I can't believe it...

Digidesign is getting an Oscar for it's Pro Tools system. I'm wondering if they paid for the statue.

First, the app's nothing new. It's been around for over ten years. Second, it's not exactly an ingenious product. It's good at doing the basics in recording and mixing, but it's limited in that you have to use their a)unimaginative or b)overpriced hardware. Digidesign's only really cool product is the Digi 002.

Anyway, winamp has been feeding me with a few cool tunes from the likes of:

The Libertines' Up The Bracket has been out for many months. It's guitar-rock with attitude, like alot of the music I've been turned on to. Listening through their entire album can get tiresome, yet the live-sounding aspect of the record is nice. Still, the music ends up sounding, well... a little repetitive.

Kings of Leon is more to my taste, if only because I can make out the harmonies a bit better. "California Waiting" is a good example of how different they are from th Libs... when Kings of Leon slow down they still sound intense, and they sound like they're sober.

Jet follows with their tight production, nasty guitars and catchy songs.

For a little more fun, there's Franz Ferdinand, with Dart's of Pleasure heading full-speed toward the 80's.

This Digidesign/Academy Award business is starting to feel like a bad omen. I fear for Peter Jackson. posted by lawrence at 01:56 PM