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The first two bars I used to play on the electric piano but couldn’t figure out how to make it into a (pop) song. This is more fun.

I know there’s a full R2J2 song I haven’t heard yet, but since we’re marathoning MM I had to figure out at least this part. With capo on the 4th fret it’s easier to work the melody in. x-0-2-2-1-1 C#m x-0-2-2-1-0 (x 2) x-2-3-2-x-0 D#m7-5 x-2-3-2-3-x (x 2) 0-x-3-2-3-x C#m/G# 0-x-2-2-1-x (x 2) x-x-1-2-1-x D#7-9/G [...]

The singer of one of my favorite bands passed away. It is with great sadness we announce that Trish Keenan from Broadcast passed away at 9am this morning in hospital. She died from complications with pneumonia after battling the illness for two weeks in intensive care. Our thoughts go out to James, Martin, her friends [...]

[More nostalgia: Copied from an e-mail I sent Oct 18, 2000.]

[Hey, only 11 years late. Found this rummaging through some old files. With the title "Tour diary – achingly detailed version", you know it's gonna be riveting.]

“Nobody’s Home to Go Home To” was a 1969 B-side for Billie Davis that I have a weakness for. The bass playing is incredible and the song cleverly jumps between three keys, but the strings and backing vocals kind of take over the recording. I noticed this morning that they’re both panned hard right and the [...]

Notation of the first half or so of “Baby Lulu” by Stereolab. [original] Hit the play button at the top left to make it go. Their built-in instruments sound like crap. This is state of the art of sampling in a Flash app apparently.

I’ve been playing more music lately, but also trying to go back and learn the fundamentals of reading/writing music and keyboard playing—I can play chords and pop melodies semi reliably but suck at playing scales with either hand. Yesterday I created a free account at Noteflight, which lets you compose scores online (you have to [...]

[Song on YouTube] All the tabs I could find were crap, so I wrote up a guitar arrangement. The inverted voicings in the choruses made it tough to figure out, but capoing the 2nd fret gets it pretty close. Capo 2nd fret. / = 1/4 note V1) A 3-5-5-4-3-x (2 bars) As logic stands you [...]

“Miss Modular” has an amazing bass line. It’s probably looped on record, but they play it live…and usually faster than the recording. I’m fairly sure it’s capoed at the 7th fret—that’s how I’ve typed it up here. Stereolab “Miss Modular” Capo bass @ 7th fret. spaces/numbers/hyphens = 1/16th notes. / = 1/4 notes. Intro) / [...]

Flipping through the radio I heard “Fire” and thought, “could I get this without guitar?” Of course, the answer is yes. And I like it.