Golden Gate Bridge sounds inspire musical works
Sun, 20 May 2012 21:42:04 -0700

Musicians look at the bridge differently. Mickey Hart, the former Grateful Dead drummer, sees the Golden Gate Bridge as a "giant wind harp." He plans to be at Crissy Field on Sunday evening, the bridge's 75th birthday, to perform an original ...

Post-Facebook listing, Bono richest star?
Mon, 21 May 2012 01:31:55 -0700

U2 frontman Bono has dismissed reports he has become the world's richest musician , insisting that he is not richer than any of the Beatles. Reported said earlier that Bono, who owns 2.3 per cent of the shares of the social networking site Facebook, ...

Science of makeup
Sun, 20 May 2012 17:22:15 -0700

Makeup artists get to work with a variety of people such as models , actors, politicians, and musicians . A career in the cosmetics industry is not all fluff and glamour. Working in this field takes dedication, a knack for accepting change and a desire ...

New studio opens for emerging Mansfield musicians
Mon, 21 May 2012 04:55:14 -0700

But Simon, who can play drums and guitar among other instruments, is happy with the results and is already attracting plenty of interest even from those who are not musicians . In the short space of time they have been open, they have had a number of ...

NFA World: Students finish 6th in regional Ocean Sciences Bowl
Sat, 19 May 2012 19:48:51 -0700

By geoff serra science teacher Seth Yarish attended the Sound Communities: A Sustainable Forum event at Leamy Hall on the New London campus of the US Coast Guard Academy to accept NFA's sixth-place finish at this year's National Ocean Sciences ...

Digital archivists: technological custodians of human history
Sun, 20 May 2012 16:01:18 -0700

The exact methods he used to create this landmark game would have become as obsolete as the 1976 technology it was played on. But old source code isn't the only cultural artifact that requires specialized knowledge to preserve.

Remembering a remarkable man
Mon, 21 May 2012 04:32:48 -0700

In attendance were Minister of Science and Technology Naledi Pandor, ANC NEC member Cyril Ramaphosa and former Rivonia trialist and Robben Island prisoner Ahmed Kathrada. Famous musicians and artists like Jonas Gwangwa and musical couple Letta Mbulu ...

Musicians Laud New Technology
Fri, 04 May 2012 01:37:27 -0700

By Mercer R. Cook, crimson staff writer samuel DJ Shiftee M. Zornow '08 considered by many to be one of the best disc jockeys in the world and bass player and music producer Daniel F. Freeman '05 argued that new digital music technology has ...

Coke Returns with Season 2
Sun, 20 May 2012 21:39:56 -0700

In this 2 nd season, the focus will be to showcase diversity and innovation through 8 unique Episodes, 12 breakthrough Producers and over 200 incredible musicians .Coke Season 2 coming this July on MTV. Speaking about the music property, ...

Joshua Redman at home down on James Farm
Sun, 20 May 2012 05:12:57 -0700

Records within a year of having graduated Harvard with a bachelor's degree in social science , the Berkeley-born saxophonist has been one of the busiest and most visible players in jazz. Yet, during an interview at a coffee shop near the North Berkeley ...

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, master singer of German art songs, dies at 86
Sat, 19 May 2012 19:16:17 -0700

Mr. Fischer-Dieskau was one of the great musicians of the 20th century. He pursued excellence with a single-minded intensity that led to such epithets as the thinking man's baritone, and he documented the results on more recordings than any other ...

Musicians performed in support of the campaign
Sat, 19 May 2012 03:33:01 -0700

Musicians gave support to a campaign to stop the demolition of a listed school building and the sale of playing fields to fund an academy. The Save Elliot School campaign held a concert at the Bread and Roses pub in Clapham last night to raise ...

Musical start-up pins hope on perfect pitch
Mon, 14 May 2012 17:10:12 -0700

Photo: Penny Stephens SEVEN musicians and self-proclaimed nerds are holed up above a Balaclava coffee shop, preparing for what could be the most important five minutes of their careers. The founder of their internet start-up, Playfi, which streams live ...

Overtones: Musician never duplicates his shows
Fri, 11 May 2012 01:33:27 -0700

Technology allows him to reinvent the act every night, recording riffs and rhythms, layering them in syncopated loops. But one thing remains old school all of that music is created on the spot. "Nothing is prerecorded," he says.

Naples Philharmonic musicians honk, squeak and toot to Scooby-Doo cartoons
Thu, 17 May 2012 22:11:32 -0700

Guests will learn how the musicians make sounds on the trumpet, horn, trombone and the huge tuba. A 24-year Naples Phil musician , Matthew Sonneborn will play his trumpet. The program is interactive, he said. Brass is famous for really keeping it ...

Why the Musical Instrument of the Future Might Be the 3D Camera
Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:49:25 -0700

Developers, artists, and musicians have reprogrammed and repurposed the technology for anything from goofy DIY projects to face tracking and projection mapping. Chris Vik, an Australian composer and musician , developed his own program to translate his ...

Bat Night on the River
Sat, 19 May 2012 22:38:41 -0700

Well, actually, it was the 45000 Mexican free-tail bats who put on the main show as local dignitaries, artists, musicians , scientists and students officially welcomed the migrating bats to Tucson through music, science and dance.

How Az Samad takes music to a higher level via technology
Mon, 14 May 2012 23:32:41 -0700

By meann ortiz may 15, 2012 2:24pm Technology is continuously changing our lives not only in the most obvious ways in transportation, communication, convenient everyday devices but also in how we appreciate, express, and consume art. Malaysian ...

Parent pipeline
Sun, 20 May 2012 05:01:29 -0700

BKFK: Climbing Guy, The Children's Museum of Science & Technology , 250 Jordan Road, Troy When: 1 pm Cost: Members, free; nonmembers, $2 Contact: 235-2120 or Notes: Participants will work to create a super hero concept and then make ...

Gold Motel's Eric Hehr: The Musician As An Entrepreneur
Fri, 18 May 2012 11:16:52 -0700

As a musician who strives to facilitate a career in music, I've heard the phrase, thousands of times, and I've never agreed with it. I appreciate the romantic idealism of such a phrase, but I've never felt like an artist's music was THE only thing that ...