Three Guys, Twelve Songs http://www.3guys12songs.com/ The Blog for the Podcast, "Three Guys, Twelve Songs" en Copyright 2010 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:03:40 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Show 46 - Songs and links Queens of the Stone Age - You Think I Ain't Worth A Dollar, But I Feel Like A Millionaire The Dead Weather - Treat Me Like Your Mother Jack White & Alicia Keys - Another Way To Die The Choir of London's Trinity College - Agnus Dei (Samuel Barber's Adagio For Strings).]]> http://www.3guys12songs.com/2009/12/show_46_-_songs_and_links.html http://www.3guys12songs.com/2009/12/show_46_-_songs_and_links.html Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:03:40 -0800 Show 46 is mixing down now, and it's a doozie... You all should be aware of the personal sacrifice I'm making right now. It's 12:45am and the MP3 encode claims to have another 15 minutes to go. Tomorrow is going to be a long day. :-) Show 46 is quite the doozie. It clocked in at 2 hours 45 minutes, 1.7GB in .WAV format, probably close to 160MB in MP3. But it's _REALLY_ good. I got to listen to it while editing it (obviously) and there were several times when I caught myself just listening to the show instead of paying attention to the editing I was working on. I also found out that CuBase has a seemingly arbitrary 135 minute limit on imported audio files. I had to load Jordy's and Owen's recordings into Audacity to chop off the first 2 hours and load it into CuBase in two parts. (Man, my new computer is going to make this a heck of a lot easier to do.) I'll poke Owen and Jordy to post their songs with links to somewhere you can buy them. Thanks for listening. :-) UPDATE: It's 1:15, the episode is uploading, the RSS is updated. Show 46 is officially live. -Mark http://www.3guys12songs.com/2009/12/show_46_is_mixing_down_now_and.html http://www.3guys12songs.com/2009/12/show_46_is_mixing_down_now_and.html Announcements Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:18:55 -0800 Show 46 - Mark's notes sound of needle dragging across a record* Wait a sec, what the hell happened to episode 44? The last episode from 2007 was 43, and we started up again with 45. Where'd 44 go? At some point we talked about doing another episode after our last in 2007, and we started picking and uploading songs for each other, but we never actually got around to recording. So when I was picking my songs for the last show, I saw a Show44 folder on my hard drive and just picked the next one, hence Show45. You can think of it like IPv5... ...if that makes a damn bit of sense to you... *music starts up again* So, here are my songs, and links to where you can buy the albums. "Oath" by Street Sweeper Social Club off their self titled debut album "Bulls On Parade" by Rage Against The Machine off Evil Empire "Set It Off" by Audioslave off their self titled debut album "Laugh/Love/Fuck" by The Coup off Get A Bigger Weapon Due to scheduling, we won't be able to get this show produced and published until Sunday at the earliest, so please be patient.]]> http://www.3guys12songs.com/2009/12/show_46_-_marks_notes.html http://www.3guys12songs.com/2009/12/show_46_-_marks_notes.html Mark Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:22:23 -0800 Recording Episode 046 -- and I've got the first entry! Hell yeah! My tracks for episode 46 are: "Up to No Good" by Rancid; "Cannibal Resource" by Dirty Projectors; "Quintessence" by Mastodon; and "Oh My God" Ida Maria. Great show so far! :) http://www.3guys12songs.com/2009/12/recording_episode_046_--_and_i.html http://www.3guys12songs.com/2009/12/recording_episode_046_--_and_i.html Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:13:22 -0800 Show 45 is LIVE. Holy crap, we're doing this again. :-D Show 45 is live. The blog is a little wonky right now, the links on the right side are gone, so I'll link here. The MP3 for Show 45. Subscribe in iTunes. The RSS feed directly. Enjoy, and please leave comments, what you think about the show. :-D -Mark]]> http://www.3guys12songs.com/2009/11/show_45_is_live_holy_crap_were.html http://www.3guys12songs.com/2009/11/show_45_is_live_holy_crap_were.html Announcements Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:58:26 -0800 Show 45 - Wrap & Links Sad Man Happy Man (A freaking BARGAIN at $5.00!). R.E.M. - Living Well Is The Best Revenge from Accelerate (Deluxe version linked because it's awesome) Green Day - Peacemaker from 21st Century Breakdown Clutch - 50,000 Unstoppable Watts from Strange Cousins From The West Links provided are for MP3 downloads, where I got 'em.]]> http://www.3guys12songs.com/2009/11/show_45_-_wrap_links.html http://www.3guys12songs.com/2009/11/show_45_-_wrap_links.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:54:50 -0800 Show 45 is IN the can! Mark's Show Notes Bobby McFerrin hacking your brain with the Pentatonic Scale. This video is absolutely amazing to watch. It's only 3 minutes long, so check it out. While I'm here, let me do the artists a favor and link to them so you can pick up their music if you liked what you heard on tonight's show. Mark's Songs: ]]> http://www.3guys12songs.com/2009/11/show_45_is_in_the_can_marks_sh.html http://www.3guys12songs.com/2009/11/show_45_is_in_the_can_marks_sh.html Mark Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:11:19 -0800 Show 45 in-progress! IM IN UR PODCAZT, POSTING 2 UR BLOGZ! Okay, I don't know why I did that. But we're doing it. And it's awesome. http://www.3guys12songs.com/2009/11/show_45_in-progress.html http://www.3guys12songs.com/2009/11/show_45_in-progress.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:49:14 -0800 *tap* *tap* *tap* Is this thing on? Been blowing the dust off a few things tonight, getting ready for... ...wait for it... A New Episode! We're planning on recording on Tuesday Nov 10th. Of course, I've just jinxed it by posting about it... ;-) UPDATE: The 10th didn't happen for various reasons, but we rescheduled for this coming Thursday, the 19th. Our songs are picked and uploaded, we've been listening to them, and everyone is making sure their audio system works. We should be good to go! http://www.3guys12songs.com/2009/11/tap_tap_tap_is_this_thing_on.html http://www.3guys12songs.com/2009/11/tap_tap_tap_is_this_thing_on.html Announcements Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:53:52 -0800 David Byrne interview with Thom Yorke. Yes you read that right. No I'm not drunk! this awesome article in Wired which is a conversation between David Byrne and Thom Yorke about "In Rainbows" and the nature of music and the industry... My only complaint is that the article is too short. I could read this for days. There are some really great thoughts in there, some of which we've alluded to in previous 3Guys shows. I love both Byrne and Yorke, so this is mana for me, but anyone interested in alternative music delivery, or digital rights, etc, should check this out.]]> http://www.3guys12songs.com/2007/12/david_byrne_interview_with_tho.html http://www.3guys12songs.com/2007/12/david_byrne_interview_with_tho.html Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:58:32 -0800 Zeppelin on YouTube Good Times, Bad Times (show opener with intro video clip) Part of In My Time of Dying and all of the FIRST EVER live performance of For Your Life - Very good sound quality Kashmir - also good sound A bit of Trampled Underfoot - Sound is muffled Stairway to Fucking Heaven - Sounds beautiful Rock And Roll - Yes, it was a rock standard long before it sold Cadillacs Whole Lotta Love - Video sucks because the camera is so far back, but the sound is amazing. It sounds like 1979 almost Since I've been loving you. Very tinny sound, but worth a listen Some of Nobody's Fault But Mine - muffled sound again, but there's some Plant Harmonica, and the classic riffs are intact The best of a bad lot of Black Dog recordings No Quarter - Sounds pretty freakin' sweet, as Peter Griffin might say An INCREDIBLE rendition of Dazed and Confused. This person was close to the stage Part of Ramble On. Nice! The Song Remains The Same. Quiet, but not bad for all that. Part of Misty Mountain Hop. Okay, I should get back to work. ]]> http://www.3guys12songs.com/2007/12/zeppelin_on_youtube.html http://www.3guys12songs.com/2007/12/zeppelin_on_youtube.html Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:55:34 -0800 Breaking Jordy's Post Streak reunion concert that they performed last night in London as a tribute to Ahmet Ertegun, the man who originally signed them to Atlantic Records in 1968. From the Billboard article: 'There is rampant speculation Zeppelin will play additional shows in the New Year, but so far, the principals are staying mum. "Let's just do the O2 and we'll see what happens from there," Page told Reuters in a recent interview. "I haven't got a crystal ball here and nor have you."' Please please please, for the love of all that's holy, tour. Write a new album. Please, oh please.]]> http://www.3guys12songs.com/2007/12/breaking_jordys_post_streak.html http://www.3guys12songs.com/2007/12/breaking_jordys_post_streak.html Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:28:39 -0800 The (not) Cursed Episode 43 is not up yet (/Obvious) awesome story on Radiohead – and, really, the state of music distribution – these days. It’s on the New York Times’ page, so you may need to register, but you won’t need to pay anymore! What fascinated me most (other than general Radiohead cool stuff) came when the band (and managers) discredited the results that ComScore had reported as fact – the results indicating that the average price paid was $2.26 and that more people took the downloads for free rather than pay anything at all. Radiohead didn’t announce their numbers – as one manager, Chris Hufford, put it, “It’s our linen. We don’t want to wash it in public” – but NYTimes took ComScore’s data and extrapolated a little bit:
Factoring in free downloads, ComScore said the average price per download was $2.26. But it did not specify a total number of downloads, saying only that a “significant percentage” of the 1.2 million people who visited the Radiohead Web site, inrainbows.com, in October downloaded the album. Under a typical recording contract, a band receives royalties of about 15 percent of an album’s wholesale price after expenses are recovered. Without middlemen, and with zero material costs for a download, $2.26 per album would work out to Radiohead’s advantage — not to mention the worldwide publicity.
An interesting point to think about. As I mentioned, the article is absolutely worth reading in its entirety. We're at the beginning of a real shift in both the distribution of music as well as the relationship between musicians and listeners (I'm deliberately not calling them "consumers" or "customers"). Times are interesting!]]> http://www.3guys12songs.com/2007/12/the_not_cursed_episode_43_is_n.html http://www.3guys12songs.com/2007/12/the_not_cursed_episode_43_is_n.html Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:50:10 -0800 The Curse is OVER Episode 43 has been recorded. I hope to have it done before the end of the weekend -- I've got a lot on my plate right now I'm afraid. http://www.3guys12songs.com/2007/12/the_curse_is_over.html http://www.3guys12songs.com/2007/12/the_curse_is_over.html Wed, 05 Dec 2007 10:46:21 -0800 It’s the first week in December and that means more lists!! reported that music rag Harp dropped their top 50 of the year with Okkervil River’s “Stage Names” at the top spot. No complaints there, as that album is so intense it really demands multiple listening sessions just to take in the scope of the thing. Their list hews closer to my tastes a bit, and many in their top 10 would find places in my top 10 as well. The top 50 list from Uncut on the other hand… This list reads to me like the editors were looking at what everyone else was doing and decided to just do the opposite to spite people. LCD Soundsystem checks in at number one – which is the same as Stylus’s early list. But from there they go all over the map: Arctic Monkey’s at the two-spot? I like the Arctic Monkeys, but I can think of a hell of a lot better albums this year. Same goes for Wilco’s “Sky Blue Sky” which sounds like the self-described rehab album it is, certainly not the fifth best album of the year. And I truly loved The Hold Steady’s “Boys and Girls In America” – a fact I mentioned earlier since I found that album from a 2006 best-of list – and that’s exactly it: the album was released October 3, 2006. What part of Best of 2007 did the folks at Uncut miss?? Seriously?! Even for the sake of disagreeing I still love this list time of year. LCD Soundsystem completely missed my radar, and now I’m going to go check it out. Hopefully we’ll have a new podcast for y’all by the end of the week. We’ll see. Wait, did I just invoke the curse? Shit. ]]> http://www.3guys12songs.com/2007/12/its_the_first_week_in_december.html http://www.3guys12songs.com/2007/12/its_the_first_week_in_december.html Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:18:28 -0800