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5 Methods of the Music Snob

By oneoverphi

We have all run into a music snob at least once in our life. Maybe they’ve scoffed at your CD col­lec­tion at a party you threw. Per­haps they’ve snorted at you when you told them you like The Pussy­cat Dolls. Pos­si­bly you’ve been caught in a stream­ing tirade on how there is noth­ing of value in the... »

Lost Music

By oneoverphi

I hap­pened on a radio pro­gram called “Lost music of the 80’s” not too long ago. It was dis­ap­point­ing when after lis­ten­ing for a time I realised that I had heard before every song they were play­ing being as they were oft played sin­gles in my youth. And I’ll hear them all again when oldies radio starts becom­ing... »

Wire me up! A Short History of Guitar Effects

By oneoverphi

I went to Seat­tle recently and while there I took in the Expe­ri­ence Music Project. One of the most inter­est­ing exhibits was the his­tory of the gui­tar. But of par­tic­u­lar inter­est to me was the dis­play of early elec­tric guitars. Mod­ern music has much to owe the elec­tric gui­tar. Elec­tric gui­tars brought with them the oppor­tu­nity to... »

On the Diversity of Musical Production

By oneoverphi

I was taught music back­wards. Like many that toil in the liv­ing room after home­work at an upright piano I ran my fin­gers up and down the scale and arpeg­gios that were pho­to­copied from a book and sent home with me. Tuck in your thumb when you’re not using it. Try with both hands now. While... »

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