The TransKcription Of Light
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., May 21, 2013
Ever wanted to see what the track The ConstruKction Of Light transcribed with all the parts written out and then put into a midi file? Gabriel Lucas Gitin Riccio did and set about spending time doing just that.

Trey Gunn linked to the video on his Facebook page commenting "King Crimson's "The ConstruKction of Light" fully transcribed (ALL parts) and re-realized via midi. Unfortunate choices for the drum sounds, and I haven't checked all the notes, but my immediate impression is: "Holy crap! This person really put in the work on this one."

He even has all the double-stops in my right hand part. That is not easy to hear from the recording. And, even I had to put in a ton of work to get my hands back into it for each subsequent tour."

You can see the whole thing here.

And The Winner Is...
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., May 21, 2013
Congratulations to Syd Blair of Belfast. He was able to tell me that Tim Bowness's regular musical partner in No-Man is Steven Wilson. For that display of in-depth musical knowledge he wins himself a copy of the latest Henry Fool album, Men Singing. Stay tuned for another splendid giveaway later this week. 

Lost In The Middle
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., May 21, 2013
My thanks to emmapeelfanclub for this article on labels and why they sometimes won't release an artist's music. 

Dyble Discussion
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Sun., May 19, 2013
Judy Dyble, ex Fairport Convention and one-time member of GG&F, has been discussing her collaboration with Alistair Murphy and their work on a new album. Read it here. 

Happy Birthday BB
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Fri., May 17, 2013
Birthday greetings and a bottle of wine to Bill Bruford who is 64 years young this very day.

Meanwhile In The Real World
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Fri., May 17, 2013
Ebay contains an auction for a mixing desk that isn't currently working but which may have been used in the making of Thrak. Buyer collects!

Many Happy Returns!
:: Posted by Happy Birthday Robert Fripp on Thu., May 16, 2013
The very best of birthday wishes to the Old Goat himself pictured here as, in his own words, mutton dressed as lamb...

As you can see the picture is taken by Robert's wife Toyah and today is also their 27th wedding anniversary. Congratulations to both of them.  

Henry Fool Giveaway
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Wed., May 15, 2013
We have a copy of the new album by Henry Fool to give away to one lucky winner.

The Trouble With Experience
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Wed., May 15, 2013
My thanks to djcub00 for the following item. djcub00 writes "Here is a letter Noel Redding wrote to the editor of Guitar Player Magazine detailing his frustrations with the industry back in 1989. It seems like Fripp and company can relate to the sad practices of the music industry, even for the bandmate of the most influential guitarist in popular music.

Universal Streaming With Google
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Wed., May 15, 2013
Google and a couple of the major labels are rumoured to have sealed a deal on providing a music streaming service. More details here.