Select to expand quotekiteboy dave said..
Ian K said..
Hardware, software, knobs or not, if you step into a music store the walls are still lined with $550 guitars. Can you ever see these things ever taking over as the instrument of choice for the don't-give-up-your-day-job musician?
Hmm curly one. A lot depends on what music you like. I'd say there's millions of d-g-u-y-d-j musos playing around with burnt copies of rebirth, ableton, all that stuff. Maybe before the tech existed they'd have bought guitars or bongo drums or whatever?
One harsh way of looking at it would be to say that guitars without any tech added all sound like variations of jack johnson. Nice once a year round the campfire but pretty cliched the rest of the time.
Here's a guy that just makes a guitar make all kinds of noises that please me - but it's all tech creating the sounds, the guitar is essentially just an input device for note data.
Good one Kiteboy. A great example of todays guitar genre using tech. Loved the ending 
Have seen a few of our top session musos live recently (like Rex Goh) who are playing awesome guitar
Select to expand quoteMastbender said..
I never knew what this song was about until I found it on YouTube, I just knew I liked it, now I know what it's about.
Much like Coldplay, kinda catchy, a bit mainstream, but in a reggae sort of way.
you're kidding? I would have thought this is one of the most descriptive songs with the clearast lyrics of what it's about out there.
anyway along the same lines of liking a song a lot more after you've seen the film clip this is my vote.
mark I disagree that there are no new genre's out there. See below . I call it "WTF - there's no way I'm ever letting my kids watch rage"
watch this in horror.
Select to expand quotemyusernam said..Mastbender said..
I never knew what this song was about until I found it on YouTube, I just knew I liked it, now I know what it's about.
Much like Coldplay, kinda catchy, a bit mainstream, but in a reggae sort of way.
you're kidding? I would have thought this is one of the most descriptive songs with the clearast lyrics of what it's about out there.
anyway along the same lines of liking a song a lot more after you've seen the film clip this is my vote.
Nope, not kidding, the only times I heard it before was in my van while driving, and I couldn't make out the lyrics.
But yes, it's easy when you can watch it, and listen to it at home.
Well here's some fairly leftfield stuff I've been enjoying lately. Quite a few were on a site's list of '100 best tunes of last 10 years'.
Note: no pretty girl clips as such. Just intense, dark, music. Tunes that tend to be growers not showers if that makes sense.
This was on a Blawan mix I like, I never knew who it was.
I just happened to be watching this while listening to the 2nd last one - Mosca.. 
I almost forgot to mention, because of a lengthy break away from PC, that my vote for best album of 2014 was
Thievery Corporation's Suadade
Looking forward to a watch when I get home Dan ^^
meanwhilehttps://soundcloud.com/thesmithstreetband/wipe-that-****-eating-grin-off-your-punchable-face
replace stars with s h i t
That was cool Dan, clip told a story with a little twist. Got anything less pop (audio only is cool..)
The last 2 nights on my commute I've been lucky enough to catch virtually the full show of these Island Music series. Blown me away. If you like reggae/roots/dub beyond 'bob's greatest hits' (yawn) then these shows are absolutely amazing, he tells a story 1 line at a time between perfectly selected tunes. Can't recommend highly enough (ha ha). Reminds me of sunday avos playing pool at dub sessions in the valley..
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/islandmusic/
It was the dub episode tonight and he showcased Lee Scratch Perry - Absolute pioneer invented a lot of dub sounds in the 70s, and still moving with the times, remixing his own tunes 40 years later, still pumping out cutting edge dub tunes at 70 + yrs old.
ps evl to my ear this first one is very close to 'true dubstep' ie not brostep..
After listening to your music posted KB Dave, I now know why your face is the way it is
Cassa.. yep it's getting worse lately I've been listening to this 4 hour mix at work from a sunrise in the desert set at burning man festival
soundcloud.com/robot-heart/lee-burridge-robot-heart-burning-man-2013
You need quality speakers/headphones as the bass is big & low when it comes in at 2:10 it makes my face go just like that
Davmen - some quality tunes there
kiterdan - cheers mate you'll go far I reckon ..
Select to expand quotekiteboy dave said..
Here's a guy that just makes a guitar make all kinds of noises that please me - but it's all tech creating the sounds, the guitar is essentially just an input device for note data.
i don't think there's anything special going on there like guitar triggering midi data, but i did really enjoy the guitar work, and him acknowledging his own guitar w*nk efforts at the end
I enjoyed the Jai Paul song
Select to expand quoteDavMen said..
My eldest son hosts "The Band Next Door", a radio programme................
there's not much i can listen to a whole album of these days, but i quite liked the first songs of The Peep Tempel and Sleepmakeswaves
is there really such a thing as new music ?
i dont think we need it with old music like this still around
Select to expand quoteevlPanda said..
I almost forgot to mention, because of a lengthy break away from PC, that my vote for best album of 2014 was
Thievery Corporation's Suadade
These guys have been around for donkey's years now delivering their own instantly recognisable, trip-hop sound that has evolved form album to album, I think a little bit in the wrong direction. You'll probably recognise their song "Lebanese Blonde".
And then suddenly they release this, which is still their sound, but nothing but female vocals and bossa nova. WTF? And it's just awesome. Best sudden direction change for a band I've ever heard, even though it's their core sound that's been hiding under layers of cool all these years.
This album is completely approachable by anyone and is appropriate to almost anytime of the day or event. Going for a sail? Perfect. Dinner party? Cool. Grandma coming over for lunch. Perfect. Breakfast? Perfect. Late at night? Yep. Driving? Yep.
Everybody will like it. I love it.
Panda,
They're channelling a little bit of 'Girl from Ipanema' beats and a bit of Grace jones - really like this. Thanks.
Select to expand quotesausage said..evlPanda said..
I almost forgot to mention, because of a lengthy break away from PC, that my vote for best album of 2014 was
Thievery Corporation's Suadade
These guys have been around for donkey's years now delivering their own instantly recognisable, trip-hop sound that has evolved form album to album, I think a little bit in the wrong direction. You'll probably recognise their song "Lebanese Blonde".
And then suddenly they release this, which is still their sound, but nothing but female vocals and bossa nova. WTF? And it's just awesome. Best sudden direction change for a band I've ever heard, even though it's their core sound that's been hiding under layers of cool all these years.
This album is completely approachable by anyone and is appropriate to almost anytime of the day or event. Going for a sail? Perfect. Dinner party? Cool. Grandma coming over for lunch. Perfect. Breakfast? Perfect. Late at night? Yep. Driving? Yep.
Everybody will like it. I love it.
Panda,
They're channelling a little bit of 'Girl from Ipanema' beats and a bit of Grace jones - really like this. Thanks.
Totally agree , loved it
