Archive for the ‘Music’ Category

What is genius?

Posted: February 27, 2012 in Music, Social Media

And does Lukas Kmit possess it? I just don’t know, but I am tempted to say yes, watching this clip. One of the characteristics of genius is the ability (and sometimes the penance) to see the world with different eyes, spotting opportunity where most see challenges; a rude interruption by a non-silenced phone turns into [...]

Public spate

Posted: November 29, 2011 in Music, Social Media

Do my anglophone friends say “Always wash your dirty laundry in private” or is it just a translation of the italian proverb? Anyway, the meaning is clear: some discussions are best had in private quarters so that when a final compromise is reached, all parties can “save face”. this is perhaps something that is changing, [...]

Competition !!!!!!

Posted: May 26, 2011 in Industry, Music

Apple may finally be facing some competition from Amazon in its core music market. Result: Lady Gaga’s new album goes for 6.99 on AMZN vs. 11.99 on iTunes. Good news (OK, OK, would have been better if it were the Foo Fighters, but…)

Good day today

Posted: February 15, 2011 in Music, Social Media

Apart from a great day we’re having at MWC11, I have now added to my life experience portfolio one that was missing: meeting IRL (Jonathan MacDonald) someone I had only met virtually (@jmacdonald). So my advice to all those fretting about shallowness of virtual relationships: trust your instincts – when a relationship clicks, the medium [...]

Happy birthday, Wolfgang!

Posted: January 27, 2011 in Music

This very day in 1756, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born. What to choose to represent his art? difficult indeed – it had to be opera, as it’s perhaps where his music is most complete, but I didn’t want to select any of the funny or most famous arias. Welcome to disagree, but here’s my choice: [...]

RIP Malcolm McLaren

Posted: April 9, 2010 in Music

Best way to honor. Two trailer park girls go round the outside, round the outside.

High pitches

Posted: April 7, 2010 in Music

I was looking for a metaphor for “extreme performance” for a piece I’m writing for a client and these two examples came across my mind. To be understood, the two videos must be watched in sequence; start with the “Hallelujah”: it’s a tough piece, full of treacherous flourishes and modulations and the Soprano must hit [...]

Radio days

Posted: December 31, 2008 in Music

OK, I’m late to the party: although I had a Last.fm account for a long time, I never really used it or, better, never took the time to “teach” it what I like. Taking advantage of the Xmas break I now did it and understood in a second why so many people are hooked into [...]

Yet another list

Posted: August 19, 2008 in Music

A while back I aped several other bloggers who had been publishing their lists of record (one per year, no repeat, must own it) by developing this list. But this morning my iPod started blaring the Who’s “Bell boy” and I remembered exactly what I was doing at the time when that record was more [...]

Lists

Posted: July 24, 2008 in Music

Two bloggers I follow, Nick Carr and Werner Vogels, (and possibly countless others) have put out their favorite list of albums. The basic rules: one per year, no repeats, you got to own it, so here goes mine: 1965    Highway 61, revisited Bob Dylan 1966    Revolver The Beatles 1967    Alice’s Restaurant Arlo Guthrie 1968    Happy [...]