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July 22, 2010

Isn’t music very similar?

One thing that both annoys and amazes me is the limited number of chord combinations in most songs. It’s extremely frequent to hear a musical composition and get that feeling that you heard it before. And we are probably right most of the times.

In the last AC/DC album (…)
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April 16, 2010

The best drummer of all time

As far as drummers go i always looked at Mike Portnoy – from the band DreamTheater – as one of my all time favorites. Only recently (and to my sorrow since he died in 1987) i came across the one who is definitely the greatest drummer of all time. (…)
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February 17, 2010

The quest for a simple music player on mac OSX

I have to say this: looking for a simple music player for OSX is like searching for a needle in the middle of lots of big sticks; it should be easy, except the needle is under the carpet. Nevertheless, between trying out iTunes , Songbird , and a few other options, i have always felt like there should be something, you know, simple and memory efficient. (…)
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April 19, 2009

Prime Cuts, by Mike Portnoy

I recently rediscovered this CD I had hanging around for a while in a box. It’s called Prime Cuts and, in my opinion, is a must for all drums players/lovers. Not only it was released by the great Mike Portnoy (http://www.mikeportnoy.com/) but also, since most of the rest of (…)
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January 15, 2009

RFM online radio on OSX

Oh man, do I love OSX or what? I’ve been trying for ages to get a Portuguese radio stream (RFM) to work on ubuntu (no luck with rhythmbox, or even firefox for that matter). It might be related to the fact that they use an .asx stream (windows stuff, (…)
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