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YMCK interviewed

Art — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 04:00:23 +0000

One of my favorite chiptunes artists, in part because their music manages to be both sunny pop and more complex than most 8-bit bands. Start with the retro-style music videos and stay for the interview.

Superstition

Art — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:49:32 +0000

Stevie Wonder and his really huge band tearing it up on Sesame Street. Check the kids rocking out.

Comment te dire adieu

Art — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:58:59 +0000

…sung by Françoise Hardy and Iggy Pop. Smooth. -ish.

Songsmith promo video

Art — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:39:15 +0000

“Microsoft, huh? So… it’s pretty easy to use?” Apparently the research prospectus required finding a karaoke game to glue to one of Apple’s iLife products. Update: Songsmith freestyling over David Lee Roth’s vocals in “Runnin’ With the Devil“.

Ugh, the ringtone

Art — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 04:01:54 +0000

This is my sole attempt at ringtone composition. The Sony Ericsson T616 phone had a little-known ringtone editor built in, where you could build a sequence out of a variety of musical snippets, each a couple seconds long.

On a long car ride a couple years ago, I attempted to make the most annoying ringtone possible. Here’s the original MIDI file, seventeen seconds long. Ugh! the ringtone