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unusual facts about acoustic music


Acoustic music

Acoustic music comprises music that solely or primarily uses instruments which produce sound through entirely acoustic means, as opposed to electric or electronic means.


Alive at the Ladybug House

Alive at the Ladybug House is the second solo, acoustic album from The Slackers' keyboardist/lead singer, Vic Ruggiero.

Archeophone Records

Archeophone Records, LLC, based in Champaign, Illinois, specializes in preserving recordings of the acoustic era of the recording industry by remastering phonograph cylinders and gramophone records from the late 19th and early 20th centuries and releasing them on compact disc.

Básico

The album features a concert recorded in 1993, in which he gave an acoustic treatment to the hits of Viviendo Deprisa and Si Tú Me Miras.

Both Sides Live

Both Sides Live contains 25 tracks recorded live in Philadelphia, with 13 songs being electric songs recorded at the Electric Factory on November 21 & 23, 2007 during the band's traditional Thanksgiving holiday concerts and 12 acoustic songs recorded on February 28 and March 1, 2008 at keyboard player Rob Hyman's Elm Street Studios in front of a small studio audience.

Cloud Number Nine

# "When You're Gone" (Acoustic version) - featuring Melanie C

Danbert Nobacon

Despite being a member of Chumbawamba, the first vinyl release on their own Sky and Trees label was Nobacon's acoustic solo album, a re-recording of his scatological 'eco-concept' work The Unfairy Tale in 1985.

Free Spirit Records

It was established in 2002, primarily as an outlet for the recordings of acoustic blues guitarist and singer, Sonny Black.

Hiawatha Music Festival

The Hiawatha Traditional Music Festival in Marquette, Michigan is held each year during the next-to-last full weekend of July and features traditional, acoustic, American music.

Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam

This included an acoustic version recorded in Europe in 1994, along with a live electric performance on the DVD section of the box-set.

JJ Appleton

Appleton was born in Norwich, Vermont, on April 4, 1976, the son of Georganna Towne and Jon H. Appleton, a composer and professor of electro-acoustic music at Dartmouth College.

La Roux discography

They first collaborated on the acoustic project Automan before opting to switch to a musical style similar to that of Prince and David Bowie, naming their new project La Roux.

Live at Benaroya Hall

The concert—which took place on October 22, 2003 at Benaroya Hall in Seattle, Washington—is acoustic, and was performed and released as a benefit for YouthCare, a non-profit charity in Seattle.

Mis Canciones Favoritas

Mis Canciones Favoritas (En Concierto Acústico) is a 2003 unplugged acoustic performance by Spanish musician Chenoa released as an album and DVD.

Miss 600

Miss 600 are an English acoustic duo from Derby composed of Hannah Garner (vocals) and David Amar (drums, lead guitar, bass guitar).

NWEAMO

New West Electronic Arts & Music Organization (NWEAMO), founded by composer Joseph Waters in Portland, Oregon, U.S. in 1998, is a nonprofit organization based in San Diego, California that produces the annual international festival of electro-acoustic music.

OMG HGB DVD ROTFL

Following the House of Blues performance is a 30-minute unplugged benefit concert for the Deborah Heart and Lung Center, recorded at Chain Reaction in Anaheim, California on January 7, 2005.

Besides containing another acoustic rendition of "Homewrecker", the segment also gives insight on Hellogoodbye's backstage routines, such as blowing up inflatable pool toys and waging Super Soaker wars on Houston Calls.

Ram-Zet

In October 2008 the band took 10 of their songs and re-arranged them for an acoustic concert in their home town of Hamar.

She Je Boshe Ache

In 2005, Arnob produced an acoustic version of the song which was featured in his debut album Chaina Bhabish.

Sol D'Menta

For their third album, Tocando Madera, the group set up their own production company, recording an acoustic album live at the Hard Rock Cafe in San Juan.

The Great Radio Controversy

Many tracks on this album later received acoustic versions on their follow-up album, Five Man Acoustical Jam, a precursor of the Unplugged trend.

The Rough Guide to Acoustic Africa

The Rough Guide To Acoustic Africa is a world music compilation album originally released in 2013 featuring acoustic music spanning Sub-Saharan Africa.

The Thorns

The Thorns are an American acoustic rock band formed in 2002 as a project of Matthew Sweet, Pete Droge, and Shawn Mullins.

Tom Fun Orchestra

The band features an unconventional mix of electric and acoustic instruments, including violin, banjo, accordion, trumpet, double bass, electric guitars and drums, and have elicited comparisons to acts ranging from The Clash, Tom Waits and The Pogues to The Arcade Fire and Broken Social Scene.

Trying to Recall

"Trying to Recall" is an acoustic song written by Swedish schoolteacher Marie Lindberg in May 1998, with song lyrics describing a couple who are about to go apart from each other.

What's Forever For

Filipino Acoustic singer Nyoy Volante covered the song from his 2008 album, Heartstrings.


see also

Butterfly Recordings

Youth, together with Simon Tong, formed the second incarnation to focus on folk and acoustic music.

Charlotte Dipanda

Charlotte Dipanda (born in 1985, Yaoundé, Cameroon) is an Afropop singer from Cameroon, who plays mostly acoustic music.

Eric Siday

Among his other contributions to the use of electro-acoustic music in television were numerous station IDs and commercials, including that of the National Educational Television network (the forerunner to PBS), the 1966 CBS "in color" bumper, the news sounder for the ABC Radio Networks, and the 1965–1976 Screen Gems/Columbia Pictures Television logos.

Feim Ibrahimi

In 1995, his work De Profundis –composed during his residency in Salzburg– was selected for the festival of electro-acoustic music in Bourges, France.

Maggie Sansone

The label features over fifty recordings of Celtic and contemporary acoustic music featuring twelve recording artists that include Al Petteway, Amy White, Bonnie Rideout, Robin Bullock, Karen Ashbrook, Paul Oorts, the City of Washington Pipe Band, Ensemble Galilei, Sue Richards, Hesperus Early Music Ensemble with Tina Chancey and more.

Nicolai Dunger

This steady production of somewhat experimental acoustic music attracted the attention of Americana luminaries Will Oldham and Jonathan Donahue, and a contract with the Dolores Recordings branch of Virgin Records followed.

Roger Chapman

The release of A Song for Me (1970) and Anyway (1970) established Family as a fast and loud rock band also capable of producing the most intense acoustic music, in the British underground music scene, at that time.

Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States

In 1987, the society began giving the SEAMUS Lifetime Achievement Award to acknowledge people who have made significant contributions to electro-acoustic music.

Sono Luminus

Sono Luminus is an American record label located in Boyce, Virginia specializing in ultra-high resolution recordings of acoustic music, focusing primarily on classical music.

Sparkle in Grey

In 2010 Black Fading records (of Disciplinatha's ex Singer Cristiano Santini) releases "Whale Heart, Whale Heart", a completely new attempt in the field of acoustic music, where the band collaborates with the pop/folk singer and post-rock artist Tex La Homa (Matt Shaw).

Wildplum Recordings

Founded in 1996, Wildplum specializes in acoustic music, from singer/songwriters to string bands through chamber orchestras.