Music

Bob Dylan – Little Drummer Boy

12.24.2010

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Jingle Bell Rock

12.20.2010

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Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly sing the classic ‘Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy’ as performed by David Bowie and Bing Crosby

12.13.2010

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Happy birthday, Dizzy Gillespie

10.20.2010

There they go again. Google is appropriately saluting Dizzy Gillespie with another predictably cool doodle. “It’s taken me all my life to learn what not to play.” – Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993)

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Happy 70th Birthday, John Lennon

10.08.2010

Google is saluting John Lennon’s 70th with a rather cool music player Google Doodle that plays a 32-second clip of the classic song ‘Imagine’. Click today’s Google logo to check it out. “Everything is clearer when you’re in love.” – John Lennon

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Stayin’ Alive in the Wall

10.08.2010

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video A delightful Pink Floyd Bee Gees Mashup by Wax Audio.

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Beast and Portnoy

09.21.2010

Beast and Mike Portnoy. Sent tonight from his iPhone backstage at the Avenged gig in Bakersfield. RELATED: A killer photo that Randy Johnson took behind Mike’s kit the other night in Phoenix. *UPDATE 09.26.2010. Just in from Vancouver:

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2011 Lexus IS: Behind the Scenes of ‘Music Track’

09.21.2010

A behind-the-scenes look at the mathematical strategy, musical intelligence, and meticulous engineering that went into the Lexus IS ‘Music Track’ commercial. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video

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Dream Theater: Instrumedley

09.11.2010

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Mike Portnoy and Dream Theater playing Instrumedley at Modern Drummer Festival a few years ago.

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Mike & Max Portnoy jamming A7X’s Nightmare on drums

09.10.2010

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Mike Portnoy and his son Max Portnoy (age 11) performing Nightmare by Avenged Sevenfold.

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BREAKING: Mike Portnoy Leaves Dream Theater

09.09.2010

Founding member of Dream Theater Mike Portnoy has quit the band after his bandmates reportedly refused to take a hiatus. Via his website, below is Mike’s statement. I am about to write something I never imagined I’d ever write: After 25 years, I have decided to leave Dream Theater….the band I founded, led and truly [...]

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Louis Armstrong: What a Wonderful World (Death Metal Version)

09.07.2010

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Happy 79th, Count Basie

08.21.2010

From 1964, Corner Pocket featuring Sonny Payne on drums. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video

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This is my town.

08.19.2010

Via M. La Brea and Fountain, Los Angeles CA.

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Coffee Time – Fred Astaire dancing in 5/4 time – Yolanda and the Thief

08.17.2010

Notice that the song is played in 4/4 time, but danced in 5/4 time! Should be noted that this isn’t a true “5 over 4″ polyrhythm, as the band and dancers are sharing a tempo (i.e. the quarter note is the same). They’re just phrasing things so that the band lands on the shared 1 [...]

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Motherland Music

08.15.2010

With my djembe needing a new goatskin, I dropped it off yesterday at Motherland Music in Culver City. Drum Heaven! The place has a retail showroom, a drum repair workshop, and space for classes and performances. After parking on the street, I followed the sound of drums through the front door of the shop. Turns [...]

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