quinta-feira, 28 de abril de 2011

Movimento



Está disponível o primeiro videoclip. Não sei. A ideia parece-me muito boa, se ignorarmos o facto de andar lá o Delfim, mas estes arranjos soam um tudo nada a "já foi feito, datado". Pode ser que seja só por ser o single.

Continuo na expectativa para o álbum.


Ah, e digam lá que a Marta e a Selma não são as vocalistas mais sexys da península ibérica?

quarta-feira, 20 de abril de 2011

Thank You

Recebi isto no email:
Thank you - Merci - Gracias - Grazie - Dankeschön - Obrigado - Gui lah hui te ha - Ashoge - Shukran - Tsikomo - M goi - Tak - Dank u - Vinaka - Aabhar - Köszönöm - Go raibh maith agaibh - Arigato - Tashakkur - Dziekuje - Gestena - Hvala - Tack - Tesekkür ederim - Spasibo - Dêkuji - Sas efharisto ......


Right, that's most of you covered, apologies to those we've missed out ... ok, so here are two tracks for your listening pleasure:
Supercollider and The Butcher. We released these as a limited edition 2 track 12inch vinyl to mark Independent Record Store Day last Saturday, April 16 ... so in case you missed out and didn't get a copy here they are.
It's a thank you for being SO supportive of what we do ...

p.s. This is not part of a new loyalty points scheme, a Radiohead clubcard or even an air miles redeemable reward type thing...
It is just a big old-fashioned thank you!

Hope your Spring/Autumn is good.

Ed, Colin, Jonny, Philip & Thom
x

FYI... 'The Butcher' was recorded and mixed during 'The King of Limbs' sessions, but we couldn't make it work on the album; 'Supercollider' was started during those sessions and finished off in March of this year.

sábado, 16 de abril de 2011

Harmonics on a Guitar

We talked about frets on a guitar and how when you push the string into the fret board it raises the pitch on the note by changing the length of the standing wave on the string. Another interesting thing you can do is this: after plucking the open string, just lightly touch the string with your finger at the 12th fret. A sound like a bell or flute will result, as you create the second harmonic of the original standing wave.

Here’s what happens: by touching the string lightly while it’s vibrating, you cause it to come to rest at that point you’re touching. This results in another node, as shown above with the second harmonic. Touching the string at the 7th or 5th fret can make the third and fourth harmonics, with higher numbers of nodes.

But if you touch the string someplace that does not result in equal segments between nodes, no harmonic is produced and the string stops. This is simply math. Guitar players can tell you all the spots where harmonics can be produced, even if they don’t care too much about the math and physics behind it. (Some of them care though!)

via: http://clearscience.tumblr.com/post/3764564296/we-talked-about-frets-on-a-guitar-and-how-when-you

sexta-feira, 15 de abril de 2011

Guitar Fretboard Physics

Since we were talking about guitars and how their pickups work, the Clear Science staff wanted to point out that all kinds of physics can be illustrated with a guitar. Take for example the vibration of the strings, which produces the notes. The strings are held stationary two places: at the nut, shown by the blue line, and at the bridge, shown by the grey line.

When you pluck a string, you set up a standing wave, with stationary nodes at the nut and bridge. When you fret the string (i.e. push it down with your finger), you change the distance between these nodes, and it changes the note.

The 12th fret is exactly halfway along the string, and when fretted there will produce a note one octave higher than the unfretted string. (For example, the top string is generally an E, and the note at the 12th fret is a higher E.) The 7th fret is 2/3 of the way along the string, and the 5th fret is 3/4. These special frets are usually marked with pearling or with some dots.

via: http://clearscience.tumblr.com/post/3744206682/since-we-were-talking-about-guitars-and-how-their

quinta-feira, 14 de abril de 2011

Guitar Pickups and Induction

Pickups are the strips you see under the strings on an electric guitar. They turn the physical vibration of the strings into an electrical signal. On an acoustic guitar, you hear the sound waves created by the strings’ vibration. On an electric guitar, you hear the electrical signal after it’s been run through an amplifier and comes out of a speaker. (Although the Clear Science art director couldn’t have an amp when he was a kid, so would put his ear on the horn of the guitar and hear the sound waves traveling through the solid guitar body.)

Guitar pickups work by electromagnetic induction, so let’s talk about what that is. If you have a coil of wire (a copper coil is illustrated above), a magnet passing through the coil will induce an electromotive force (EMF) in the coil. This EMF will cause an electric current to flow. (Incidentally, this is also how electric generators work.)

This concept is called Faraday’s law of induction, discovered by Michael Faraday. The EMF is equal to the time rate of change of the magnetic flux through the coil. Magnetic flux means the amount of magnetic field per area per time. Said plainer, this means changes in the magnetic field will cause some kind of current.

via: http://clearscience.tumblr.com/post/3564812865/pickups-are-the-strips-you-see-under-the-strings

sexta-feira, 8 de abril de 2011

Afinal...

parece que há hip-hop fixe.



O álbum é de 2000, e vale a pena.

Black Ranger


A-1, WooStaar and Sac Masta Collaborate to bring you "After School Special". All Of your favorite 90's shows remixed with A-1 Providing the rhymes.
Classic shows like Pokemon, All That, Power Rangers, Reading Rainbow and More!
bandcamp: download.a-1music.com/track/black-ranger

quinta-feira, 7 de abril de 2011

quarta-feira, 6 de abril de 2011

Depois de os ver no 5 para a Meia-Noite

Chego à conclusão que os Gift querem apenas que a gente os ajude a pagar as férias de verão na Índia.

Mixtapes

Não sou grande fã do conceito de Mixtapes. Principalmente quando estamos a falar de uma obra original do calibre do Orelha Negra.

Como me foi descrito, e eu concordo, é como alguém chegar ao Picasso e dizer-lhe "Epá, esta Guernica está bem fixe, mas deixa-me meter umas linhas minhas por cima. E uns tags."

A verdade é que, se é para meter vozes num álbum instrumental, podíamos ao menos ter um mínimo de preocupação lirística. Em três músicas diferentes, para além de nesta mixtape encontrarmos a mítica Constatação Lírica nº1, temos também pessoas a fazer rimar "Eu juro" com "Pagar juros", "em cima do palco a olhar para o Público" com "saiu no jornal Público" e "a minha mãe é cega" com "eu jogo sega".

O pior de tudo é o atestado de imbecilidade perfeita que é passado à audiência de rádio portuguesa: no ano e meio desde que o álbum saiu, consegui ouvir um par de vezes "A Cura" ou a "M.I.R.I.A.M.", muito de longe a longe, e só provavelmente na Ant3na.

Este fim-de-semana, apercebi-me que há uma música que apenas pode ser resumida como "um fã que nunca cantou mais do que os parabéns na vida, ligou o microfone do skype no pc e gravou uma linha de voz sobre A memória e lançou para a net sem o mínimo de produção", que não só passa na rádio em alta rotação como ainda tem o direito a fazer parte do jingle de uma estação.

Pessoas, não conseguem mesmo ouvir música que não tenha um refrão para cantarem?