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Concert for the Deaf

By oneoverphi

Through the power of “emoti-chairs” designed by Ryerson’s Cen­tre for Learn­ing Tech­nolo­gies and the Sci­ence of Music, Audi­tory Research and Tech­nol­ogy lab, Clinton’s Tav­ern in Toronto on March 5 will be throw­ing down a show for the deaf. The emoti-chair is designed to inter­pret music into tac­tile sen­sa­tions and is part of CLT’s Alter­na­tive Sen­sory Infor­ma­tion... »

State Your Musical Influences

By oneoverphi

What kind of music do you play? A seem­ingly inno­cent ques­tion, but is really loaded with com­pli­ca­tions and pit­falls. I know I’m not alone when I have trou­ble answer­ing this one. Many musi­cians find them­selves torn between giv­ing the sim­ple answer or the com­plex one. It is rare that one would enjoy, and be influ­enced by, one... »

Improve Your Music Through Restraint

By oneoverphi

Some time ago I went plu­gin happy. Actu­ally it was more plu­gin mad. I trolled through sites like VST Planet and Audio Mas­ter­mind search­ing for the elu­sive plu­gin that would make my record­ings sparkle. Just the faint promise of breath­ing life into the gui­tars, or pol­ish­ing the vocals was enough to sell me. Soon my plu­gin... »

A Distortion Pedal Recommendation

By oneoverphi

I was recently shop­ping around for an over­drive pedal at my local music shop. I tried out a T.C. Elec­tronic Clas­sic Booster + Dis­tor­tion this pedal is nice. Really nice. I have an Epi­phone SG run­ning through a Traynor amp, so that’s the setup I had going on in the store just to make sure every­thing sounds good together. While this... »

Gig Announcement

By oneoverphi

Just a quick note: if you’re in the Van­cou­ver area you may want to check out The Car­ni­val Band. They’ve got a gig on Sat­ur­day for the Work Less Party. The event is at the Japan­ese Hall (487 Alexan­der Street). Starts at 8pm. Get your silly hat on. For more info, surf on over to: http://​www​.ope​nairorches​tra​.com/​t​c​b​_​u​p​c​o​m​i​n​g​.​php »

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