Chances are, if you're not a guitarist you won't know what a phaser, tremolo, flanger, and other effects pedals do. Knowledge about product names such as Big Muff, Memory Man, Fuzz Face... even less likely so.
But if you know any guitar effect pedal, chances are it's the wah-wah... and more specifically, the crybaby wahwah pedal. It's what makes Voodoo Child sound so psychedelic. It's what enables the wakawaka 70's funk/porno effect. It's everywhere, it's fun... and heck, it's the first guitar pedal I ever bought!
The crybaby is to wahwah what kleenex is to tissue paper - the ubiquitous, original product. There is a fun little documentary about the crybaby that is circulating the internet right now, that you should definitely check out, if you're a fan of any music that has any electric guitars in them:
Cry Baby: The Pedal That Rocks The World from Joey Tosi on Vimeo.
Friday, March 18, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
design change!
Long time readers will recognize that I've completely revamped the design of this blog! If you've also been following my personal musical developments, then you will be familiar with this design - it integrates quite cleanly into my musical project.
Why did I do this? Well, for starters, the size of the old website had become obsolete - the standard size of youtube videos became much larger than the width of the website. It is also a reflection of the fact that the increased capabilities of the average computer, as well as the average internet connection speed has gone up significantly since the last design.
Finally, the purpose of this blog might slightly change - although it will continue to cover interesting musical things, there might be times when I post about developments about my own projects as well.
All these considerations combined, the design has now changed! A little sad, but should be for the better!
Why did I do this? Well, for starters, the size of the old website had become obsolete - the standard size of youtube videos became much larger than the width of the website. It is also a reflection of the fact that the increased capabilities of the average computer, as well as the average internet connection speed has gone up significantly since the last design.
Finally, the purpose of this blog might slightly change - although it will continue to cover interesting musical things, there might be times when I post about developments about my own projects as well.
All these considerations combined, the design has now changed! A little sad, but should be for the better!
Monday, March 7, 2011
LAPD radios...as Music
I often ponder the ingredients of a song - the structure, the chords, the genre, the lyrics... but even then, sometimes I am blown away with surprise, when certain ingredients are put together in such a way that they are far and beyond what I could have anticipated.
Today's post is a really strange, simple idea, but it comes across as really surreal and full of emotion. At youarelisteningtolosangeles.com, the musician? artist? combined the LAPD radio stream with ambient music from soundcloud. The result is this...really, cold musical landscape of a futuristic dystopia. Something straight out of a science fiction film noir. If Blade Runner was being remade in 2011, this is how the film would start.
The ingredients here are simple - ambient music + random cops talking about things going on in the city. Yet the result is so much more. The dialog of the cops are full of codes, and just muffled enough that you can sort of understand them...adding to the mystery of it, and making it seem almost robotic. The music makes it seem more dramatic, like a never ending dialogue of problems in the city....
Just check it out. Very neat. It's also intriguing to see how different ambient pieces change the feeling.
Today's post is a really strange, simple idea, but it comes across as really surreal and full of emotion. At youarelisteningtolosangeles.com, the musician? artist? combined the LAPD radio stream with ambient music from soundcloud. The result is this...really, cold musical landscape of a futuristic dystopia. Something straight out of a science fiction film noir. If Blade Runner was being remade in 2011, this is how the film would start.
The ingredients here are simple - ambient music + random cops talking about things going on in the city. Yet the result is so much more. The dialog of the cops are full of codes, and just muffled enough that you can sort of understand them...adding to the mystery of it, and making it seem almost robotic. The music makes it seem more dramatic, like a never ending dialogue of problems in the city....
Just check it out. Very neat. It's also intriguing to see how different ambient pieces change the feeling.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
A hybrid CD-Vinyl!
This is just cool. Gimmicky, and maybe a fleeting joy..but still just COOL.
French hip-hop producer/artist Wax Tailor released an album/single on a hybrid cd/vinyl disk. The bottom is a standard cd, but the top side is a vinyl single! Damn, that's cool (ya..it was released in 2009, but I just found out about it..)
If you want to buy one, go here.
French hip-hop producer/artist Wax Tailor released an album/single on a hybrid cd/vinyl disk. The bottom is a standard cd, but the top side is a vinyl single! Damn, that's cool (ya..it was released in 2009, but I just found out about it..)
If you want to buy one, go here.
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