Category: Music
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Review: “Battle Studies” by John Mayer
It’s been a while since I posted a music review, but here’s one worth mentioning. Battle Studies is a good new offering from John Mayer – stylistically different from his previous albums, not a pretentious attempt to answer his double-platinum, Grammy-winning release, Continuum. Musically, Battle Studies strikes me with its layered tones that create a…
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For Broken Strings: New Acoustic EP by Josiah Thiemann
My buddy Josiah is taking the Fort Collins music scene from all angles – he is at once a solo acoustic performer and a drummer in heavy metal band Split Second. (A year ago we got to share the stage in Deliver Me Seven). His new acoustic EP, For Broken Strings (warning: iTunes link), just…
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Sail On, LeRoi
If I go before I’m old Oh brother of mine please don’t forget me if I go LeRoi Moore, founding member and saxaphonist of The Dave Matthews Band, left us yesterday due to complications from an ATV accident earlier this summer. The outpouring of grief on DMB fansite Antsmarching.org is moving. This blog tribute to…
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How music is faked
This was on Digg, so some of you may have seen it, but I think it’s worth repeating here. They took the strict ingredients for pop music to recreate its end result: (link for facebookers) This happens for all styles of music, including classical. Except for the most trained ears (not mine) it is impossible…
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Second NIN Album in 2 Months- This one’s free
I wrote about Ghosts I-IV a couple of months ago. Nine Inch Nails made the first 25% of their new double album available for free on P2P and BitTorrent, and offered the rest for just $5. Today Nine Inch Nails have released yet another album. This time, payment isn’t even an option. It’s all free,…
Zeke Weeks 