Month: Apr 2017
How to Listen to Music: A Vintage Guide to the 7 Essential Skills
https://www.brainpickings.org/2012/04/12/elliott-schwartz-music-ways-of-listening/ [it was hard to find a suitable image to illustrate this. Almost every picture found searching for “listen to music” was of a person using headphones or earbuds]
Swanee via Raglan
I picked up this John Swan album in Raglan for 20c yesterday. He’s the older brother of Jimmy Barnes, and has a similarif somewhat softer voice. Now is this pure coincidence?: inside the outer cover is written the name Marsden. Midge Marsden lives in Raglan. Did he once own this record? Renee Geyer sings backing […]
REM on Out of Time at 25: ‘Being the voice of a generation is not a pretty place to be’
I always thought they were hip, and not quite cool, but boy did they write some gorgeous tunes. My ears prick up and my heart is lifted when I hear their songs on the radio (which is not very often). https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/03/rem-rout-of-time-at-25-voice-of-generation-michael-stipe?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Has pop finally run out of tunes?
It depends what is meant by “pop” and by “tunes”. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/apr/13/has-pop-finally-run-out-of-tunes-ed-sheeran-plagiarism?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
[Review] Arche Audio Opus 5 DAC Transformer
My latest hifi review is online at TNT-Audio http://www.tnt-audio.com/sorgenti/arche_audio_opus_e.html
50 great albums for audiophiles
Time to revisit my music collection and for a shopping list. https://www.whathifi.com/features/50-albums-audiophiles?utm_content=bufferbe39c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer