Legends Never Die Two decades after a low-budget film turned Washington Square skaters into international celebrities, the kids from "Kids" struggle with lost lives, distant friendships, and the fine art of growing up. Caroline Rothstein writes about the cast of the Harmony Korine / Larry Clark film twenty years on for
narrative.ly.
posted by mwhybark
on May 2, 2013 -
19 comments
Galeazzo Frudua, of Bologna, Italy, possesses an uncannily good ear for harmony, and has produced a series of videos that painstakingly and expertly analyze and demonstrate for you the vocal harmonies employed in various Beatles songs. His perceptive commentary, his very, very capable singing voice, unassuming manner, impressive video editing skills and, hey, his charming Italian accent all combine to create tutorial videos that are fun and educational viewing. Start with the first one he made, for
Nowhere Man, and then, well, just
check 'em all out. You won't be disappointed.
posted by flapjax at midnite
on Dec 23, 2012 -
36 comments
A corpus analysis of rock harmony [PDF] -
The analyses were encoded using a recursive notation, similar to a context-free grammar, allowing repeating sections to be encoded succinctly. The aggregate data was then subjected to a variety of statistical analyses. We examined the frequency of different chords
and chord transitions ... Other results concern the frequency of different root motions, patterns of
co-occurrence between chords, and changes in harmonic practice across time. More information, analysis, and explanation
here.
posted by Wolfdog
on Jul 29, 2011 -
33 comments
Theta Music Trainer — Train your ear with fun music games. Sharpen your sense of pitch and tone. Unlock the hidden patterns in music. Strengthen your music theory skills.
posted by netbros
on May 25, 2011 -
13 comments
Truce In their seminal paper "Flying in Tune: Sexual recognition in mosquitoes", Gabrielle Gibson and and Ian Russel from the University of Greenwich discovered an inspiring phenomenon: male mosquitoes change their buzzing frequency to match that of a female mosquito. This synchronization brings their wing beats to within a millisecond or less of one another. The authors suggest that this phenomenon facilitates the mosquitoes' ability to copulate mid-flight. We take advantage of this phenomenon to engage the mosquitoes in song, inspired by the North Indian classical vocal tradition of Dhrupad.
posted by mnology
on Mar 3, 2009 -
14 comments
Gregory Colbert's
Ashes and Snow has been linked to twice before on Metafilter. However, you can now view
10 minutes of his film as part of his Ted Talk--it's the most stunning nature footage I've ever seen. In the talk he also mentions a new concept he's developing called
Animal Copyright, which I think is long overdue.
posted by dobbs
on Jan 2, 2007 -
29 comments
Researching the Way of Wa The 1400 year-old Japanese concept of "
Wa"
is derived from the ancient meaning of peace and harmony. When applied to business practices, it
incorporates mutual trust between management and labor, harmonious... relations among employees on all levels...
I continued forward to learn of
Wa Shin Ryu, "the system that harmonizes the spirit," which I followed onward to
Toki no Wa. Only then did I know that
"I will see you again where the loops of time touch together."
posted by mcgraw
on May 11, 2004 -
4 comments
It's strange to think
Harmony Cousins is part my generation when she's lived ten times the life I have. But the fact that even after all this she can pull herself back to together proves that she's ten times the person most of us are. How many of us have her strength?
posted by feelinglistless
on Apr 1, 2002 -
29 comments
