Tag: Music

Australia’s national treasure: Paul Kelly [Article]

Guest butler Julia May shares her love for Paul Kelly, one of Australia’s iconic musicians.  Some classics in there – like “They thought I was asleep” and “From Little things big things grow” and a long list of others.

The first thing to know about Paul Kelly — really, the most important thing to know — is what his strength is as a singer and songwriter. It’s this: He articulates the feelings you know but cannot name, conjuring the first, worst, best, most lusty or loneliest love; that person’s smell, the particular flavor of that heartbreak. He also transports you into other bodies, other lives.

Warning (the author’s, not mine, but I concur): A few songs, and Paul Kelly can form part of your life’s soundtrack

Good Vibrations [Article]

Salesforce’s +JP Rangaswami writes eloquently about picking up good vibrations. Articulating the various reasons he listens as a person, he makes his point emphatically:

We’re at a point in time when it’s become possible for us to listen to our customers.

When we listen to our customers, it’s worth thinking about the hows and whys of listening. To serve. To learn. To enjoy. To protect against danger. To spot patterns. To respond as needed.

Marimba ringtone, improvised [Video]

Today’s links are a selection of videos I came across the last week. (the real reason for a lack of reading material: I have been reading Nate Silver’s The Signal & The Noise, and have barely read anything else!)

You’ve heard the iPhone marimba ring many times.. but have you heard it like this? Awesome improvisation by France’s KIZ Musique duo (I should rip this to be my ring tone, me thinks!).

Amanda Palmer at TED [Video]

She’s drawn flak for her Kickstarter project (she raised $1.2m) and for not paying the musicians who volunteered to play at her gigs (in exchange for love, free beer and the like). She gives her music away for free, & still raises enough money to pay for her livelihool. Amanda Palmer shares her astonishing story of trusting her audience in his very recent TED talk. Worth your time.