I’ve got a question: does anyone know whether the Japanese “taiko” drum has a long tradition of Korean performers? Does the drum’s presence in Korean music predate Japanese occupation? How popular is it in Korea today? I went to pick up some tickets for the Sori Festival this week, and stayed around to see the opening night pre-Fest party. (The real Opening Concert is tomorrow night, and since I have a night class, I’ll have to miss it! But I have tickets to a ton of other great shows this week, thanks to the pass I was given for doing …
Category: MUSIC
If I Don’t Post Much For the Next Week…
… it’s because I’m soaking up all the foreign music at the Jeonju Sori Festival. Thanks to some editing I did for the Festival, I have a pass and that means free music from abroad and that means a very happy Gord.
ocremix at ormgas.com – Streaming videogame music remixes
Hey geek: streaming videogame music remixes await you. Via. Marvin. UPDATE: Individual tracks available at ocremix, as well as bulk downloads. And if this particular track doesn’t blow you away, you definitely didn’t grow up as part of my generation.
Mike’s Busy These Days
My friend Mike is pretty busy these days, it seems. Readers in Toronto and Montreal might want to check out his show, though. He’s supposed to be one of the better young DJs in Canada. Wait, young? He’s my age. Whatever. He’s supposed to be good. Actually, well, last time I heard him, he was good. And yes, I could tell, even though the music wasn’t my kind of thing. September 22th – 25th Thursday, September 22nd TORONTO: @ Comfort Zone Hours: 12AM – 7AM Set Time: 3AM – 5AM (late night session for those anxious to get the weekend …
The Rules of Prog Metal
Marvin Marvin’s Sturdy Helpmate Keisha did this to me. He Acting under her influence, he pointed me to The Rules of Prog Metal. I fear… I just fear.
Piles Of Free Music (Featuring Me)
Okay, for those of you interested, there’s a big old pile of snippets from my most recent musical history added to this site. In the sidebar, you can see the link under Pages that says, “Tunes (with me in ’em)”; if you click on it (or on this link), you’ll be taken to a page with one full out-of-print Dabang album, snippets from the still-in-print one, and a remixed recording of a live concert I did at a rave with a live ambient group back in 1998. If you plan on listening repeatedly, please download instead of streaming it, because …
Why They’re Going Down
One of the few blog postings I’m likely to make this week, as I get stuff together. While scouring the Web for nice styles to kidnap and mutate for my own eclexysian ends, I came across a very well-put little post over at Ex Cathedra, where the point is made that the RIAA cartel of today is comparable to nothing more than to the sheet music publishers of yesteryear. The difference, however, is that Boosey & Hawkes is still in business, while I don’t imagine that BMG will still be around in any form like the present in, say, the …
Worst Music Ever
Last week’s Friday Five was once again mine. One of my fondest memories from high school was going over to the home of this idiot we knew named Chris. We used to go to his house, which was on an acreage outside of the city, mostly to poke fun at him, do nasty things to his house while his mother wasn’t home, and watch the stars flat on our backs on his driveway. Chris lived with his mother and between them they shared the most godawful music collection that I’ve ever had the misfortune of looking at. I’m talking Milli …
Practical
Yeah, it’s a spoonerism. I’m about to leave to have a little run-through with the Dabang Band. They’re having a farewell show at the local foreigner bar and Thai, who I hung out with last night, asked me to sit in on a few of the old tunes. Though I haven’t played with them, or even at all, since last November, I think it’ll be fun, and I’m happy about it. What I’m not happy about is playing on a new reed… but all the old ones have been sitting for something like nine months. If a baby can gestate …
Yeah, you heard me. Free.
Want some free, legal MP3s? Live shows by all kinds of bands who don’t object to bootlegs? Look no further than here. Via a review at Blogcritics.org from way back when…