My girl took me to see Tool for our 20th anniversary of being together. Despite Tool being my favorite band since…well, since I had a favorite band, it was my first time seeing them live. And she didn’t just get us tickets—she got the VIP package. I wasn’t overly enthused about the VIP thing, actually. In most cases…
The Grand Music Project
I have an idea for a music project. But not just starting a band or anything— no, this would be a music project like we’ve never seen. For reasons that will become evident immediately, it’s very unlikely to ever be done, but I want to capture the idea anyway.
Spotify: How We Will Consume Music in the Future
I’ll mess this up, but here are the various ways we’ve been able to enjoy music throughout history: Live Vinyl Radio 8-Track Cassette CD MP3 …? Cloud. Spotify is the future of music. Not the company, necessarily, but the model it uses. See if this appeals to you: All Music Ever Made (and you can upload to it)…
The Math and Philosophy Behind Tool’s Lateralus
This has been my favorite band since finding Undertow in the 90’s. This just makes me like them even more. If any of you know any more mathematical connections/relationships, let me know. I’d like to compile a reference.
The New Tool CD
Yeah, I was playing mine in my car at 10:03a.m. I was the first guy into Best Buy at exactly 10. Everyone there waiting at the door was in line behind me 20 seconds later; evidently they came that early for the same reason I did. So I got to work and ripped it into iTunes at 256bit…
Creativity vs. Copyright
If you care about music or DRM, you need to think about a simple thing: Everything is copied. People making music today are taking beats and rythyms and countless other bits of other peoples’ work, and most of the time they don’t even realize it. We need to guard against blatant theft, but creativity comes very commonly from…
My First Metal Album
I’ll never forget the first time I “got” metal. Up until then I was into dance music — the current-day rap, if you will. Run DMC, The Art of Noise, Houdini, Newcleus, etc. My brother Brian was the one exposing me to new music, and his latest kick was metal. We were downstairs at my grandparent’s house playing…