Following yesterday’s video, here’s one of heavy metal heroes having a jazzy moment:
6 December 2016
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5 December 2016
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BB Who?
The following video is worth watching with the sound on, otherwise you’ll miss the point: You probably also need to know that the late BB King was a master of soulful blues playing while Yngwie Malmsteen, who you’ll hear, likes … Continue reading
4 October 2016
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Watching Paint
I saw a news story this week about how watching videos of people mixing paint is apparently a current ‘thing’ on the internet. That reminded me of this fascinating video that I bookmarked last year but hadn’t got round to … Continue reading
21 September 2016
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In the Style of…
When you start to explore the work of an artist, you begin to understand the touches that make them instantly recognisable. For example, it is relatively easy to tell a Rembrandt from a Van Gogh. Explore further and you realise … Continue reading
13 September 2016
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Indian Summer
One of my favourite jazz tunes, performed beautifully in the video above by Sarah Vaughan, is Indian Summer (by Al Dubin and Victor Herbert). It’s a good tune for today, with a mid-September heat wave in the UK. As far … Continue reading
24 August 2016
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!oot em
With a hat tip to Boing Boing, feast your eyes on this: https://youtu.be/a0en4nj0rH8
3 August 2016
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Is it Madness?
I watched an interesting video this lunchtime about Swindon’s famous ‘Magic Roundabout‘. I’ve still yet to visit it but one of these days! Meanwhile the video is worth watching, both to see how it works and also for the concluding … Continue reading
18 July 2016
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Aftermath
A science fiction theme that has long fascinated me is aftermath – what is left of our society and its marks on the world when civilisation has been knocked back to the point of destruction. We can imagine what that … Continue reading
7 June 2016
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Here Comes the Sun
Apparently this was recorded at 7bpm and then sped up 20 times to give the quality of the sound, which is more like a string section than a guitar. Fascinating. Mind you, for pure entertainment, I prefer his Bluegrass take … Continue reading
27 May 2016
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Music Costs
Here is a clever video I saw this week highlighting the challenges musicians often face in getting anything like a decent amount of money for their performances: I recognise entirely that musicians aren’t blameless – they can often be flaky … Continue reading