As I believe I have mentioned before I find that some of the ideas I have encountered in software engineering can be helpful in my music journey. On my music blog I talk about applying the concept of design patterns to the music creation process i.e. from composition, arrangement to mixing , mastering and publishing. [...]
In case James didn’t see this one, caught it on my lawyer’s blog , bloged about here on my music blog:
http://monteirofusion.blogspot.com/2006/12/its-okay-if-your-dad-is-music-exec.html
sorry for the run around , music stuff I put on that blog but since at least James covers the RIAA pretty decently I thought it was relevant to point it out.
For those Smalltalkers out [...]
No its not another Smalltalk tutorial series although it would be good to see more of those spring up but rather I’m plugging my friend and composition teacher Jon Raney. Jon is collaborating on a my project i.e. my music project. Its not all that Jazz, more like World Fusion but probably more like Monteiro’s [...]
I went to the Al DiMeola concert in Manhattan last nite. DiMeola has a new album and its great. Its called Consequence of Chaos and its available certainly at Amazon’s but also at Telearc the publisher.
I blogged about my experience at the show here.
I finally caught up with Al Di Meola’s The Grande Passion. Ever since I bought my Ovation guitar I have been more interested in the albums DiMeola made with his acoustic group World Sinfonia. For one I can relate to them better since I am exclusively playing on the Ovation and have not touched my [...]
Some dude out in the UK published an interview with my composition and Jazz teacher Jon Raney. Here is the link to the interview. I’m not sure who this guy is and what he does but Jon’s answers provide an interesting perspective into what originality is.
Jon is the son of a legendary American Jazz guitarist [...]
This is a great time to be an aspiring musician. Check out Garage Band. They keep making their services better and better. I have been a member ever since my composition teacher joined. If you like Jazz piano search for Jon Raney , son of the legendary Jazz guitarist Jimmy Raney. Unfortunately, you won’t find [...]