Artiphon
We live in an awesome age. We have little 4 inch devices that are more powerful than computers that were made less than 8 years ago. Now, there is this very interesting instrument, an Artiphon.
Is it a guitar? Is it a piano? Nope, it is a crazy iPhone-powered combination of both. Plus it has a built in bass, violin and drum machine to boot. The Artiphon Instrument 1 looks something like a medieval lute, but with a smart phone jammed into its belly.
In 2008 the Margaret Guthman Musical Instrument Competition was established to showcase and recognize the invention of new musical instruments. Commenting on the Artiphon Instrument 1, Gil Weinberg, organizer of the competition and director of the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology, said: “In general, I’m a big believer in using the capabilities of smart phones to power novel hardware. The ‘brain’ of such devices is already in your pocket, so why not use it?
Which got me to thinking….is it possible to take what I think is a severally crippled Akai USB EWI, and use an iPhone as the synth/controller? Hmmm…..
1 Million Pandora plays = $16.89
From David Lowery:
As a songwriter Pandora paid me $16.89* for 1,159,000 play of “Low” last quarter. Less than I make from a single T-shirt sale. Okay that’s a slight exaggeration. That’s only the premium multi-color long sleeve shirts and that’s only at venues that don’t take commission. But still.
This is complete BULLSHIT. “Services” like Pandora need to die. Wonder how much money Pandora made for those ONE MILLION plays. I guarantee it’s way more than $16.89.
And, Pandora, instead of using it’s money to give more to the artists, is hiring a PR firm.
Pandora hires Qorvis consultant (as in Lobbying firm for Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) for “Grassroots” campaign.
Good Job Pandora. I am deleting the iOS apps and removing you from my Roku.
Sheet Of The Week – Get Lucky (Daft Punk)
One by Daft Punk.
Get Lucky by Daft Punk for Eb Instruments (116.7 KiB, 246 hits)
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Get Lucky by Daft Punk for Bb Instruments (117.6 KiB, 145 hits)
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Don’t Gotta Work It Out
Jammin
Sheet Of The Week – Thrift Shop (Macklemore)
Generally, these sorta songs don’t work. And well……it sorta does…..and doesn’t. I dunno. All the kids like this song…..
Thrift Shop by Macklemore for Eb Instruments (76.2 KiB, 180 hits)
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Thrift Shop by Macklemore for Bb Instruments (80.0 KiB, 81 hits)
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Sleep For Saxophone Choir
It was bound to happen.
Sheet Of The Week – It’s Time (Imagine Dragons)
Another by Imagine Dragons….
It's Time by Imagine Dragons for Eb Instruments (91.6 KiB, 90 hits)
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It's Time by Imagine Dragons for Bb Instruments (91.8 KiB, 46 hits)
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Clamping Site Down
Recently, this site has become unstable. It is due to a TON of spammers trying to login in as admin, or flooding user registrations with fake ids in the hopes to be able to post spam ads as comments or activity stream items. As a result, the MySQL database keeps crashing due to too many Apache2 processes.
So, I’m instituting a very draconian new security thing. IP Blocking. If you screw up the login too many times, or continue to try to log in as admin or some other account in which you don’t have the password, your IP address is going to be block. Forever. Period. Unless you send an email to me explaining that you are some sort of Noob, drunk off your ass and couldn’t remember your password, or something plausible in your defense.
Unless someone wants to donate or fund a beefier server, that is the way it is. Hopefully the site won’t crash and things will be faster. (for example, I installed the new security plugin and it’s already blocked one person from China. It’s been like 4 minutes since installing it…..amazing).
UPDATE: I also removed the BuddyPress and BBForums stuff. No one was really using either, and they were sucking resources away from the site. I’ve always wanted a lively discussion forum happening here, but that seems not to be. Oh well.
It’s also interesting that most of the flood of IP addresses is out of pretty much ONE area of China…..go figure….
The Music Of Jerry Bergonzi
Jeff Ellwood has notated, and with Jerry Bergonzi’s blessing, released, for FREE, lead sheets to nearly 200 of Jerry’s tunes. Amazing. Go get it now.
Also check out all the stuff Jerry has published and recorded, especially his Inside Improvisation series.
Sheet Of The Week – Daylight (Maroon 5)
Another by Maroon 5.
Daylight by Maroon 5 for Eb Instruments (94.5 KiB, 79 hits)
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Daylight by Maroon 5 for Bb Instruments (93.6 KiB, 47 hits)
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Suit & Tie – Jazz Version
Awesome……
Eastman Sax Project
Good stuff
Sheet Of The Week – Radioactive (Imagine Dragons)
New group. Hope to hear a LOT more of them in the coming months and years.
Radioactive by Imagine Dragons for Eb Instruments (80.6 KiB, 143 hits)
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Radioactive by Imagine Dragons for Bb Instruments (81.8 KiB, 70 hits)
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Sheet Of The Week – Suit & Tie (Justin Timberlake)
Not really a Justin Timberlake fan, but I do like this song.
Suit & Tie by Justin Timberlake for Eb Instruments (121.0 KiB, 147 hits)
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Suit & Tie by Justin Timberlake for Bb Instruments (119.2 KiB, 77 hits)
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