Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts

2014-01-16

Updated! Google Chrome Finally Adds A Sound Icon For Tabs!

I spy a sound icon

This has been a long wanted feature from many people.

And, as always, Google slowly rolls out new features. So, you may have gotten your already, or will soon be able to see which tab sound is playing in. I found a news article from way back on November 13th, 2013 mentioning this update, where it was in beta.

And, there should be a link to the XKCD comic/article that mentions this feature. That comic was written a long time ago. Hopefully, I can find it again.

~ Danial Goodwin ~



2013-07-11

Idea: Delete All Your Music

(Do you like discovering new things? Or do you feel that you are in a musical rut?)

Well, I love music and have a playlist for every occasion and in just about every genre.

Or so I think...

This next experiment has three steps:
1. The first is "deleting" all your music off your computer. (When I say delete, you can just move them or choose not to access them.) This way you aren't temped as easily to just go back to the old ways.
2. Forget about all of your favorite artists. You are biased, so you can try to limit your biases.
3. Search online for "Random Music" or "Music discovery service". The later is probably better if you feel that you are picky about your music.

Try this out for a week. And I'm sure you'll be pleasantly surprised with the results and the great new artists and music discover services that you find.

~ Simply Advanced ~

ps - In order to keep my biases out of the process, I decided to keep my favorite music discovery services off this post. If you would like to know them, then please feel free to message me and add me on Google Plus. On non-mobile screens, there is a link somewhere on the right side of the page.



2013-06-20

Beer Bottle Flutes

Drill some holes in the side of beer bottles and you have a more versatile musical instrument than just having a static amount of liquid in the bottle. It would be just like playing a flute or recorder.

~ Simply Advanced ~



2013-05-15

Get Your Band Name From Wikipedia

Straight to the point some quick fun. First are the directions to get your band name from Wikipedia, then I will tell my results.

Directions:
1. Click here for a random Wikipedia entry. This will be the name of your band.
2. Go to Random Quotations. The last 4 or 5 words of the very last quote on the page is the title of your first album.
3. Click here to go to Flickr’s “Explore the Last Seven Days” page. The third picture, no matter what, will be your album cover.
4. Now add them all together.

My results:
4. So, look out for my newest release, "Raised Writing to a New Low" by Unusual Heat!

2013-04-19

Music of the Day: Only In America

Only In America by Brooks & Dunn.

Where we dream as big as we want to
We all get a chance
Everybody gets to dance
Only in America




~ Simply Advanced ~



2013-04-16

Music Of The Month: Okay

It's been awhile since I've found an original song that I've really liked and think it's especially great how upbeat it is. I've actually known about this song for over a month now, but the true test of how catchy a song is, is time. The following songs won.

Okay by Marissa Smith

But, I was most entertained by lyrics and rhythm of her song "Like a Queen". It's awesome to hear the physically larger words, like "psychologically", "physiologically", "metaphorically", "comparisonly", "biologically", and "astronomically". And the change up in tempo is fantastic on the ears.

And, the people's choice award as determined by me would have to be "Without Mama" also by Marissa. It may the most relatable, and definitely humorous.

~ Simply Advanced ~



2013-01-19

Music Genre of the Day: 60's Oldies!

The Clovers - Love Potion Number 9

Jimmy Soul - If You Wanna Be Happy

And so many more great 60s. I'm using Jango because they are commercial free. Choose "Decades: 60's" then "Hits from the 60s".s

~ Simply Advanced ~



2013-01-06

Artist of the Day: Johnny Cash and Panic! At The Disco

Yesterday I was listening to Johnny Cash most of the time because a part of the trailer for "Django Unchained" reminded me of him.

Today's music of the morning was Christmas music and by the evening time now, Panic! At the Disco is taking over my speakers.



~ Simply Advanced ~



2012-06-04

Memorize Pi - My Second WP7 App

Three modes. 1000+ digits of pi. Quick learning curve, but hard to master. More hours of fun than any other game you may play.

Learn pi, memorize pi, remember pi, bake pi, master pi. You can do any of these with this app. Become the Pi Master. Impress all your friends by reciting pi [I currently recite up to 133 digits accurately]. Learn to sing pi, and play pi on the piano and guitar [Directions at the bottom of this post].

Only for a limited-time this app will be ad-free!

Many more features and FREE updates coming soon! Including:

  • high scores
  • more challenge modes
  • customizeable settings
  • and more.. so stay tuned


Bonus - For the music part play 31415926535897932384626433832795 slowly, working your way up to 157 [or 314] beats per minute. Let 1=C, 2=D, 3=E, 4=F, 5=G, 6=A, 7=B, 8=hi-C, 9=hi-D

It'll sounds great and I've never forgotten the song since. =]

Click here to see the free app in the Windows Marketplace.



More WP7 apps with different numbers coming soon! Suggestions accepted.
~ Simply Advanced ~