Blackberry Smoke Keyboardist Brandon Allen Still’s Keyboard Rig Tour
Here’s a dude who still tours with “real” keyboards … well, mostly real. Top notch digital stage piano, Hammond B3, Hohner D6 Clavinet, and a Wurlitzer 200 electric piano. I really dig Blackberry Smoke, and especially like Brandon’s playing — never too much, always tasteful, but still rockin’. This video was shamelessly nicked from their…
Flower Porn
I took these on the front porch early this evening with the iPhone 13 Mini. The camera on this thing is, frankly, awful. You can’t shoot a proper close-up with it and have it come out sharp, unless you use the 0.5x ultra-wide-angle camera, and then everything looks bug-eyed.
And Now For Something Not Entirely Different
Fooled around some with trying to create some ambient/Berlin School music today, and came away with something I rather liked. No name for it yet, and it’s not quite finished, but I thought I’d share since it’s been a minute since I did anything musical besides play cover tunes with the bands. This is kind…
The History Of Electronic Music in Under Twenty-Four Minutes
… here’s a [very] brief history covering 90 years of electronic music through the lens of “popular” music …
Wendy Carlos — My Introduction to Electronic Music
I have, on many occasions, referred to Wendy Carlos as one of my introductions to the world of electronic music and synthesizers through her 1968 album Switched On Bach. It was Wendy who inspired Robert Moog to refine and perfect his Moog synthesizers, with which she recorded the album.