Two Middle Eastern Worldbeat tracks
Two Middle Eastern Worldbeat tracks
Arabic music meets Western pop in various ways:
Ghubar:
Gibraltar:
Saharan summit
Currently experimenting with cross-pollinating Arabic influenced North African music with Sub Saharan rhythm. Here is one example
Any comments about how and where these two musical traditions merge will be greatly appreciated!
By the way, supporting Ian Shepherd’s Dynamic Range Day initiative, I produced this with not less than 12 dB of dynamic range (applause)…
Jazz and Metal – convergence or collision course?
Interesting article about similarities between jazz and metal. Only a few days ago I listened to Mike Stern and it struck me that some of his riffs would sound quite at home in metal. Are these genres gravitating towards each other or is it just cross pollination? Metal has definitely moved towards the melodic and harmonic complexity of jazz, and for decades rock has been finding its way into jazz, too.
New therapy targets tinnitus
Therapy where tinnitus frequences are filtered out can potentially mitigate tinnitus. Read this brief article from Scientific American:
Observations: Music to the (ringing) ears: New therapy targets tinnitus.
