Jul 08 2008
mystro2b’s daily links 070808
- Pixar Movie WALL-E | EM magazine Featured Interview with Sound Designer Ben Burtt for WALL-E
George Lucas may have conjured up R2-D2 in the film Star Wars, but Ben Burtt gave him a personality. Without the chirps and beeps that made up his voice, the famous droid sidekick would have merely been a silent hunk of metal.
- Led Zeppelin Uncomfortable Lending Music to Rhythm Games | Game | Life from Wired.com
Despite the success of Guitar Hero and Rock Band, you won’t see Led Zeppelin’s iconic tunes pop up in either game any time soon, according to the Wall Street Journal.
- Secrets of Stradivarius Explained | Wired Science from Wired.com
Scientists may finally have discovered the secret of Stradivarius violins.
- Listening Post’s Top 10 Hottest Music Sites | Listening Post from Wired.com
Change is the only constant in the music business, and that goes double for the digital music business. Nonetheless, we’ve assembled a list of the 10 hottest digital music websites in the world.
- TinySong | Type in a song and make a free music link to share music with friends

- Rhapsody To Sell MP3s via Web, iLike, MTV and Yahoo | Listening Post from Wired.com
As of today, you no longer have to use the Rhapsody application to purchase music from the company, and all of the single song downloads in its store are available as unprotected MP3s.
- Electronic Musician’s interview with mastering engineer Bob Katz.
Bob Katz has strong opinions and is adamant in his condemnation of the “loudness race” — the continual increase in average level, and the consequent reduction of dynamic range, that has resulted from the heavy compression of CDs.
- July 2008 Tech Page | EM Tech Page on Tinnitus
Among the maladies to which electronic musicians are especially susceptible, hearing damage caused by prolonged exposure to loud sounds…When you’re young, you normally don’t think about the consequences of cranking the amps to 11,
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