This morning I downloaded Intua’s BeatMaker iPhone app. This is the first and only iPhone app I’ve paid for, and it’s crazy. It has 16 pad sample triggering, sample wave editing, a sequencer, live performance capabilities (live pattern triggering and recording), a few effects, and the ability to import and export audio. I’m so excited about this app: I can finally make beats on the subway on my phone!
Some screenshots I took of the application’s various interface states are below. This is by far the most robust iPhone app I’ve installed, and the interface paradigms are inspired more by Reason and other sequencers than by Apple.
A shipment of my new album came this afternoon, and I’m really psyched with how it turned out. I used Oasis Disc Manufacturing for the duplication and printing, opting for digipak with the plastic trays made from 100% post-consumer materials.
Based on their professionalism, great communication, and quality of the final product I highly recommend Oasis. They were happy to answer any questions throughout the process and they alerted me to any potential problems with the files I provided. I’ll post info on how you can get physical copies, if you’re interested, as soon as possible.
NPR’s Soundcheck had a segment on the music of the democratic campaigns, dubbed the “Soundcheck Smackdown: Clinton vs. Obama.” Of all the aspects of the campaign, I can’t think of a less important issue to focus on besides who’s wearing American flag lapel pins. But the segment was redeemed by a discussion of Obama’s use of Jay-Z’s “99 Problems” track:
As Obama and his wife, Michelle, strolled triumphantly into his victory party in Des Moines, Iowa, on Jan. 3, Jay-Z’s “99 Problems” was blaring. In it, Jay raps, “I got 99 problems, but a bitch ain’t one.”
Some listeners took it as a not-so-sly reference to Hillary. [link]
Honestly, I’m surprised the Obama campaign sunk to that level.
