My colleague, Jackie Walduck, was showing students how to create phase music by putting loops out of synch in a DAW. Then I went home from teaching and created a PD patch to play low-pass filtered sawtooth waves, as an example for a different class. I got curious how much …
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As per holiday tradition, I have again produced a Christmas album, although only an EP this year – or a virtual chamber …
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Santa Loves You I was extremely startled to hear the religious content in the second verse of Here Comes Santa Claus. It …
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Sledge Trudge Some songs have hidden dystopian meanings or inner, subtle depth. And some are just dull but still popular. From Kenny …
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The Santopticon (He Sees You) He sees you when you’re sleeping. All of my Christmas songs this year are fundraising for the …
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Funky (The Slow Jam) This uses three different audio sources. In this version, there’s no effort to do beat matching and the …
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Walking in a Winter No Man’s Land Perhaps the strangest part of the lyrics of the original song is when a snow …
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Lettuce, No Yet another deconstruction of a baby boomer favourite. The title was provided by a member of the Mastodon social network, …
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I Saw the Mummy Killing Santa Claus The uplifting choir bits at the very beginning and very end of this 1950s Christmas …
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Der Tannenbaumherumtanz This piece uses the sax solo from another baby boomer favourite Christmas song. The title was provided by a member …
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