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You Know You're Right
(mp3, 3.4Mb) - Nirvana

available from

oak.ucc.nau.edu/kgs (incl. lyrics)

Nirvana Underground

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"Great ideas come into the world as quietly as doves. Perhaps then, if we listen attentively we shall hear, among the uproar of empires and nations, the faint fluttering of wings, the gentle stirrings of life and hope. Some will say this hope lies in a nation; others in a man. I believe rather that it is awakened, revived, nourished by millions of solitary individuals whose deeds and works every day negate frontiers and the crudest implications of history. Each and every one, on the foundations of their own suffering and joy builds for all." - Albert Camus

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Django Rheinhardt is Belgian.

A sampling rate of 110kbps in .ogg is equivalent to "CD quality" 128kbps mp3.

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DIY Music Apps

Audio Editors

Syntrillium makers of audio editor Cooledit and editor / sequencer Cooledit Pro.

Audacity win32 port of Linux's basic freeware audio editor and sequencer (for wav and mp3).

Wave Lab sw audio editor.

Sound Forge

Trackers / Sequencers

Maz Sound a site loaded with things to get you started into modules and trackers and more.

Modplug Central dld a full starter's pack with Modplug Tracker. One of the best trackers on the scene.

Brambos.com makers of Hammerhead (freeware acid drum loop generator) and Tuareg (drum machine, phrase maker, synth, all in one). Easy to use, simple and intuitive. Dld Tuareg now! (FAQs @ Brambros and Jon Turner)

Mad Tracker Win32 tracker.

CD Burner Software

Nero

Adaptec

Tools

Sample Calculator freeware app that generates a bpm from a sample length and vice versa (at UCsoft.de)

Free Voice high quality freeware text to speech synth

More Trackers (untested)

Impulse Tracker a great tracker for those who would like to learn the basics in IT tracking Platforms. Popular even though there is only a few trackers that use this platform.

Buzz This is a must download for those of you who want a powerful, flexible and different kind of system. (NB: Read the complete tutorial)

Psycle Recommended by all who would like an more powerful alternative to Buzz.

Noise Trekker 3 dld is on it's site.

Modix Midi sequencer: Direct download from Maz Sound.

Aodix Direct download link from Maz Sound.

Fast Tracker 2.09

Fast Tracker 3 Less stable than FT2. Unfinished Win32 project. No official home page.

AXS Synth interface tracker.

DigiTrakker 3.2 Freeware.

Real Tracker 2.23 Unfinished project. Win32 needs DOS4GW.

Versa Tracker VST plugins, FT2 interface.

Velvet Studio 2.0 Tracker studio. Can assign notes to a digital piano.

Bush Tracker Designed for AWE or SB Live.

Graoumf Tracker 2 beta vers.

Sound FX NT/2000 NT/2000 only.

Delta Music 1.01 full feature enabled freeware.

Moon Fish 1.2 Windows 3 track sequencer by BramBros.

Odin Tracker for C64 1.13 If you have a C64 computer you still have and still works then you might want to try it. It also works with a C64 emulator! It isn't recommended for windows users, cause this program might freak you all out!

CyberTracker for C64 1.01 Another C64 tracker, with a more full detailed web site. Free with DOS interface. Large Impulse tracker interface.

MidiXGTracker 1.2 Win32

Ztracker Impulse Tracker clone, with more features.

H8 Tracker 1.56 Buzz tracker clone.

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Songwriting - an easy way into music theory...
Ever wondered how to cook up your own songs, but weren't sure how to mix the ingredients?

Whether you want to put down a backing track or write the next Wonderwall, it's essential that you know how chords fit together. Normally this involves learning a whole pile of musical theory - but there is an easier way...

COMMONLY USED CHORD COMBINATIONS

KEY Chord

Minor Em D C e.g. "Stairway to Heaven" and "All Along the Watchtower" (in C#m)

Am G F

i.e. Im VII VI

Major C F G e.g. Everything from Blur to Buddy Holly

i.e. I IV V

USEFUL CHORDS

KEY Chord

A minor Am C Dm Em F G

E minor Em G Am Bm C D

G major G Am Bm C D Em

C major C Dm Em F G Am

IN GENERAL

KEY Chord

Minor Im III IVm Vm VI VII

Major I IIm IIIm IV V VIm

- Total Guitar, January 1998.

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"The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far below the musician in that of invisible things."
- Leonardo Da Vinci

"something worth reading"
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