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Press Pause Play.

David Chua — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 01:32:31 +0000

Whether you’re a budding electronic musician or a person curious about how technology is going to shape the new digital landscape, you need to check this documentary out. Very interesting thoughts about today’s cultural shift from the professional industry to the pro-sumer one as well as the impact of democratization and the industry of ‘Free’.

So how do you watch it? Just download it. For free at their website:

PressPausePlay Website

D&BTV @ HOME CLUB Singapore

David Chua — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 00:29:02 +0000

Drum&BassTV did an interview with local DJs spinning @ HOME Club on the Drum and Bass scene. So if this is your thing (which is also kinda mind), enjoy

Wilco’s “I Am Trying To Break Your Heart” Soul/60s cover

David Chua — Mon, 10 May 2010 13:58:55 +0000

For all you Wilco fans out there, you HAVE to listen to this awesome cover of “I am trying to break your heart” from their 2001 album Yankee Foxtrot Hotel.

I thought the cinematography of the video was excellent and the re-arrangement of the track to fit into the soul/60s feel was really well done. I love discovering amazing and creative genre-jumping covers like this.

“I Am Trying To Break Your Heart” [Wilco] by JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound

For comparison – Here’s the original:

What’s your favorite rock cover?

Yo La Tengo – I Heard You Looking -1993

David Chua — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:05:48 +0000

Probably the best instrumental rock track ever.

Introducing Flica – Malaysian Electricoacoustic band

David Chua — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:08:26 +0000

Today’s featured band, Flica, comes from KL, Malaysia.

Flica aka Eu Seng Seto is an unassuming KL-based electro-acoustic outfit. At first glance, this shy and introverted character doesn’t strike as the passionate-type. But a closer look reveals his depths of emotion, much like his music. The 26 year old artist began his musical odyssey in 2005 with his first electronica project as duo Muxu, with former Citizens of Ice-Cream guitarist, Huat Liang. Soon, Flica realised the need to explore his own style and in early 2007, he began solely crafting his music in the solitude of his bedroom.

If you like our very own Aspidistra Fly, you’ll love this mix of ambient sounds fusioned together with the serene sounds of organic electromusic.

Top recording engineers explain why music sounds awful

David Chua — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:57:59 +0000

via CNet Shes All That hd

Every wondered why its hard to get good quality recording? Perhaps we’re concentrating too much on technology than the actual music.

It seems like the main problem comes from record company pressure to make perfect recordings. Vocalists’ off-pitch and out-of-time singing is tweaked with Auto-Tune; music-making is largely technology-based. That is, technology has replaced musical talent, and singers like Britney Spears were cited many times as to where it’s all headed. Not so musically talented, her music has to be patched together in the studio. There’s not a lot of there there.

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