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Are you thinking about buying a better pair of headphones so that you will be able to listen to your MP3 player or iPod and get a higher quality of music? Read the rest of this entry »

In the world of digital keyboard instruments, there are various types of keyboards for different applications.The one type that seems to be the most versatile, and often includes characteristics of the others, is the Read the rest of this entry »

I know that I may not be the most up to date guy when it comes to music, but there is something to be said for having a bit of historical music stored in my brain.This may be a bit of a long story, but it’s still relevant, at least for me.Over our school march break, the wife and I decide to take a couple of our daughters on a shopping trip to a big mall about an hours ride from home.To be honest, I wasn’t the most excited person in the car.I mean really, I’m a mid forties father with a few teenager daughters, and shopping a mall is not usually my first choice for the day.And to be honest, the trip was pretty much living up to everyone’s expectations, including my own.But things did pick up briefly.

As soon as we showed up at the Hollister store, I was thrilled to see a front porch beachy kind of store front, with two very comfy wing back chairs sitting empty.Hey, this is my kind of store.Well, it gets better.There between the two chairs, is a table with a big stack of surfing magazines.Hey, I always wanted to learn how to surf, so this is kinda cool.While thumbing through the magazines (mostly filled with ads), I notice some really cool music playing.I have no idea who it is, but it’s upbeat, very catchy, and infused with some rather clever lyrics.Hey, all of a sudden, I’m really liking this shopping thing.

To my surprise, later on during the car ride home, my wife pulls out a new CD.Turns out, she liked the music she was hearing in the store, and asked the clerk which CD was playing, and he promptly sold her a Vampire Weekend CD.As it turned out though, the store was playing music from a number of different artists at the time, and Vampire Weekend just happened to be playing when she spoke to the clerk.Somewhat disappointed, but also somewhat enjoying the CD, I commented how much it sounded like stuff of the Paul Simon Graceland album, which was one of my favorite growing up.I was convinced, it had to be Paul Simon singing, or at the very least, that he was publishing songs under a pseudonym now.After scanning the CD credits, I was quite surprised, to notice no mention of Paul Simon.Hmmm, interesting I though.They must be a cover band or something.  I think they need a new logo as well.  Perhaps something from this free logo design workshop.

Later when back at home on my computer, I decided to visit the Hollister site, to see if they had other CD’s for sale.No CD’s listed, but if you click on the “PlayList” button on their site, it opens up a little radio station playing all the songs from the store.Hey, how cool is that!The one lyric that caught my attention in the store was “If I were you, I’d fall for me”.To my surprise, it turns out the song is by that American Idol kid Jason Castro, and he’s singing the song on a YouTube video at the Texas fair.What’s even funnier, is that the first page of comments are all about how people first heard the song at Hollisters.Hey . . . me too!

Today I looked up these Vampire Weekend guys, and I found a bunch of controversy about how they hate being compared to Paul Simon.They even claimed that in a conversation with Paul, he said they didn’t really sound like him.Personally, I think Mr Simon was just being nice.