Hey: big spender Something in one of Marc’s recent posts concerning the blues caught my eye while I was mulling over what to talk about this week. He was pointing out that the legends of that discipline were usin By Rob Sandall | Friday June 18, 2010 0
New Mac Mini Server – Best entry option for Logic 9 and more? An email was sent round to all the DV247 staff this morning offering the heads up on an all new Apple Mac Mini – first rumoured, then revealed. Shortly after, and over at DV247′s Forum, leading h By Paul Dakeyne | Tuesday June 15, 2010 8
This is just a tribute So, to cut a long story – that mainly involved bickering – short, my girlfriend and I have decided that the world needs another Blondie tribute act. Bear with me, because there is some logic behi By Rob Sandall | Monday June 14, 2010 0
Howlin’ Wolf – 100 Years of the Blues Chester Arthur Burnett, better known as Howlin’ Wolf, was born 100 years ago today. Burnett was born and grew up in Mississippi and got his name from the scary tales his grandfather told him abou By MNJ | Thursday June 10, 2010 0
Out Of Control Sometimes it’s good to be spoiled for choice – sometimes it’s darn right frustrating. I’ve got such a delightful dilemma coming up for my next (current House music) gig in a couple of weeks and t By Paul Dakeyne | Tuesday June 8, 2010 2
What do I want in a bassist? Context. Hello. I’m possibly still reeling after Mr Wooten’s incendiary displays, but at the point in my life when I’m creating a new band (that’s right, creating – I’m pretentious) with whom I’ll largely By Rob Sandall | Saturday June 5, 2010 0
Moments in music journalism A big part of the reason that I find myself sitting in front of this keyboard today is a love affair that I entered into in my late teens with the world of music journalism. While travelling to a By Barney Jameson | Friday June 4, 2010 2
A Bit More History Please I like history. I liked it at school – before it was merged with geography to become something called humanities. I don’t think it’s taught in schools nowadays judging by some of the extraordinar By MNJ | Thursday June 3, 2010 2
The parallel audio worlds On May 17th the world of professional audio lost one of its pioneers when Prof. Dr. Fritz Sennheiser – the founder of Sennheiser Electronic GMBH – passed away, marking the end of one of the most By Barney Jameson | Friday May 28, 2010 0
All music, no energy? Time for a rethink Watching Victor Wooten the other day at his clinic, I found him to be quite the philosopher. The most revelatory point in the evening came when someone asked him which recording session he would By Rob Sandall | Thursday May 27, 2010 0
When are they going to mention the music? The BBC has been running a show during the last few weeks called I’m in a Rock ‘n’ Roll Band. Each program concentrates on the individual musicians – guitarist, vocalist, drummer and an episode d By MNJ | Wednesday May 26, 2010 1
Hard Times Hard drives, storage, safety, data – all words that should be paramount in your world. You’ve got music, audio files, video, images, documents and doubtless an operating system that is so persona By Paul Dakeyne | Tuesday May 25, 2010 0
The independent 80s “The eighties were a void – a wasteland without merit.” Jetplane Landing, Us And The Ringside Stars A lot of people probably agree with the above quote. Indeed, a lot of people believe that t By Barney Jameson | Friday May 21, 2010 1
The 80s… Best forgotten Just when I thought I had managed to erase a whole sorry decade from my astonishingly still active memory banks, some misguided producer at the BBC decides it’s time to dredge up the music from t By MNJ | Thursday May 20, 2010 1
An angrier 80s “The eighties… was b******t. Except for the Smiths.” I agree with Jeff Buckley here for the most part, except for the bit about the Smiths, obviously. It really all was acceptable in the 80s By Rob Sandall | Wednesday May 19, 2010 0