audica

November 3

What's a record?

musicmind:

Student:  “What are those in the black cases?” 
Me:  “They’re records.  Have you seen a record player before?” 
Another student: “No, those are something they used in the olden days.”

All of my students were born in the current millenium, so I wonder how many of them have seen cassette tapes before.  I’ve mostly used my iPod, which is an amazing tool for elementary general music classes!  But now they’re begging me to hear what a record sounds like…

November 2
10 things indie musicians do that make people hate indie

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I like the pre-amble. But the top #1 thing I hate about top 10 lists is when they consist of so much metaphor and snark I don’t even know what I just read.

I agree with passion that bad signing and poor musicianship is not indie or artistic - it’s just sucking.

I think there could be some better point made, but hey thanks for sharing.
October 30
(via thegrasshopperunit) Fender Mustang Also called a ‘Tang.

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Fender Mustang

Also called a ‘Tang.

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(via gtmcknight) Seen in NYC

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Seen in NYC

October 27
“ My little brother almost bought an album from iTunes the other day because it was too much trouble to find a pirated version. Why on earth hasn’t the music industry shifted their marketing to how it is more convienent to buy authentic than the “we will sue you for every dime if you don’t”approach

(via danielpatricio)

Bankrupting potential customers would be universally panned as moronic if it was a pricing strategy.

Why is it an appropriate response to piracy?

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(via bendelaney:spaceships:youmightfindyourself:a time to get) vintage audio museum

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vintage audio museum

October 26
“ Rap (nor anything else) needs not necessarily be viewed in terms of origins or boundaries, births or deaths. Genre is a construction whose analytical use is primarily economic in nature. The study of genre is largely the study of marketing.

Das Racist’s rebuttal to the  SFJ claim about rap being dead.

And this is why Das Racist is my favorite.

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October 24
shelbot: Subnotebook and Vestax VCM-100 DJing. (Pictured: Mimegames | myspace.com/mimegames) techno-billy

shelbot:

Subnotebook and Vestax VCM-100 DJing. (Pictured: Mimegames | myspace.com/mimegames)

techno-billy

October 23
(via ronenreblogs:nevver) Now. We rock. Telecaster Patent, 1953 (I wish I never sold my early edition Fender Bullet, originally designed to be a mini-strat, and then later re-purposed as a “starter” guitar.)

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Now. We rock. Telecaster Patent, 1953

(I wish I never sold my early edition Fender Bullet, originally designed to be a mini-strat, and then later re-purposed as a “starter” guitar.)