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Amazing Video of a Song Composed Entirely of 37 Cello Parts [digg]

This is a pretty amazing video of Ethan Winer playing 37 separate cello parts to create one song. He even plays the percussion parts on his cello. It was recorded on 23 tracks using 37 plug-in effects. He spent hundreds of hours on this project so its worth a listen.

El enlace está como caído pero sin el como, así que aquí tenéis otra posibilidad para bajarlo.

Aunque todavía es pronto, Deftones [wiki] y Tool [wiki] han confirmado su presencia en el Festimad 06.

Por el momento yo confirmo que NO estaré.

Sacado de Boing Boing:

Xeni on ABC World News Tonight: billionth iTunes download

I’ll be a guest on ABC World News Tonight this evening for a segment on the significance of a milestone for Apple’s iTunes Music Store: the one billionth song was purchased and downloaded today. Will the success of iTMS and Apple’s iPod foster a more competitive digital music marketplace, with more choice for music fans? Or should consumers brace themselves for a future in which music and movies are locked up in proprietary, non-interoperable systems that limit our freedom to enjoy tunes we’ve legally obtained? Link to ABC World News homepage, here’s a related news synopsis on the ABC.com site. Here’s a press release from Apple about the billionth download (a Coldplay song, btw).
Image: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images.

Reader comment: Jason Schultz says,

Worth noting also that it’s taken Apple about three years to sell a billion songs, which is a drop in the bucket compared to CD sales and especially compared to P2P traffic, even today. So while this is nice for Apple, it’s still not showing signs of replacing the existing music distribution mechanisms.

posted by Xeni Jardin at 03:44:25 PM permalink | Other blogs’ comments

Las guitarras de Dean para este año: Dean Guitars – NEW for 2006

Mis favoritas siguen siendo las Razorback:

Un par de curiosidades:

Todavía no me he comprado el “Ten Years In Hell” de Annihilator [wiki], y ya estoy esperando a los dos siguientes títulos para adquirir.

Uno de Amon Amarth [wiki]

AMON AMARTH: ‘Wrath Of The Norsemen’ DVD Details Revealed

Metal Blade Records has released the details of the upcoming AMON AMARTH DVD, “Wrath of the Norsemen”, due in Europe on April 24 (April 21 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland).

The three-disc set will be released in a deluxe 10-page digipack with special gold-laminated slipcase. The main body of the DVD is the Cologne show from last year ? filmed with 11 cameras, this was the longest show AMON AMARTH have ever played (23 songs!). Bonus footage includes interviews, behind-the-scenes of the DVD recording and other stuff filmed around the Cologne show. Discs 2 and 3 feature professionally filmed shows from Summer Breeze 2005, the Metal Blade Rrroooaaarrr 2005 (a show with a really unusual setlist!), Wacken Open Air 2004 and the release show for “Fate of Norns” in Ludwigsburg (Germany) in 2004.

“Wrath of the Norsemen” track listing:

Disc 1:

Live in Cologne (Germany) ? August 16, 2005:
1. Intro
2. An Ancient Sign of Coming Storm
3. Pursuit Of Vikings
4. Ride For Vengeance
5. Masters Of War
6. The Last With Pagan Blood
7. Once Sealed In Blood
8. Bastards Of A Lying Breed
9. Fate Of Norns
10. 1000 Years Of Oppression
11. Vs. The World
12. North Sea Storm
13. Releasing Surtur?s Fire
14. Annihilation Of Hammerfest
15. Friends Of The Suncross
16. Bloodshed
17. Amon Amarth
18. For the Stabwounds In Our Backs
19. Where Silent Gods Stand Guard
20. Bleed For Ancient Gods
21. Victorious March
22. Death In Fire

+ backstage & other footage!

Disc 2:

Live at Summer Breeze festival ? August 18, 2005
1. Intro
2. An Ancient Sign Of Coming Storm
3. Pursuit of Vikings
4. Masters of War
5. Fate of Norns
6. 1000 Years Of Oppression
7. Vs the World
8. For the Stabwounds In Our Backs
9. Victorious March
10. Death In Fire

Live at the Metal Blade RRROOOAAARRR ? October 2, 2005

11. Sorrow Throughout The Nine Worlds
12. Dragons Flight Across The Waves
13. God His Son And Holy Whore
14. The Sound Of Eight Hooves
15. Thor Arise
16. Fall Through Ginnungagap
17. Burning Creation
18. And Soon The World Will Cease To Be
19. Valkyries Ride
20. Pursuit Of Vikings
21. Beheading Of A King
22. Revenge Of The Zombie (SIX FEET UNDER Cover)
23. Death In Fire

Disc 3:

Live at the Wacken Open Air 2004

Track listing to be announced

Live in Ludwigsburg (Germany) 2004 ? record release show for “Fate of Norns”

1. For The Stabwounds In Our Backs
2. Vs. The World
3. Masters Of War
4. North Sea Storm
5. Thousand Years of Oppression
6. Bloodshed
7. The Last With Pagan Blood
8. An Ancient Sign Of Coming Storm
9. Pursuit Of Vikings
10. Fate of Norns
11. Once Sealed In Blood
12. Death In Fire
13. The Sound Of Eight Hooves
14. Bleed For Ancient Gods
15. Where Silent Gods Stand Guard
16. Victorious March

El otro de Arch Enemy [wiki]

ARCH ENEMY: ‘Live Apocalypse’ DVD Nearing Completion, New Video In The Works

ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott has posted the following message on the group’s official web site:

“OK, so what’s happened ’round here? Well, we’ve actually been keeping busy and focused during our time home since the holidays. A lot of effort has gone into working on the first-ever ARCH ENEMY DVD, ‘Live Apocalypse’, which is now very near completion. The DVD is shaping up to be an ultra-cool two-disc affair and I honestly couldn’t be happier with it. The main show is from the Forum in London, U.K (December 2004) and we also have footage from Manchester, U.K in December 2005 (there’ll be three songs included from that). It goes without saying that there’s tons of extras/special features ? as there should be! The artwork was done by Niklas Sundin of Cabin Fever Media.

“Paul Smith ? who’s been editing all the concert footage ? has done a superb job, it looks stunning. I spent a couple of days in London recently at his studio and that was a blast?had a lot of fun annoying him!

“Andy Sneap‘s audio mix (5.1 and stereo) is HEAVY?it almost blew my speakers out. Andy really captured the live feel and power of the show, it’s like you are right there in the audience! Brilliant.

“Rickard Bengtsson did a killer job on the stereo mixes from Manchester too…it all sounds mint!

“This DVD crushes some of my fave metal DVDs in my collection ? and I have a sick collection?

“Once again, I am happy that we work with the best ? they make us look and sound great!

“There will soon be more detailed information (including release dates!) on the ‘Live Apocalypse’ DVD here. Also some cool trailers?so stay tuned.

“However, there’s a lot of life left in our current album ‘Doomsday Machine’ ? the sales are healthy and so is the band! We ended last year very tired but happy. Now the batteries are recharged, we are raring to get out there again. We will be touring a lot more this year?

“We are shooting a new video in about a week with Gothenburg director Roger Johansson (THE HAUNTED, DARK TRANQUILLITY, HAMMERFALL, etc). It’s for the song ‘My Apocalypse’. That should be another fun day?we’ll let you know how that all goes?

“Oh yeah ? I was voted number 1 guitar player by the readers of the Greek Metal Hammer. Thank you so much for that! ARCH ENEMY really needs to play Greece on the ‘Doomsday’ tour! Also, myself and Fredrik Åkesson (my new partner in six-string torture) are the poster boys in the current issue of the Japanese Burrn! magazine. Something for the girls, ha-ha-ha.

“Seriously though, lots more things happening here ? as you’ll soon find out. We are super-close to confirming a bunch of exciting developments. More touring and festivals announced in a few days!”

Y de la buena (a colación de lo señalado por Chema): Wikipedia:Sound/list.

La edición de enero de 2006 de Guitar World incluyó un video con Kirk Hammet, mostrando su forma de tocar algunos de los ya archi-famosos riffs del disco “Master Of Puppets“. Ahora está disponible a través de YouTube:

Directo de la página web de Metallica:

METALLICA STUDIO UPDATE
2/16/2006

We just wanted to let our friends know that we have been jamming, writing, just plain messing around and having fun in the studio for the last few weeks.

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Oh, and by the way, this up and coming producer guy named Rick something-or other, has been coming by the studio every now and again to listen to some of our new stuff and throw his two/three cents in.

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Since this Rick dude is new to all of this, we thought it would be a nice gesture to help break him into the music business by asking him to produce our next record. We’re very happy he said yes! In other words, we are psyched to share with you that Rick Rubin is producing the next Metallica album! FUCK YEAH!

Rick Rubin trabajando con Metallica, en lugar de Bob Rock… todavía hay alguna esperanza.