Fugue Filter

Wanna write a fugue? Well, here’s a little anatomy lesson. Don’t worry. No need to be intimidated by all that technical jargon. With the modern day wonders of the internets (read YouTube), you can learn how to fugue from either Glenn Gould or Danny Pi. Next question: what’s your theme? Don’t know? Need a little[…]

Video Filter: What’s He Building In There?

How many videos can one song inspire? Better yet, how many videos can one Tom Waits poem/song inspire? I guess it should come as no surprise that “What’s He Building?” from the album Mule Variations turns up so many different auteurs on YouTube. In good Val Lewton fashion, the song scares through subtlety. Sure, all[…]

Eric Clapton Shreds

shred – verb The art of Technically and rhythmatically hammering out amazing and lightning-fast solos on a guitar. To play so amazingly fast on guitar you almost destroy it’s strings. from the Urban Dictionary See others (Eddie Van Halen, Slash, Metallica) “shred” here. Thank you Sellout Music. About Charles WyrickMail | More Posts(367)

Radio Guy

Being audio guys ourselves, we couldn’t help but check out the Radio Guy site mentioned on Boing Boing earlier this week. A visual treasure trove of antique curios, the Radio Guy site houses a vast collection of vintage medical, audio, scientific and engineering equipment. There’s enough stuff here to inspire the next Bruce Sterling /[…]