Miniorgan Features Vintage Musical Toys
Miniorgan is a fun site that features cool vintage music toys, mostly of the 70’s and 80’s.
Category: Music News
Beck + Danger Mouse = Modern Guilt
Rock and Roll Daily has the scoop on Modern Guilt – the upcoming Beck release, produced by Danger Mouse. “It was the most intensive work I’ve ever done on anything,” Beck says. “It was like trying to fit two years of songwriting into two and a half months,” Beck says. “I know I did at… Read More Beck + Danger Mouse = Modern Guilt
Techno Band Scooter Spanks Madonna
BBC NEWS has a story today about how German techno pop group Scooter have caused a shock by knocking Madonna off the top of the UK album chart after just one week, despite little mainstream exposure. It is the biggest coup yet for Blackburn-based independent record label All Around the World, who say they are… Read More Techno Band Scooter Spanks Madonna
The Coolest Teacher Ever
Paul Rubenstein (aka Ubertar) is a composer, musician, musical instrument inventor and recording engineer. He may also be the coolest teacher ever. He teaches a class called Building Music at Franklin K. Lane and Wingate High Schools in Brooklyn. Students learn to build their own electric guitars, from winding their own electric pickups to designing… Read More The Coolest Teacher Ever
Serge Synth Porn Video
I actually like a little dialog or plot to go along with the synth action…..
The C-Thru Music Axis 64 Control Keyboard
Deviant Synth has a nice review of the C-Thru Music Axis 64 Control Keyboard, a new MIDI keyboard based on the Harmonic Table: There are 192 keys on the keyboard in three identical 64-key sections laid next to one another, each section exactly one half key width lower than the one to its left. These… Read More The C-Thru Music Axis 64 Control Keyboard
What Not To Do With Your Synthesizer
Image: marinavann Jacob does some strange things with his synths…. Is that what you’re supposed to do with a Synthesizers.com modular synthesizer?
Doing Strange Things With Electricity
Image: €®¡< ߣܧ Alicia Gibb’s expression, while doing strange things with electricity, is one of the highlights of this awesome Flickr set about wireless sound objects.
MS20 ‘Teacher’s Version’
Image: datamath This is the teacher’s version of the classic Korg MS20. If you’ve got any additional info on this, let me know!
Use D&D Dice To Expand Your Musical Creativity
GeeksDreamgirl has an interesting take on using Dungeons & Dragon dice to stimulate your musical creativity. Here’s her take on two of the more important dice: d8 The d8 is perfect for learning scale degrees and practicing sight-singing. Your first step is to grab a piece of staff paper and write out the scale you’re… Read More Use D&D Dice To Expand Your Musical Creativity
