Horrible History songs
This is why we’re think they’re great: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-06-06/horrible-histories-5-brilliant-songs-from-series-5
Tag: music
Insane Drumming
We’ve posted drum things here before, but this we’ve not seen and caught our attention: Most Insane Moments of Drummers II Insane moments indeed!
City Symphonies
TOTD likes this front page to the Royal College of Art’s Design Interaction Show 2012. http://www.di12.rca.ac.uk/ Click on Mark McKeague to view City Symphonies. The designer has considered the synthesised sounds produced by electric cars and exlores an alternative approach …
John Peel’s Record Collection
The late John Peel was a respected DJ and was known for his vast collection of vinyl records. You can now explore his record collection here http://thespace.org/items/s000004u The website is beautifully designed and makes it a joy to get lost …
Star Wars theme by just one guy and a bunch of air instruments
This just caught our attention (thank you Stephen Fry) and is just genius. Even If it’s not your thing, admire the skill and effort it must have taken. Plus it helps you ‘unpick’ the orchestration in quite an interesting way. …
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British Library Sounds
Explore the British Library’s extensive collection of recorded sounds, including music, oral history, wildlfe and dialects. http://sounds.bl.uk/
Freddie Mercury, 1946 – 1991
Today marks the twentieth anniversary of the death of Freddie Mercury. In a career of twenty years, Freddie Mercury was one quarter of the groundbreaking rock band, Queen and was arguably one of the greatest showmen in music with one of …
Wolf Gang
Not Mozart but an up and coming indie band that TOTD is off to see tonight at the Wedgewood Rooms in Portsmouth. TOTD first encountered Wolf Gang at Hard Rock Calling this summer and since then they have released an excellent album …
Drum magazine
This is going to be of limited interest perhaps, but for those who do care it’s a stunning free resource. A new online drumming magazine called iDrum Maganzine: read it here: http://www.idrummag.com/ Thanks to D for finding this.
The Oramics Machine
It was reported recently that a machine created by the founder of the BBC Radiophonics Workshop has been acquired by the Science Museum in London. The device, invented by Daphne Oram, created sounds that were dependent on waveforms hand-painted on …
