My first video ...
It is about some aspect of the relation between microphones history and music history...
Interesting videos about sounds and music
I thyought it would be an interesting thread idea to put together any interesting videos about sound and music ...
No songs or music videos please... Only documentary one short or long...
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When i listened music all my life i was seeing geometrical pattern dynamically changing in my mind’s eyes... I always thought that is was meaningless imagination... I love Bach over any composer because his geometry was stunning for me... It was not illusions at all... Listen to this : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsjV1gjBMbQ Acoustics is geometry dynamics and fractals after all.... | |
Being a lover of Choral music i love particularly children chorus music... But i am fascinated by bass voice and octavist voice... What are they ? The best explanation ever here from the elephant mouth : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5B9LREuIa4I here a compilation : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKWueUXhYzg
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I am interested by the power of harmonic chant and overtone singing too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC9Qh709gas | |
I am interested in ancient instruments and old singing in old language... Peter Pringle chanel is a treasyry of amazing discoveries.. He is a multi instrumentist linguist vocalist genius... An exemple here and explore his channel and remind yourself of your last incarnations perhaps 😊: He sing in sumerian on a reconstructed sumerian instrument... | |
Now if you dont know her listen to one of the greatest mind of his time : Hildegard of Bingen a true genius , in medecine, music, nature, prophecy and mysticism... His music : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei88J4lERbk Some explanation about his language : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8tpCOEWX6U
In the ECM catalog a genius multi-inswtrumentist as Hildegard of Bingen did before him , invented his own language and sing only in this language : Stephen Micus... I own all his albums, he plays all instruments and use only his voice for all parts ... ... As for Hildegard of Bingen i love , i like Micus ... | |
Here’s a video wherein a musician sits at a piano, explaining and demonstrating the construction of Brian Wilson’s masterpiece of a song, "God Only Knows":
https://youtu.be/PjPN9zRUrgI?si=iUrEC88LWrxKw9EO&t=11
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Thanks very much.... I will see it...
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@mahgister (and all others interested), what makes the above video by Ben Shelton so interesting and valuable is this: When discussing Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys, it is always their vocal harmonies that is focused on. That is understandable, but it is imo a mistake. Vocal harmonies can make a mediocre chord progression sound more interesting, but as this video will make obvious, the chord structure of "God Only Knows" is anything but mediocre. That structure and composition (along with the vocal harmonies) are why Paul McCartney cites "GOK" as his favorite song ever written. Mine too). The dense orchestration and vocal harmonies---along with the somewhat poor recorded sound quality---of The Beach Boy’s recording of the song prevent one from fully hearing and appreciating the very sophisticated composition of the song (which is contained in the piano chords). This video will make that composition more apparent. It is to the songs on The Beatles Rubber Soul album (which Brian took as a challenge to top) what chess is to checkers. The construction of the song---with the choice of very sophisticated chord progressions, modulations, and inversions---reveals Brian’s knowledge and understanding of music theory, which John, Paul, and George lacked. Still, they did pretty well without it. 😉 For another example of a Pop song with this level of songwriting quality, give a listen to "What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted", a glorious song written by the Motown team of William Weatherspoon, Paul Riser, and James Dean. The original recording was sung by Jimmy Ruffin, but Joan Osborne also does a killer version. The bass playing on the original is by the great James Jamerson, whom McCartney credits with opening his eyes to the employment of inversion in the playing of electric bass (which Jamerson does in this song). Ever wonder why McCartney suddenly got a LOT better as a bassist? It was the result of hearing Jamerson. I suspect there are members now thinking "That’s nothing, listen to Steely Dan." Yep, the SD songwriters knew their music theory and wrote sophisticated compositions. But to my ears they use that knowledge not to move the listener emotionally, but rather intellectually. Brian’s songs aim at the heart, not the head. | |
Not a documentary, but an interesting interview by Terry Gross of a musician who lost his hearing (& nearly his life) in a terrorist train bombing. Over the course of his recovery, as he listened to recordings at volumes high enough that he could feel the words, he began writing songs, better than ever before. He once said, in an interview with Stu Nunnery (another musician who suffered catastrophic hearing loss), “That was when I became a songwriter. Really that is when I became an artist. Like I found words and texture. Sound is a texture.” | |
Thank you very much it seems fascinating! For any poet words are mucic in itself, rythm , melody and harmony... It is the reason why i admire and love Gesualdo and Monteverdi the geniuses who created opera by revealing the words potential rythms inflexions...Two unique composers because the music comes more from the "born again" words with their own music then putting music on ready made words... Welcome here by the way...😊
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The dense orchestration and vocal harmonies---along with the somewhat poor recorded sound quality---of The Beach Boy’s recording of the song prevent one from fully hearing and appreciating the very sophisticated composition of the song Now when you hear it in Dolby Atmos, its stunning. Not just that track ether, the entire Beach Boy catalog in Dolby Atmos is like being in the studio. See: https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/beach-boys-pet-sounds-dolby-atmos/ and: https://www.mixonline.com/business/the-beach-boys-begin-60th-anniversary-in-atmos
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Thanks to all ...Thanks for your participation 8th-note... Interesting choice of alias... I tought that it will be interesting to propose to all the best documentaries short or long about sounds acoustic , psycho-acoustics, music exceptional videos ... But not our taste in music first as in many other threads but first a CONTENT...Nobody care about other musical taste... But we all care about the reason why we love music and good sounds...And the neurophisiology of acoustic perception for example interest me a lot and any exceptional musician life or abilities or survival history ...Or any information about instruments design... Any explanation about not well known styles, genres...Or aspects of musical history...
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Why non-audiophiles don't like hi-fi audio sound? There are natural sounds (human voice, dog barking, baby crying, water flowing, etc.) and unnatural sounds. Human can’t hear a natural and unnatural sounds together simultaneously. If they are presented at the same time, the human ears must choose one of them. Audiophiles can switch back and forth (extremely fast) between natural and unnatural sounds due to years of practice with their audio systems. However, most people (non-audiophiles) ears are almost in natural sound mode. Piano (Natural vs. Unnatural sound) Orchestra (Natural vs. Un-natural sound) Alex/Wavetouch | |
Interesting but i am not sure to understand clearly your point... But your youtube site seems very interesting ... The matter interest me a lot...And you seems to work hard on this matter.. 😊 My best to you...
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@8th-note: Agreed, I have the Tom Dowd video on DVD. While his recorded sound quality isn’t in the top tier, he worked with producer Jerry Wexler on some of my favorite albums. They include all the recordings the two made in Muscle Shoals for Atlantic Records (Wexler was the in-house producer for the label)---Aretha, Wilson Pickett, Dusty Springfield, Otis Redding, as well as the Derek & The Dominos album. Dowd had earlier been the recording engineer on a great many early R & B hits of the 50’s and 60’s, artists like Ray Charles and a lot of the vocal R & B groups. And as if that isn’t enough, he recorded some of the Jazz greats like Coltrane, Monk, and Charlie Parker. | |
Having tried to copy it in the 60's I've always found the opening chord to The Beatles "A Hard Day's Night" fascinating. The following video sounds about right, but not certain if it's 100%. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP6daMR7Dps
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Wow! Mark me impressed ...😊 One of my best guitarist of jazz... The "formidable" album is one of my best listening... How was it with him on a human and artistic level , if you dare to give us your impressions ?
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Studying with Martino was amazing. We scheduled the lesson for one hour but usually ran it to two. He was very interesting to listen and ask questions of. I taped all our lessons. I went 9 times. In 2017 he played in Denver (where I live) and I went up to him after the show. I was amazed he remembered me. What a lovely soul. A deep soul. RIP. | |
I was very impressed by his bio and documentary... I discovered his music 2 years ago... And as you i sense a great soul not only a top guitarist... Thanks for your story...
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I am working hard on this matter because this (making Hi-Fi audio a natural sound) could stop people's merry-go-round gear upgrade and audiophiles don't have to be lonely anymore. Alex/Wavetouch | |
Now all you need to know about the greateast acoustic revolution in musical acoustic for audio nevermind if you are with stereo or object based DSP :
Begin by this one video not too long and very clear by some customer at 3 minutes 40 sec. : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbu78cvfbyI
Then go with the elephant mouth, Dr. Choueiri himself :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHIzGZ93c_4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPmiyOeTUdM&t=2s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLrt5QE4ptA&t=70s
To read: https://www.theoretica.us/press.html
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Thanks for your appreciation... This video interested me a lot because all microphones designer were also headphones designer...But the reverse is not always true... 😊 My best headphone the AKG K340 come from a company that with Neuman let his name in microphone design... I admire a lot the K340 patent of Dr. Gorike one of the AKG founder who designed the K340... He was an applied physicist by formation as were Dr. Choueiri in my above post about BACCH filters... Microphone is a reverse headphone and/or vice versa... 😁
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I learned surprized, i learn slowly that Indian music in his long historical form is not inferior to European classical music or to jazz but different and very complex... My entry level was with this master revered as one of the gods of Indian classical music... Enjoy his biography, Ali Akbar Khan : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJKMnWhL1xE His music : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn8Az-cny9M
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It is better to insert a link if not a small description : 😊 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z9kwEfd3RE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4F0rT0F6OQ Thanks for the suggestion ... | |
Ah, @mahgister ....you're becoming a little more alt.ered, day by day...*fist bump* As noted elsewhere, 'Stop Making Sense' from the Talking Heads is now on Amazon Prime...viola'... Got to be at the premiere, back in SF.....don't remember how that happened, but it did....been 4K'd in the meanwhile, all pretty for us codgers.... (Odd...my printer has just woke up and started printing all manner of sheets, *sheesh*L*....it's been AWOL for AWHile, so....🤷♂️) | |
👍😆....gotta getinto this day someway.... Being K9 nurse to the Sunny Dawg....Got an infected left eye, looks like she ran into a twig or some similar.... At least it's the one that's blind to begin with....right has cataracts, so she steers right alot.... 15+ years, nearly deaf.... Vet sez her blood work is Perfect....the rest of her, not so much. Love her anyway.... | |
Happy to oblige, @mahgister ....good friend... ;) | |
Live version, but cuts the 'roach rant'.... The singers, Flo & Eddie, used to be part of the Lovin' Spoonful....*mock tsk* Boyz be boyz, and then some.... | |
«Let your eyes catch the sound then you will finally understand»--Zen master in the opening words of this documentary ...
This documentary is about a completely original composer and multi-instrumentist recoreded with more than 20 albums on ECM... Stephen Micus... He sing often in his albums but only in a language he designed to do so and plays all instruments , sometimes not very well known one.... Fascinaqting journey in the core of music by a pilgrim very different than many other musicians... | |
