Category Archives: music
Attack of the hornets
My first midi composition/recording… part trance, dance and classical tone poem. Am waiting for a midi cable (in the mail) that hopefully will connect my piano kbd to computer. The notes were played on the computer keypad… so no chord changes… just a one-line exploration.
Well, I took it back…
After testing out the Casio (see below) it went back to the shop for a full refund. I feel sorry for people living in countries where you can’t do that. Nothing worse than getting stuck with something you’re not happy with. Speaking of not being happy, I just came across this Woody Allen interview from 1971. I only watched the first five minutes but that’s long for me. He lies through the whole thing. Not sure if it’s staged or not but it’s pretty funny. The guy is a comic genius.
"Unaired Woody Allen interview for Granada 1971" vimeo.com/6617077 #Vimeo #woody #allen #woodyallen #bananas #interview #granada—
Michael Clark (@earthpages) April 29, 2013
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Casio WK-6500 – should I stay or should I go?
I picked up a new keyboard now that it’s warmer and time to expand my musical horizons.
Got a great deal on a Casio WK-6500, and it’s fun, has international styles, a pitch wheel and a USB connection for MIDI… all sorts of things my old Yamaha doesn’t have.
But the sound? Hmm. Not nearly as good as the Yamaha with most voices. The organ sounds are great, and Casio is known for that. But most of the voices don’t sound sampled… more like approximations of Yamaha voices via analog synth. This baby is so on the line that I’m wavering over taking it back or not. I have to buy a new sustain pedal if I keep it because my Yamaha pedal is wired in the opposite phase. When I depress it, it gives staccato and when I release it, sustain. Who can figure? I wish all these companies would just get along and stop making accessories that only fit their own equipment.
Oh well. I’ve got about 2 weeks to test this out before deciding if it stays or goes. One big draw for keeping it is the price. Only $225 inc. tax. The new Yamaha that I’d want is $529 before tax. And in Ontario, where I live, sales tax seems to just keep getting higher and higher…
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Jazzer drop your axe… it’s jazz police!
https://twitter.com/earthpages/status/321450791145709569
Um, that’s a Leonard Cohen song in the title, just in case anyone’s wondering.
Online streaming hits back to 1900 !!
Billboard.fm | Free Online Top 100 Song Radio by Year Since 1946 – Present Day. shar.es/dFS74 via @sharethis—
Michael Clark (@earthpages) April 08, 2013
The Twitter feed says 1946 but it actually goes back to the turn of the century. That’s right… 78s! How cool is that? I remember listening to 78s on my grandma’s windup Victrolia.
It’s been a while…
inuit sunglasses by earthpages via Flickr
Sigh. I’ve been unusually busy over the past few days so haven’t updated here. But I haven’t been totally off the web. Nope. Along with some earthpages updates I did a volunteer question at allexperts.com, a really interesting one. But unfortunately the questioner wanted it to be private. And I have to respect that.
I’ve also been tweaking my songlists at songza. So far they haven’t really caught on but I think that’s only a matter of time. Because they’re great! (If I do say so myself). Songza is like the poor man’s chance to be a DJ. So now when I hear a song on the car radio that I haven’t added, I make a mental note: “Under the Boardwalk Under the Boardwalk Under the Boardwalk”…
It’s crazy, I know, but I love it. I’ve actually added quite a few new songs to most of my songlists. So do check them out!
http://songza.com/user/11594994/ (click the FAVORITES button to get my playlists).
As for my photography, it seems that I get the highest number of “likes” when I post my original pics. Well, now that it’s warming up I should be getting out more with the camera. But my private life is making it pretty hard to get out of the city these days. So they’ll mostly be urban shots. For a while, anyhow. In the meantime, here’s a pair of Inuit sunglasses that my parents used to own. I took this photo (above right) a few summers ago. Cool huh?
Well, that’s about it. Just wanted y’all to know that I haven’t dropped off the face of the Earth. Not yet! 
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