waqwaq kingdom

 

ecca vandal

 you could build a house on a ecca vandal's backing band! lol 

bjork and arvo part

 

tony ann

 

every frame a painting

back! now that was unexpected!

 

alexis ffrench

 

ludovico einaudi

 if it's the sort of thing you like then this is the sort of thing you'll like. hours of einaudi noodling. perfect for a long slow day of work! 

polo & pan

 

moonic productions

hands down my favourite cover version of funkytown! lol if what he's doing is your thing then i can't recommend this channel highly enough, not least because they're a great motivator to just actually play. i don't know how to use a keyboard as a controller for drums, which would be handy, but he's doing my need to get a drum kit (months of practice pad mean i can actually drum a bit now!) no good at all!

slift

 this is what happens if you expose children to hawkwind in the womb! lol

nirvana covered

 and then there's those musicians whose technique i can only dream of. this is a delight 

malcolm young

 i can feel the autumn in the air so it's no surprise that as the night's draw in i'm picking up my instrument again and i'm loving knocking out a few chords at the end of the day. it could be argued that malcolm young's 'simple' riffs would suit me just fine but, as with many so called simple things, it belies the skill behind them. these sound great but, for me, they make me focus on technique and precision (and using a pick!) as well as being a laugh 

mastodon and eloy casagrande

 this is my favourite mastodon track by a country mile and i've always loved the drum part. here drumeo puts eloy casagrande thru his paces trying to get him to pick it up at speed. these drumeo videos are always great but i'm struck again with just how interesting/talented good drummers and their craft really is. a practice pad remains my limit! lol

1000 mods

 my favourite greek band ever. not the best sound quality but their material is easily available online. there's no bit of their music i don't like listening to and trying to fogure out how to play along to. best of their genre. and i like the fact they look like a bunch of primary school age childrens' dads have got together to play music in a garage! 

gawain and the green knight

came across this really interesting podcast a few weeks back. it disappeared and was only available on substack but now it's back on yt. i've since looked at a couple of other bits and pieces by dorsay armstrong and found it all rather interesting  

using a light meter

 to be honest i've yet to be convinced that thrashing out the money on one of these light meters for pinhole photography is giving me much more than what i had with my app light meter - though to be fair i like the randomness of my eye over either! but it's a good basic guide in any case

ulvesang

 

justina jaruševičiūtė

 do yourself a favour - don't just click on this but go off, get a cup of tea, settle in your favourite chair, get your listening gear sorted and listen to this without disturbance. proper lovely! 

how microphones work

 if there's a better demonstration of how microphones pick up sound i haven't seen it! 

black pantera

 

matthew halsall

 

beth gibbons

 

linus alberg

 

hania rani

 

SUNN O)))

 seeing as i've put godflesh up here's some defiantly uneasy listening 

godflesh

now that gojira is in my algorithm... to be honest i thought godflesh had stopped years ago but no, and i get this. i can't say much has changed tho they feel very contemporary. but really it's bc green's pulverising bass that does it for me. and, after the poor sound in the gojira video, special mention to whoever recorded this. i can't think of better sound in a live video. but still, it's godflesh, so not for everyone! lol 

them olympics!

i don't watch tv anymore and i've never been a fan of opening ceremonies so i was happy to let the paris opening ceremony pass me by. but, as 'controversy'/prejudice emerged about some of the imagery emerged, my interest was piqued, not least because i heard they had gojira playing. gojira! what! so here's elizabeth at charismatic voice enthusing.

as for the show itself, all my french socials seem to be loving it. in the run up the usual suspects weren't happy about aya nakamura but that seems to have passed english speaking commentators by as they immerse themselves in outrage about the last supper imagery. which, of itself, is just tiring but at the same time it's obvious enough to see why they drew this conclusion that the ceremony organisers should've anticipated it. nor, despite the snowflakery about it all, is the reaction of people not on the same wavelength, who seem to have forgotten any concept of heteroglossality when it comes to performance, particularly helpful.

as usual the loudest voices get heard the most in spite, it seems, of the many who took it as just a show and therefore a lark, in the end will i watch it? likely not (i mean the sound quality - come on!) as this post has taken more attention than any tv i'm wanting to watch! lol