Sunday, October 24, 2010

MusOpen

A new place to find some classical music online! Their website includes the following description:
Musopen (www.musopen.org) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit focused on improving access and exposure to music by creating free resources and educational materials. We provide recordings, sheet music, and textbooks to the public for free, without copyright restrictions. Put simply, our mission is to set music free.
What a great idea.  Follow their blog, then listen to some music, find music to play yourself, and perhaps even donate some of your time to contribute to this innovative project.

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Givers (EP) - Givers

Just heard this song on the radio this morning - Up Up Up by Givers.  They're working on the full length album now, but in the meantime you can groove and dance to this EP.  Its upbeat, it will draw you in, and you will dance, I guarantee it.  You think you like Vampire Weekend?  These guys are better.  Instead of bashing the former, I will just say that its refreshing that poppy and repetitive now has a better representative.  I listened to Up Up Up going on 10 times this morning and the only thing that stopped me from number 11 was my rhapsody player quickly switching to their song Meantime, now I'm hooked on that.  So thank you Givers for my latest obsession.  I'm sure you'll thank them too.  Here's a video that suggests they might even be better live from their performance at SXSW.