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201 entries under "sound"

Thursday, April 9, 2026

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Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Pingu voice acting

Italian voice actor Carlo Bononi was the voice of all of the characters on Pingu. A trained clown by trade, he used a theater technique called grammelot, which consists of "speaking" in a mix of babbled gibberish noises. He improvised all the voices live and unscripted.

Tuesday, December 23, 2025

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Friday, March 15, 2024

Louis cole: Palmdale Cruisin'

melodic phrasing feels vaguely baroque; harmonies make giant steps; solid groovy beat; bought this right away

Sullivan Fortner: Once I Loved

mixing multiple voices, dense crunchy textures, jazz harmonies with quirky extensions, slight atonality, never heard this kind of playing.

Sullivan Fortner: Sunny Side of the Street

non-ironically making an older style feel current.

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Brad Mehldau: The Greatest Jazz Pianist of Our Generation

[Written chord changes are an expedient way to quickly coordinate playing together, but they lack precision to specify things like voice-leading, even from more popular songs like Blackbird.]

[I like to add a note to so-called 'stock voicings' for crunch.]

[The intellectual aspect of improvising happens as you make sense of music. What happens in real-time while playing is a natural reflexive response based on everything you've learned.]

[Can you tell the same story with just two notes?]


fluid switches between discussion and piano playing

Tagged: music.

Sunday, March 10, 2024