Wednesday, August 11, 2004

Dan Gillmor's 'We the Media' Book and Weblog We the Media weblog in beta. The weblog that will accompany Dan Gillmor's upcoming book, "We the Media: Grassroots Journalism by the People, for the People" is now up and running in beta mode. [Hypergene MediaBlog] 8:22:56 PM

6 Books Euclid. Euclid in Colour. 'An unusual and attractive edition of Euclid was published in 1847 in England, edited by an otherwise unknown mathematician named Oliver Byrne. It covers the first 6 books of Euclid, which range through most of elementary plane geometry and the theory of proportions. What distinguishes Byrne's edition is that he attempts to present Euclid's proofs in terms of pictures, using as little text - and in particular as few labels - as possible. What makes the book especially striking is his use of colour ... ' [MetaFilter] 7:50:53 PM

Ottmar Liebert @ INJournals Folk : Flamenco - my answer. It normally was shared and performed by the entire community (not by a special class of expert performers), and was transmitted by word of mouth. It seems to me that Folk music is an expression of a group. It makes use of a specific melody and that melody is known to the performer(s) as well as to the audience. The audience might even sing along with the performers. Flamenco is about the rhythm, and about the soloists depth of emotion. Often a melody is hardly recognizable, and certainly the audience would not be able to sing along with the singer. This technique is called melisma (according to the Encyclopedia Britannica melisma stems from the Greek word melizein - to sing, or melos - song.) Melisma simply means a group of notes or tones sung on one single syllable, or a melodic embellishment. Very arabic, very indian (dot, not feather). That's what Flamenco seems to all about, really. In other words it is an individual sport and not a team sport like Folk. Yes, the audience participates, might do palmas, might yell encouragement and offer loud praise, but they are there to have the singer express his or her emotion, which then delivers the group to a shared place. The individual performer as a conduit to the past or the pain of the whole group. I think Sevillanas are Folk music, but a Robin Totten simply writes: The sevillanas are not flamenco Did anybody come close enough to get points? [Ottmar Liebert @ INJournals] 7:47:11 PM

Blogging Conference in Greensboro A blogging conference in Greensboro, North Carolina, August 28. [Scripting News] 7:41:46 PM

Acoustic Music Arizona AcousticMusicAZ.com Acoustic Music Arizona was formed as a division of the Chris Masters Companies, Inc. on June 30, 2003.  Its purpose is to promote acoustic music and Arizona based acoustic musicians.   Robert Zucker, President of Chris Masters Companies, Inc., has had a love of music his whole life.  While still in college he began learning the concert sound trade and has mixed sound for hundreds of acts for audiences as small as 50 and as large a 20,000.  When asked why he decided to start Acoustic Music Arizona he said, "It is because I love music.  There are so many good musicians and they have so much good acoustic music to play".   Acoustic Music Arizona intends to promote acoustic music in the following ways:   1. Through the sale of acoustic music recordings on its website.   2. Present an Acoustic Music Concert Series featuring touring professional acoustic acts and using talented local musicians as opening acts.   3. Help develop acoustic music talent by providing the funding to record and promote professionally produced recordings.  Help arrange distribution for these recordings.  Assist in artist promotion.    4. Acoustic Music Arizona intends to return a portion of its profits to the acoustic music community through donations to the many non-profit organizations that promote acoustic music.   If you have any questions about Acoustic Music Arizona send an e-mail to info@acousticmusicaz.com.   Our mailing address and phone number is:   Acoustic Music Arizona P.O. Box 1554 Queen Creek, Arizona  85242   Phone: 480-888-1692 7:35:22 PM