Topic: - on January 29, 2003 at 11:36:34 AM CET
Scratch play
One Hand Player is a hip-hop sound DJ device that allows you to manipulate scratch-play by hand. Shake it up and down with your rhythm tracks and insert the scratch pattern of your choice. The One Hand Player has got 4 rhythm tracks, 3 pitch changes, 3 sample stocks to save, 12 scratch patterns, as well as input and output functions.
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Topic: - on January 29, 2003 at 11:23:09 AM CET
Nicked Jagger
HERE is MICK JAGGER as you have never seen him before – as a prisoner in Brixton jail in 1967.
THE ROLLING STONES frontman was sentenced to three months in clink after being found guilty of possessing illegal pills.
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Topic: - on January 27, 2003 at 2:51:07 PM CET
Think first, play later
Joe Satriani talks about the process of making music. Joe Satriani: "I think I do everything for kicks. I try to come up with different directions when I'm writing a record on purpose, to stimulate me, to wrench me from one comfortable direction and into something else."
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Topic: - on January 27, 2003 at 2:40:43 PM CET
Piano Man Billy Joel
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Topic: - on January 24, 2003 at 12:48:25 PM CET
Jam Master Jay Sneakers Hit Stores
Fans of Run-DMC can now pay tribute to Jam Master Jay with their feet. On Tuesday (January 21), which would have been the slain turntable legend's 38th birthday, Adidas, in conjunction with JMJ's wife and three sons, released a special company's classic Superstar sneaker, this one called the Jason Mizell Ultrastar. The Ultrastars, which Jam Master Jay's three sons helped to design, feature both JMJ's name and picture on them.
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Topic: - on January 23, 2003 at 6:53:01 PM CET
The Cheeky Girls: The worst act ever ?
Two years ago, twins Gabriela and Monica Irimia left their Transylvanian city for an extended vacation in England before starting law school. Their pop-disco song, "Touch My Bum," written by their mother and dedicated to shy English men, rocketed to the No. 2 spot on the British charts last month and has stayed among the top five for weeks.
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Topic: - on January 23, 2003 at 6:25:43 PM CET
Woodstock of hip-hop in works for Atlanta
It will be like Woodstock, only with hip-hop instead of hippies.
That's the vision of organizers who are planning a three-day hip-hop celebration called the Urban Hip Hop Music Festival in Atlanta. A news release calls the gathering, scheduled to begin April 11, "the Woodstock of hip-hop."
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Topic: - on January 23, 2003 at 12:16:55 PM CET
R. Kelly Arrested on Child Porn Charges
R. Kelly, already facing child pornography charges in Illinois, was arrested Wednesday in Florida on additional child pornography charges after investigators said they found photos of him having sex with a girl. Kelly, whose first name is Robert, was arrested at a Miami-Dade County hotel. Kelly was released from jail on $12,000 bond about three hours after his arrest and was hustled into a waiting car to avoid reporters.
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Topic: - on January 23, 2003 at 12:03:19 PM CET
Lisa Marie's Scientology Pop
I broke the news a couple of weeks ago that Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of the King and Priscilla, would be releasing her first album on April 8. What would the songs be about, we wondered? Certainly a couple of them concern Elvis, according to available lyrics.
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Topic: - on January 22, 2003 at 10:34:48 AM CET
Humming helps name that tune
For better or worse, technological advances have transformed the music industry, but technology may now help even the tone-deaf to name that tune. Software developed by Germany's Fraunhofer Institut, the creators of the MP3 digital audio format that is now ubiquitous across the Internet, have a solution.
It's called "Query by Humming" -- software displayed at this week's Midem music conference in Cannes that identifies a song by title and composer based on a person humming a few bars into a microphone.
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Topic: - on January 21, 2003 at 5:09:21 PM CET
Daphne Oram, the unsung pioneer of techno
Almost un-noticed by the wider world, one of the pioneers of electronic music has died. Without Daphne Oram, we may never had known what the Tardis sounded like.
Electronic music - as much a part of today's life as whistling a tune to yourself - grew up amid milk bottles, gravel, keys, and yards of magnetic tape and wires.
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Topic: - on January 20, 2003 at 3:50:32 PM CET
Doubts on Diva's Airplay Numbers
Mariah Carey's new single, "Through the Rain," has stirred up a squall in the radio world with suggestions that the pop singer's record label tried to revive her career by inflating airplay figures.
Island Def Jam Music Group bought radio spots containing 53 seconds of the song, which fooled the computers that monitor and measure airplay, or "spins," for the recording industry. As a result, the ballad seemed to be building momentum in markets across the country when in fact it was losing steam.
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