Category Archives: Music

Critical Piece on Jay Z’s new music service Tidal

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2015-05-28/why-jay-z-s-tidal-streaming-music-service-has-been-a-disaster

2015-06-01 – 13:34 | By donzilla | Posted in Culture, Economics, Great Musicians, Music, Software, Uncategorized | Comments (0)

String Swing

My favorite: * Amazon Affiliate Link.

2014-06-19 – 13:41 | By donzilla | Posted in Gear | Comments (0)

Edirol UA-1X (now Roland UA-1EX)

Currently what I’m using as a DAC for my main computer…

2014-06-02 – 17:53 | By donzilla | Posted in Gear | Comments (0)

Wish list add! Carvin BX250

Added to the wish list: Carvin BX250 Bass Head!

2014-02-03 – 08:26 | By donzilla | Posted in Gear | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

David Oistrakh

I used to have a two-cd set of David Oistrakh, but it was badly scratched. I’d love to get the complete recordings someday, so I am bookmarking them here, along with some other related links. He really has a fascinating story, and an incredible discography and sound. http://www.oistrakh.ru/en/david_oistrakh/media/ http://www.trovar.com/Oistrakh.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Oistrakh http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stradivarius  

2013-04-24 – 17:31 | By donzilla | Posted in Great Musicians, Music | Comments (0)

Auugh! Sony DSXS210 cannot stop beeping!

Arrgh! The Sony DSXS210 has no option to disable the “caution alarm” that sounds just after the car is turned off… A few of their 2011 models are similarily crippled. The one loophole is that if the head unit is plugged into an external amp, that noise won’t sound through the speakers. But one of […]

2013-04-24 – 11:01 | By donzilla | Posted in Gear, Music | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Reason 7!!!

2013-04-19 – 18:46 | By donzilla | Posted in Music, Software | Comments (0)

It’s an exciting time to be a guitarist

http://www2.gibson.com/Products/min-etune.aspx

2013-04-04 – 16:55 | By donzilla | Posted in Instruments, Music | Comments (0)