Art is the music we make from the bewildered cry of being alive. ~Maria Popova
06 May 2015 Leave a comment
in Recommended Sites Tags: pop sonnets
04 May 2015 Leave a comment
in General Posts Tags: david guetta, dj
(Reprinted from Melkor)
by Scott Melkor
Dear Dave (can I call you Dave?),
How are you? It has been a really long time! I hope that you are doing great.
Anyway, I was writing to let you know that you are the worst and represent everything that is wrong with DJ and EDM culture. I recently had the displeasure of reading your interview with Beatport. Riveting stuff, really. I particularly enjoyed the following excerpt.
“Not everything went smoothly behind-the-scenes, though.. Something crazy happened to me on the [first weekend],” he says. “I’m using Rekordbox and Pioneer to play, and before I saved my playlist to my SD card, my computer crashed. So I just had to put all my music in a random order on USB sticks at the last minute, doing it really old school, scrolling to look for the records I wanted to play next.”
There are so many things wrong with you, and with this paragraph, that I felt compelled to write you this heartfelt letter…
Read more: http://themelkerproject.com/
03 May 2015 12 Comments
in Quizzes
1. Name three popular 80’s songs that mention eyewear in their titles.
2. Name three classic 70’s pop rock tunes that are about fictitious bands.
3. Name three 70’s top 5 hits whose titles begin with the words “The Night…”
4. Name at least:
Two bands who are named after major American cities
Two bands named after states
One band named after a border between two states
Two bands named after continents
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Post your guesses in the comment section.
Answers will appear in comment section later this week.
29 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in General Posts, On a Lighter Note Tags: u2
This morning I was awakened by some men working in the street using a jackhammer. It sounded exactly like this:
27 Apr 2015 4 Comments
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: christy, zach sestili
Zach Sestili: “Christy” (Year Unknown)
Thanks to a recently posted bit of archival video we’re thrilled to present a second piece of the early musical history of a dear friend, Mr. Zach Sestili aka Zach Pendulum.
All I know or recall about “Christy” (I hope Zach will correct me if I’m in error) is:
1. It was written at around age 16 for a high school crush and, despite playing it for her one day in school, Zach failed to win the girl.
2. By the time I saw Zach perform this song a few years later he had altered (and improved) the melody of a portion of the bridge section (“…and it makes me wonder, what do you need but a guy like me”) but though this video captures the song at an earlier stage of development it’s still more than worthy of the share.
3. Originally that bit of lyric was written as:
Christy, you have everything/And it makes me wonder, what do you need with a guy like me
But, ever one to take an optimistic point of view in his songs, Zach changed the single word “with” to “but” to give the lyric a more hopeful slant.
I keenly miss living in the same city as Zach. He was, and is, the kind of artist I’d never miss the opportunity to see perform. But I’m glad to have seen him up close on the occasions I did–it was simply mesmerizing.
As is the case with the song we previously presented here (“When the Lashes and the Stars Fall”) Sestili’s obvious writing, arranging and performing talents shine through despite the limitations of the original audio sources. If “Christy” and its accompanying video pique your interest, check out the “Lashes” post, wherein we gush at length about this guy’s gifts.
Enjoy!
See also: https://edcyphers.com/2013/01/21/songs-you-may-have-missed-300/
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