Jeffrey C. Long

I’m currently listening to concerts from the Wakarusa festival. This is something I enjoy doing this time of the year… downloading trade-friendly concerts from music festivals. While it’s not the same as going to the festival, it has a vibe to it that I like, and it exposes me to bands I wouldn’t otherwise listen [...]

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I am wanting to begin sharing some of the art that inspires me. I’m still trying to figure out how to do it… I asked someone yesterday how you describe instrumental music in a blog entry. She didn’t have a clue. I think I’m going to try making a “mix tape” of links to the [...]

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If you dig music and would like to hear something new, I suggest one of the 1994 and before concerts of Phish. I really like their music but have only really heard their later stuff. I just downloaded their Rave at Central Park concert from 1992 and it is fabulous. Way more energy then their [...]

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Some new discoveries in music some of you might be interested. They are all rock, so if your tastes aren’t there, you might enjoy Hober’s webpage and RealAudio stream or the soothing environmental sounds of Naturesong radio that I’ve been listening to when music and silence aren’t on the agenda. I’ll go in order of [...]

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Years and years ago, I bought this drum machine, the TR-909. It was pretty hot at the time but later I replaced it with a higher tech Alesis HR-16. After awhile I came to regret this decision. The TR-909 was a hybrid digital/analog machine and as such it’s drum sounds weren’t quite as photo-realistic as [...]

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Macresponder Automated email responder for when you’re unavailable Ten ways to organize and simplify your life Google Moon On the anniversary of the first manned moon landing on July 20th, 1969, Google releases Google Moon, a map of NASA photos and Google style points showing all the moon landings. Wapipedia A mobile phone site that [...]

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MusicGrid: Video Collaboration in Action Reaching out via voice has changed the world, through landlines, cell phones, and now Skype and cousins. What effects will broadband video have? An article on Canada’s MusicGrid project, explores a real-life case study involving hundreds of geographically-distributed students, teachers, and musicians – all collaborating over broadband video networks: Convergence [...]

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Following are the blogs I read on a regular or semi-regular basis. Please comment sites that you visit, or blogs that are in your news aggregator. Bands Jam Band bittorrents Relix magazine Jam band news source Jam band fan blog BrandYou! (Tom Peters phraseology) (personal business) Seth Godin Author of Unleash the Ideavirus The Occupational [...]

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Last night I had the privilege of attending the concert of the Magic Valley Symphony at the College of Southern Idaho Fine Arts Center. It was a wonderful evening with guest artist Anna Gerrish, pianist, who graduated from Filer, Idaho and went on to get her Masters in Piano performance and pedagogy. One thing I [...]

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I think this is an extremely funny excerpt from the Bob and Ray show, old time radio personalities. Old time radio is part of what entertains me while I’m away from my family. Enjoy. I believe this is in the public domain. If anyone knows otherwise, please let me know and I’ll take it down.

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