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Medium But Well Done

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2008-03-19 23:20:49 by Rifftides in Rifftides
...medium-sized groups. Six to eleven pieces allow arrangers freedom that the conventions and sheer size of sixteen-piece bands tend to limit. Medium-sized groups have been important since the beginnings of jazz. For Charles Landy and anyone else interested, I'll mention a few recordings from various eras and styles, with brief comments, and...
 
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Medium But Well Done, Part 2

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2008-04-03 08:05:00 by Rifftides in Rifftides
...Medium But Well Done Separated by the width of the United States, in the second half of the 1940s two medium-sized bands working with different inspirations and source materials arrived at strikingly similar results. In New York, Miles Davis became the leader of a nine-piece band with arrangements by Gil Evans, Gerry Mulligan and John Lewis....
 
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Splodgenessabounds - Cowpunk Medium

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2008-05-22 21:48:00 by Club80 in The Post Punk Progressive Pop Party
...Medium . It contained the songs, " Cowpunk Medium ", " Brown Paper ", " Have You Got A Light Boy? " and " Morning Milky ". The EP made it to the #69 spot on the U.K. singles chart. None of the songs were included on their self-titled debut album but were added as bonus tracks when the album was re-released on CD. The London punk band has been...
 
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Desperate Bicycles - The Medium Was Tedium

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2008-07-19 20:01:00 by Club80 in The Post Punk Progressive Pop Party
...Medium Was Tedium". It was backed by " Don't Back The Front ". They released one album, The Remorse Code , in 1979, but none of these tracks appeared on it. The London punk band disbanded in 1981 after one album, four singles and one EP Wikipedia: Desperate Bicycles Blogload: Desperate Bicycles - complete anthology - www.derekerdman.com
 
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Thermostat

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2008-08-20 00:00:00 by newmusicrebloggers in New Music reBlog
...medium's increased tactile engagement Um, okay. As interesting as that idea is, I sometimes wonder if McLuhan isn't reversing causality a bit, defining values as inherent to the medium that the medium is only reflecting. He would often point to politiciansKennedy's successful use of TV, as opposed to Nixon or Goldwater or LBJ, all of whom...
 
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Whats going on?

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2008-03-31 07:44:46 by Dubber in New Music Strategies
...medium. But its a medium that includes and swallows other media. Radio, television, print and all other media - including music media - become nothing more than content on the new online medium. They cease to be things in themselves and become just part of the whole online experience The analogy I often find myself using is that its like what...
 
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Vinyl vs. CD: An Analog Revival in a Digital World (Part 3 of 3)

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2008-01-18 02:31:00 by Steve in The Lonely Note
...medium in mind tend to sound better on that intended medium? In other words, does The Killers album, which was mixed primarily for the CD, sound better than its vinyl counterpart? Or does one medium tend to rise to the top regardless of the producer's intent Finally, before I continue on with my analysis of both albums, I must emphasize...
 
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Vinyl vs. CD: An Analog Revival in a Digital World (Part 1 of 3)

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2007-12-31 01:39:00 by Steve in The Lonely Note
...medium. Yet neither format has attracted a substantial majority of audiophiles exclusively A few months ago Wired published an article about vinyl and its contribution to the "impending" death of the CD. Allegedly pressing houses are at capacity and vinyl sales are up, while CD sales have steadily declined since the dawn of the millennium....
 
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Vinyl vs. CD: An Analog Revival in a Digital World (Part 2 of 3)

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2008-01-02 23:19:00 by Steve in The Lonely Note
...medium that appears to be on an upswing in a world dominated by the compact disc. In this section, I will further enumerate the vast differences between the two formats Portability This is probably the one category where the two camps of format fanatics can agree. The compact disc wins the portability argument in one fell swoop if only...
 
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Thomas Purifoy: An Interview

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2008-03-18 14:07:57 by Brent in Colossians Three Sixteen