Plato's "The Allegory of the Cave" "In fact, you get pretty good at understanding how the patterns in the show work, and everyone else chained up is like, 'Holy shit bro, how did you know that that tree was going to fall on that guy?' and you're like, 'It's because I fucking pay attention and I'm smart as shit.' You're the smartest of the chained, and they all revere you." Glaucon: "But Socrates, a tree didn't really hit a guy. It's all shadows." Socrates: "No shit, Glaucon, but you don't know that. "So eventually, someone comes and unchains you and drags you out of the cave. "Slowly, as your eyes got better, you'd see more and more shit. "Finally you'd want to go down and tell everyone about everything you've discovered. "Philosophy, same thing.
Good Ear - Online Ear Training Site The Chronicles of Rick Roll | Official Movie Site & Trailer The Chronicles of Rick Roll is an action-packed thrill ride that follows Allison Sable and Rick Rolland (of the film’s title) through a fantasy digital world. It stars Hollywood veteran Mark Christopher Lawrence (NBC’s Chuck, The Island, The Pursuit of Happyness), as well as other currently undisclosed A-list talent. The “world of the Internet”, as explored in the film, is populated by top Internet sensations including Antoine Dodson, Double Rainbow Guy, Boxxy, Leeroy Jenkins, Afro Ninja, WoW Freakout Kid, Boom Goes the Dynamite, Tay Zonday, Chuck Testa, Numa Numa, Copper Cab, Ted Williams, Evolution of Dance, David After Dentist, Chad Vader, and others. Collectively, the viral video cast alone accounts for billions of video views Internet-wide. Executive Producer Andrew Fischer of NURV is producing the project with Mark Christopher Lawrence. The Chronicles of Rick Roll will feature top Hollywood talent, music, special effects, and cinemetography.
Whitaker Blackall - Music and Sound FX for Video Games & Music Theory for Beginners: Part I - StumbleUpon Find part two of this article here WARNING: This is a long post. But if you can get through it, you will know a lot of important basics about music theory and production. As some of you know, I’ve been having a blast with my foray into gamedev. While obviously I’d prefer every game developer out there to come to me for music, I think some people want to make their own game soundtracks, and would if they only knew how. Scales, and why you need to understand themChords, and how to form themChord progressions, and how to make themMelodies, and how to write themExtra effects and plugins that fill out your sound I’m going to be using GarageBand in this post, so feel free to follow along. Scales, and why you need to understand them Most beginners really hate scales because they’re boring and don’t seem to do anything. Here is what ‘C’ major looks like in musical notation (up and down): Here is what a one-octave ‘C’ major scale looks like on a piano keyboard (notes in red): Okay I cheated a bit.
Bad Martial Arts Mr. Fastfingers Guitar Shred Show Top 100 Best Acoustic Songs Ever -The Greatest of All Time | Acoustic Guitar Music | TopAcousticSongs.com Here is a list of the best acoustic songs ever written. Acoustic music has come a long way over the years, so many are “oldies” and many are “newies.” We are basing this list off of historical album sales, the ever so objective factor of acoustic-ness, but mostly how easily they make us cry. They are mostly arranged in alphabetical order, by song – so make sure you check out the whole list! Feel free to give your input on suggestions, changes, discards, or songs we may have forgot about. Also, for those interested in a serious path to learning guitar, please see our trusted partner, Guitar Tricks: Click the links to listen to the songs. Listen 1-9 Listen 10-19 Listen 20-29 Listen 30-39 Listen 40-49 Listen 50-59 Listen 60-69 Listen 70-79 Listen 80-89 Listen 90-100 **ALPHABETICAL ORDER (Roughly)** 1. 3 AM – Matchbox 20 2. 10,000 Stones – Adrianne 3.
List of guitar tunings This list of guitar tunings supplements the article guitar tunings. In particular, this list contains more examples of open and regular tunings, which are discussed in the article on guitar tunings. In addition, this list also notes dropped tunings. Open[edit] Main article: Open tuning Major[edit] Major open-tunings give a major chord with the open strings. Open A[edit] Alternatively: E-A-C♯-E-A-C♯Alternatively: A-E-A-E-A-C♯ (one step down from "Open B")"Slide" Open A: E-A-E-A-C♯-E (identical to "Open G" tuning but with every string raised one step or two frets). Open B[edit] Alternatively: F♯-B-D♯-F♯-B-D♯ Open C[edit] The English guitar used a repetitive open-C tuning that approximated a major-thirds tuning.[2] Open D[edit] Open-D tuning was used by Joni Mitchell for her "Big Yellow Taxi" and by The Allman Brothers for their "Little Martha".[6] Open-D tuning has been called Vestapol tuning.[7] Alternatively: D-A-D'-A'-D-D Same as Open-D but tuned a half-step down. Open E[edit] Open F[edit]
50 Ways To Boost Your Brain Power | 4 Mind 4 Life: Good Health Tips 1) Meditate — Meditation has been known to increase IQ, relieve stress, and promotes higher levels of brain functioning. Meditation also activates the “prefrontal cortex” of the brain, an area responsible for advanced thinking ability and performance. 2) Draw A Picture — Drawing stimulates the right-hemisphere of the brain and inspires creativity. Get out the colored pencils and begin drawing your way to a powerful brain. 3) Exercise — Long-term exercise has been proven to increase brain power and even create new neurons in the brain. 4) Brainwave Entrainment — Brainwave entrainment is a safe, innovative way to stimulate and shape the brain and it’s functioning. 5) Avoid Junk Food — Junk food has been proven to decrease energy in the body and promotes “brain fog.” 6) Deep Breathing — Deep breathing actually increases oxygen levels and blood-flow to the brain. 10-15 minutes of daily deep breathing can make a huge difference in the quality of your life and brain’s functioning potential.
47 Sites Every Recording Musician Should Visit In a recent “Open Mic” we asked you, “Which music-related sites do you visit regularly?” This article is a summary of the great suggestions given in the comments to that article. You can make the list even longer by commenting on this article. As you’re reading this article, Audiotuts+ needs no introduction. Several commenters mentioned Audiotuts+ - thanks for the support! This is a great Flash site with many resources to help you learn music theory. The site content is split up as follows: Lessons, including topics that cover notation, chords and scalesTrainers, that teach you notes, keys, intervals, triads, keyboard, guitar and brass. Michael comments: “I have found very helpful. This is a site that helps you with scales and chords. The charts are guitar-based, and there are options for various alternate tunings and other stringed instruments. A website that helps you learn musical scales and chords. Joe comments: “Great Ableton/sound design videos.”
50 Lessons Life Taught Me To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I’ve ever written. When my odometer rolled over to 50, I updated the list. Here it is: Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.When in doubt, just take the next small step.Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.Pay off your credit cards every month.You don’t have to win every argument. Vic Firth Presents: The 40 Essential Rudiments Dr. John Wooton is the director of percussion studies at The University of Southern Mississippi. He is well versed in many percussion instruments but has specialized in rudimental snare drum, drum set, marimba, vibraphone and steel pans. Dr. Wooton directs the Percussion Ensemble, Steel Pan Orchestra, Graduate Percussion Ensemble and the Samba Band. From 1988 to 1992, he served as percussion coordinator/pep band director for the University of Iowa bands. Since joining the faculty at Southern Miss, Dr.
Songwriting Exercises - Handout Songwriting Exercises by Joel Mabus Scaffolding Stuck? Try this exercise: A) Take some song you like — any song at all from any era, any style — just so long as it is familiar to you. B) Write a new lyric to that song. C) Take that new lyric and write completely new music to it. D) Edit. (Or you could do A-C-B-D — write the new music to the “scaffold” song and then write a new lyric.) What remains is a new song with only a hint of the “ghost” song that acted as a scaffold for the process. Listmaking Out of ideas? A list could become a song (remember “My Favorite Things” or Tom T Hall’s “I Love...”) or could be a starting pad for an essay song, enumerating facts or feelings. Focused Imaging Similar to listmaking, but more purposeful, is putting your imagination to work in creating a scene, place or mood. Imagine a perfect day in your childhood – or the day your childhood sweetheart left you. Out-of-context Images Brain dead? Do this a few times and you start to see language in a new light. Journal
PUSHUP CHALLENGE It might surprise you to know that the pushup wasn’t invented in the U.S. We can’t say for sure, but we’re guessing it comes from India, since it’s really a classic yoga exercise. And it’s not the only version of the pushup that comes form foreign soil. Strength coach Martin Rooney traveled the world and found all “new” variations, including the knee-to-opposite elbow pushup (Thailand), the triangle pushup (Brazil), the uchi mata pushup (Japan), and the staggered hands, single-leg pushup (England). Directions: Challenge 1. Challenge 2. Your goal: Try to complete this routine in less than 5 minutes.