The MPC6000 will be out soon and I’m sure that Akai have taken all the precautions that they can to ensure us that their new model is one of their best yet, are you struggling to believe the MPC6000 will be out soon can conquer their old models? I’m not sure I believe that this is the case.
Here are some of the rumours that have been circulating about the MPC6000. The MPC6000 may sound like it is better than the rest of the MPC series and this is definitely right. The new MPC6000 is sure to have a load of built in features that was previously not available in older models. Often the reason that I, (and many other people) choose to use software sampling rather than Hardware sampling is that the MPC is a machine that doesn’t let you route and modulate through various sources, However the MPC6000 now allows you to do this. So you’re asking me “will they see the end of Software” and my answer is, I doubt it. Software is now such a dominant force in computer music, and even acoustic music that uses computers to process it, that it will be hard for any piece of software such as the MPC6000 to beat it. The reason is that software is way more flexible than hardware and often hardware can be more expensive and a pain to set up, they also take up a lot more space than software. These are problems that the MPC6000 will always have; actually this is a problem that the MPC will also have, because it isn’t software. This probably won’t change; the reason the MPC is so great is because it appeals to the people who like to use Hardware samplers.
You or your people wouldn’t use a MPC6000 software version because the manufacturers in this area are probably better than the manufacturers that make the MPC6000. The MPC6000 would be able to beat many vst programs, and this is the problem that hardware manufacturers run into all of the time. Who knows where the music industry will end up going (production wise) Do you think hardware will once again take over and pieces such as the MPC6000 will reign again. Or do you think that the plug-ins will again rule the world and become more of a dominant force then they have already. Im not sure what will happen but I do know that the Akai MPC6000 will be one of the forces in music that will shake the world, stay tight for the MPC6000 and let’s see what is has to offer us.
Thursday, 31 December 2009
MPC 6000 | New MPC 6000
Tuesday, 29 December 2009
Blackberry or Iphone part 2
So what exactly do you think of the blackberry and the iphone, are you someone that has a preference to one of them. Or are you someone who likes them both. You could even be someone that really doesn’t even like either of them! In that case I have no idea why you are currently reading this blog. Here are what I think about each phone: Blackberry or Iphone
The blackberry is truly a beautiful phone. The elegance and style that the phone has is second to none. I consider the blackberry to be more of a business phone than an actually play phone. The blackberry’s best feature is without a doubt it’s BBchat. With BBchat you can easily speak to different people around the world for free. This morning I used my blackberry to speak to my great cousin in Boston (I love our BB moments Katie) and basically we chatting for a few hours on the blackberry Chat. I would say that this is similar to Msn messenger. Thankfully for the people who use blackberry chat, it costs nothing more than using the internet on your blackberry. Most people who have a blackberry have it on contract; therefore they pay no extra additional charge for the feature. If you do know anyone that does pay an additional charge for their internet or blackberry messenger, and they are on pay as you go, then tell them to switch! Another plus on the blackberry is its integration with face book. This means that if you decide on using blackberry on your phone. It will put the names of the people next to the people who are in your phone. It does this by finding the name in your blackberry, and matching it to any same names you have in your blackberry. This will always be good, unless you have two people called John smith in your blackberry, then you will have problems.
the I phone is also a great piece of kit. I see the I phone as more of a toy for the younger generation. When I say younger generation I mean people between 16 and 25, if your younger than that age, then grant yourself very lucky to have an I phone. Some of the features and applications that they have given us to play with on the I phone are absolutely amazing. I would recommend anyone for an I phone if you like to play with your gadgets. Another great thing is that you can totally customise your I phone with all applications that suit you, this truly means that your I phone can fit your own personality.
The blackberry is truly a beautiful phone. The elegance and style that the phone has is second to none. I consider the blackberry to be more of a business phone than an actually play phone. The blackberry’s best feature is without a doubt it’s BBchat. With BBchat you can easily speak to different people around the world for free. This morning I used my blackberry to speak to my great cousin in Boston (I love our BB moments Katie) and basically we chatting for a few hours on the blackberry Chat. I would say that this is similar to Msn messenger. Thankfully for the people who use blackberry chat, it costs nothing more than using the internet on your blackberry. Most people who have a blackberry have it on contract; therefore they pay no extra additional charge for the feature. If you do know anyone that does pay an additional charge for their internet or blackberry messenger, and they are on pay as you go, then tell them to switch! Another plus on the blackberry is its integration with face book. This means that if you decide on using blackberry on your phone. It will put the names of the people next to the people who are in your phone. It does this by finding the name in your blackberry, and matching it to any same names you have in your blackberry. This will always be good, unless you have two people called John smith in your blackberry, then you will have problems.
the I phone is also a great piece of kit. I see the I phone as more of a toy for the younger generation. When I say younger generation I mean people between 16 and 25, if your younger than that age, then grant yourself very lucky to have an I phone. Some of the features and applications that they have given us to play with on the I phone are absolutely amazing. I would recommend anyone for an I phone if you like to play with your gadgets. Another great thing is that you can totally customise your I phone with all applications that suit you, this truly means that your I phone can fit your own personality.
Monday, 28 December 2009
Technologically adept | Technologically people
Do you consider yourself to be technologically adept? In this case you may be wondering what I mean by saying the phrase “technologically adept”. To me, being technologically adept means a number of things, subjects and matter which are used in everyday life. I don’t mean, can you fly a plane or can you fix a car computer, just technologically adept in the loosest meaning of the term. Are you someone that can easily set up a blog or a website. Are you someone that finds it easy to use facebook or exchange data over the internet. I’m sure many of the people reading this blog would mainly be people who are technologically adept, but many (maybe even some of you guys are not). I would say that you are not technologically adept if you cannot send emails without struggling, or set up a facebook and chat to friends. Being technologically adept is now as important as being socially adept, because Society now lives on the internet. Ok, that may be slightly over the top, but the internet is definitely a big part of society. Can you find something using google, can you do research and see how popular a website is, this is truly being technologically adept.
Now, don’t worry if you are not technologically adept because it really is not that hard to do. It is almost natural, like being socially adept. The fact that being technologically adept is so important must be known to everyone. If you are not technologically adept there are a few easy steps you can take to being technologically adept. Firstly start a facebook or a blog, this is your portal to speak to the online world. Try to set up and email account and send information to a friend, try to vary the information so you can be technologically adept in all areas. I would also suggest finding a few topics and doing a lot of research on all of them, this will again help you to become technologically adept.
If you struggle with any of these basic things, then you are not technologically adept, but over time you will find it easy to do these few basic things online. There are also many different people online that will help you to become technologically adept, these are general everyday people, go onto forums and there will be groups and chats on basic things like this. Dont be technologically hurt, fit in with society.
Now, don’t worry if you are not technologically adept because it really is not that hard to do. It is almost natural, like being socially adept. The fact that being technologically adept is so important must be known to everyone. If you are not technologically adept there are a few easy steps you can take to being technologically adept. Firstly start a facebook or a blog, this is your portal to speak to the online world. Try to set up and email account and send information to a friend, try to vary the information so you can be technologically adept in all areas. I would also suggest finding a few topics and doing a lot of research on all of them, this will again help you to become technologically adept.
If you struggle with any of these basic things, then you are not technologically adept, but over time you will find it easy to do these few basic things online. There are also many different people online that will help you to become technologically adept, these are general everyday people, go onto forums and there will be groups and chats on basic things like this. Dont be technologically hurt, fit in with society.
Sunday, 27 December 2009
Indie-Rap music | Indie-Rap music
Times are changing people and I think Indie-rap music will be the next big genre. I know that Indie-rap music is not established yet, some of you might even be thinking what is this. Indie-rap music is a genre of music in itself, as you can tell, the two genres Indie and Rap merged into one. The production side I believe will be more indie and the lyrical side will feature rappers. There have been other people that have told me it will be the other way round, i.e rapper and indie musicians doing vocals on rap beats (with an indie element). Rap music needs to move forward in a direction and if it doesn’t it will become a terrible commodity like the one it is slowly becoming now.
Indie-rap music will star many great rappers and indie bands. For example Chester French is a band that I talked about earlier, these guys are combining some of the production skills from both genre’s to create Indie-rap music. They have even worked with Jay-Z, this is Indie-rap music. This is a recent explosion of many rock artists loving the new scene that is forming.
You also probably heard of Jay-z in an interview, he was recently spotted at a Grizzly bear gig and he said that it was great. He also agreed that Rap music needs to go in this direction f learn to be individual again. I agree with him, as this truly is going to be the birth of a new era and many collaborations. The grey album by dangermouse was another album which was Indie-rap music, it was jay-z and the beatles on the same album. This was a huge success and made danger mouse a recognised producer within the music industry. Things like this are beginning to happen a lot more than they used to (prior to the internet) I’m sure Jay-z has rapped over a guitar before and he wouldn’t mind doing it again, Indie-rap music is coming people.
P diddy also moshed out in a mosh pit with fans of arctic monkey’s and enjoyed a great talk to them after the show in NYC, this proves, or at least suggests that Indie-rap music will be the future. Two of the most powerful people in hip-hop are now enjoying and liking Indie music, which leads me to expect the explosion of Indie-rap music will be one of 2011. Imagine Foofighters and Jay-z on the same track.
Indie-rap music will star many great rappers and indie bands. For example Chester French is a band that I talked about earlier, these guys are combining some of the production skills from both genre’s to create Indie-rap music. They have even worked with Jay-Z, this is Indie-rap music. This is a recent explosion of many rock artists loving the new scene that is forming.
You also probably heard of Jay-z in an interview, he was recently spotted at a Grizzly bear gig and he said that it was great. He also agreed that Rap music needs to go in this direction f learn to be individual again. I agree with him, as this truly is going to be the birth of a new era and many collaborations. The grey album by dangermouse was another album which was Indie-rap music, it was jay-z and the beatles on the same album. This was a huge success and made danger mouse a recognised producer within the music industry. Things like this are beginning to happen a lot more than they used to (prior to the internet) I’m sure Jay-z has rapped over a guitar before and he wouldn’t mind doing it again, Indie-rap music is coming people.
P diddy also moshed out in a mosh pit with fans of arctic monkey’s and enjoyed a great talk to them after the show in NYC, this proves, or at least suggests that Indie-rap music will be the future. Two of the most powerful people in hip-hop are now enjoying and liking Indie music, which leads me to expect the explosion of Indie-rap music will be one of 2011. Imagine Foofighters and Jay-z on the same track.
Saturday, 26 December 2009
Is CD dead | Is CD dead
Is CD dead, is Vinyl dead? Or is there still an ongoing market for these products. Technology and the future have provided us with many differences compared to the past. The last decade has (without a doubt) saw the biggest chances in music. CD’s are dead and I’m sure that over time, there will not be a format which will overcome this. Not a physical one that will do so anyway. CD’s are dead and the disposable option (mp3 and internet culture with music) will predominantly rule the music industry. So you’re asking me... “why do you say CD’s are dead? Do you think CD’s are dead because of the internet?”. Many of you have told me in the past that you don’t think the internet could change the industry that much. Well ill have to disagree with you on that one. The effects that the internet has had have been phenomenal.
These effects haven’t just changed the way we listen to our music, it has in turn changed the way music is distributed. CD’s are dead because of this. However unlike the transposition from Vinyl to CD, the transposition from CD to digital format (notably mp3) means more than one thing. Music is now easily disposable and all of us can get it, dispose of it, and get it back as we wish. This has generally devalued music. CD’s are dead because that we can get music when we want, it has the lost the exclusivity it once actually had. Without this many form of music will struggle to create a constant following.
The other reason that I believe CD’s are dead is because the music industry now is ran off people want choose to drive record sales, rather than the people who have to drive record sales. By this I truly mean that people now have the choice to pay for, or not to pay for music, this will create a decrease in sales like we have seen in the last few months. Who wants to pay for music when you can get it for free, this is what people ask me. I say that you know that CD’s are dead so do try to help the industry by paying for what rightly belongs to other people. Especially if you appreciate their work of art. Money gives art a value and makes people get the most out of what they have. CD’s are dead and there is no turning back, many opportunities will spurt from this, and many losses, But let try and make the opportunities out weight the losses that shall occur in the music industry.
These effects haven’t just changed the way we listen to our music, it has in turn changed the way music is distributed. CD’s are dead because of this. However unlike the transposition from Vinyl to CD, the transposition from CD to digital format (notably mp3) means more than one thing. Music is now easily disposable and all of us can get it, dispose of it, and get it back as we wish. This has generally devalued music. CD’s are dead because that we can get music when we want, it has the lost the exclusivity it once actually had. Without this many form of music will struggle to create a constant following.
The other reason that I believe CD’s are dead is because the music industry now is ran off people want choose to drive record sales, rather than the people who have to drive record sales. By this I truly mean that people now have the choice to pay for, or not to pay for music, this will create a decrease in sales like we have seen in the last few months. Who wants to pay for music when you can get it for free, this is what people ask me. I say that you know that CD’s are dead so do try to help the industry by paying for what rightly belongs to other people. Especially if you appreciate their work of art. Money gives art a value and makes people get the most out of what they have. CD’s are dead and there is no turning back, many opportunities will spurt from this, and many losses, But let try and make the opportunities out weight the losses that shall occur in the music industry.
Friday, 25 December 2009
Why Mac computers rule
Ok im going to talk today about why Mac computers rule. Mac computers rule for many reasons, some of which you may know about, some of which you will not know about. The computers are made and founded by the owner of the company Bill joy, around this time Bill gates was also started up in the business. Bill Joy is the president (or at least very very high up, probably the highest) of the company. Bill joy is a few months younger than gates which may be one of the reasons that he has always been second to PC.
Mac computers rule because they look slicker their slick design means that everything looks less complicated from the outside and this is very much the case. On the inside of the case (under the bonnet) the system will not let you down, Mac computers rule also because the ease of use. Once you have gotten past the whole “ I hate them mac’s” you will eventually be saying “Mac computers rule” because they really do. The interface is better on screen and safari rules internet explorer. Many programs on a mac you cannot get on a pc, this is yet another reason why Mac computers rule. These programs are many professional program such as Logic Pro 8 and also many video editing programs. There are usually no (or little amount) of bugs in the Mac world. Mac computers rule out viruses without even having virus software! This is amazing! To be honest Im not such If the whole world will eventually understand that Mac computers rule, I think that the PC has control over so much of the computer market that it will be difficult for Mr joy and his entourage to storm the world with his cool mac products.
Obviously the I phone and Other common products by the company have improved sales on other items the company stock. Hopefully Mac computers rule that much that you will be able to install the OS on non-mac computers. I would truthfully say that the idea of this wouldn’t be beneficial to the company. The reason for this is that people wouldn’t realise that Mac computers rule and get one. They would simply download the OS off the internet for free and then install it on their crappy PC’s. One day the personal computer will die out from a mass virus and everyone will use Apple computers; however im sure only time will tell. Until then I will continue to tell people how much Mac computers rule, and hope for this day!
Thursday, 24 December 2009
Internet technology | Popular culture
The Fiasco of the Internet has changed popular culture over time; it is so powerful that for the first time ever it has influenced a number one, purely through blogs, posts and other online sources. The people wanted to go against pop rivals X factor. The power of the people has suppressed the masses by voting for a widely chosen song, this song was a song by Rage against the machine. Popular culture has being changed forever, As I looked down the list of Christmas Number ones in the UK I saw Robbie Williams, Spice girls, The Beatles and then Rage against the machine.
As bloggers and blog readers across the world decided that they wanted Rage against the machine to win the Christmas number one. Popular culture really was influenced by this because Rage against the machine did win the Christmas number one. Popular culture is changing through the internet, if it wasn’t for the internet then there would have been no chance that the people of popular culture would have chosen the song. Well more to the point they probably wouldn’t have gotten the exposure they needed to inform everyone about voting. Popular culture also changed with downloaded many years Gnarls Barkley was the first artist to ever get to number one solely on downloads. How do you think this is changing popular culture? Is this good for the people in popular culture or not?
I am certain that things will change even more in the future. Maybe in the future popular culture will totally eliminate the Idea and concept of the CD and the only way of purchasing music will be online. Who knows how popular culture will change music and what effects it will have on it. Where do you think it will go, how do you think it will change? Im pretty sure that Itunes will become brought by Google eventually and google will take over the world after it has brought yahoo, then Google will buy facebook and truly own the internet. Lol, no but seriously I do think that Google will end up buying Itunes, but popular culture will definitely change due to the circumstances and powers around the internet. With more Itunes and mp3 sales it is very easy to forget about buying music in a physical form. As the internet becomes more of a dominant part in popular culture, the internet will most definitely change music.
As bloggers and blog readers across the world decided that they wanted Rage against the machine to win the Christmas number one. Popular culture really was influenced by this because Rage against the machine did win the Christmas number one. Popular culture is changing through the internet, if it wasn’t for the internet then there would have been no chance that the people of popular culture would have chosen the song. Well more to the point they probably wouldn’t have gotten the exposure they needed to inform everyone about voting. Popular culture also changed with downloaded many years Gnarls Barkley was the first artist to ever get to number one solely on downloads. How do you think this is changing popular culture? Is this good for the people in popular culture or not?
I am certain that things will change even more in the future. Maybe in the future popular culture will totally eliminate the Idea and concept of the CD and the only way of purchasing music will be online. Who knows how popular culture will change music and what effects it will have on it. Where do you think it will go, how do you think it will change? Im pretty sure that Itunes will become brought by Google eventually and google will take over the world after it has brought yahoo, then Google will buy facebook and truly own the internet. Lol, no but seriously I do think that Google will end up buying Itunes, but popular culture will definitely change due to the circumstances and powers around the internet. With more Itunes and mp3 sales it is very easy to forget about buying music in a physical form. As the internet becomes more of a dominant part in popular culture, the internet will most definitely change music.
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