Month: November 2022

The Smashing Pumpkins released their 12th album, “ATUM- Act 1” on November 15th, 2022. The album is part one of a three part “rock opera”, and is supposed to be a sequel to both “Machina/ The Machines Of God” and “Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness.” This statement is a surprise, as there was never… Continue reading Listening Party: The Smashing Pumpkins’ “ATUM- Act 1”

The Christmas season is not off to an official start until this iconic song has been played on radiowaves, cell phones, and laptops across the country. Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You” is one of the most popular Christmas songs of the past two decades. In fact, it is the first Recording… Continue reading Listening Party: Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You”

By Abigail Ali Podcasts have become a popular listening form of media in the past few years, and one thing my sister and I often talk about is being able to hear the quality difference between a podcast’s first episode compared to its latest. As podcasters become more serious, learn more about microphones, editing software,… Continue reading Podcasting

In class, we discussed the importance of good-quality headphones. We talked about how it is important that we have good-quality sound so people can hear what we record. We also talked about the impact of sounds and how there is a library of sounds. Like this concept, TikTok is kind of like a library of… Continue reading November Blog Post – Library of Sounds

As the World Cup is set to begin this Sunday, for my blog post this month I wanted to touch on one of the songs that was released as a part of this year’s official soundtrack. For some background information, every World Cup a song is chosen as the official song of the event and… Continue reading Hayya Hayya (Better Together), one of the songs from the 2022 FIFA World Cup Soundtrack

When I was 13 years old my musical life changed forever when I discovered Lana Del Rey. It might sound cheesy but as an angsty sad middle schooler, her music instantly spoke to me. Her music is known for its almost cinematic quality, as every song isn’t just a song but a story. Her contemporary… Continue reading Listening Party: LDR

Everyone has their own preference in what kind of headphones they use daily. The kind of headphones you use plays a factor in how the music sounds. Apple now makes an in-ear AirPod Pro and the over-the-ear AirPod Max. Both are Bluetooth and have similar features, but the sound that is produced varies between the… Continue reading Which AirPods are better?

For the post this month, I would like to share one of my favorite bands, Cigarettes after sex, and they are now on their world tour. Cigarettes After Sex is from Texas, USA and consists of Greg Gonzalez on vocals, Phillip Tubbs on keyboards, Randy Miller on bass and Jacob Tomsky on drums. Greg Gonzalez’s… Continue reading October Post

For this month’s Listening Party, I chose to dive into the topic of J Dilla and his revolutionary use of the Akai MPC3000. Before diving into the audio artifact, it is important to introduce who Dilla is and why his use of his MPC machine is so iconic. J Dilla, born James Dewitt Yancey, was… Continue reading Listening Party: J Dilla and his MPC3000

So this started out as a post about my all-time favorite band, Ghost, but after writing about 200 words gushing about them, I’ve sort of realized that this post isn’t really just about their stage presence, and to just talk about that would kind of be doing them and other bands a bit of a… Continue reading Stage Presence