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Tag: music

  • Madilyn Bailey sings a song composed of hate comments she's received on her YouTube channel

    I Wrote a Song Using Only Hate Comments

    Some people fight their haters. Some people ignore their haters. Madilyn Bailey goes one step further and uses hate comments as the lyrics to a song.

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    • Repost
    • posted 17 September, 2019
  • Image representing post: Metropoloid: A Metropolis Remix

    Metropoloid: A Metropolis Remix

    Yaz Minksy and Joe Blair use classic videogames to produce a contemporary soundtrack for epic 1927 silent film Metropolis.

    Read more (232 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 8 July, 2019
  • Image representing post: Imogen Heap: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

    Imogen Heap: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

    Imogen Heap demonstrates how she uses her Mi.Mu gloves as an expressive music manipulation tool, and then goes on to sing the most haunting rendition of Hide and Seek you'll ever hear.

    Read more (125 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 8 July, 2019
  • We Will Rock . EU

    Remember NonStopHammerTi.me? By order of the Queen, Dan will Remain committed to an idea.

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    • Note
    • posted 17 June, 2019
  • Image representing post: Jon Snow oh oh EXTENDED REMIX oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

    Jon Snow oh oh EXTENDED REMIX oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

    YouTube's best comedy/musical reinterpretation of Game of Thrones (yes, that's a thing) just got better.

    Read more (58 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 16 May, 2019
  • Hammer Logo

    Non Stop Hammer Ti.me

    Dan launches NonStopHammerTi.me, the latest pointless thing he's put on the Web.

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    • Article
    • 3 comments
    • posted 3 April, 2019
  • Generating More of My Favorite Aphex Twin Track

    “aisatsana” is the final track off Aphex Twin’s 2012 release, Syro. A departure from the synthy dance tunes which make up the majority of Aphex Twin’s catalog, aisatsana is quiet, calm, and perfect for listening to during activities which require concentration. But with a measly running time just shy of five and a half minutes, …

    Read more (170 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 26 March, 2019
  • Image representing post: Agenda

    Agenda




    Pet Shop Boys (YouTube)
    The Pet Shop Boys have just released a new four-song EP, Agenda, and it's flipping brilliant.

    Read more - about 1 minutes (20 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 26 February, 2019
  • Honey, I autotuned the cat



    Autotuned the cat because he won't shut up in the mornings. I don't know how this helps but I did it anyway.





























    @joabaldwin (Twitter)

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    • Repost
    • posted 18 February, 2019
  • Bassoontracker - Release 0.3.0 is out!

    Steffest Digitale Pulptuur (steffest.com)

    During the past months I have been tinkering along on Bassoontracker - My browser based Retro Music Tool.
    Today, it's ready for a next big release: Version 0.3.0 is out!

    ...

    Steffest
    This is just about the coolest thing in the world. I played with Scream Tracker and a handful of other trackers …

    Read more (89 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 2 February, 2019
  • You've been... Gayageumstruck!



    Luna Lee (YouTube)
    AC/DC's Thunderstruck played on a Gayageum, a traditional Korean stringed instrument. You might also enjoy it performed on a pair of cellos. Or, as I shared earlier this year, sung by a 21-month-old.

    Read more (37 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 23 December, 2018
  • Image representing post: Jered Threatin

    Jered Threatin

    by Jessica Lussenhop “We would have been overjoyed if that many people actually turned up.”

    Jessica Lussenhop (BBC News)
    Remember Threatin? Earlier this year, this guy and his band played a European tour to... basically nobody. He'd faked having a successful US career, record deal, etc. and persuaded a handful of session musicians to tour …

    Read more (121 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 19 December, 2018
  • Image representing post: The Hu - Yuve Yuve Yu

    The Hu - Yuve Yuve Yu

    by The Hu

    The Hu (YouTube)
    Mongolian folk rock. Until right now, you probably didn't even know that this was missing from your life.

    Be sure to switch on the translated subtitles (assuming you don't speak Mongolian): they're not perfect, but they're good enough to get the idea. Awesome.

    Read more (46 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 13 December, 2018
  • Image representing post: Toto - Africa (Chicken cover)

    Toto - Africa (Chicken cover)

    Big Marvel (youtube.com)

    Big Marvel (YouTube)
    One man - who appears to be afraid of chickens - plays Toto's Africa on a rubber chicken, with backup from a real chicken. Congratulations: if you watched this, you just won the whole damn Internet.

    Read more (39 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 8 December, 2018
  • Image representing post: AC/DC's littlest fan?

    AC/DC's littlest fan?



    1¾ year-old is Thunderstruck.

    Also available on YouTube.

    Read more - about 1 minutes (7 words)

    • Video
    • posted 12 August, 2018

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