Andrew
11-08-2006, 20:50
DI stream a load of specialist genres like dnb, trance, hardcore, goa-psytrance (whatever that is) and even classical guitar for those who can't get enough of Gerald Garcia or Manuel Maria Ponce.* (Long tail (http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.10/tail.html) anyone?)
I've been trying the dnb and hardcore channels over the past few weeks - mix quality is a little variable but some good stuff (they aggregate mixes from various sources), plus few ads and little DJ chatter. Good for writing reports. :p
www.di.fm
* Most of the listeners apparently - the latter has been on 2ce in the last 5 tracks played. No, I have no idea who he is either. Though, according to someone (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000014DO/002-3027099-5259210?redirect=true) on Amazon, guitarist John Holmquist's rendition of Garcia's Etudes Esquisses is "second to none" and his "sense of timing on this recording put most guitarists to shame." In fact, it is not too strong to say that "there where [sic.] a lot of pianists who could learn about sound and rubato from this performance."
(Listen up kids: "Tempo rubato (Italian stolen time) is a musical term for slightly speeding up or slowing down the tempo of a piece at the discretion of the solo player or the conductor. It was used frequently in music of the Romantic Period, and is especially common in piano music." Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubato) Think we should start referring to the pitch slider as the tempo rubato slider?)
I've been trying the dnb and hardcore channels over the past few weeks - mix quality is a little variable but some good stuff (they aggregate mixes from various sources), plus few ads and little DJ chatter. Good for writing reports. :p
www.di.fm
* Most of the listeners apparently - the latter has been on 2ce in the last 5 tracks played. No, I have no idea who he is either. Though, according to someone (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000014DO/002-3027099-5259210?redirect=true) on Amazon, guitarist John Holmquist's rendition of Garcia's Etudes Esquisses is "second to none" and his "sense of timing on this recording put most guitarists to shame." In fact, it is not too strong to say that "there where [sic.] a lot of pianists who could learn about sound and rubato from this performance."
(Listen up kids: "Tempo rubato (Italian stolen time) is a musical term for slightly speeding up or slowing down the tempo of a piece at the discretion of the solo player or the conductor. It was used frequently in music of the Romantic Period, and is especially common in piano music." Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubato) Think we should start referring to the pitch slider as the tempo rubato slider?)