Wednesday, April 29, 2009
It exists, and has existed, for a long time. I’ve wanted to see a production of it, but I’ve never been able to catch it anywhere.
Involved: Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Anderson formerly of ABBA and Tim Rice. Yes, those guys.
What most people don’t realize is that they’ve most likely already heard music from it.
One Night [...]
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009
I actually did it. I tracked down the Street Fighter IV opening theme.
And bought it on iTunes.
In a way I’m ashamed, but in a way, I’m not.
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I realized I was going to write about the audio equipment I used for Ukulele practice.
First, the instrument. It’s a Kala concert uke. (Fun Fact! “Uke,” pronounced, “Oooh keh” means something entirely different in Japanese!) Concert ukuleles are larger than the sopranos, but smaller than the tenors. It’s a bright sounding ukulele that doesn’t sound [...]
We were playing an engagement party gig that had gone on for a solid three hours. It was three in the morning and the air is thick with solid beams of light, blues and greens and reds made manifest in the swirling fog. Our vocalist Lisa wants to sing Rebel Girl by Bikini Kill and [...]
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
The Nintendo DS is not considered a musical instrument.
There are music games, yes, and there was the brilliant in concept but flawed in execution Jam Sessions guitar simulator for the DS. (Full disclosure: I spent about two weeks just trying to play Jonathan Coulton’s RE: Your Brains. It’s just too unwieldy on a directional control [...]
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Rock Band, appeals because of its cooperative gameplay. You can play just one instrument, but that isn’t the point. In all, it is when you are in a room with three other people, performing a song is where the game truly comes into its core experience.
Yeah, we rocked out again tonight.
I’m hoping for groupies at [...]
Just checked on my order status, looks like Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2 (or more simply, Ouendan 2) is on its way over to me from the Mysterious Far Reaches of Asia. That and Rhythm Tengoku.
Both are classified as rhythm action games, a niche for which I have a little bit [...]