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World's Fair (album)
''World's Fair'' is the third album released by Julian Lage as leader. Recorded on a 1939 Martin 000-18 with no overdubbing, it is the first solo album he has recorded. Background Lage said that a large part of the inspiration for this album was the classical guitarist Andrés Segovia, and that it "draw from the sonic fingerprint of early radio recordings mixed with the short form structures of some of my favorite classical and folk music". While he still considers the album to be jazz-oriented, he stated that he stayed away from swing-style music "because I didn't think solo guitar was the format for me to play swing". Overview The first track, "40's", which was the only song given a pre-release, is of a medium tempo and alternates between the keys of F and D. "Peru" opens with some light picking before settling into the actual tune, and "Japan" begins "with an angular, almost discordant sound, but enters into a laid back groove, occasionally interrupted by unsettled harmonie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Echo Mountain Recording
In audio signal processing and acoustics, an echo is a reflection of sound that arrives at the listener with a delay after the direct sound. The delay is directly proportional to the distance of the reflecting surface from the source and the listener. Typical examples are the echo produced by the bottom of a well, by a building, or by the walls of an enclosed room and an empty room. A true echo is a single reflection of the sound source. The word ''echo'' derives from the Greek ἠχώ (''ēchō''), itself from ἦχος (''ēchos''), "sound". Echo in the Greek folk story is a mountain nymph whose ability to speak was cursed, leaving her able only to repeat the last words spoken to her. Some animals use echo for location sensing and navigation, such as cetaceans (dolphins and whales) and bats in a process known as echolocation. Echoes are also the basis of Sonar technology. Acoustic phenomenon Acoustic waves are reflected by walls or other hard surfaces, such as mountains and pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
