http://www.acojdesigns.com/music/Blog 21st Century Fulk Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:10:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here is a list of my favorite album covers of 2009. Most of these kinds of lists lack any kind of depth or explanation in relation to the covers inclusion. I've tried to give an explanation for each piece, but a lot of what is displayed here is subjective. In ... http://www.acojdesigns.com/music/Blog/?p=47 Anybody out there remember when they couldn't get enough music? I mean, not just listening to it, but getting news about your favorite or even new bands. I for one still get excited when I hear about my favorite bands (do people still have favorites?), but I really start to ... http://www.acojdesigns.com/music/Blog/?p=45 If you consider yourself a cutting edge musician, but you don't know anything about noise, ambience or what connects the two, you may want to save yourself from obsolescence and read the article below. Then familiarize yourself... Pitchfork's Decade in Review: Noise http://www.acojdesigns.com/music/Blog/?p=43 I've thought quite a bit about how tempo can be a deal-breaker for most people's taste in music. Think of the above image as a bpm water-mark. The Quick The Locust is pictured at the top, and they (to me) represent the fastest extremes in music. Grindcore is some of the fastest ... http://www.acojdesigns.com/music/Blog/?p=41 So, this is something new for me. I've started to layer drones, let me know what you think. aChorusofJays - Dronescape The longterm goal is for something quite a bit more spectacular, but that will have to wait for now. Signed, TheJay http://www.acojdesigns.com/music/Blog/?p=37 First of all, you should check out the new mp3 from Lighning Bolt's upcoming album, titled Earthly Delights, which drops October 13th (giving you a full 2 weeks to aquire it before Halloween this year!). Lightning Bolt - Colossus Secondly, you should check out the photographer who took that fantastic shot above. ... http://www.acojdesigns.com/music/Blog/?p=33 Well, I recorded a little something while I was playing guitar today. Listen at your own risk, it's very rough, but I really liked the tones I was getting and just wanted to put something up. Have a nice weekend! Shut in the House for Too Long Signed TheJay http://www.acojdesigns.com/music/Blog/?p=27 I'm going to come right out and say it. I think that music is worth something! I think that a recording of a song, regardless of quality, has worth. I'm talking about monetary worth here; I'm not trying be coy. Music should not be free. What is happening to music right ... http://www.acojdesigns.com/music/Blog/?p=25 If you immediately hesitated to read this post because I mentioned the term 'Battle of the Bands', you would be excused. Like American Democracy, that term is one of the most bastardized, watered down terms in music. It's kind of like a chili-cheese-fries-with-bacon. The idea sounds good, but the actual ... http://www.acojdesigns.com/music/Blog/?p=23 I'm currently reading a biography of Marcel Duchamp, and in the process am being reminded of the Dada movement. Dada was a post-war artistic criticism of reason. Reason (it was reasoned) was what had caused the first world war, and Dada was an exercise in the escape of reason via ... http://www.acojdesigns.com/music/Blog/?p=20