Band's Ruin Blog

Live without a net(work)

noreply@blogger.com (Bryan Wills) — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:00:00 +0000

Some fairly impressive videos. Accent Feed: 10 Most Innovative Concert Visuals '08

Jazz legend Freddie Hubbard- RIP

noreply@blogger.com (Bryan Wills) — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:18:00 +0000

Injex just hit me with the news that American Jazz Trumpeter Freddie Hubbard died today. He was one of the great ones. I bet there is one crazy jam session going on upstairs tonight.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Freddie Hubbard, the Grammy-winning jazz musician whose blazing virtuosity influenced a generation of trumpet players and who collaborated with such greats as Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins, died Monday, a month after suffering a heart attack. He was 70. full story click here

YouTube - Freddie Hubbard "Body And Soul"

How Jazz Can Change Your Wife (er...I mean Life)

noreply@blogger.com (Bryan Wills) — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:21:00 +0000

Musicians@Google present: Wynton Marsalis & Geoffrey Ward discussing their book Moving to Higher Ground: How Jazz Can Change Your Life.

Looks like a great book, I wish they would put it out as a computer manual so I could read it.

DIY Multitouch Music Controller

noreply@blogger.com (Bryan Wills) — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:38:00 +0000

If you've got $50, a house-cat, and a Master's of Science degree from the University of Victoria lying around you can whip up one of these little gems. I imagine this would be awesome for a live performance of electronic music (not even sure that made sense). Cool stuff nonetheless... -B

Multitouch Prototype 2 video

NYT Tribute: The Music They Made

noreply@blogger.com (Bryan Wills) — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 20:31:00 +0000

The New York Times magazine has created a nice little flash-based sound collage remembering the musical pioneers that passed away in 2008. Respect is due. The Music They Made - The New York Times

Barcode Beats

noreply@blogger.com (Bryan Wills) — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:31:00 +0000

Leave it to Swedish interactive design students to figure out a way to convert barcodes into music. Check out Barcode Beats. Creme Corn never sounded so good! -B

The industry can't hear the music for the trees

noreply@blogger.com (Bryan Wills) — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:27:00 +0000

Permission marketing pioneer Seth Godin has a great post called Music lessons in which he explains what can be learned from the failing music business. Definitely worth the read.

Vinyl Gets Its Groove Back - TIME

noreply@blogger.com (Bryan Wills) — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:23:00 +0000

Time.com article on the resurgence of vinyl. About time

Vinyl Gets Its Groove Back - TIME

Open Media Web: Online Music - ReadWriteWeb

noreply@blogger.com (Bryan Wills) — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:42:00 +0000

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Threatened by the Internet? Music Biz Should Rock Like Librarians - ReadWriteWeb

noreply@blogger.com (Bryan Wills) — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:39:00 +0000

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noreply@blogger.com (Bryan Wills) — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 22:32:00 +0000

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