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[3 Dec 2010 | No Comment | ]
The Music of Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood

Jesper Kyd talks with 1UP.com about the soundtrack for the latest release in Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed franchise, Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood.  I’ve always been a big fan on this series and enjoyed the music as well.  Click through to read a portion of the article and grab the source link back to 1UP.  Great read if [...]

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[2 Dec 2010 | One Comment | ]
DesigningSound.org Launches Brother Site

Designing Sound has launched a brother site in designingsound.tv. It’s focus will be to filter and host quality videos pertaining to the art of sound design and the audio industry. From the site there are a variety of ways to search and find videos that grab your interest. Head on over and check it out.

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[29 Nov 2010 | No Comment | ]
Lemmy: 49% Motherfucker, 51% Son Of A Bitch

“Lemmy” was released last March but didn’t see a distribution through the Americas until…soon.  Along with that, the street dates of the double disc DVD and Blu-Ray releases have been announced.  Wait, am I getting ahead of myself?  You’ve never heard of “Lemmy”?  BAH!  “Lemmy” is a documentary following the life and times of Motorhead [...]

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[29 Nov 2010 | 2 Comments | ]
Howard Shore Will Score “The Hobbit”

I think we can all agree that The Lord of The Rings trilogy probably has some of the best pieces, if not, the best pieces composed for film in the last decade.  According to /film via The Province, Howard Shore has stated that he will be returning to score Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit”.

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[22 Nov 2010 | No Comment | ]
Gorillaz Cover The xx’s “Crystalised”

Who the hell are “The xx’s” and why are Gorillaz covering them?  That’s what I was thinking while thoroughly enjoying their rendition of a song I had never heard.  Well I post this for two reasons.  One, the cover is great and two, the other band sounds pretty interesting as well.

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[17 Nov 2010 | No Comment | ]
10 Great Rock and Roll Bloopers

From Radiohead’s guitarist, Jonny Greenwood playing the chunky guitar stabs in “Creep” to the yelling of Ringo Starr in the Beatles, “Helter Skelter”, this article turns up a lot of great info on some unique moments in music history.

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[15 Nov 2010 | No Comment | ]
The Music of Majin and The Forsaken Kingdom

Composer Sahashi Toshihiko talks about his creation process and what it was like working with London musicians to complete his score for upcoming Game Republic title, Majin and The Forsaken Kingdom.

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[9 Nov 2010 | No Comment | ]
Conan O’Brien Jams with Jack White

Conon O’Brien and Jack White played Eddie Cochran’s 1957 rockabilly single “Twenty Flight Rock” to premiere his new show on TBS last night.  You can check out a video of the performance after the jump.

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[2 Nov 2010 | No Comment | ]
Song Created Using Mostly Bee Recordings

Tonehammer has created a musical piece consisting almost entirely out of bees!  It’s a pretty cool feat to accomplish.  Below you can read about some of the steps and plugins used.  One of the first you’ll see is Paul’s Time Stretch, which gained a lot of attention with Justin Beibers, “U Smile” song being pitched [...]

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[29 Oct 2010 | One Comment | ]
The Moog Theremin Halloween Contest

From Synthtopia, comes my favorite video ever.  This guy scares the hell out of me…and this guys name is Gordon Charlton.  He’s playing the Moog Etherwave theremin through a Marshall Echohead delay and really sharp kitchen knives.  Happy Halloween!