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Tristram Guitar Cover

Instant sincere apologies to anyone who hears this and then pulls out their old CD Cases of Diablo II. But this guitar cover of Matt Uelmen‘s “Tristram” was too good to just sit in my YouTube favorites. The delay that YouTube user: anders5000odense used for this cover was impeccable and his guitar has serious personality. His playing style demonstrates that he must have some excellent control as well as respect for the music. Since he figured out a lot of the parts by ear then it is easy to infer that he must have been a player of the game or else he had a roommate that was a Necromancer. I remember that the music was one of the most enduring parts of the game. It was the cement that made the whole thing so replayable. I never was one of those people who turned off the music and played MP3’s during a boss battle. I would always listening to the in game music, even though I had heard all the songs literally for unspeakable amounts of time.

Out of all the Tristam Guitar covers I’ve heard, this one is easily my favorite. The way he nails every experimental shift impressed me beyond belief. Another cool thing about the video is that he does everything with just one guitar. So it doesn’t look like he’s using sampling or overdubs at all. This gives the piece a very raw feel that captures both the nostalgia of the song.

Virtual Piano

TheVirtualPiano.com has awesome tools for music makers and songwriters. If you go to the website you see a piano, that has keys and also buttons. There is a book on the music stand of the piano than you can drag in order to flip the pages. If you do this, you will read the basic tutorial for the virtual piano. The reason why I like the virtual piano so much, is because the sound of the piano is excellent. So the sound encourages the user to play different notes and experience the pleasure of music. But what’s even better, is how the buttons on the bottom are like, Automatic Chords that one can experience and see illuminated on the keys themselves. This is a great boon because then one can learn the chords for future use. If you change the key signature then the buttons at the bottom demonstrate different chords. It’s a great program, and it looks like it requires Flash player to run.

If you play and automatic chord, then you can try and left click the keys in a way to viscerally get to know the notes in the chord. The combination of clicking, sound and visual stimulation all at the same time is genius that I haven’t seen implemented in such a complete way, using a virtual interface.

I’d really recommend this site for anyone of any age, the reason why is that music isn’t something that is just for people who have innate talent or gifts of tone or music acuity. Music is something for everyone, and to even explore the fun of creating music in such a casual and relaxed way could inspire someone to delve further. You would be surprised with how many people I know that don’t write music because they can’t play a musical instrument. The funny thing is, playing a musical instrument takes mechanical physical muscle memory skills. This skills take time to develop. But learning about musical theory and harmonics just requires listening and being observant. Actual music is more about being willing to undergo trial and error than it is about anything else.

When playing the virtual piano, I recommend doing it at first while using headphones. Because if you do that, then you won’t feel embarrassed if you play a discordant note from time to time. Who will know?

HERE is a link that will take you to thevirtualpiano.com

-Tyler

Cup Stack Boowahaha

Huge thanks to Chris S. for sharing this video with us. You’re rad Chris~! Not only is the cool cool intro of the cup stacking off the hook…but the follow up is “Oh My Gosh!” Freaktastic! So After listening to the beat that is sicker than Cholera, I decided to learn a thing or two about the musician/songwriter named Skrillex. This person really knows how to do some obese dubstep. I’m listening to his remix of “In for the Kill” by La Roux – Remixed to oblivion by Skrillex himself. I think we need to keep an eye on young Skrillex because I’m hearing some stuff that is a more melodic and selectively filthy version of the dubstep genre than his Rusko and Ephixa-like counterparts. So this is exciting stuff for sure. It is an intriguing time for music, because dubstep doesn’t seem to play by the same rules that we’re used to.

7 seconds of victory!

I’ve been keeping tabs on my evening headphones music. The artist, Ephixa who I mentioned a couple days ago has a nice track on YouTube. It is called, “Lost in Delay.” This song has impressive bass and the vocal parts are very rhythmic and psychedelic. This opposed to being melody based. Lost in Delay has some serious stereo timing going on that makes it worthy of its title. Enjoy the music.