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Friday, February 29, 2008

Backstreet Boys - Helpless When She Smiles (Single CD 2008)


Backstreet Boys - Helpless When She Smiles (Single CD 2008)

Track Info:-
1 Helpless When She Smiles (Album Version) 4:07
2 There`s Us 4:13
3 Nowhere To Go 2:49
4 Satellite 3:29

Thursday, February 28, 2008

MTV Punk'd - Kate Beckinsale


MTV Punk'd - Kate Beckinsale

Let's watch how Kate Beckinsale got punk'd


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MTV Punk'd - Kate Beckinsale

Music Video - Chris Daughtry(Home)


Music Video - Chris Daughtry(Home)


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Music Video - Chris Daughtry(Home)

Music Video - Amy Winehouse ft Mark Ronson(Valerie)


Music Video - Amy Winehouse ft Mark Ronson(Valerie)


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MV - Amy Winehouse ft Mark Ronson(Valerie)
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Jumper OST


Jumper OST

INFO:
Track List:

1. My Day So Far
2. Splash
3. First Jumps
4. Bridges, Rules, Banking
5. Surf’s Up
6. 1000 Volts
7. Roland Snoops
8. You Hear Me Laughing?
9. Coliseum Tour
10. Coliseum Fight
11. Echo of Mom
12. Airport Departure
13. In Hospital
14. It’s Sayonara
15. Race to Millie
16. David Comes Clean
17. Roland at the Lair
18. Jumper vs. Jumper
19. The Sacrifice
20. A Head Start
21. Jump Off

Jordin Sparks Mp3 - Tattoo


Jordin Sparks Mp3 - Tattoo

I like this song...

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Jordin Sparks Mp3 - Tattoo

Music Video - Avril Lavigne ft Lil' Mama( Girlfriend-remix)


Music Video - Avril Lavigne ft Lil' Mama( Girlfriend-remix)

Another version of Girlfriend..nice!!



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MV Avril Lavigne ft Lil' Mama( Girlfriend-remix)

Music Video - Avril Lavigne( Girlfriend)


Music Video - Avril Lavigne( Girlfriend)


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Music Video - Avril Lavigne( Girlfriend)

Music Video - Avril Lavigne( Nobody's Home)


Music Video - Avril Lavigne( Nobody's Home)

Lets enjoy this music video..


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MV - Avril Lavigne( Nobody's Home)

Music Video - Avril Lavigne( Don't Tell Me)


Music Video - Avril Lavigne( Don't Tell Me)


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Music Video - Avril Lavigne( Don't Tell Me)

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Music Thing on the Word Magazine podcast

You can now read my feature on why all records sound the same from Word Magazine. You all get a credit at the end of the piece, of course. If you're a real glutton for half-baked opinions, you can also listen to my appearance on the Word Podcast.

Monday, February 25, 2008

eBay of the day: Coldplay's vintage drum machine collection. Who knew?




eBay item 220202883601 is, according to the listing, an EMU SP1200 drum machine from Coldplay's own studio. The Coldplay studio clearance has a few of other nice bits and pieces, including a Korg Mono Poly, an Oberheim DX and a Jupiter 8. If you're just a crazed Coldplay fan, there's some crappy cheap monitors for £38...

Which musical instrument will make me happiest?


Now it starts to get interesting (thank you for your patience). In the survey, I asked which instruments you can play "well enough to enjoy it", and which one of those instruments makes you happiest right now.
The most popular instrument was synth, followed by guitar. The graph above shows which instruments make people the happiest*. And the winner, overwhelmingly, is the humble guitar.

Is that surprising? I'm slightly surprised, but also comforted, that a geeky, gadget obsessed, synth-twiddling group like us still really, really, like playing guitars. I also feel really sorry for all you dissatisfied singers...

*It's the percentage of people who said they play a particular instrument, who then went on to say it made them happiest. So, if only one person played bass, and it made them happiest, it would score 100%. If you're better at stats than me and would like to see the raw data, get in touch and I'll pass it along.

Which instruments do Music Thing readers play?



No huge surprises here. Everyone's a synth twiddler, not that many are high-end musical programming language fans. I wonder if 'recording studio' and 'low geek' should be merged - they're both really just general recording.

'Something else' bought a few surprises: The most popular choices were, in order: Saxophone, banjo, mandolin, flute, harmonica, trombone, clarinet, violin, theremin, cello, melodica, accordion, ukelele, recorder, lap/pedal steel, circuit bending, kazoo, tuba, didgeridoo, turntable, Gameboy. Less popular suggestions included "Amiga 500 Protracker", "ebowed toaster oven rack", "Fart hands", "Mechanical monk", and two LOLlers suggested "Skin flute".

Anonymous comments turned off

Sorry, but some Polish douchebag has been depositing so much spam in the comments that I'm going to have to turn off the anonymous comments for a bit...

Sunday, February 24, 2008

Toumani Diabate teaches you how to play the kora

Here's a wonderful clip of Toumani Diabate making kora playing look really easy. If that's inspired you to get started, start training, because you need to play football to play the Kora. (via Word Magazine, in whose March issue you can read a piece I wrote inspired by your comments on this post)

New Scientist's wonderful audio illusions

You'll have heard these before, but in case you haven't, New Scientist have collected five interesting audio illusions. (Thanks, Ben)

Beyonce Mp3 Album-Love Letters(2008)


Beyonce Mp3 Album-Love Letters(2008)

INFO:
Track List:

01 - Déja vu[feat. Jay Z]
02 - Check on it[feat. Slim Thug & Bun B]
03 - I’m leaving
04 - Sexuality
05 - Woman like me
06 - Creole
07 - Angel[Beyonce & Kelly Rowland]
08 - Back up
09 - My man
10 - Lost yo mind
11 - One night only
12 - My heart still beats
13 - Learn to be lonely
14 - Ring the alarm (Jazze Pha remix)

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Beyonce Mp3 Album-Love Letters(2008)

50 Cent Mp3 Album - The Time IsNow(2008)


50 Cent Mp3 Album - The Time IsNow(2008)

INFO:
Track List:

01. Djwoogie - hood news intro
02. Gunit - im leaving ( dissing fat joe )
03. 50 cent - party aint over ft hotrod - fast lane album
04. Gunit - bottom girl ( new )
05. 50 cent - the mechanic ( exclusive )
06. 50 cent - stay with a strap
07. Lloyd banks - im back ( bank vault pt.2 )
08. Lloyd banks - saddest ( exclusive )
09. 50 cent - freestyle ( wow )
10. 50 cent - better move
11. 50 cent ft lloyd banks - love is real
12. 50 cent ft nate dogg - girl comming over ( exclusive )
13. 50 cent ft eminem - peep show
14. Gunit - gunit anthem
15. I get money
16. Funkmaster flex interview
17. Straight to the bank
18. Funkmaster flex interview pt.2
19. 50 cent - i warned you nigaas ( wow )
20. 50 cent - ft green lantern - nyc
21. 50 cent - hiphopgame.com
22. 50 cent - not your favorite
23. 50 cent - just a touch

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50 Cent Mp3 Album - The Time IsNow(2008)

Can Music Thing readers read music?



So, the survey was a big success - 2,200 replies in a week. Thank you very much.
There are a few really interesting results which I'm checking at the moment, but first of all... Can you read music? 578 of you can, 1,124 of you can 'sort of', and 419 can't at all.

The results for individual instruments are interesting. These results are based on answers to the question: "Which 'instrument' makes you happiest right now?"

Saturday, February 23, 2008

Music Video-Carrie Underwood(All American Girl)


Music Video-Carrie Underwood(All American Girl)


Lets enjoy this music video !!!

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Music Video-Carrie Underwood(All American Girl)

Music Video-Hilary Duff(What Dreams Are Made Of)


Music Video-Hilary Duff(What Dreams Are Made Of)


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Music Video-Hilary Duff(What Dreams Are Made Of)

Music Video-Jojo(HowTo Touch A Girl)


Music Video-Jojo(HowTo Touch A Girl)


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Music Video-Jojo(HowTo Touch A Girl)

Music Video-Amy Winehouse(Back To Black)


Music Video-Amy Winehouse(Back To Black)


Lets enjoy this music video!!!

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Music Video-Amy Winehouse(Back To Black)
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Music Video-The Pussycat Dolls ft Timbaland(Wait A Minute)


Music Video-The Pussycat Dolls ft Timbaland(Wait A Minute)

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MV the Pussycat Dolls ft Timbaland(Wait A Minute)

Music Video-Hilary Duff(Fly)


Music Video-Hilary Duff(Fly)


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Music Video-Hilary Duff(Fly)

Music Video-Hilary Duff(So Yesterday)


Music Video-Hilary Duff(So Yesterday)


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Music Video-Hilary Duff(So Yesterday)

Music Video-Paparoach(She Loves Me Not)


Music Video-Paparoach(She Loves Me Not)

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MV Paparoach(She Loves Me Not)

Music Video-Hilary Duff(Stranger)


Music Video-Hilary Duff(Stranger)

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Music Video-Hilary Duff(Stranger)

Music Video-Switchfoot(MeantTo Live)


Music Video-Switchfoot(MeantTo Live)

Enjoy this music video !!

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MV Switchfoot(MeantTo Live)

Music Video-Hoobastank(The Reason)


Music Video-Hoobastank(The Reason)


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Music Video-Hoobastank(The Reason)

Friday, February 15, 2008

The Music Thing 'Which instruments can you play?' survey of 2008

I've been playing piano a bit recently, and thinking about how bad I am at it. Using the wondrous new Google Forms system, I thought I'd find out how you feel. I'm off to Cornwall for a week, so results and hopefully many graphs next week.


UPDATE: Sunday 24th January - thank you for the 2,200 replies. The survey is now closed. Results soon.

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Music Video-Nick Lachey(I Can't Hate You Anymore)


Music Video-Nick Lachey(I Can't Hate You Anymore)


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Music Video-Nick Lachey(I Can't Hate You Anymore)

Music Video-Mariah Carey(We Belong Together)


Music Video-Mariah Carey(We Belong Together)


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MV Mariah Carey(We Belong Together)

Music Video-Jesse McCartney(She's No You)


Music Video-Jesse McCartney(She's No You)


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Music Video-Jesse McCartney(She's No You)

Music Video-Paris Hilton(Nothing In This World)


Music Video-Paris Hilton(Nothing In This World)


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MV Paris Hilton(Nothing In This World)

Music Video-Usher(Burn)


Music Video-Usher(Burn)

Lets enjoy thid music video !!!


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Music Video-Usher(Burn)

Music Video-Paparoach(Getting Away With Murder)


Music Video-Paparoach(Getting Away With Murder)


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MV Paparoach(Getting Away With Murder)

Music Video-Aqua(Barbie Girl)


Music Video-Aqua(Barbie Girl)

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Music Video-Aqua(Barbie Girl)

Monday, February 11, 2008

Kanye West, Daft Punk and many Lemur controllers at the Grammy awards


The awesome Lemur action starts at 2:52 - obviously they're just miming with the 'look cool' preset, but think of it as a stylised version of What are Daft Punk actually playing inside their pyramid?". More about the Lemur here. (Thanks, Raffael from Switzerland)

Friday, February 8, 2008

Music Video-Maroon 5(Won't GoHome Without You)


Music Video-Maroon 5(Won't GoHome Without You)

I love this song !! Enjoy the music video !!

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Music Video-Maroon 5(Won't GoHome Without You)

Music Video-Christina Aguilera(Candyman)


Music Video-Christina Aguilera(Candyman)


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Music Video-Christina Aguilera(Candyman)

Music Video-Rob Thomas(Lonely No More)


Music Video-Rob Thomas(Lonely No More)


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Music Video-Rob Thomas(Lonely No More)

Music Video-Arctic Monkeys(Brianstorm)


Music Video-Arctic Monkeys(Brianstorm)


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Music Video-Arctic Monkeys(Brianstorm)

Music Video-Katharine McPhee(Over It)


Music Video-Katharine McPhee(Over It)

Lets enjoy this music video !!


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Music Video-Katharine McPhee(Over It)

Music Video-Ashley Tisdale(Be Good To Me)


Music Video-Ashley Tisdale(Be Good To Me)

Enjoy this music video !!


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Music Video-Ashley Tisdale(Be Good To Me)

Thursday, February 7, 2008

Show me your homemade instruments

There are many wonders in 276 responses to the challenge 'Show me your homemade instruments'. My favourite is this chap whose Dad bolted together a Vox Continental and a guitar, but there's a lot more: Sxip Shirey plays bowls with marbles, terrifying grinding car guitar thing, strange tiny bass guitar, a circuit bent Buddha Machine, a beautiful-looking touchpad-based homemade synth and this bonkers disc reverb box. There's a lot more - leave links to goodness in the comments. (Thanks, Gareth)

Uwe Steger presents the strangest accordion video you will see today


How I sneered at the Roland V-Accordion when it was first launched. Now I've seen this video of long-haired accordion maestro Uwe Steger promoting MIDI accordion accessories created by some guy. Accordion + vocoder + pitch shift = a winning combination. (Thanks, Moonie)

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Less-Lethal: Album as non-lethal weapon


Less-Lethal Vol 1 is a compilation of tracks inspired by the idea of using music (or sound, at least) as a form of torture... "Particularly the sheer lack of imagination on the part of military experts who resort to the use of pop music as a weapon, by playing it back for painfully long periods of time at very high volumes." Tragically, I can't find any sound clips online, so you'll just have to imagine what it sounds like. (Thanks AR)