Drums of the bohicans

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Drums++ 0.94

Drums++ 0.94 09/19/2004 04:03 PM
A programming language for creating MIDI drum sequences.

DRUMS

DRUMS 05/04/2004 10:57 AM

I still haven't found the time to properly grok DRUMS - but here's a start....

DRUMS: Scott Mathews Proposes a File-Sharing Solution for Media Metadata.

DRUMS is here. Scott has been working on Andromedia, an MP3 server system for a while. c|net, PCUser, techTV, Macworld, ClearChannel, O'Reilly and more have all used and endorsed that system for streaming your MP3s. Scott's new idea, which stands for Digital Rights Uniform Metadata Service, is worth considering and while it's a work in progress, it's a great start. It's a "new centralized/distributed metadatabase of authored works."

Essentially, the idea is to create a central database, along with an authority (or a handful of authorities) that can add/update it. The root DRUMS database would likely include data such as author names, work titles, publication dates, types of work, file checksums, flags indicating which rights remain reserved and which rights have been granted, and so on. It would not contain the actual works themselves.

It would then be propogated across the internet, so that when people release works that are open for copying, systems will have a metadata reference to check this, and then maybe check for new releases as well. It would allow DJ's and others to find works that could be freely shared. Or find works that are licensed in some particular way, so that people can respond appropriately.

Send Scott suggestions as he considers this a group process.

[unmediated]

I'd be interested in what Brian Zisk, Robert Kaye, Ted Cohen, Lucas Gonze and other phosters think of this....

start the war drums

start the war drums 03/19/2003 10:44 PM
US DECLARES WAR Boy, I miss those old newspapers and their really friggin’ huge war headlines. Anyhow, if Sodo… Saddam doesn’t leave his pretty mansion by Wednesday we’re going to blow him to kingdom come. Who didn’t see this coming?...

DRUMS, a new P2P idea

DRUMS, a new P2P idea 05/06/2004 01:03 PM

Scott Matthews, of turnstyle web mp3 player fame, has launched a new project called DRUMS. It's slighty inspired by Creative Commons and the goal is to create a P2P network that is fair to both copyright owners and folks seeking content. If you have something to add to his proposal, pop on over and drop Scott a line.

Schitterende drums (flash)

Schitterende drums (flash) 01/02/2004 07:08 AM
Drum machine .. Drewcope.swf .. drummers

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SingTel and StarHub banging their 3G
drums

SingTel and StarHub banging their 3G
drums 02/05/2005 09:51 PM
Electric New Paper Feb 5 2005 4:47PM GMT

Ringo Starr's son drums for Oasis

Ringo Starr's son drums for Oasis 05/11/2004 06:31 AM
Zak Starkey, the son of Ringo Starr, will join Oasis for their Glastonbury Festival performance.

Multitrack Library From Drums On Demand™

Multitrack Library From Drums On Demand™ 08/21/2004 03:19 AM
Meticulously recorded to state-of-the-art specifications, Drums On Demand™ Vol. 3 is now available in a 24-Bit WAV multitrack edition. The two-DVD, 8-gigabyte library features 1,700 royalty free, multitrack loops and matching single hits in 25 easy-to-use Song Sets. [PRWEB Aug 21, 2004]

Drums On Demand Release Vol. 3 For
GarageBand

Drums On Demand Release Vol. 3 For
GarageBand 07/06/2004 10:16 AM
Drums On Demand's™ new "Upbeat & Aggressive" is a 2-CD set featuring 1,700 royalty free loops, Loop Layers™ and matching single hits in 25 easy-to-use Song Sets. Users simply drag and drop from an average of 45 modular verse, chorus, fill, bridge, break, intro, ending and other loops to to quickly build a drum track that feels and sounds like a live session drummer with a veteran engineer at the console.

Developers beat the drums for Microsoft

Developers beat the drums for Microsoft 06/30/2004 04:54 AM
Silicon Republic Jun 30 2004 9:34AM GMT

Microsoft drums up developers at Tech Ed
Europe

Microsoft drums up developers at Tech Ed
Europe 06/29/2004 12:04 PM
AMSTERDAM -- Microsoft Corp. kicked off its Tech Ed Europe conference in Amsterdam Tuesday to the thundering cacophony of thousands of developers and other IT professionals beating on small African drums. The fact that the drums were provided by Microsoft could be seen as a move by the company to get customers dancing to its beat, but for many attendees it represented a change in Microsoft's tune -- the software giant was finally listening to them.

Drums on Demand Vol. 2 now in Apple Loop
format

Drums on Demand Vol. 2 now in Apple Loop
format 03/06/2004 01:55 AM
Capitalizing on the success of GarageBand, which is part of the new iLife '04 suite of iApps that Apple introduced at Macworld Expo San Francisco in January, Drums on Demand recently issued Volume 2 of their drum loop collections in Apple Loop format. The loops are also compatible with Apple's Soundtrack application.

Yahoo drums up business with search
engine launch

Yahoo drums up business with search
engine launch 08/03/2004 10:54 AM
The Australian Aug 3 2004 3:32PM GMT

'Upbeat & Aggressive' Drums On Demand
loops released

'Upbeat & Aggressive' Drums On Demand
loops released 06/25/2004 02:04 AM
Drums On Demand has released "Upbeat & Aggressive," a 2-CD collection of loops, Loop Layers (isolated and separated kick, snare, rim, hat and ride loop patterns) and matching single hits suitable for use in Apple's GarageBand and Soundtrack music-making applications. The collection includes 1,700 loops you can use to build drum tracks in your songs, complete with verse, chorus, fill, bridge, break, intro and ending parts. The loops are 73 to 188 beats per minute (BPM) -- most above 120 -- and are suitable for alternative rock, aggressive pop and rowdy country songs, according to Drums On Demand. The set costs US$79.95.

iCompositions and Drums on Demand give
away free drum loops for GarageBand

iCompositions and Drums on Demand give
away free drum loops for GarageBand 03/17/2005 03:40 AM
iCompositions, the world’s largest community for sharing music made with Apple’s GarageBand, has partnered with the leading producer of drum loops, Drums on Demand, to give away a package of free...

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News: Loud. Fast. Aggressive. Heavy
metal drums in GarageBand

News: Loud. Fast. Aggressive. Heavy
metal drums in GarageBand 06/24/2005 04:53 PM
If you have ever tried to create a hard rock or heavy metal song with Apple’s GarageBand or pro Logic application, you may have found yourself scrolling endlessly through melodic drum beats more suited to a Pop song than a hard pounding metal riff. If that’s the case, Double Bass Mania, a new release by Beta Monkey on Thursday, may be just what you’ve been waiting for.

“Upbeat & Aggressive” Drums On Demand
Offers More Control in Drum Track
Creation

“Upbeat & Aggressive” Drums On Demand
Offers More Control in Drum Track
Creation 06/28/2004 04:55 AM
Unique combination of loops, Loop Layers™ & single hits provides unprecedented creativity and liveliness for a stereo loop collection. Drums On Demand™ extends capabilities of programs like Cakewalk, Garageband, Acid, Pro Tools, Digital Performer, Cubase, Logic and more. 2-CD set features 1700 loops and hits in 25 easy-to-use Song Sets. [PRWEB Jun 28, 2004]

Can you hear the drums Fernando?
FERNANDO!!?

Can you hear the drums Fernando?
FERNANDO!!? 03/29/2005 08:07 PM
Ever noticed how silly those people dancing in music videos start looking when you turn the sound off? Next June, see that live as a spectator at the Glastonbury festival, which will feature a Silent Disco this year in an effort to sidestep noise curfews.
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Arlo Guthrie on "This Land" parody

Arlo Guthrie on "This Land" parody 08/04/2004 06:32 PM
Arlo Guthrie did an NRP appearance this week to talk about his father, Woody Guthrie, and his attitude to copyright. Woody's song "This Land is Your Land" was brilliantly parodied by JibJab in an election-season Flash movie, and the publishing company that controls Woody's rights has brought legal action against JibJab -- and EFF has responded by filing its own legal action against the rightsholders. Arlo implies that Woody would have wanted it that way:

Well, I really can't speak for him. I can just tell you that when I saw it a few weeks ago I thought it was one of the funniest commentaries if not one of the most directly inspired... I called my sister, I called my friends, I sent everybody a link to the site so that they could go see it. And we've all been laughing about it since then. I think my dad would have absolutely loved the humor in it.

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Marlin 0.2

Marlin 0.2 11/11/2003 02:05 PM
A sample editor.

Open Plea to Tony Perkins

Open Plea to Tony Perkins 11/11/2003 08:07 PM
BoingBoing has just picked up Brian Dear's blog post from last week on Tony Perkin's call for participation on a book on Google. Here BoingBoing: ...

Tony Perkins has invited you to
whitewash his fence

Tony Perkins has invited you to
whitewash his fence 11/11/2003 06:49 PM
Hilarious running commentary on an email that Red Herring founder Tony Perkins wrote to the readers of his Always On Blog about his forthcoming book on Google that he wants other people to research and write for him. (If Perkins can pull it off, good for him, I say.)

Writing a book is a very painful experience. And frankly, the only way I can pull this off under a tight deadline (I want it out before Google goes public), is to write it with AlwaysOn members. Writing a book is so painful, I find it easier if someone else does all the hard work. So I'm asking you, members of the AlwaysOn network, to give me all of your ideas.

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eASIC Raises $5 Million in Third Round
of Funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield
& Byers

eASIC Raises $5 Million in Third Round
of Funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield
& Byers 05/31/2004 02:07 PM
eASIC received $5M funding from KPC&B and Vinod Khosla, KPCB Partner is Joining eASIC Board of Directors. [PRWEB May 30, 2004]

EFF suing on JibJab's behalf for "This
Land is Your Land" parody

EFF suing on JibJab's behalf for "This
Land is Your Land" parody 08/02/2004 03:02 AM
EFF has taken things one step further with JibJab and their endangered political parody of This Land is Your Land (Woody Guthrie's copyright holder has threatened to sue them for their work).

We're bringing the fight to Guthrie's rightsholders, and suing on JibJab's behalf, "to defend JibJab's fair use and free speech rights."

Check out Donna's excellent and heavily linked post for more. Link

EFF defending creators of This Land is
Your Land parody

EFF defending creators of This Land is
Your Land parody 07/29/2004 06:53 AM
I'm proud to relate that EFF is representing Jib Jab, the creators of the wonderful "This Land is Your Land" Flash parody that aroused the ire of the holder of Woody Guthrie's copyrights and resulted in a threatened lawuit. Here's a little bit of my cow-orker Fred von Lohmann's letter to the copyright-holder's lawyers.

In your July 23 letter, you contend that "This Land" offers no "satirical comment" on the Guthrie original. You are mistaken.

While your view of Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land" as being predominantly about "the beauty of the American landscape" and "the disenfranchisement of the underclass" is interesting, most Americans think of the song as an iconic expression of the ideal of national unity. Jib Jab's parody addresses, among other things, the lack of national unity that characterizes our current political climate (ending with the optimistic hope that unity might be rediscovered). In short, "This Land" explores exactly the same themes as the Guthrie original, using the parodic device of contrast and juxtaposition to comment on the original. See Abilene Music v. Sony Music Entertainment, 320 F .Supp.2d 84, 90-91 (S.D.N.Y. 2003) (emphasizing the role of contrast and juxtaposition as parodic devices). The parodic comment takes on an additional dimension of irony when viewed in light of the often omitted closing stanzas of Guthrie's original.

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Hello MUDDA

Hello MUDDA 08/11/2004 09:10 PM
Hello, MUDDA. "The relationship of artist to the business has most often been one of contract and servitude. We believe the way forward must be a partnership in which the artist can take a much bigger role in how their creations are sold, but also have the chance to stand at the front of the queue when payments are made instead of the traditional position of being paid long after everyone else." - Peter Gabriel

MUDDA

MUDDA 01/27/2004 01:47 PM
BoingBoing pal Mike Backes says: "Brian Eno and Peter Gabriel's newly announced union for musicians -- MUDDA. Stands for "MAGNIFICENT UNION OF DIGITALLY DOWNLOADABLE ARTISTS". The site has the manifesto they wrote and handed out this week at Midem." Link

Arlo Guthrie Concert Notes

Arlo Guthrie Concert Notes 12/17/2004 06:36 PM

Last night four of us walked over to Passim, the legendary folk music club in Harvard Square, to hear Arlo Guthrie perform.  Passim is a basement room furnished with spectacularly uncomfortable cast-off folding chairs.  Vegetarian food is available.  The chairs and the food immediately raise the question of, if folk music is supposed to represent the struggle of working-class Americans how come Passim doesn't serve food that these folks would actually like (e.g., hamburgers) and chairs that would accomodate the typically obese frames of the poor.  Most of the time artists at Passim speak out from the stage against U.S. oppression of Iraqis, against George W. Bush, against Republicans, etc.  These protests elicit universal applause from the audience, all of whom apparently can agree on these points and all of whom are apparently rather irritated.  A true protest at Passim, one that would challenge the prevailing beliefs in the room, would be a leaflet arguing in favor of eating steak, touting its anemia-fighting and mood-mellowing properties.  Not to mention the fact that steak encourages the consumption of red wine, which is known to have many health benefits.

Guthrie came on stage after a warm-up by Alastair Moock, whose songs are heavily laced with the modern vocabulary of recovery.  The audience was awed by Guthrie's impressive guitar playing, songwriting, and storytelling.  The guy has been on the road for most of his 57 years!

Arlo Guthrie is a lot less bitter about the American political situation than the average performer at Passim and the average audience member.  He pointed out that there is only one guy in the White House and lots of folks outside the White House.  Guthrie further noted that if the world were truly full of peace and love like all the folk singers wanted and if everyone were in perfect health then it would be awfully hard to accomplish any positive changed.  By contrast, "in a world as fucked us as this one it has never been possible to do so little little and achieve so much good."

Guthrie drew a lot of strength from the final words of "Ma" in Grapes of Wrath:  "we will always be here, because we're the people", explaining that politicians come and go but the people remain to do the work and therefore can't be ignored.  It occurred to me that perhaps this idea is obsolete in an age of offshoring.  In the old days there was always work for unskilled uneducated American labor.  Now that Mexico, India, and China are tied to us with Internet and container ships is that still true?

Photos of La La Land

Photos of La La Land 08/05/2004 10:46 AM
West Sunset - Photos of Lost Angeles. [some of you may not like that it's a flash site]

"Lord Byron's Novel: The Evening Land"
by John Crowley

"Lord Byron's Novel: The Evening Land"
by John Crowley 06/24/2005 07:30 PM
In this exuberant work by America's best under-celebrated novelist, the story of a young lesbian historian, her mathematician lover and exiled father are interwoven with the fantastic lost novel by a famous Romantic poet.

Golf Boom: Dead Land, Born Again

Golf Boom: Dead Land, Born Again 11/17/2003 06:56 AM
CBS News Nov 17 2003 5:54AM ET

"Bush/Kerry/Guthrie parody"

"Bush/Kerry/Guthrie parody" 07/29/2004 04:40 AM

Cathy Guthrie's opinion of the JibJab
parody of her grandfather's song

Cathy Guthrie's opinion of the JibJab
parody of her grandfather's song 08/06/2004 01:23 PM
Cathy Guthrie, one half of the band Folk Uke, and also the daughter of Arlo Guthrie and grandaughter of Woody Guthrie emailed Gary and I at Ukulelia about JibJab's parody of "This Land is Your Land." (See Cory's entry about the publishing company that controls the right to the song and how it is taking legal action against JibJab.) Cathy gave me permission to run her comments on Boing Boing:

I can speak for myself and my immediate family including my Dad, that we all love it!  We've all seen it and passed it along to our friends and family.  It's incredibly clever, funny and a nice break from the heavy tones of politics going on right now.  My personal opinion is that if I were the one who had written that song, I would be honored to have it used that way.  If they start selling that song and making money, then I might be concerned about getting my royalties, but as far as I know, they haven't made any money from showing it on their site for free.  That parody was made for you and me.

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This Land Is St. Joe's Land

This Land Is St. Joe's Land 04/14/2005 03:32 PM
Real estate will always be worth something. So, too, should the St. Joe Company.

The Dead Skunk Guy

The Dead Skunk Guy 09/25/2004 12:03 PM
25 years old and I pretty much had made it. The critics’ darling was now a success. So what happened? Why is it that many of you here today aren’t quite sure who the hell I actually am, aside from Rufus Wainwright’s father? Why is finding a CD of mine akin to archeology? Where were the follow up hits to "Dead Skunk," funny animal songs like "I Met Her at the Pet Store" and "Stay Away From My Aardvark?"
My Cool Life by Loudon Wainwright III

Wild Oats Sows a Rough Quarter

Wild Oats Sows a Rough Quarter 08/03/2004 04:12 PM
The firm operates in an industry where there may be no room for No. 2.

Cathy declared America's Sweatiest Comic
Strip. Upon hearing the news, Cathy
proudly sweats

Cathy declared America's Sweatiest Comic
Strip. Upon hearing the news, Cathy
proudly sweats 12/03/2003 05:15 AM
Analysis of Cathy's sweat beads .. sweat .. Aaack

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Buddy Rich on the Muppet Show
(QuickTime)

Buddy Rich on the Muppet Show
(QuickTime) 03/19/2005 02:56 AM
Drummer Buddy Rich's appearance on the Muppet Show (QuickTime embedded, or get it "direct&qu ot;).

Photos: Snakebot slithers through rough
terrain

Photos: Snakebot slithers through rough
terrain 03/28/2005 01:23 PM
What good are legs or wheels? Scientists at the University of Michigan say that a serpentine stucture gives their bot superior mobility.

Land Down Under 601

Land Down Under 601 12/08/2003 02:13 PM
gdayworld_at_hotmail.com (Dec 07 2003)

This Land Is Your Land

This Land Is Your Land 11/12/2003 01:30 PM
Vanished America If you've ever wondered what to do with all of your old vacation photos and slides, wonder no more. A fellow named Charles Cushman bequeathed his collection of over 14,000 slides and photos taken over a period of three decades, from 1938 to 1969, to Indiana Univiersity. IU has decided to create an amazing digital archive of his photos as a history project. The photos are nothing special in themselves. He took countless pictures of things he and his wife saw as they took driving tours across the United States, mostly near their home in Chicago and in the West. They are no different than and no better than anybody else's amateur photos. But, as the director of the project points out, without realizing it, Cushman captured an America already beginning to disappear in the middle of the 20th century, and did so by documenting its disappearance unwittingly over a thirty-year period. I lightly perused the slide show of 120 images and the photos are indeed both banal and compelling all at the same time. A very nicely done site with a lot of rich material. (via The Cartoonist)

one if by land, two if by sea...

one if by land, two if by sea... 05/06/2004 01:03 PM
Cirque de Sore Legs may have won the people's choice award, but the competition [including a giant poodle, a bird's nest, and Kafka mid-metamorphosis] wasn't half bad. Baltimore's annual Kinetic Sculpture Race, an unholy amalgam of engineering and art, occurred last week. Created by Hobart Brown in 1969, kinetic sculpture races require participants to build human-powered vehicles that can traverse a racecourse over land and sea, not to mention mud and sand. And they have to do it in style. Don't live near the Chesapeake? Then visit similar races in Arcata, Boulder, Ventura, Corvallis, and even Perth, Australia. Too tame for you? Perhaps you'd like to try a flugtag or the Providence or Bognor birdman competitions.

"This Land"

"This Land" 07/14/2004 03:21 PM

This Land

This Land 07/16/2004 01:58 PM
key words: flash, politics, musicals! .. spoof on the making of a president .. funniest political animations .. This Land Is Your Land

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This land!

This land! 07/11/2004 03:56 PM

jibjab.com/MovieViewer.aspx?contentid=162
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Wild Wild Words 1.0

Wild Wild Words 1.0 10/29/2003 10:29 PM
You’ll have to be quick on the draw to make words out of letters.

How not to land a helicopter

How not to land a helicopter 03/23/2005 01:19 PM
David Pescovitz: This video may be old news, but I'd never seen it before. A military helicopter tries to land on a ship and, well, fails. Link to 2.6mb WMV file (Thanks, Michael-Anne Rauback!)

Along those same JG Ballardian lines, the House of Rapp has a gallery of links to other aircraft crash videos. Lin k

Get yer free land!

Get yer free land! 03/14/2005 05:38 PM
The Mid-West is offering free land! To stem the exodus of its populations to cities, many small midwestern towns are offering incentives to folks who'd be willing to move there, according to this New York Times article, Empty House on the Prairie. As a fan of the Little House on the Prairie, I must admit I'm tempted. On my one visit to rural Nebraska, I was stuck by the beauty of the prairie landscape. And then there's this: In some of these towns, a commute to work is four minutes; crime is all but nonexistent; at night you half-believe you can look toward the soundless sky and see the outskirts of heaven. And isolation, in our age of 500 channels, of easy Internet access and e-mail, does not mean the same thing it did to generations past. Perhaps I'll load the covered wagon, hitch up the team, and hit the trail. When you next see me, I'll be running down a hill in my calico dress, my arms outstretched at my sides, my bonnet flapping in the wind.

Drums of the bohicans

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