On music…

I am currently listening to Utada Hikaru’s album titled “Ultra Blue”. The whole reason I bought it is for the song “Passion”, a.k.a. “Sanctuary” (Passion is the Japanese version, whereas Sanctuary is the English version). If you like the music from Kingdom Hearts (“Simple and Clean” is in the first one; skip 45 seconds in if you don’t appreciate the beauty of this opening) I would definitely recommend the rest of Utada’s collection. Disappointingly, it appears that “Simple and Clean” is not available as a download; looks like you’ll need to purchase the $15 imported CD (Amazon link) if you want a legitimate copy.

Speaking of Kingdom Hearts, I found a bunch of Kingdom Hearts sheet music on SquareSound.com. A few of them are in Sibelius format, which is a bit annoying, but I definitely intend to practice up at least a couple of these songs. There are these and many more available; take Google for a spin if you are interested.

Computer Musicianship

To the casual observer, I look like a stereotypical computer geek, and it is true that I do know my way around computers. However, I really am a geek of all trades. I have a multitude of geeky levels, and one such level is music. Nine years of piano lessons and two of choir will do that to you!

Now, music is fun, and computers are fun…what happens when the two are fused is something I could spend a whole lot of time on. There are a lot of music enthusiasts who are computer geeks…hence the plethora of projects out there for working with music on the computer.

Continue reading to see a couple awesome and free music-centric programs available! (more…)

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