Mid Term audio- Music Intervention

Foster The People, the new band under Sony Music has been popular


http://soundcloud.com/eugenehung/foster-the-people-pumped-up

Foster The People- Pumped Up Kicks Peter, Bjorn & John - Young Folks DJ Eugene Remix by Eugene Hung

Foster The People, the new band under Sony Music has been popular for recently.  Even though the style is a little bit underground, but it is promoted successfully in main stream music market; its song, “Pumped Up Kicks” has been playing many  times on the radio and even in Japan’s McDonald’s. I do like the song, I like the bass line, the whistle and the unique sound of the vocal. Thanks to Youtube, I found another music video, Bjorn & John’s” Young Folks”. Both sound is quite similar, if you check both music videos on the top of this blog. The whistle and the bass sounds similar!! So I started to mash up both songs and remix it. (I do love both songs, no offensive)

Ok, basically, I use software called “Albion Live”, It is very handy. You can record multiple tracks on it, add effects, and compose midi. Through the software, I don’t need a real studio; my studio is my Mac Pro that I can carry everywhere. (I remixed it during the English class) The first problem I met is the Key. Both sounds are similar, but different keys. So I change  Bjorn & John’s” Young Folks”’s key, in order to match “Pumped Up Kicks”. I don’t think I’m good at that, because I change the pitch at the same time… And due to my extremely POOR music theory. I  had to try (change) couple times, until it sounds good.

Lastly, I really appreciate that if you check my music. I am not a real DJ Yujin (Eugene) YET. I only do basic stuff and still have to improve a lot. No matter my music suck or not, I really enjoyed composing the bass, drum, leads, and “copy and paste”. Thank God, technology and Steve jobs… etc  I can finish some music by myself, and it doesn’t cost me a studio fee, but  the utility of my laptop. However, I am really Old school, I STILL LOVE TURNTABLES!!!! (way mor than CDJ)

Yes! I believe that VINYL NEVER DIES!! Even though I use Mac Pro to make music...

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Three blogs that in some way relate to the topic of my post
http://blog.ifyoucanbequiet.info/?p=132
http://ds106.us/2011/07/05/audio-iii-%e2%80%94-ringtone/
http://blog.ilikecaffeine.info/?p=96

Blog assignment#2 popculture and gossip Way to Access Gossip

Where can we get the information? We can actually observe the events directly, or receive a message from somebody.  The channel that sends the message from encoder to decoder is extremely important, when we want to know the news.

Nowadays, we can know the scandals through not only chatting with people, but other networks, such as internet and TV. The following methods are convenient tools for us to receive the messages.

Facebook

It is been the most popular social networking in the world now. Every time I walk in to school’s computer lab, there must be somebody, who is checking Facebook, and Wikipedia is not my first stop before writing essay now, but Facebook.  I believe that it is the top 1 channel for accessing the gossips between you and your friends. People can not only keep in touch on Facebook, but also spy on others. Even if you don’t upload your photos or announcing where you are at, your friends may still tag you on a photo or a place. Moreover, relationship status can be seen on Facebook. My family can know a lot through my Facebook wall. Time difference, distance and money are no longer to be a barrier.


WikiLeak

WikiLeaks, a non-profit organization which posts the classified files, it is a good sign for freedom speech. It is created by Julian Assange and owned by The Sunshine Press in 2006. It’s interesting that it doesn’t have commercial, since it is non profit organization and everybody love to know some scandals.  We can access it through internet for free, when we want to find some scandal of companies, and governments. It releases a lot of unethical events that US government have done.