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TEDx Aldeburgh 2010 – Imogen Heap, Thomas Dolby, William Orbit, Tim Exile and more

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I’m so excited I can hardly sit still.

Why ?

Because on Saturday 6th November, in less than a week’s time I’ll be at Snape Maltings in Aldeburgh, attending a music-focused TEDx conference with talks and performances by Imogen Heap, Thomas Dolby, Tim Exile, William Orbit, Martyn Ware and others, on some of my favourite musical subjects:

  • The creative process
  • Music software
  • Hardware tools
  • Techniques
  • Music in the community
  • The future of the music business itself.

And a ticket for the entire day costs only £20 !

By the way, just in case you haven’t come across TED Talks already, check out the video above first – it does a great job of explaining the concept, as well as being essential viewing in it’s own right.

But wait – TEDx ? What does the “x” stand for ? A TEDx conference is the same thing as the main TED conferences, but smaller, local and independently organised. If you think that means it’s in any way a poor relation though, you couldn’t be more wrong – just look at that line-up !

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Foley Room by Amon Tobin – In the studio

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This is an enjoyable short film about the making of Amon Tobin’s excellent Foley Room – a great album which you may already know about. If not, I strongly recommend it.

I talk a lot about classic albums, recording live instruments and ¨real, natural sound¨ on Production Advice, mainly because in this time of virtual instruments and laptop recording studios I think it’s becoming something of a lost art that needs highlighting.

BUT I have always had a passion for electronic and dance music – Jean Michel Jarre’s ‘Oxygene’ was the second tape ever played in my Sanyo personal cassette player (I couldn’t afford a Walkman !) and it would be hard to overstate the importance of Orbital in my music collection – to pick just two examples.

(What was the first tape ever played in my Walkman ? It’s too embarrassing to reveal in public, but ask me on Twitter and I’ll DM you the answer :-p )

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Recording and mixing ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’

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Welcome back my friends, to the show that never ends, We’re so glad you could attend, come inside, come inside…

I know, it’s been ages.

And, the way things are looking at the moment, it’s going to stay slow for a while longer yet…

So, stay tuned to the RSS feed for future updates, including a brief summary of all the goings-on of Dynamic Range Day – but in the meantime – enjoy this video about the recording and mixing of Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’.

I was going to say “please enjoy this video”, but honestly, if there isn’t something to delight or amuse you in here, you’re reading the wrong blog.

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Arena: Brian Eno – Another Green World

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Yes – another Brian Eno post ! But it’s completely worth it. This Arena documentary about possibly my favourite music producer is simply outstanding – partly because it contains plenty of Eno snippets for the enthusiast, but also because it’s beautifully made and put together – fascinating, intelligently chosen visuals and audio accompany the interviews throughout.

It’s also great for me to see Eno in his Suffolk habitat, because that’s where I grew up, too – and seeing the familiar serene, slightly surreal landscapes accompanied by his music and words somehow makes perfect sense in a way that hadn’t registered with me before.

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5 Reasons to be cheerful about audio in 2010

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Happy New Year !

I’m sorry things have been a little quiet so far this year – it’s because there’s all kinds of stuff going on behind the scenes that I’m really looking forward to telling you about… soon : )

Meanwhile, regular readers might like to check out my latest guest post on the RecordProduction.com site:

5 Reasons to be cheerful about audio in 2010

and, while I’m at it, here’s another great post from the same blog by the mysterious “Compressor”:

What Producers Do

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