Name: Ed Driscoll
Weblog: www.eddriscoll.com
Articles: 188
First Published: Monday, August 12, 2002
Last Published: Friday, August 1, 2008
Currently listing articles 188-151:
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From Electric To Electronica: Les Paul, the Minimoog, and The Studio as Compositional Tool— A new book, new MP3 collection, and new software synthesizer patch chart the development of pop music and its tools from the 1950s into the
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The Joy Of Virtual Sets— Chromakey dramatically changed how recent Hollywood films look. It can do the same for much lower budget productions as well.
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The Well-Tempered Christmas Tree— Serious musician on your Christmas list? Unlike fruitcake or socks, these items will get loads of use throughout the year.
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Product Review: The Roland VG-99, The Arsenal Of Guitarocracy— The guitar of the future is here, if you want it.
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Podcast: Interview with Cakewalk CEO Greg Hendershott— An interview that tracks home music recording's progress--and it's come a long way in twenty years.
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Abbey Road Keyboards And Vital Drums: Two New Tools For The Home Recordist— Want the keyboards the Beatles played, or Joe Walsh's drummer on your next home recording? Just press play.
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Book Reviews: Rock & Roll Film Encyclopedia, The Techniques Of Film And Video Editing, Special Effects: The History And Technique, After Effects In Production— Four recent books on film and video production are simultaneously fun reading and inspiring for the YouTube generation.
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Book Review: Gibson Guitars: Ted McCarty's Golden Era 1948-1966 Showcases Guitar's History— A well-researched new book finally gives a key electric guitar pioneer his due.
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Return To Jupiter, A Look at the Jupiter-8 Synthesizer— A classic analog synthesizer from the early 1980s returns in software form.
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Book Review: The Making of Star Wars by J.W. Rinzler — It started out as a total disaster. That Star Wars got made at all is remarkable given what George Lucas first intended.
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AlphaTrack Takes PC Recording Beyond The Mouse— Frontier Design's AlphaTrack provides additional digital audio workstation control and more of a human feel than the typical mouse.
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Book Review: Magus Musician Man by George Case— Over the last quarter-century, Zeppelin's founder became rock's wizened elder statesman. A new biography describes his journey.
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Book Reviews: Three for DV - 500 Digital Video Hints, Tips and Techniques, Setting Up Your Shots, and Placing Shadows— Want to get into digital video? Three books make a fine introduction to medium cool.
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Podcast: Meet The Unreleased Beatles— Raiders of the Lost Beatle Archives: Explore what the Fab Four left behind in a new podcast interview.
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Product Review: VG-88 Guitar Modeling System - The Guitar Army Arrives— That "Guitar Army" that Jimmy Page was always talking about in the 1970s? Its footlocker is at your music store.
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Product Review: Sonar 6 Producer Edition— Cakewalk's latest version of its flagship Sonar recording program packs boatloads of features to explore.
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Product Review: The Harmonizer - Messing With The Fabric Of Time And Harmony— The right plug-ins for computer recording programs can turn one vocalist into four — and so much more.
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Book Review: The Guide To MIDI Orchestration by Paul Gilreath— An orchestra of Davids: This 700-page guide is a handsome and thorough introduction to its subject.
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New Podcast: Mastering Audio, An Introduction— In the recording world, when the mixing ends, the mastering begins. A new DIY-oriented podcast explains the process.
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Meet The Nextcats— Nextcat offers a MySpace-style networking community for the entertainment professional.
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New Podcast: Jami Bernard, Author of The Incredible Shrinking Critic— Jami Bernard, former film critic with The New York Daily News, discusses her new book on losing weight - very publicly.
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Making A Lot Of Synths: The Lore Of Korg’s Software Synthesizers— The best-selling digital synthesizer of all time can now be played on your PC.
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Podcast: Interviews with Authors James Maguire and James Gavin - NYC in the '50s— Doubleheader podcast interviews two authors on the period when Ed Sullivan and cabaret nightlife dominated New York's pop culture heyday.
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Podcast: The Frustrated Songwriter's Handbook— Fun audio interview with the co-authors of a new book on breaking the most frustrating examples of musicians' writers' block.
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Podcast: Interview with The Language of the Blues Author Debra DeSalvo— Listen to an interview with musician and author Debra DeSalvo on her new book of blues lingo ranging from "alcorub" to "zuzu."
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Book Review: Various - From The Home Office In Abbey Road Studio...— Any budding guitarist or home recordist could benefit from some of the books featured in the author's highly idiosyncratic list.
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Software Review: Adobe's Premiere Elements DVD-Authoring Program— Adobe has an affordable solution for those looking to edit and produce their own DIY videos.
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Miami Vice's Second Season: The Apogee of the 1980s— Miami Vice's second season represented the apex of 1980s' pop culture. And it's now out on pristine DVD.
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Waiting For Gatsby— Will there ever be a decent cinematic version of Fitzgerald's "Gatsby"? Don't bet on it.
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...But We Need The Eggs— Woody Allen turned 70 yesterday. And despite a rather sketchy recent output, his newest trailer looks surprisingly palatable.
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Write Us A Song, You're The Piano Man!— A new book by a veteran music author explores how to write songs on the piano or synthesizer.
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Maximum Quadrophenia— A new three-DVD set by The Who contains the definitive live version of their 1973 concept album, "Quadrophenia".
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"Nostalgia": Old Sounds For New Music
— Tens of thousands of dollars worth of vintage synthesizers can now be played via a single computer program.
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First Look: Antares' AVOX Vocal Toolkit— Antares changed vocal recording in the mid-90s with their Auto-Tune plug-in. Now they're back with a comprehensive vocal toolkit.
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The Loneliest Monk— John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk briefly played together in 1957. Today marks the first, long-lost release of their efforts.
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Z3ta+: Sounds From The '80s; Aimed Towards The Future— Z3ta+ (pronounced "Zeta"), is an intriguing software synthesizer with warm analog synthesizer sounds, and a nifty built-in sequencer.
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We're All Hip-Hoppers Now— A new book explains: music recording these days is nothing but sampling--and anybody can get in on the fun.
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A Swiss Army Knife For Guitarists— If you're a gigging guitarist, consider tossing a Journeyman Guitar Tool into the gig bag before that next string breaks.
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