The Vinyl Factory is an independent British music and arts enterprise. Founded in 2001, the enterprise encompasses a record label, vinyl pressing plant, gallery spaces, record shop and music magazine. Here’s an up-close look at how they press records on the world’s most iconic record presses.
Paint On Drums In Super Slow-Mo Is Your Fun Video Of The Day
The Slow Mo Guys’ love to create videos with their paint experiments, and this one involves powder paint and a drum kit. The 2000fps clip really sets it on fire because it showed the drums’ surfaces vibrating multiple times.
Build Your Own Electric Guitar With The Help Of Jack White And Loog Guitars
Playing songs on a traditional guitar can be a daunting task for beginners. Loog Guitars solve this: Because they only have three strings and a narrow neck, it’s super easy to form chords and play songs, even on day one. Loog Guitars come with a free instructional book with songs by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars and more, and a free app with video lessons, a tuner and even a monkey drummer to help you stay on the beat.
For last year’s Record Store Day, Jack White’s Third Man Records and Loog Guitars created this kit for kids and kids at heart. The diminutive 3-string electric guitar kit provides the satisfaction of having built your own instrument before you start playing it. The pickguard is even made from a vinyl record. The rest is just your regular Electric Loog magic – tweaked to convey the signature TMR black-and-yellow awesomeness. You can also get exclusive accessories for your new TMR Electric Loog Guitar: there’s a nifty little backpack, a striped guitar strap made for little ones and a guitar stand.
Just another reason why I’m a HUGE fan of Jack White and Third Man Records. The Third Man Electric Loog is sold exclusively by Third Man Records at their Nashville store and also through their website.
Your GoPro gets tossed on stage during Coachella and THIS happens
You bring your GoPro to Coachella. You catch Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeroes onstage. He asks for you to toss it up, and proceeds to take this awesome footage.
Infographic: Moving to Canada? A Look At America’s Election Exodus
Trump or Clinton.
The prospective of either of these presidential frontrunners emerging victorious in November is too much for many Americans to bear.
A shocking number of U.S. citizens would consider a move to Canada—15 percent if Hillary Clinton is elected and 20 percent if Donald Trump is elected, according to recent polls.
The question remains: How serious are these people? And how hard is it to move to Canada?
Well, check out this inforgraphic below. We Canadians will be waiting for you.
Pilots Taking Younger Brother, Who Has William Syndrome, On His First Flight Will Make Your Day
This pilot took his younger brother, who has William Syndrome, on his first flight. No words may need to be said, the warmth and happiness comes through.
One of the greatest Australian commercials you’ll ever see
These pure waters are special, something goes in there, comes out different. But in a good way. Don’t know why, suppose it’s always been that way. Sure things don’t always turn out the way you expect, but nobody’s complaining. Because this water just… Makes things better. Here is one of the greatest commercials to ever come out of Australia. You might not even know what you’re being sold, until the very end.
Lenny Lipton On The Inspiration Behind The Song ‘Puff the Magic Dragon’
Unwinding on this magical holiday with some stoner anthems? Here’s the story behind one of our favorites: “Puff the Magic Dragon.” Let Puff’s creator, Lenny Lipton, tell you how it went down.
Read Prince’s first interview, in his high school newspaper
What follows is a transcript of Prince’s very first interview. It appeared in his high school newspaper on February 16, 1976, accompanied by a picture of a young afro-clad Prince sitting at a piano.
Nelson Finds It “Hard To Become Known”
“I play with Grand Central Corporation. I’ve been playing with them for two years,” Prince Nelson, senior at Central, said. Prince started playing piano at age seven and guitar when he got out of eighth grade.
Prince was born in Minneapolis. When asked, he said, “I was born here, unfortunately.” Why? “I think it is very hard for a band to make it in this state, even if they’re good. Mainly because there aren’t any big record companies or studios in this state. I really feel that if we would have lived in Los Angeles or New York or some other big city, we would have gotten over by now.”
He likes Central a great deal, because his music teachers let him work on his own. He now is working with Mr. Bickham, a music teacher at Central, but has been working with Mrs. Doepkes.
He plays several instruments, such as guitar, bass, all keyboards, and drums. He also sings sometimes, which he picked up recently. He played saxophone in seventh grade but gave it up. He regrets he did. He quit playing sax when school ended one summer. He never had time to practice sax anymore when he went back to school. He does not play in the school band. Why? “I really don’t have time to make the concerts.”
Prince has a brother that goes to Central whose name is Duane Nelson, who is more athletically enthusiastic. He plays on the basketball team and played on the football team. Duane is also a senior.
Prince plays by ear. “I’ve had about two lessons, but they didn’t help much. I think you’ll always be able to do what your ear tells you, so just think how great you’d be with lessons also,” he said.
“I advise anyone who wants to learn guitar to get a teacher unless they are very musically inclined. One should learn all their scales too. That is very important,” he continued.
Prince would also like to say that his band is in the process of recording an album containing songs they have composed. It should be released during the early part of the summer.
“Eventually I would like to go to college and start lessons again when I’m much older.”