Surprise Notes – Source of Chills
“People want to hear dissonances.” Dissonance = emotion. Haunting tones. Surprise notes. Transcript
Music Theory
Distorted Guitar, Brain Response, and Physiology: A Scientific Analysis
The brain processes distorted guitar as a complex but structured signal. Emotional and physiological outcomes depend primarily on: perception; familiarity; context. Acoustic features (distortion, tuning) influence perception, but do not independently determine biological harm or benefit. Distorted Guitar, Brain Response, and Physiology: A Scientific Analysis Overview This analysis examines three specific domains using established acoustics … Read more
RUSH on the Occult / Apple
“The men who hold high places…mold a new reality”. An iluminati homage song. The owl on “Flight by Night”, the pentagram on “2112”, “Exit Stage LEFT (the left hand path of Crowely), the burning witch on “Moving Pictures”. A very occult band. Lyrics permeated with such. Back in ’93 I worked at Southwest Airlines at … Read more
The atto-second-thin ‘One’ — Every Note Micro-Flammed
Sharp comment on timing, flamming — 1 or 2 or 3 or any note is an infinitesimally brief instant, a marker, not a note. Because every note has an impact envelope that spans time, there is inherent blur – a ‘flamming by nature’ that is inescapable without sampled notes per SMPTE time-perfect synchrony. These are … Read more
Jazz Fusion Trio Covers The Police on the spot (ft. Hadrien Feraud)
Jazz Fusion Trio Covers The Police on the spot (ft. Hadrien Feraud) King of Pain What happens when Hadrien Feraud, Cory Henry, and Ronald Bruner Jr. take on a Police tune—and flip it into a brand-new arrangement on the spot? Ian and Scott watch in awe as the trio crack the harmony, lock in the … Read more
Earl Palmer New Orleans Drumming
Earl Palmer New Orleans Drumming Always a big accent on 4. No ride cymbal.
Handpan – Melody-making… for Drummers Hands
Handpan – Melody-making… for Drummers Hands Should soon allow wider explorations into intention conveyed by particular melodic progressions. Hey, since the order of letters matters (‘spelling’), and the order of DNA nucleics matters, and the order of words matters…so too it would seem the order of tones matters.
Dynamic Coordination Symbiotic Relationships on the Drum Set
Dynamic Coordination Symbiotic Relationships on the Drum Set
Why Neal Schon’s “Send Her My Love” Solo Is Perfect
Why Neal Schon’s “Send Her My Love” Solo Is Perfect Nice analytical breakdown.