra, Portishead and a little Massive Attack. But this story isn’t about him. It’s about his wife, who officially kicks ass. He’s got photographic proof (above). Check out Faber’s story: “2 weeks before my actual birthday, a package arrived at… Read More Henry Faber’s Wife Kicks Ass!
The latest issue of Make magazine, Make 15, looks like it will be a must-by for anyone interested in music DIY projects. Check the list of articles: Bend It Like Bach by Karen K. Hansen in Maker – Tim Kaiser’s fabulously weird world of music. Solar-Powered Studio by Charles Platt in Maker VoIPing the iPod… Read More Latest Make Magazine Explores DIY Music
FanBand Software is a new $39.99 application for musicians that is designed to let you sell digital music files at gigs. FanBand works by letting your audience purchase songs directly from a laptop you provide at shows, and automatically sends your music file directly to their email address, without the need for a credit card terminal, a merchant… Read More New Software Lets You Sell MP3s To Your Audience At Gigs
Tanager AudioWorks has announced the availability of SongFrame Songwriter’s Toolkit, a new Windows program that they call “the most comprehensive songwriting application available for songwriters and recording musicians”. SongFrame is designed to provide expert help in developing interesting chord progressions, melodies, lyrics, rhythm, and overall song structure. Songs are built with musical tools which focus… Read More Tanager AudioWorks Announces SongFrame Songwriter’s Toolkit Software
Rhino has announced new editions of classic New Order releases from the 80’s – “collector’s editions” of Movement, Power, Corruption & Lies, Low-Life, Brotherhood and Technique. Each will feature a bonus disc that contains a host of material that the group released around the time of each album’s release that never made it on to the full-length proper. The release is notable because,… Read More New Order Classics Reissued
Lots of great comments this week: The “most offensive gear ad ever” continues to generate contoversy, with mattavene weighing in with this comment: “I am offended by this perverted publicity, the perverted inclination of associating something attractive with Decadance, or, seen from the other way, making the idea of Decadance look beautiful.” We recently wondered… Read More What People Are Talking About This Week At Synthtopia
Analog Industries has announced the Audio Damage Rough Rider, a plug-in compressor that is going to be a freebie. Details to come.
Cornell Library’s Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections has announced that it has acquired “a significant archive on the history of hip hop and rap music, documenting its emergence in the Bronx in the 1970s and early 1980s.” The collection includes nearly one thousand sound recordings, the photographic archive of Bronx photographer Joe Conzo, Jr.,… Read More Hip Hop Goes To College
