Morning music links

Stevie Wonder’s "Superstition" clavinet part dissected

"An engineer has acquired the master recordings and has dissected
Stevie Wonder’s multitrack masters of the song. Through the use of
Protools, he was able to isolate all the tracks to get a listen to the
infamous Clavinet parts. Ready for this? … In reality, it’s actually
8 Clavinet parts!"

New lossless mp3HD format trades convenience for file size

EMI's catalog comes to Project Playlist

Songwriters Bid To Legalize File Sharing Gets a Rewrite

Morning music links

Supergroup overkill?: Chickenfoot stream two songs on website, MySpace
"Chickenfoot - the much-talked-about band featuring Joe Satriani,
Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony and Chad Smith - are streaming two songs
from their upcoming debut album."

Song.ly Lets You Share Music Via Twitter
"Song.ly...takes the URL of an MP3, shortens it for Twitter so that a
user can tweet the url of the song, and then puts it into a compact
Flash player for listening."

Behind the scenes: In studio with Depeche Mode


Facebook for studios
"Gearjunkies Userstudios is a site where computer musicians can create
a virtual representation of their home studio by piecing it together
from lists of available kit."

What's the big deal about Twitter anyway?

Chris Cornell-Trent Reznor Twitter war, round 2

My $0.02: Anything that connects Timbaland to Rage Against the Machine in one degree is bad.

Scream is my early choice for next year's Grammy for Best Comedy Album. Only the funniest of people could come up with the wacky, extra-dimensional idea of getting Justin Fucking Timberlake to pitch in on a song for the former Soundgarden frontman. This Allmusic review of the album just about sums it up, though I think it's a bit generous.

Howto: Build a studio in an apartment

How to Build a Music Studio in an Apartment

Afternoon music links

Do 320kbps mp3 files really sound better? Take the test!

Now You Can Play Like Daft Punk...With iDaft!

Devo Back With A New Album - Flower Pot Hat Sales Expected To Soar

Who's Scalping Those Concert Tickets? Artists And Agents, Frequently

The 17 most outrageous drum kits on the internet

Took the plunge

Twitter - phatmat

One 't'...

Morning music links

Earbuds Go Facial
"Utilizing infrared sensors to measure contortions in your ear canals,
the 'Ear Switch' earbuds can guess at your facial expressions, letting
you control your gadgets—iPods, cellphones, whatever—with what pretty
much amount to feigned seizures."

The Evolution of Payola: Jango Brings Pay-For-Play to the Web

A ringtone that can give women bigger breasts?
"Hideto Tomabechi... has embedded a sound in a ringtone that fools
your mind into interpreting it as a crying baby. The hypothesis is
that if women’s minds and bodies respond to the ringtone in the same
way that they would respond to a real crying baby, then they will
experience the same physiological effects as if they heard the real
thing . If it’s heard often enough, over time their breasts will
grow."

Sound in the Watchmen movie

Morning music links

The Sizzling Sound of Music

Software reveals drummers who used click tracks

Aux Classic 2.1 Speaker System

Terminator trailer features NIN song

Terminator Salvation trailer

I have to admit I'm a little disappointed here... Nine Inch Nails' "The Day the World Went Away" featured in this Terminator trailer, not to mention a bit of a remix too. A couple pounding drums added to the end fading into the well known Terminator theme.

This reminds me of the time "Just Like You Imagined" was used in the trailer for 300.
So I guess overall it's nice to see The Fragile *sort of* get the acknowledgment it deserves as a truly cinematic album.

Morning music links

Music industry: licensing is a problem, but how to fix it?

RIAA, Stop Suing Tech Investors!

Pirate Bay Witness’ Wife Overwhelmed With Flowers

mSpot launches browser-based ringtone creator