Alice Cooper Blasts Politician-Supporting Stars

Rocker Alice Cooper has blasted celebrities who publicly support politicians - for getting involved in subjects above their head.[...] Read more!

Read The Full Article:
http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/07/23/alice_cooper_blasts_politician
_supportin

Add to del.icio.us

Digg this

Post to Furl

Add to reddit

Add to myYahoo!

Super Furry Animals Singer Backs Bloc Party Claim

Welsh rocker Gruff Rhys has backed up allegations John Lydon was involved in an assault on Bloc Party singer Kele Okereke. [...] Read more!

Read The Full Article:
http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/07/23/super_furry_animals_singer_bac
ks_bloc_pa

Add to del.icio.us

Digg this

Post to Furl

Add to reddit

Add to myYahoo!

Courtney Love Slams Ryan Adams Over Loan

Troubled rocker Courtney Love has lambasted singer Ryan Adams for allegedly failing to pay back money he borrowed to fund his 2003 album Rock N Roll. The former Hole frontwoman posted a bizarre rant[...] Read more!

Read The Full Article:
http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/07/23/courtney_love_slams_ryan_adams
_over_loan

Add to del.icio.us

Digg this

Post to Furl

Add to reddit

Add to myYahoo!

Glen Campbell Covers Green Day

You read that correctly. Country Music Hall of Famer, "Rhinestone Cowboy" and "Gentle On My Mind" crooner, True Grit actor, ex-host of The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, mugshot grad, and all-around music legend Glen Campbell has himself a contemporary covers collection. It goes without saying that this feels very much like a bid for relevancy a la Johnny Cash's and Paul Anka career revivals, but it needed to be said anyway. On Meet Glen Campbell, the septuagenarian gives the Replacements, U2, Foo Fighters, John Lennon, Jackson Browne, Travis, and the Velvet Underground, among others, the Campbell treatment. Take a listen to his version of Greenday's "Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)" while you consult the tracklist.

Add to del.icio.us

Digg this

Post to Furl

Add to reddit

Add to myYahoo!

Foreigner's Mick Jones Says New Songs On The Way

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Foreigner's Mick Jones says the band's new career retrospective "No End in Sight: The Very Best of Foreigner" is a signal that new material is on the way.[...] Read more!

Read The Full Article:
http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/07/23/foreigner_s_mick_jones_says_ne
w_songs_on

Add to del.icio.us

Digg this

Post to Furl

Add to reddit

Add to myYahoo!

Music Review: Candlebox's First Effort In 10
Years

Candlebox never found a true place among the pantheon of '90s bands. Unfairly lumped in with the grunge crowd (maybe because they are from Seattle),[...] Read more!

Read The Full Article:
http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/07/23/music_review_candlebox_s_first
_effort_in

Add to del.icio.us

Digg this

Post to Furl

Add to reddit

Add to myYahoo!

Shorties

Pitchfork reviews Alina Simone's Yanka Dyagileva covers album, Everyone Is Crying Out to Me, Beware. Yanka's music never got wide distribution, and, sung entirely in Russian, the meaning of her songs (if not the emotions) won't necessarily reach non-Russian speakers....

Read The Full Article:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/largeheartedboy/~3/343586732/shorties_1540.html

Add to del.icio.us

Digg this

Post to Furl

Add to reddit

Add to myYahoo!

GigaStudio is Dead, Leaving Sampler Users High
and Dry

Tascam has chosen to cease development and support of its popular GigaStudio sampler and product line, including GigaPulse, GigaViolin, and Giga VI, breaking a widely-used product and various other products based on it. I had actually heard this was coming some time ago, but unfortunately couldn’t verify on-record sources in a way that would allow me to share. Now, it’s official.

MusicRadar has the story: Tascam axes GigaStudio

Support is discontinued on December 31.

All I can say is, shame on Tascam. It seems this decision was made some time ago, but not announced — all while sales continued. Furthermore, based on the information I’ve been able to find, there seems to be no information whatsoever on the long-term state of availability or support for the product beyond December 31. A company with the size, reputation, and pro relationships that Tascam has ought to be able to present some sort of legacy support plan. Abandoning users in this way risks the trust the Tascam brand has with customers. Gibson Guitar has become practically an adjective because they discontinued Opcode’s Studio Vision Pro following an acquisition. People are still sore about that even a decade later, and they’re a guitar company, not a pro audio company like Tascam. GigaStudio has a similarly loyal following, particularly in fields like film scoring, and — whether Tascam’s business decision was justified or not — you can bet you’ll be hearing about this for some time to come.

So what’s life after Giga? Given that Giga’s audience was fond of massively huge sample libraries, and the tool was Windows-based, I could believe that 64-bit-native sampler applications could be next. With 64-bit memory addressing, it’s possible to go an order of magnitude beyond 4 GB (or less) memory limits, which would appeal to Giga’s hard-core sampling audience. Cakewalk supports 64-bit Windows for both their host (SONAR) and instruments, but it’d be nice to see, say, Native Instruments Kontakt in a 64-bit version for Vista 64-bit, too. I’d run Kontakt and SONAR together in a second. (Yes, Mac fans, Mac OS theoretically can support 64-bit memory addressing, but no music app on Windows does, either, at present. So, 64-bit Logic and EXS24, perhaps?)

At the very least, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Cakewalk, Native Instruments, MOTU, and others offer crossgrade offers. They all offer very fine sampling products, though I’m not sure that’ll come as much comfort to disgruntled Tascam customers.

It’s also possible that a third party could take up support of the GigaStudio product and continue it for its user base. No one appears to have stepped up to the plate yet, though. Stay tuned.

Tascam Legacy Software

Add to del.icio.us

Digg this

Post to Furl

Add to reddit

Add to myYahoo!

New Deerhoof Single Is Sheet Music

Deerhoof's Offend Maggie is out this October. Adding a wrinkle to the current trend of fan-made remixes and videos, the band's released the album's first single "Fresh Born" as a score that fans (or whatever) can download and record. Once they're finished, they can upload it as an MP3 that other fans are able to then listen to on the band's site. You can download the score, upload your hit single, and get the full info here. (If you want, you're free to also click on the image on this very page to see it in larger form and start cribbing now.)

The sheet music was debuted (i.e. passed around) this past Friday at Deerhoof's show in Brooklyn. Those folks got a heard start, have already birthed some "Fresh Born"'s. Check it out. The band will release their version of the song, too. Let's hope it's better than that guy's. Just kidding that guy.

Offend Maggie is out 10/7 on Kill Rock Stars.

Add to del.icio.us

Digg this

Post to Furl

Add to reddit

Add to myYahoo!

Music Review: Buddy Guy

Blues may be an ageless music, but most players ease into old age with relaxed grace. Not Buddy Guy, who sounds as distinctively piercing on "Skin Deep" as on his classic '60s Chess Records cuts or his early '90s comeback albums.[...] Read more!

Read The Full Article:
http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/07/23/music_review_buddy_guy_

Add to del.icio.us

Digg this

Post to Furl

Add to reddit

Add to myYahoo!