The White Stripes: Icky Thump @ Later with Jools Holland

White Stripes
Icky Thump
Later with Jools Holland
June 2, 2007
The White Stripes’ 2007 album wasn’t great, just noisy. But a colossal racket plays far better on TV, where you can see the band and, in this case, ponder how two people can possibly generate that much volume. Meg White does her thing (drumming, fixing her hair) while [...]

Bjork: Declare Independence @ Glastonbury Festival

Bjork
Declare Independence
Glastonbury Festival
June 25, 2007
Backed by a band that appears to be composed of members from Earth, Wind and Fire and the Starship Federation, Bjork shoots lasers over the heads of Glastonbury-goers while shrieking her quite serious song about responsible global citizenship. Possibly great, possibly meaningless. It’s a highly unlikely festival crowd-pleaser, but then nobody [...]

macProVideo.com: Logic 403 Mixing R&B

Logic 403
Mixing R&B

Summary
Learn deep mixing skills from a legend of the R&B music scene, David Isaac!

Description
R&B is a soulful genre, and there’s few people with more soul than David Isaac. David has spent decades Engineering and Producing for many of the world’s biggest R&B artists, including Luther Vandross, Marcus Miller, Michael Jackson, and many, many [...]

Weekend Inspiration: Ableton Live Follow Actions, Dummy Clips, Making Snares

By Peter Kirn

Our friend Gustavo Bravetti is back with more Ableton Live tutorials. Looks like good fodder for working on some music making this weekend — especially if you’re not familiar with some of these techniques.
First up: cascading follow actions can break up endless looping repetition by triggering complex patterns. Gustavo throws in some “dummy [...]