RELATIVE PITCH: Sunday Viewing
Science Nation Army: Biomechanics Play White Stripes!
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kirklove
Relative Pitch: Question of the Day Sat, Feb 25, 2012
Even if you’re late to the game, discovering a band for yourself is always awesome. For me it was when I stumbled upon Margolnick while surfing Bandcamp. Great band and a great album. You can check it out here. Works great with exfm.
How about you. What’s the best band you discovered in the last six months?
Relative Pitch: Question of the Day Sat, Feb 18, 2012
Best Band of the last decade for me is Arcade Fire.
For you?
Relative Pitch: Team Feed Wed, Feb 15, 2012
Every one of us here at exfm loves music. I mean really loves it.
Of course, it should be that way, right? We are a music startup after all. Though it goes a lot deeper than that. I don’t think any one of us could picture not being able to listen to music at work. That would be torture.
The amazing thing about working with other music lovers like this is you are exposed to tons and tons of music. The other night at our exfm showcase we were talking about it and wondered aloud who has the “best” taste. Of course, it’s subjective, though the unanimous choice was Jess. She’s badass. That girl knows damn good music. Dan liked to think he was second in line (and we let him believe it), with Marshall being right at the same level. Charles occupied a little outpost of his own along with Lucas and Jonathan each exploring their own, let’s call them, unique tastes. And then me somewhere bringing up the rear. I’ve got no problem with that at all. In fact, it’s the best part of my job. Every day I discover something great from each of them. Something I’ve never heard before that just blows me away. It’s an incredible thing. On any given day I can go from old school hip hop, to experimental jazz, to world music, to classic one-hit wonders, to incredible indie bands.
We got to thinking…maybe our users would like have a little window into this amazing music experience all tucked neatly into one profile. If you do, you can check out the entire office’s Combined Team Feed Right Here. Go ahead and listen right along. You can even go here to see what we’re individually listening to at this exact moment. We hope you like the tunes as much as we do.
PS: If you love music and want to be a part of this amazing team we’re hiring. We’re looking for a Python Developer, Designer and Android Developer. We’d love to hear from you and add you to the exfm team feed! ;)
RELATIVE PITCH: Sunday Viewing
Ben Lear live. This kid’s got it. So watch this.
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kirklove
Relative Pitch: Question of the Day? Sat, Feb 4, 2012
Having a four-month old I’m keenly aware of the influences on her. For me, I’m particularly curious to see how music will affect her. I try to have it on as much as possible. I’m curious what will stick if anything.
It got me thinking… What’s your earliest memory of music?
For me: Church hymns. I used to love to sit the front row and belt them out. Maybe that’s corny, but that’s what I remember.
Relative Pitch: Hey Hey, My My Wed, Feb 1, 2012
So Neil Young shoots out some theories at D:Dive Into Media and the musical landscape goes all-a-flutter.
Let’s get a few things straight:
1. Neil is awesome. A rock God.
2. He’s also one person’s opinion.
3. He’s also old and has already made a ton of money selling music.
Now everyone is entitled to their opinion. Especially someone as revered as Neil. But, let’s just relax and not get all carried away is all. I’ll leave it up to the pundits to tackle all the points of Neil’s interview, but the one area that mosts interests me, or more aptly where I strongly disagree with him is the sound quality debate.
It’s tired. Technology won. Get over your vinyl-loving self.
Bear in mind I’m someone who is perfectly happy with 128K mp3s. In other words, I’m no audiophile. The thing is, neither are 99% of music listeners. I can see why someone of Neil’s musical stature would be bothered by sound quality. He’s poured a lot of time and sweat into a recording. The listener? They don’t care so much. They want ease. They want access. They want portability. And the market gets what the market wants.
About six years ago I ditched all my CDs. Ripped them to iTunes and never looked back. And in the last year I’ve even ditched that. I’m 99% streaming (I’d be 100% if the NYC subways had wifi). Do I lose quality in the process. Yup. I do. Do I mind? Not one bit. I’d argue the vast majority of music listeners would agree. And that’s the main takeaway. Artists and purists can opine for higher quality recordings all day long, but if an audience doesn’t care and more importantly won’t pay for higher quality why push for it? You’re just going to get frustrated in the process. Instead of sitting back, pressing play and enjoying a plethora of great music.
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kirklove
RELATIVE PITCH: Sunday Viewing
Splendid rendition by Record Club of the venerable INXS’ hit Need You Tonight. Thanks to Thom for sending this my way. Hope you enjoy it as well.
RELATIVE PITCH: Question of the Day - First album you ever bought
For me it was Billy Joel’s Glass Houses (hence the pic) in glorious 12” vinyl. Still one of my all-time favorite records. The sound of the glass crashing when you dropped the needle on the first cut. So good. So many memories.
And you?
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