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Art, Music & Multimedia / Gear Manufacturers

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Links to the official web sites of companies who make all the cool gear that we all want in our studios.

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Roland	Roland makes the Sound Canvas sound module and other awesome synths.	0

Art, Music & Multimedia / Music Reference

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Links to electronic music and general music reference materials. Including historical information.

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Rhyming Dictionary and Thesaurus	Excellent reference for lyricists!	0

News & Politics / General Reference

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Reverse Lookup	Helps you find a person or business.	0

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Reason	Libertarian and conservative commentary.	0

Rush Limbaugh	Love him or hate, but you can't ignore Rush.	0

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Studio Jargon

Mode

A simple definition of this complex and diverse term would almost certainly be inaccurate, while a full discussion is beyond the scope of this glossary, but here goes. Essentially a type of scale. If the notes used in a melody all appear in a given modal scale, and if the melody begins or ends on the base note (final) of the modal scale, the melody is said to be in that mode. The modes most commonly referred to can be obtained by playing only (and all of) the white piano notes between certain keys and their octaves thus: Ionian C - C, Dorian D - D, Phrygian E - E, Lydian F - F, Mixolydian G - G, Aeolian A - A. Modes are most commonly encountered in folk and ethnic music. The modern major and minor scales correspond to the ionian and aeolian modes respectively. So it seems that tonal music (most of the music written in the last 300 - 400 years) is based on only two of a number of possible scales, and it is interesting to note that while much European art music has confined itself to a thorough exploration of only these two modes, the rest of the world and European folk musicians have been quietly exploring all the rest and others. In defence of the apparent narrow mindedness of European art musicians, it must be said that the other modes do not easily lend themselves to the systematic and hierarchical structures beloved of them.

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