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Hey Gang, I just put up a few 2013 Monterey Jazz Festival recordings I made on my SoundCloud page. This time, they're all 16/44.1 so if you should decide to download any, it's way quicker. Here's the artists in order; Diana Krall David Sanborn (yeah, a little lite at the beginning) Gregory Porter Orin Evans Trio Wayne Shorter Quintet Prism (20 min worth) http://soundcloud.com/ironbut28/krall

I didn't see a thread on this, but I just remembered that it's tomorrow. I NEED the CAKE box set, but there's a lot of other cool stuff too. http://recordstoreday.com Is anyone else going shopping tomorrow? **BRENT**

I'm not sure how long South X Southwest has been doing this live stream, but they seem to have it down. And I'm sure sponsorship has a lot to do with which stages/bands get onto the stream but there's not much that I enjoy as much as listening to bands who I've never heard before. At this level, I think they all have something to say. Check it out. If you hate who's playing right now, check back in an hour or so (between bands they run tape from their archives). http://sxsw.com/live

I thought this was a nice piece by NPR. http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2014/02/21/280715487/the-good-listener-for-bands-and-fans-the-no-fault-divorce?utm_content=socialflow&utm_campaign=nprfacebook&utm_source=npr&utm_medium=facebook The Neil Young example is actually a good one, but he still produces some good work every now and then, it's just not anything that even resembles his top form work. Johnny Cash and Dylan are exceptions in the sense that they both did (and Dylan still does) some of their best work in the later stages of their careers. But as far as adding purchased music to my collection, I'm just happy that there are so many ways…

I appear on this! This is unmastered -- it's halfway funded right now, it'll get mastered when it reaches funding. But even if it doesn't get funded, you still get all the unmastered tracks and IMHO, not all the tracks need mastering. (Mine just needs the first couple seconds of silence clipped off.) Namlook Tribue Bonus tracks At least 40 tracks averaging more than 5 minutes each, that's 200 minutes of music for $22, what a bargain! It's mostly ambient and atmospheric electro, and profits go to Namlook's family.

I don't have the words to describe how excited I am after hearing this... Sounds new and fresh and I can't f'ing wait!

From his diary entry: So, King Crimson is in motion. This is a very different reformation to what has gone before: seven players, four English and three American, with three drummers. The Seven-Headed Beast of Crim is in Go! mode. The 8th incarnation of King Crimson will be Gavin Harrison, Bill Rieflin, Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto, Mel Collins, Jakko Jakszyk and Robert Fripp. Fripp says they should reappear about 1 year from now. I'll be waiting.

Have been shit testing this all day and must say I'm very pleasantly surprised. Throwing all sorts of obscure stuff at the wall to see what sticks, and generally the depth of what comes back is impressive. Happily listening to "Durutti Column Radio" for the last hour or so now without a single skip. Win. (Must be leveraging off the effort already put into Genius over the last few years?)

Jonathan Tinn from Playback Designs was telling me there would be some big DSD announcements this summer and fall and this is one of the biggest. Glad to see the Acoustic Sounds Super HiRez store is live on day 1 and that they have a nice variety of music in DSD. I have not looked into how they have been made and cannot attest to the sound or quality specifically, but I think if Chad Kassem is going this deep into DSD he would do it right for the most part.

The music world has just lost another good one. http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/08/06/209493274/george-duke-legendary-jazz-keyboardist-dies

Spotify has come to the US. Maybe the Admins can move the Spotify stuff from the MOG thread to here?

Here we go again. Think of it as DVD-A for Blu-Ray https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OaB0OTBFDM http://www.whathifi.com/news/ultra-high-quality-audio-from-blu-ray-enters-the-mainstream Its like they've used the High resolution audio of the Blu-Ray format, but forgot to add any moving pictures ... So it can be played back on any Blue Ray player (or PS3) ... http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/blu-ray-players/1294969/blu-ray-high-resolution-audio-seeks-to-succeed-where-sacd-failed http://www.dvd-and-beyond.com/display-article.php?article=1943 https://www.facebook.com/HFPureAudio1 Initial releases http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=11097 …

Yodel In Peace, Slim

We lost a great one yesterday.

Ya rly. I am both unsurprised and waiting for him to say "Nah, just playing." Of course, many IDM fans (a group of conspiracy theorists if there ever was one, ask them about Boards of Canada some time) have long suspected this to be true. The only artist (besides Massive Attack) that Burial has collaborated with is Four Tet.

New Single "Came Back Haunted" streaming now on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/nineinchnails New Album Hesitation Marks out 9.03.13. Preorder available now on nin.com I dig the new single, but its hard to separate my joy at new NIN from my critical side. It has a great sound, more of an old schoolish dance/industrial feel, with some effects thrown in reminiscent of TDS-era NIN. Single has more of a steady pace, no huge heavy guitar parts or anything, but it still sounds great. NIN also announced a huge tour with supporting acts Explosions in the Sky and GYBE. In the immortal words of Trey Monkeystasio, get phacking pumped phannerz: Nine Inch Nails…

So I've been listening to more music at work (now that I have a job that lets me do that) and I've been coming across some of my favorite songs/lyrics. Rules: 1) Don't post full song lyrics, just the few lines that you find inspiring/neat-o/fuckass awesome/profound...etc. 2) Please include the artist, song title, and album. 3) Format counts you lazy SOB's; Lyrics and song title in "quotes", Album title in italics. ie. Artist: Grace Potter and the Nocturnals Album: This is Somewhere Song: "Ah Mary" Lyric: "She's the beat of my heart, She's the shot of gun"

I guess I shoulda said "For,..". The 2012 Monterey Jazz Festival was a treat for Potter lovers. He played with several groups over the weekend and I was able to records a couple of the bands. I've put up 7 new 24/48 files on my SoundCloud account from the festival and 6 have Potter doing his thing. The first group is the Metheny Unit Band and the second cut has Pat using the Orchestron (killer automated multi instrument partially controlled by air pressure which you can hear swooshing in the background). The second group is the Monterey Festival on Tour which features Christian McBride-bass, Benny Green-piano, Potter, Ambrose Akinmusire-trumpet, and Lewis Nash o…

Damn, I had missed this (April 15, 2013). In my opinion, the best trumpet player to ever live. A huge musical influence on me even though I was a percussionist/timpanist (my twin brother was a very good trumpet player, with the Northbrook Sym. for a number of years). I met him probably around 1980 or so when he was guest artist with the regional symphony orchestra I played with when I was in school. Since my brother was 2nd trumpet in the orchestra, I was also invited to the reception/party afterwards hosted by the brass faculty. He indelibly impressed me with his graciousness and humility. I can't remember what he played, maybe the Hummel, but when I congratulate…

Slayer Guitarist Jeff Hanneman Dead at 49 The world is decidedly less \m/ today. Also, "Necrotizing Fasciitis" should totally be the name of a Slayer track.

Not exactly confidence inspiring. See this picture: From page 3 of this article: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9237727/How_big_is_the_sound_of_music_?taxonomyId=19&pageNumber=1

I got to know "Tiny Desk Concerts" here so I thought some of you guys might enjoy this. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323495104578314663257286662.html

In case you want to participate in the first ever public voting process for induction... http://jalc.org/2013-jazz-hall-of-fame-vote Choices: Jimmie Blanton James P. Johnson Lionel Hampton Teddy Wilson Kenny Clarke Art Blakey Roy Haynes Don Redman Clark Terry Ben Webster

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/03/06/173630819/alvin-lee-is-going-home-ten-years-after-guitarist-dies http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21688814 R.I.P. Alvin

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/28/arts/music/van-cliburn-pianist-dies-at-78.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0