Comments on: James Taylor's experimental glitchtronica at Obama's inauguration http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/james-taylors-experimental-g.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 10:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Pippa Hinchliffe http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/james-taylors-experimental-g.html#comment-1636383 Pippa Hinchliffe Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207593#comment-1636383 I'm sure James Taylor himself will top any comment any of you have made on here, as he's famous for not taking himself too seriously! I’m sure James Taylor himself will top any comment any of you have made on here, as he’s famous for not taking himself too seriously!

]]> By: Drake White http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/james-taylors-experimental-g.html#comment-1635316 Drake White Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207593#comment-1635316 Funny ... he was on Charlie Rose talking about performing this and they both joked about "what could go wrong?" Funny … he was on Charlie Rose talking about performing this and they both joked about “what could go wrong?”

]]> By: Once Dead Flesh http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/james-taylors-experimental-g.html#comment-1635016 Once Dead Flesh Wed, 23 Jan 2013 06:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207593#comment-1635016 Fire and satanic unicorn orgies would be a fantastic mashup. Fire and satanic unicorn orgies would be a fantastic mashup.

]]> By: irksome http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/james-taylors-experimental-g.html#comment-1634581 irksome Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207593#comment-1634581 I didn't know James Blake played at the Inauguration... I didn’t know James Blake played at the Inauguration…

]]> By: tomwood http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/james-taylors-experimental-g.html#comment-1634556 tomwood Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207593#comment-1634556 We were there, at the Washington Monument section. A large section of the inauguration sounded like that. To re-create, maybe hire the company in charge? We were there, at the Washington Monument section. A large section of the inauguration sounded like that. To re-create, maybe hire the company in charge?

]]> By: ohbejoyful http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/james-taylors-experimental-g.html#comment-1634508 ohbejoyful Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207593#comment-1634508 That's a shame; it came thru fine on the broadcast (I think I was watching CNN). That’s a shame; it came thru fine on the broadcast (I think I was watching CNN).

]]> By: mikei http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/james-taylors-experimental-g.html#comment-1634472 mikei Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207593#comment-1634472 I knew Obama and his Godless Liberal Communist ilk were attempting to deconstruct America, but I didn't realize until now that it's all one big elaborate art project. Talk about subversive. I knew Obama and his Godless Liberal Communist ilk were attempting to deconstruct America, but I didn’t realize until now that it’s all one big elaborate art project. Talk about subversive.

]]> By: ImmutableMichael http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/james-taylors-experimental-g.html#comment-1634424 ImmutableMichael Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207593#comment-1634424 I'm glad I saw this after "Do you know anything about techno". Almost a musical unicorn chaser. I’m glad I saw this after “Do you know anything about techno”. Almost a musical unicorn chaser.

]]> By: Derek C. F. Pegritz http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/james-taylors-experimental-g.html#comment-1634366 Derek C. F. Pegritz Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207593#comment-1634366 This kind of signal degradation is difficult to reproduce in a studio setting without really screwing around with your expensive equipment in ways that no one with any sense would ever DARE--but there are a number of plugins and effects that can get your sound *really* close! IZotope's Stutter Edit is pretty good, as is dblue's Glitch...but even a simple bitcrusher can be tweaked to do the same if you automate the bitrate so it goes up and down. Depending on the bitcrusher, you can automate its other parameters too to create audio dropouts and digital-degradation crackle. You know what sounds *totally* cool? Adding a noise gate after the bitcrusher so that it only lets through crackles and pops above a certain dB threshold--that *really* makes things sound all gritty and damaged! Or you could do what Richard D. James of Aphex Twin once did: spill a can of Coke into a hardware synth and just see what it sounds like! This kind of signal degradation is difficult to reproduce in a studio setting without really screwing around with your expensive equipment in ways that no one with any sense would ever DARE–but there are a number of plugins and effects that can get your sound *really* close! IZotope’s Stutter Edit is pretty good, as is dblue’s Glitch…but even a simple bitcrusher can be tweaked to do the same if you automate the bitrate so it goes up and down. Depending on the bitcrusher, you can automate its other parameters too to create audio dropouts and digital-degradation crackle. You know what sounds *totally* cool? Adding a noise gate after the bitcrusher so that it only lets through crackles and pops above a certain dB threshold–that *really* makes things sound all gritty and damaged!

Or you could do what Richard D. James of Aphex Twin once did: spill a can of Coke into a hardware synth and just see what it sounds like!

]]> By: Derek C. F. Pegritz http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/james-taylors-experimental-g.html#comment-1634367 Derek C. F. Pegritz Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207593#comment-1634367 SWEET. James Taylor is the next Otto von Schirach! SWEET. James Taylor is the next Otto von Schirach!

]]> By: euansmith http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/james-taylors-experimental-g.html#comment-1634346 euansmith Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207593#comment-1634346 Sorry, I was joking; still, thanks for the technical explanation. Sorry, I was joking; still, thanks for the technical explanation.

]]> By: Bill McGuire http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/james-taylors-experimental-g.html#comment-1634313 Bill McGuire Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207593#comment-1634313 He has been doing a lot of interviews lately about his love of Aphex Twin and Autechre. He has been doing a lot of interviews lately about his love of Aphex Twin and Autechre.

]]> By: proginoskes http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/james-taylors-experimental-g.html#comment-1634299 proginoskes Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207593#comment-1634299 Sounds to me more like a digital stream going through a channel with erratic latency and/or huge packet loss. RealPlayer used to get pieces of sounds just barely through sometimes but played with the wrong pitch. I've heard Skype sometimes gets messed up so that it gets stuck with the entire stream being played back with the wrong pitch for minutes at a time. Sounds to me more like a digital stream going through a channel with erratic latency and/or huge packet loss. RealPlayer used to get pieces of sounds just barely through sometimes but played with the wrong pitch. I’ve heard Skype sometimes gets messed up so that it gets stuck with the entire stream being played back with the wrong pitch for minutes at a time.

]]> By: euansmith http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/james-taylors-experimental-g.html#comment-1634287 euansmith Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207593#comment-1634287 Yet another artist fecking about with autotuner! :( Yet another artist fecking about with autotuner! :(

]]> By: EH http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/james-taylors-experimental-g.html#comment-1634282 EH Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207593#comment-1634282 The best inaugural technical operations the 21st century has to offer. In other words: FU little people. The best inaugural technical operations the 21st century has to offer. In other words: FU little people.

]]> By: Kevin Pierce http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/james-taylors-experimental-g.html#comment-1634280 Kevin Pierce Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207593#comment-1634280 Some artists are better in small doses. Some artists are better in small doses.

]]> By: ZikZak http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/james-taylors-experimental-g.html#comment-1634273 ZikZak Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207593#comment-1634273 I like to think Hendrix would too. I like to think Hendrix would too.

]]> By: pizzicato http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/james-taylors-experimental-g.html#comment-1634248 pizzicato Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207593#comment-1634248 wouldn't happen if it was ANALOG!! wouldn’t happen if it was ANALOG!!

]]> By: ChickieD http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/james-taylors-experimental-g.html#comment-1634225 ChickieD Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207593#comment-1634225 I saw him live - was on a date, figured hey, I like his music fine, right? It's always worth it to see an experienced musician perform live, right? That was just the most terrible concert I ever went to. One of his songs every so often, fine. But he just sat on a stool, strumming, singing his oh so mellow music, and I nearly fell asleep. Now I hate him with a passion.  I saw him live – was on a date, figured hey, I like his music fine, right? It’s always worth it to see an experienced musician perform live, right? That was just the most terrible concert I ever went to. One of his songs every so often, fine. But he just sat on a stool, strumming, singing his oh so mellow music, and I nearly fell asleep. Now I hate him with a passion. 

]]> By: jimbuck http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/james-taylors-experimental-g.html#comment-1634224 jimbuck Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207593#comment-1634224 Bleeding Edge since he remixed "Sweet Baby James" from a nice lullaby to rave favorite. Bleeding Edge since he remixed “Sweet Baby James” from a nice lullaby to rave favorite.

]]> By: A Cooper Reid http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/james-taylors-experimental-g.html#comment-1634204 A Cooper Reid Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207593#comment-1634204 how does this happen - i would like to try and recreate it for some of my music projects how does this happen – i would like to try and recreate it for some of my music projects

]]> By: Changasyncadango Robotnik Terh http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/james-taylors-experimental-g.html#comment-1634199 Changasyncadango Robotnik Terh Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207593#comment-1634199 I hear he was being remixed live by Markus Popp. I hear he was being remixed live by Markus Popp.

]]> By: Nell Anvoid http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/james-taylors-experimental-g.html#comment-1634178 Nell Anvoid Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207593#comment-1634178 I like it. I like it.

]]> By: Rob Coon http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/james-taylors-experimental-g.html#comment-1634179 Rob Coon Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207593#comment-1634179 First time I've enjoyed James Taylor. First time I’ve enjoyed James Taylor.

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