Category: Music

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Singing

We wanted to commend this YouTube channel to you, if you are interested in music: https://www.youtube.com/@wingsofpegasus

Fil is a musician and a music teacher.

In the past he has looked at music and singers especially, analysed their styles and voices and tried to say what makes them special.

More recently, he has been looking at examples where technology is being used to ‘pitch correct’ singing, even at live events, and other techniques that you might reckon were cheating (eg miming).

The videos all follow a similar style. It’s not surprising that performers are using technology to make them sound ‘better’ singers. What is surprising is the actual scale of it (and Fil must surely only be coving a tiny percentage) and some of the big and famous names. And some performances have been ‘fixed’ even though the singers are long gone.

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Still Barking

If you are a fan of the Bonzo Dog Band, then you may be interested in the new extensive box set “Still Barking”.

To be honest, if you are a fan then you will probably already know, and will have seen this:

It looks like the cost is approaching £300 at launch.

There are 20 discs, a book and all sorts of other stuff which you may look at occasionally.

If you are a fan, then you will probably have much of this anyway. We certainly have many original vinyl discs. How much is completely new needs to be determined, and demo versions and backing tracks are fine to listen to once but often don’t bear repeated listenings.

We’ve yet to hear a CD version of The Doughnut in Granny’s Greenhouse that is actually a correct reproduction of the original.

We’re not trying to put anyone off, but if you’re buying it, do tell….