Music, Audio, and Other Illnesses

    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 12

    What Is a Song?

    Warning: more Beatles content. Of course, they’re many people’s favorite…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 11

    The New Old Way

    We can all remember those moments when everything in our…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 1

    Paul Kantner Is Dead

    He died on Thursday, January 28th. The news hit me…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 13

    The Mystery Of The Making

    I never think about how mysterious the process of contemporary…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 14

    Thoughts On Triage

    (As mentioned in the last issue, David Baerwald’s Triage was…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 15

    The Tuesday Night Music Club

    Sometime during the summer of 1992 I got a call…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 16

    Two Kinds Of Hits

    We have a hit. We’ve been hit. Both are true.…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 17

    The Sound Your Head Makes When It Hits the Table

    Enough about the Sheryl Crow record. Well, no — but…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 18

    In My Dreams

    Sometime in 1995, Bill Bottrell called and wanted me to…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 19

    Fretting About Fretboards

    CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 20

    Leon

    2016 has been a helluva year. You know: the list…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 21

    Waiting for the Black Cadillac

    Who knows what’s behind our taste? A record that I…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 22

    It’s a Lonely World

    I didn’t set out to be a hired gun, but…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 23

    I Was Watching You

    One of the things that happens to musicians as we…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 24

    On Words In Music

    I was trying to figure out when and where I…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 25

    Courtney Hartman and the Mysterious Ghost

    In October, I appeared at a 3-day event called the…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 26

    Steve Reich: Drumming

    When I was 17, I discovered the compositional style called…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 27

    The Restless Mind: At Last, At Rest

    I had begun to write about my early years listening…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 28

    Breaking Glass

    To pick up the story: Shortly after I first heard…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 29

    Terry Riley

    Which Terry Riley? I first heard A Rainbow in Curved…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 30

    Ducks In a Row

    For about six months of my life, around the time…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 31

    The Minimalist Groove of Nik Bärtsch

    I first heard of composer Nik Bärtsch from director Robert…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 32

    Silence Isn’t Silent

    Let me tell you about Bernie Leadon. Bernie came to…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 33

    96,000 People Can’t Be That Wrong

    As I write this, I’m listening to the early Flying…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 34

    It Was 50 Years Ago….

    … a couple days ago. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 35

    Wild About Harry (Pearson)

    Some time ago, I wrote, first for Paul McGowan, and…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 36

    Whistling Down the Wire

    Paul McGowan’s recent column brought something to mind that I’ve been…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 37

    Net Neutrality

    Net Neutrality – the Why, but mostly the Why Not…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 38

    Roon: What’s It Building In There??

    A couple of years ago, along with a DirectStream DAC,…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 39

    The Great Wall

    In the early 70s, the Grateful Dead were the most…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 40

    Meetings With Remarkable Men, Part 1

    Last time out, I wrote a bit about the Grateful…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 41

    Meetings With Remarkable Men, Part 2

    I wasn’t much of a Grateful Dead fan at first.…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 42

    Meetings With Remarkable Men, Part 3

    In the previous two articles, I wrote about encountering Jack…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 44

    Brothers In Arms

    While I’ve been contemplating my next piece, I’ve been thinking…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 45

    Why Doesn’t My System Sound Better?
    (Or: A Neurotic’s Confession)

    By any objective measure, it sounds incredible. But you know…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 46

    The Story of “All I Wanna Do” (as I remember it)

    I was talking to Paul McGowan a week or so…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 47

    What Is a Bass?

    I’ve been contemplating this topic for a little while, although…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 48

    What Is a Bass? Part 2: Jack’s $4,000 Revolution

    Last issue I started writing about what made an electric…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 49

    What Is a Bass? Part 3: Alternative Materials

    In the first two installments, I talked about a bit…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 50

    What Is a Bass? Part 4: Electronic Guitars

    I want to wrap up this attempt to answer the…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 51

    Danny Thompson

    While writing the last few chapters, I talked on occasion…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 52

    In Defense of Taste

    My last piece seems to have raised some eyebrows, though…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 53

    The Big Rock Show

    Some friends of mine have been putting on a big…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 54

    Sandwiches of You

    A couple issues back, discussing the NAMM convention, I mentioned…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 55

    My Helios

    I’ve been asked a couple times about the recording /…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 56

    The Sound of Microphones

    Specifically, Neumann LDCs, or Large Diaphragm Condensers. You know how…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 57

    Mix A vs. Mix B

    In the dark, dim past, on a dark and stormy…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 58

    Why Doesn’t My System Sound Better? Part 2

    About half a year ago, in Copper #45, I wrote…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 59

    Listening, Not Hearing

    A few days ago, I was lying on my couch,…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 60

    Structure Needs a Firm Foundation

    I’ve had a BHK Signature preamp for about a week-and-a-half,…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 61

    RootMasterSound

    By now, it’s no secret that THE Show a few…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 62

    Obsessed With Stereo

    I think about my system too much. I mean, really…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 63

    A Conversation

    Well, conversation might not be the word. I was going…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 65

    Hitting Bottom

    Mark Malboeuf, alias badbeef, asked me to comment on a…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 66

    You Better Think

    Try to imagine. I had discovered music only the previous…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 67

    The Great Wall, Redux

    [Our friend and regular Copper columnist Dan Schwartz is under…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 68

    The Tuesday Night Music Club, Redux

    [Our friend, regular Copper columnist and resident right-handed bass player Dan Schwartz…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 69

    Paul Kantner Is Dead, Redux

    [Following the recent death of Jefferson Airplane lead singer Marty…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 71

    Wild About Harry, Redux

    [Having recently brought up J. Gordon Holt, it seems only…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 72

    On Words In Music, Redux

    I was trying to figure out when and where I…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 73

    Silence Isn’t Silent, Redux

    Let me tell you about Bernie Leadon. Bernie came to…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 76

    Steve Reich: Drumming, Redux

    When I was 17, I discovered the compositional style called…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 74

    Messiah

    On Sunday, December 9th, my family and I went to…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 75

    The Revenge of The White Album

    By now, you know whether The White Album re-issue is…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 77

    96,000 People Can’t Be That Wrong, Redux

    As I write this, I’m listening to the early Flying…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 78

    The Most Remarkable Man, Redux

    I’ve discussed a few of the heavyweight characters I encountered…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 112

    It’s a Lonely World, Redux

    I didn’t set out to be a hired gun, but…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 83

    Mix A vs. Mix B, Redux

    In the dark, dim past, on a dark and stormy…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 80

    Reaching Inside

    Bear with me; I’m going to talk about myself —…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 81

    The Qobuz Diaries

    I spent a week, since the last issue, in the…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 82

    Real Religious Fervor

    Real religious fervor: what do I mean by using that…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 84

    Noir et Blanc

    In 1983, one of my favorite records was released: Zazou/Bikaye/CY1’s …
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 85

    My C-24

    In one of his Paul’s Posts (“Capturing Air”), Paul McGowan…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 86

    Oy! More Bass!

    An ultra-recent debate between Uncle Bill Leebens and myself gives…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 87

    Where I’ve Been, Part 1

    If you’ve been interested (and I’m not saying you ought…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 88

    TONE!

    A recent conversation ‘twixt Uncle Bill and me: Me: This…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 89

    The Sound Of Music, Redux

    There’s something I’ve been thinking about for around 25 years;…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 90

    We All Shine On, Redux

    49 years ago, in the first international worldwide television broadcast,…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 91

    The Mystery of The Making, Redux

    I never think about how mysterious the process of contemporary…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 92

    What Made Woodstock So Different?

    In several years of so very many noteworthy 50th anniversaries,…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 93

    From Wallkill to Bethel

    When last we met, I put forth my guess as…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 94

    The Bass That Phil Lesh Gave Me

    In one’s early life as a musician, one tends to…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 95

    Where I Am, Part 2

    Picking up the story from Issue 87: a lot of…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 96

    The Story of “All I Wanna Do”, Redux

    I was talking to Paul McGowan a week or so…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 97

    My Helios, Redux

    I’ve been asked a couple times about the recording /…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 98

    The Sound of My Stereo and the Quality of Cables

    I’ve written about the sound of my system before –…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 99

    Further Thoughts on System Synergy

    For the past week, I’ve been thinking a bit more…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 100

    The Sound of Microphones, Redux

    Specifically, Neumann LDCs, or large diaphragm condensers. You know how…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 101

    My C-24, Redux

    In one of his Paul’s Posts (“Capturing Air”), Paul McGowan…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 102

    A Journey Through The Absolute Sound

    I discovered high-end audio in 1978. But I always seemed…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 103

    On the Necessity of a Power Plant

    I know there’s a policy of having us writers not…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 104

    Adventures in Audio: AT&T and Me

    Way back in the very early days of the World…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 105

    The Ecstatic Music Of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda

    I can’t remember exactly when I first heard of Alice…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 106

    The Digital Sound of Vinyl

    In a recent video in his “Ask Paul” online video…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 107

    Why Don’t Musicians Use Audiophile Speakers?

    Well, actually, they do – sometimes. I’m writing this in…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 108

    You Don’t Have to be…Redux

    When I was a kid, my parents had a comedy…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 109

    Obsessed with Stereo, Redux

    I think about my system too much. I mean, really…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 110

    In My Dreams, Redux

    Sometime in 1995, Bill Bottrell called and wanted me to…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 111

    Waiting for the Black Cadillac, Redux

    Who knows what’s behind our taste? A record that I…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 113

    The Beautiful Ordinariness of Elbow, Part One

    Throw those windows wide One day like this a year…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 115

    The Ordinary Beauty of Elbow, Part Two

    I had thought that the intervening time between Part One…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 117

    Of Tubes and Men

    I got new tubes! No, really! “Why is he telling…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 123

    Projects, Projects, Projects

    What the hell have I been up to, you wonder?…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 125

    Audio News – Bad and Good

    This time out, I want to share some audio-related news…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 126

    A World Without Keith Jarrett

    “I even have dreams where I am as messed up…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 127

    On the Baron: Tim de Paravicini, in Memoriam

    There was a message for me to call Dan Meinwald…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 128

    My Massive Income From Streaming

    Our Paul McGowan asked me to recount the truly massive…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 136

    On or Off?

    Should you leave your hi-fi gear on or turn it…
    Music, Audio, and Other IllnessesIssue 148

    The Role of Imagination

    Sitting here listening to a Steinway recording – literally, a…
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