The New CBC Radio 2: Listeners rebel, broadcaster hangs tough

Nicholas Read, Vancouver Sun September 5th, 2008 VANCOUVER - A CBC spokesman admitted this week that the corporation has received “thousands” of complaints about its decision to change Radio 2 from a mainly classical music format ... , which have relegated classical music to a number of weekend programs and five midday hours on weekdays [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 20:51:50
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Beethoven Virus takes its opening bow

The production press conference for Beethoven Virus was held on September 4, featuring its three main stars: maestro Kim Myung-min, violin prodigy Lee Jia, and trumpeter Jang Geun-seok. In keeping with its classical-music theme ... . I love classical music, so I hope the drama does it justice. Beethoven Virus premieres next Wednesday [more...]

Date: 2008-09-04 19:46:20
Blog: Deconstructing kdramas ...

There is not enough Africa in computers

Brian Eno - artist, composer, inventor, thinker - spoke to Kevin Kelly about the meaning of Africa for music and technology. “Africa is everything that something like classical music isn’t. Classical—perhaps I should say ... . And the fact that orchestras play the same thing over and over bothers me. Classical music is music [more...]

Date: 2008-08-05 19:28:59
Blog: NextNature.net - Nature...

Waiting for and Riding the Bus

Every week, I will spend at least 10 hours on the bus. I'm trying to use my time effectively because I'm feeling overwhelmed with homework ... might stare at me while I practice my vocabulary.Listen to music. I need to load classical music ... to block out the people that do #5 with a little classical music. [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 10:56:00
Blog: Saving for a Home of My...

Haute Music

3247180 It's always interesting to see how classical music is used in popular culture -- for example to inject a certain gravitas to a scene in ... will be talking about a couple of recent instances where classical music has intersected with the fashion industry ... . A picture may be worth a thousand words, but music? Well, as we used to say when we [more...]

Date: 2008-09-06 15:10:09
Blog: CBC Radio 2 Blog - Musi...

Does Heavy Metal and Classical Music Have an Unbreakable Bond?

Perhaps stronger than any other form of music. Think about it. Everyone from Malmsteen (video below) to Dream Theater to death and black metal bands. They all are heavily influenced by classical music. Well, a new study shows how they share ... of heavy metal and classical music really are. Apart from the age differences, they were virtually [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 14:36:34
Blog: Powerline A.D....

SYMPHONY X - V: The New Mythology Suite (2000)

Now that I'm in my own account... there is quite a bit to this review, and if you've listened to this album before, ... music. There is a strong link with classical music, much stronger than almost any prog metal album ... that have influenced their music, especially in a classical sense. The musicianship is wonderfully showy and top [more...]

Date: 2008-07-18 19:11:23
Blog: Progressive Rock Music ...

Folk Alley: From My Friend Chris’s Blog

There was a time, when all I owned was a ‘91 Saturn and a cheap laptop ... to listen to commercial radio. So I spent a great deal of my time listening to NPR (classical music ... in Political Science. And the classical music served as a nice alternative to all the escapist crap [more...]

Date: 2008-09-04 20:31:58
Blog: Muffin Bottoms › [not] ...

The Framework Age

Liz Danzico is talking at An Event Apart San Francisco about frameworks ... . These are interaction frameworks, frameworks that shape how people behave. Back to music. Classical music uses ... played this music together recorded a whole album. Davis wanted to capture something called creative [more...]

Date: 2008-08-19 00:35:51
Blog: Adactio: Jeremy Keith...

NEKTAR - A Tab in the Ocean (1972)

Review Permalink | Submit a review for this album | Buy this album from PA partners [ ... and otherwise massively intellectually stimulating music. There is a strong link with classical music, much ... , and I'm sure other artists that have influenced their music, especially in a classical sense [more...]

Date: 2008-07-18 19:49:04
Blog: Progressive Rock Music ...

The new CBC Radio 2: Dumbed down or daring - Vancouver Sun

Nicholas Read, Vancouver Sun September 3, 2008 VANCOUVER - Earlier this week the Vancouver Sun invited readers to comment on changes made to CBC ... music format to one emphasizing pop, jazz and blues. Classical music is now confined to five hours ... have a deleterious effect on how much classical music is produced in this country, on the level of [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 21:04:41
Blog: About Us | Stand On Gu...

The normblog profile 247: Paul Smith

Paul Smith was born in Detroit. He attended the University of Michigan, and after a failed music career, ... likes is music - especially classic country. Paul blogs about music at Setting The Woods On Fire ... music but I've kept at it for the friends I've made as a result. What would be your main blogging [more...]

Date: 2008-06-13 10:11:53
Blog: Norman...

mm490: Blast from the Past! No. 47 - Classical music, redux

© Kandasamy M | Dreamstime ... for a classical music post.” MUDGE’S Musings We’ll do this a bit differently today. Slate.com has an interesting dialog going on jazz and classical music, and what people listen to. So, go read [more...]

Date: 2008-09-06 02:30:33
Blog: Left-handed Complement...

An Event Apart: The Framework Age

Liz Danzico’s overview of The Framework Age and its implications at An Event Apart San Francisco discussed how unwritten but detectable rules can ... on Kind of Blue. Modal jazz is a framework. It provides a rough set of broad strokes. In classical music ... or contribution in classical music.As designers we’re making the same transition from classical [more...]

Date: 2008-08-19 00:00:00
Blog: LukeW Interface Designs...

am i into heavy metal?

so there was this study done on the personality traits of people that listen to different types of music. found it on the beeb (big surprise there) ... , but they are out going. quite social. amusingly, we share these traits with those who listen to classical music ... , Music tastes link to personality. problem is, they don't have 'industrial' listed as a [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 20:22:38
Blog: Heather's Hair...

EMERSON LAKE AND PALMER - Works Vol. 1 (1977)

What do you do if you are a really tired band that has run out of good ideas? ... . It is evident that the three members were moving in very different directions, Emerson towards classical music ... with no rock instruments whatsoever. It is listenable but not memorable. If you want pure classical music [more...]

Date: 2008-07-23 21:24:28
Blog: Progressive Rock Music ...

Music tastes & your personality

Your tastes in music apparently correlate with your personality type, according to recent research - a study of over 36, ... by the same kinds of people. Rock / heavy metal fans and classical music fans are similar: both are creative, introverted (!) and at ease, though classical music lovers it seems have more self-esteem [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 06:08:27
Blog: A Consuming Experience...

GROUND ZERO - THE MUSICAL

Pop Music is facile, shallow and of no lasting value. Discuss.Sounds like a question in an English exam paper I would have really liked to answer. It’s always seen as the sound-bitey, three minute, three chord wonder, music-lite end of the spectrum.Now I love Classical music as much as I love Pop Music. One's not better than the other [more...]

Date: 2008-09-06 01:20:00
Blog: 42 @ 60...

That’s Freedom, Canadian-Style

Want to know what the re-introduction of the Fairness Doctrine ( ... for a new FM station that would have played traditional Christian music, hymns and classical music ... of support for a soft adult music station aimed at older women. I don’t know the merits of the other [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 14:15:27
Blog: The Reformed Pastor...

Personality and Music… and I try not to climb an artistic high horse

I’m usually quite skeptical of this kind of thing, but Chris Green’s article in the Independent caught my attention ... is that refined lovers of classical music share a high number of personality traits with those who prefer ... a try.” I guess I kind of buy it, but I have to stand up for classical music here and object [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 20:58:00
Blog: oh actually...

I Dunno About This One

I'm not a reflexive basher of Stuff White People Like, but I don't know about this latest entry, "Appearing to Enjoy Classical Music ... at jazz festivals than classical concerts, which skew old. But okay, Philip Glass is the ultimate SWPL ... a white person can have, but he writes music used in smart documentaries. Thus combining multiple white [more...]

Date: 2008-09-04 20:56:48
Blog: Something Old, Nothing ...

You are what you listen to

According to a study conducted by the department of psychology at Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh, the type of music you prefer says a lot about what kind of personality you have.  The Independent ... self-esteem, creative, outgoing and at ease with themselves. Classical: Classical music lovers [more...]

Date: 2008-09-06 00:20:50
Blog: The Gleaners...

SYMPHONY X - V: The New Mythology Suite (2000)

By far my favorite Symphony X album, and it has come to be one of my favorite albums of all time, especially regarding progressive metal ... and otherwise massively intellectually stimulating music. There is a strong link with classical music, much ... , cleaner, and inspired, and is rough when it is quite appropriate for the music. The meter [more...]

Date: 2008-07-18 01:43:32
Blog: Progressive Rock Music ...

Eastern Legends

Today I was introduced to Chinese classical music---the blending of classical, oriental and even sometimes rock has its own delightful mix.. ... punk of Gogol Bordello and the sultry modern look and classical sound of the Medieval Baebes, they're a hybrid. The 13 members of the Chai Found Music Workshop have melded the strings of Shizhu music [more...]

Date: 2008-09-04 20:58:00
Blog: LIFE IN THESE UNITED ST...

Resources - Hobby Ideas You Will Like

by Arcol Mertin What is your favorite past time? Hobby enthusiasts know that spare time is not to be “spent” but savored ... listen to music as a hobby. There is much you can learn about all types of music. You can learn ... sophisticated tastes in jazz or classical music or to collect a wide variety of CD’s. Music is a great time [more...]

Date: 2008-04-02 12:13:48
Blog: Tips Answers Guides...

Muzu TV launches artist-controlled video site

Dublin-based Muzu TV was one of the companies that demo’d at our recent TechCrunch Meetup in Dublin and, to be honest, ... in Dublin, London and New York. It has also been building a library of music related video content (documentaries, TV shows, interviews, tutorials, music videos, and classic music TV shows like The Tube [more...]

Date: 2008-07-15 09:49:39
Blog: TechCrunch UK ...

CBC Radio 2’s new direction appallingly off-key - Times Colonist

Iain Hunter September 3, 2008 The program director for CBC Radio had invited me, and everyone else in Canada, ... ’t stick around long enough to learn what it was I was listening to, but if it was music ... -minded. I tend to listen to classical music a lot, but I can take other kinds of noise in appropriate [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 21:21:09
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David Remnick Profiles the Chinese Pianist Who Will Liberace Up the Olympics

Lang Lang, the Chinese pianist profiled by editor-in-chief David Remnick in this week's New Yorker (sadly not online) ... possible to get rich from classical music; Lang Lang earns as much as $250,000 for a single private ... a classical-music dunce like us want to see him in action, wearing his crazy outfits and playing [more...]

Date: 2008-07-28 21:30:49
Blog: Vulture -- Entertainmen...

Last Night: San Francisco Symphony Opening Gala

San Francisco Symphony's Opening Gala Davies Symphony Hall September 3, 2008 Words and Photos by Jennifer Maerz Better than: ... blog, Stuff White People Like, was "Appearing to Enjoy Classical Music." The essay claimed that "though white people do not actually listen to classical music, they like to believe [more...]

Date: 2008-09-04 08:18:42
Blog: All Shook Down...

And Just To Be Clear, I'm Not Talking About That Town in NFLD, Either.

A RATHER IRASCIBLE friend of the blog passed this along to me this morning, from the Ottawa Citizen ... Christian music, hymns and classical music targeting an older audience. Gatineau resident Fiston Kalambay ... a spot at 99.7 on the dial, with just 77 letters of support for a soft adult music station aimed [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 17:47:00
Blog: Dead Things ON Sticks...

Amon Duul 2 cd's to be reissued - new tour

Experimental music pioneers Amon Duul 2, whose music defined the German progressive rock scene of the 1970's, ... ," explains Renate. "We have classical music and traditional music, so we just experimented ... garde music along side notable peers Can, Faust and Tangerine Dream. Amon Duul 2 quickly [more...]

Date: 2008-09-04 16:13:00
Blog: The Rock Doctor...

Heavy metal fans ‘gentle,’ jazz fans ‘creative’

p2pnet news view Music | Cool Stuff:-“Jazz and classical music fans are creative and have good self-esteem, ... are, “hardworking and shy, whereas rap fans are outgoing,” and, contrary to the stereotype, “heavy metal ... -Watt University in People into Music, the largest study of its kind. Some 36,518 participants [more...]

Date: 2008-09-06 16:29:28
Blog: p2pnet news ...

The New York ‘Times’ Takes a Stand Against French Horns

The culprit.Photo: iStockphoto In a curious piece in today's New York Times "Arts" section, classical-music writer Allan Kozinn defends himself from charges that he is a French-horn hater — ... . It's a totally fun piece that doesn't feel at all like your typical classical-music coverage. What on earth [more...]

Date: 2008-08-13 17:15:20
Blog: Vulture -- Entertainmen...

Classical music site worth a visit!

I'm not sure how to most effectively get this out to any Classical Music 'buffs' on this forum ... so I'll just put it in this new thread and hope you all see it! *NOTE: I'm not selling anything on the site, there are no pop-ups, ads, or any crap at all ! Just great music with some commentary [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 21:25:52
Blog: Allofmp3 Community Foru...

| add to favorites | add to your website | Comments (36) Copy all text in the text box below and paste into your website template or HTML file.. ... picture of a butterfly. Or an elephant. Or a sliced lemon. Coign of Vantage, like Reflexive's Music Catch, gives compelling testimony that video games and classical music make great snuggle-buddies [more...]

Date: 2008-08-14 08:26:24
Blog: Jay is Games - Flash a...

Trancedance 14: subcultures

After dealing with heavy psychological, esotherical and spiritual stuff, ... they are not translatable. all treats are exaggerated!!! Type A: Catholic, likes classical music, enjoys art… Type ... G: plays music, likes poetry, no relationships, meditates, veggie If you combine types [more...]

Date: 2008-09-04 18:32:54
Blog: When hope is lost nothi...

A Little About Myself

Name: Joe Nickname: Jose Height: 5'8'' Weight: OMYGAWD! ... Relationship Status: widowed Fav Music: ‘40s, ‘50s, ‘60s, Jazz, classical, and, although it’s not music, old time radio on XM Education: Economics, most of an MBA Work: I’m retired, I don [more...]

Date: 2008-08-25 18:24:46
Blog: DaniWeb IT Discussion C...

Airplay Cafe: new kid-friendly hangout

Have you heard about Airplay Cafe yet? It's a new spot at 701 E. Burnside that caters to music lovers of all ages ... they love, whether that’s classical music or the blues.” Simon is also an audio engineer and writes ... a comfortable cafe where everyone can come, eat and enjoy music. From their Web site: With a toddler [more...]

Date: 2008-09-04 18:28:19
Blog: ReadySetMom...

Naughtiest thing you’ll ever see on the classical music channel.

I was working with my finance/money program last night and had the “light classical” channel on the digital cable going ... (Bach) at least 100 times on piano as it’s in one of my big classical collection sheet music books [more...]

Date: 2008-08-21 22:39:55
Blog: Rachel Lucas ...

Ludwig von Beethoven and Homeopathy

Ludwig von Beethoven 1770 - 1827 was a patient of homeopath Anton Braunhofer, for whom he wrote Canon in four parts in C Major Doktor, ... composer and pianist. He was a crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western classical music, and remains one of the most respected and influential composers [more...]

Date: 2008-09-06 09:17:50
Blog: Sue Young Homeopathy...

How to Daily Feed a Brain (links for life-long learners)

As we prepare for a new season of learning... (Possible links for our Morning Gathering... ) Links to daily feed a brain, regardless of age.. ... on what has happened on this globe in the last twenty-four hours... filling on music... Just a few moments ... Institute) Everyday Music Appreciation Classics in Concert Everyday History On This Day in [more...]

Date: 2008-09-04 22:57:44
Blog: Holy Experience...

Now You Can Download Your Own Personalized Music Collection Over The Internet

First came the computer which allowed people, mostly computer geeks, ... as there are individuals. All forms of music are available such as Classical, Country and Western, Jazz ... primarily for recording music. Once the MP3s had established their popularity, the musical download [more...]

Date: 2008-09-04 18:53:37
Blog: Best Product Review Onl...

Five Cellists

Five Cellists There are four local cello concerts coming up (one featuring two cellists) this month. A bonanza for cellists and non-cellists alike ... at 3 PM. Posted under Music, classical music, jazz | No Comments » [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 18:31:58
Blog: Notes on the Arts ...

Linkblog: Proof of Musical Stereotypes?

From The Independent: Classical to Rap: Music lovers have much more in common than you would think "Indie: Devotees have low self-esteem and are not very hard-working, kind or generous. However [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 06:40:51
Blog: diesel sweeties: 8-bit ...

Linkblog: Proof of Musical Stereotypes?

From The Independent: Classical to Rap: Music lovers have much more in common than you would think sad indie rock pete “Indie: Devotees have low self-esteem and are not very hard-working, kind [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 15:43:30
Blog: Diesel Sweeties Newsblo...

Looking for friendship

I am 43 year old lady. I have two children ages 16 and 19. I am mechanical designer. I have my degree in Interior Design ... . Like Country Music. Soft rock and Classical Music. Age: 43 City: Pottstown State: Pennsylvania [more...]

Date: 2008-08-07 23:39:35
Blog: Penpals JPG - Free Pen ...

My favourite music

There are different types of Musics. Like Rap, Classical, Folk, Hip-Hop, Big Band etc. Among all those the most I like Hip-Hop music you can Groove yourself...:proud: ................................................. Choden Guaranteed ROI Viral Marketing Social Media [more...]

Date: 2008-09-06 09:04:22
Blog: New Tourist Travel Foru...

MOODY BLUES, THE - Days Of Future Passed (1967)

Review Permalink | Submit a review for this album | Buy this album from PA partners [ ... Driver’s musical vision with this project is merging classical music with many jazz influences, avant-garde touches with elements of minimalism and post-rock. The music is heavily structured [more...]

Date: 2008-07-26 22:56:27
Blog: Progressive Rock Music ...

I feel inspired and at ease with myself…

Sep, 2008 Watch this!   *Note there is some classical music playing in the background ... in Uncategorized ·Tags: classical music, inspiration, video [more...]

Date: 2008-09-06 02:31:56
Blog: The Lozarist...

MIA - Transparencias (1976)

This first album fom MIA isn't as good as i've been told about ... of the record contains a huge piano concerto which evolves between jazz and classical music. This part ... ! by pwawrzyn MIA Music Online: recommended progarchives.com worldwide prog rock stores GEMM [more...]

Date: 2008-08-04 13:37:48
Blog: Progressive Rock Music ...

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