>If you haven’t check out iTunesU yet, they have a lot of cool free podcasts of lectures up. One of the coolest being a history of jazz podcast. The lectures are by Dr. Gordon Vernick who is an Associate Professor of Music at Georgia State University in Atlanta. “Each segment is intended to shed light on important individual creating jazz musicians and specific movements/genres within jazz canon. They are intended for jazz lovers and those that are merely interested in this important American musical art form.”
Each episode was originally broadcast on 1690AM in Atlanta. If you happen to live in the Atlanta area, that is possibly the greatest radio station I’ve ever heard. It sounds like someone with the best record collection in history is just randomly playing songs that they like. Everything from 1950’s R&B to Elvis Costello. When I’m listening to it, I use Shazam at least once an hour.
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>T-Bone Burnett recently served as guest DJ on the All Songs Considered Podcast which you can listen to here. Here is NPR’s brief synopsis:
“T-Bone Burnett is a remarkable producer. He’s been the creative force behind some of the most memorable recordings by artists like Roy Orbison, Elvis Costello and Sam Phillips. Many know Burnett for his work on the O Brother, Where Art Thou soundtrack in 2000. Most recently he produced Raising Sand, a stunning collaboration between Alison Krauss and Robert Plant. On this edition of All Songs Considered T-Bone Burnett shares some of his favorite songs and talks about his new solo release, Tooth of Crime.”
Which is all interesting and good. But what really stood out to me was T-Bones thoughts on recording. Around the 17 minute mark he begins discussing the transition in recording practices from analog to digital. The main goal used to be capturing as much “attack” as possible and now with digital he’s making a move to focus on “tone”. So there is a lot more experimentation on the types of bass sounds you can record. Of course T-Bone explains this more indepth and eloquently than I can, so give the podcast a listen. I also highly recommend the All Songs Considered Podcast in general. It’s a great way for any music lover to keep tabs on new music coming out and also catch some great interviews.
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