Category: Music & Audio

In our “Music & Audio” category, we take a deep dive into the fascinating world of sound. From the basics of **music theory** to portraits of inspiring **musicians** and the latest trends and techniques in **Hi-Res Audio** – you’ll find everything your audiophile heart desires here. Find out more about the history of music, the development of sound technologies and how you can optimize your listening experience.

  • Musicians at work part 2

    Greyson Nekrutman hears “Sleep Token” for the first time

    On the YouTube channel of Drumeo there is a quite interesting series where drummers listen to a song without the drum track that they don’t know. They then have to play their own drum interpretation of this song.

    I have selected the session with Greyson Nekrutman from many videos worth watching. Because here you can get an idea of how such a thoroughbred musician from the top league approaches his “work”. Greyson is a jazz drummer who has pretty much every trick in the book, if you’re interested check out his Buddy Rich techniques in the video“Caravan“. Anyway, the good Greyson is given a hardcore death metal song to play here, extremely challenging, and he masters the task to a tee. And he does this dressed in tweed trousers. That deserves my highest respect! Chapeu, Greyson!

  • Musicians at work – Part 1

    Chad Smith plays “Break My Heart” by Dua Lipa

    Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith contributed the drum track for Dua Lipa’s “Break My Heart”. At the beginning of the YouTube video, he says that he visited his friend Andrew Watt, the producer of Dua Lipa. He said they were just talking about how this song needed a live drum track! And Chad said: Let’s go!

    In music production, drums are mostly programmed. It costs nothing and you don’t have to set up and adjust microphones and select several recordings, cut them and then ultimately quantize them back into the clock grid through the computer.

    But Dua Lipa and Andrew Watt probably know that a real musician on a real drum kit is a different kettle of fish! And when Chad Smith from the Red Hot Chili Peppers comes to visit…

    I find it interesting that Chad is fooling around and singing and making jokes here, but you also see something else. Right from the introduction of the track, he’s waving his arms around, implying that he’s playing a “4 on the floor” – that is, banging the kick drum on every quarter of the beat, which is considered the easiest exercise. But listen carefully: you can set your watch by this kick drum. And furthermore, every drum note sits and thunders in an absolutely perfect manner. You can also see this in Chad’s highly concentrated facial expression. He may be underchallenged, but he gives his all. It’s a real pleasure for me to watch.

    Have fun!

  • Why today’s music is so BORING. The decline of musical innovation – Rick Beato

    In his video, Rick Beato names and explains the theoretical reasons why today’s music is so boring.

  • Dredg – Catch Without Arms

    Dredg – Catch Without Arms

    Latest addition: The epic Dredg album “Catch Without Arms” !


    It’s the most expensive record I’ve ever bought – and worth every penny. The acquisition of this gem was made possible by the wonderful platform discogs.com and a clever, tasteful collector in the States (Good catch, CB!!), who bought the record at the time and has now sold it. Mother Earth says thank you!

    Catch without arms, the third album from Californian band Dredg, is described as “a change to a simpler and more straightforward style of music for the band”. I think it’s a highly complex, virtuosically played record; great melodies, beautiful harmonies, a very interesting approach to guitar work (like: yes, that was actually the guitar solo?!).