2014年12月17日 星期三

☆ 2014十張最愛爵士年度佳片



2014 Best Jazz Albums

1. Arve Henriksen: The Nature of Connections (Rune Grammofon)
2. Neneh Cherry - Blank Project
3. Matthew Shipp - I've Been to Many Places
4. Trio 3 & Vijay Iyer: Wiring (Intakt Records)
5. Fire! Orchestra – Enter (Rune Grammofon)
6. Norma Winstone/Klaus Gesing/Glauco Venier - Dance Without Answer (ECM)
7. Ambrose Akinmusire: The Imagined Savior Is Far Easier To Paint (Blue Note Records)
8. Jamie Cullum - Interlude (Island Records)
9. Kenny Barron & Dave Holland - The Art of Conversation (Impulse)
10. The Bad Plus - The Rite of Spring (Okeh) 



2014年12月16日 星期二

☆ 前五十張西洋搖滾年度佳片

前五十張西洋搖滾年度佳片:
Top 50 Best Albums of 2014


1. The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream (Secretly Canadian)
2. St. Vincent - St. Vincent (Loma Vista/Republic)
3. Caribou - Our Love (Merge/City Slang)
4. Flying Lotus - You're Dead (Warp)
5. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (Mass Appeal)
6. FKA Twigs - LP1 (Young Turks)
7. Aphex Twin - SYRO (Warp)
8. Sharon Van Etten - Are We There (Jagjaguwar)
9. Spoon - They Want My Soul (Loma Vista)
10. Future Islands - Singles (4AD)
11. Perfume Genius - Too Bright (Matador)
12. Sun Kil Moon - Benji (Caldo Verde)
13. Swans - To Be Kind (Mute/Young God)
14. Mac DeMarco - Salad Days (Captured Tracks)
15. Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness (Jagjaguwar)
16. Todd Terje - It's Album Time (Olsen Records)
17. Beck - Morning Phase
18. East India Youth - Total Strife Forever
19. Jack White - Lazaretto
20. Wild Beasts - Present Tense


21. Alvvays - Alvvays (Transgressive / Polyvinyl)
22. Jenny Lewis - The Voyager (Warner Bros.)
23. Shabazz Palaces - Lese Majesty (Sub Pop)
24. Real Estate - Atlas (Domino)
25. Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots
26. Grouper – Ruins
27. Freddie Gibbs and Madlib - Piñata (Madlib Invazion)
28. Ex Hex – Rips
29. First Aid Kit - Stay Gold
30. Leonard Cohen - Popular Problems
31. Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues (Total Treble)
32. Lykke Li - I Never Learn
33. Cloud Nothings - Here And Nowhere Else (Carpark/Mom + Pop)
34. Temples - Sun Structures
35. Scott Walker + Sunn O))) – Soused
36. Young Fathers – Dead
37. Damien Rice - My Favourite Faded Fantasy
38. Andy Stott - Faith in Strangers (Modern Love)
39. The Bug - Angels & Devils
40. Interpol - El Pintor (Matador)
41. Ought - More Than Any Other Day (Constellation)
42. Sleaford Mods - Divide and Exit
43. Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds In Country Music (High Top Mountain)
44. Ariel Pink - pom pom (4AD)
45. Ben Frost - A U R O R A (Bedroom Community & Mute)
46. tUnE-yArDs - Nikki Nack (4AD)
47. Arca - Xen (Mute)
48. Clark – Clark
49. Pere Ubu - Carnival of Souls
50. Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence (Polydor/Interscope)


前二十張年度非主流華語年度專輯:

1. 黃連煜 - 山歌一條路
2. 2HRs - 類星體 Quasar
3. 王榆鈞與時間樂隊 - 頹圮花園
4. 槍擊潑辣 - HUOZHONG
5. 徐崇育(Vincent Hsu) - Homeland
6. 草莓救星 - 德古拉城市
7. 王若琳 - 午夜劇院 Midnight Cinema
8. 陳建年 - 餘生:賽德克‧巴萊 電影原聲帶
9. 929 - 3


10. 謝明彥 – Firry Path
11. 陳惠婷 - 21
12. 記號士樂隊 - 為時間做過的註解
13. 回聲樂團 - 獻給生命中的純粹
14. 舒米恩(Suming) - 「海洋森林」概念專輯
15. 頑童MJ116 - Fresh Game
16. 銀巴士 -
17. 柳葉魚 - Home
18. 大支(Dwagie) - 不聽 Refuse to Listen
19. 皇后皮箱 - 超時空歌女的快活
20. 吳志寧 - 吳晟詩歌2:野餐


2014年度專輯與音樂趨勢回顧

前言


大約在2004年開始,自己都會在年終時整理該年度的個人聆聽榜單出來供一些朋友參考,當時是憑著一股興趣希望這些好音樂能夠讓更多人可以聽到,可以推廣,所以就這樣連續在自己的blog作了好幾年。然而後來自己發生一些事情,也因工作的關係,在2100年停滯了下來,同時,自己當時也對整理榜單這件事產生倦怠感,感覺作這件事似乎了無新意,更不知道作這樣的事情到底能有多少成效,會有多少人看,於是乎,從2011-2013這三年,自己就沒再整理年度榜單,所有對外的活動都降至最低,只保留自己依舊對聆聽音樂的習慣,也或許,在那時只想重新找回聽音樂的最初感覺。不過今年,在環境的動盪下,自己也決定重新開張,至少先恢復年度榜單的整理,讓自己再重新跨出一小步開始。




回顧2014年,音樂產業課題大抵仍是圍繞在整體產業的大幅衰退,銷售數字跌至史上谷底,連一張金唱片記錄都發不出,空蕩蕩的金唱片房間反映了產業似乎下探深淵無底線,或者說,相關組織機構趕上數位銷售的時代總是慢很多拍,所以才發不出金唱片,而那個白金唱片,又多久沒發出過了?


然而談到今年正夯的數位串流銷售網站,三大新聞最為熱鬧。
一是傳出Taylor Swift不爽Spotify將作品撤架,認為該網站利潤分配給音樂人的金額過少,引發大筆版權給付到底付給了誰再度受到關注。
二是iPhone6硬將U2新專輯塞給所有的消費者而引發爭議,認為Apple此舉不尊重消費者選擇權與隱私權。更悲劇的是,新生代的樂迷已不太認識U2這個曾經為天團的無名團。
三是Radiohead將新專輯另闢行銷管道,決定與torrent合作,提供下載。
基本上,這三個新聞都指向了一件事,不管你認不認同,那就是數位串流銷售網站確實已成了新的趨勢,而這趨勢似乎已成為數位年輕世代會使用的主要方式。

就我自己使用觀察的想法,我自己從最早的Napster就已經開始使用點對點的下載模式,國內的Kuroezpeer跟一些非法的下載公司到現在的KK BoxiTuneeMusicSpotify都試用過,那時是1999-2000年左右,到現在已是2014年,網路產業早就捅了音樂產業一個大窟窿,但唱片公司除了一直用抓緝興訟的方式處理,卻不肯好好面對網路及數位時代的來臨,以及它所帶來的巨大衝擊。


我曾在2004年曾在聯合報的部落格寫過一篇關於對數位音樂的文章,文章大致上是關於我個人對數位音樂未來的想像,結果刊出後立刻有位仁兄跑出來在留言版上嗆聲,說我過於天真,不知道數位音樂都要先付大筆版權費用云云之類的。

我怎會不知道要付大筆版權費用呢,就算我沒像一些法律專家那麼懂法律條文,但基本的原則道理還是知道,而且現在看來,十年前我對數位音樂未來的想像,到現在也才只實現了大部分,還有一些我認為的都仍未出現,而最諷刺的是,到現在「要付大筆版權費用」這件事到現在依舊仍未被妥善解決,使得這些年這些新的數位串流銷售網站都只有在介面上及功能上去改進,但最重要的成本付出及獲利模式,依舊卡在那裡。

我只要舉一個例子,過去不論黑膠或數位光碟的銷售模式,每一位消費者只要單純的去購買實體的音樂商品就好,非常清楚的商業模式,非常清楚的拆帳模式,而消費者也非常清楚的「擁有」這實體的音樂商品。基本上,只要你不去做重製、複製、公播的事,是不會觸犯到著作權法。而且在過去,基於小情小愛而做了一些重製、複製的事,唱片公司也大都不會去理你。

然而很吊詭是,過去的版權費用拆帳或交易,是在唱片公司那端就已經解決,電台或商家的公播費用另有一套計算機制,然而現在是,所有的版權費用拆帳或交易的談判卻拉長延伸到數位串流公司,想當然,這勢必增加成本付出及營運獲利的成本,當然更別提還要撥紅利給音樂人。這怎麼算,都比經營一家小唱片公司還難賺。

就整個趨勢來看,黑膠在經歷了衰退期後,現在看來似乎已經過了那個V曲線的最谷底,就某方面而言,雷射光碟在未來幾年應該也會如此,因為即使黑膠唱片有諸多美好,但雷射光碟在實體體積收藏上一就有其節省空間及較多內容的優勢,這點,對於許多不是那麼在意音質及無豪宅或透天庴的平凡族群仍有一定的吸引力,兩邊聆聽族群雖有交集,但未必是同一票人。在未來,黑膠唱片、雷射光碟及數位大量的雲端儲存硬碟將仍是三大分眾的需求市場。但同時解決版權費用拆帳、交易及公播費用的複雜結構應當是迫切的課題。

現在的首要的急迫問題是,誰要去開這第一槍,做這整合大環境結構的吃重工作?

 

2012年2月3日 星期五

Rolling Stone Readers Choose the Worst Cover Songs of All Time

10. William Shatner - "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds"

original version - The Beatles


09. Jessica Simpson - "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'"

08. Avril Lavigne - "Imagine"

original version - John Lennon


07. Britney Spears - "I Love Rock & Roll"

Best Cover version - Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - I Love Rock N Roll

original version - Arrows - I Love Rock N Roll


06. Alien Ant Farm - "Smooth Criminal"


original version - Michael Jackson


05. Britney Spears - "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"


original version - The Rolling Stones


04. Sheryl Crow - "Sweet Child O' Mine"

original version - Guns & Roses


03. Madonna - "American Pie"


original version - Don McLean


02. Limp Bizkit - "Behind Blue Eyes" (pretty sucks!!)


original version - The Who


01. Miley Cyrus - "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
 
Original version - Nirvana

2011年10月14日 星期五

New York City- Day To Night Transition Photos

From day to night: The incredible photos that capture an entire day in New York City in just one image
By John Stevens
Last updated at 8:26 PM on 21st August 2011

They are the incredible photos that capture an entire day in New York City in one shot.
Photographer Stephen Wilkes took pictures of the same spot in Manhattan for 10 hours.
He then blended the thirty to fifty individual images together to make seamless collages showing some of the city's most famous landmarks from day to night.
The pictures include Times Square, which is shown with throngs of visitors, and the more serene Central Park.
The amazing photos capture the energy of the relentless city, showing the constant flow of people.
The photos, which are called 'Day to Night', will be exhibited at the ClampArt Gallery from September 8.
Times Square: Photographer Stephen Wilkes spent a minimum of ten 
hours taking hundreds of shots to create each one of his Day to Night 
images
Times Square: Photographer Stephen Wilkes spent a minimum of ten hours taking hundreds of shots to create each one of his Day to Night images
Beautiful: The photographer snapped Washington Square Park, left, 
with the Empire State Building in the background and the Flatiron 
Building, right

Beautiful: The photographer snapped Washington Square Park, left, 
with the Empire State Building in the background and the Flatiron 
Building, right
Beautiful: The photographer snapped Washington Square Park, with the Empire State Building in the background and the Flatiron Building.
From day to night: This image shows New York's High Line park, 
which is a converted railway line. On the far right is media mogul Barry
 Diller's IAC headquarters on the Hudson river
From day to night: This image shows New York's High Line park, which is a converted railway line. On the far right is media mogul Barry Diller's IAC headquarters on the Hudson river
Winter time: A snowy Central Park is shown from dawn on the left 
to darkness on the right. In the background is Central Park West
Winter time: A snowy Central Park is shown from dawn on the left to darkness on the right. In the background is Central Park West
Park Avenue: The photographer blended thirty to fifty images to 
create the seamless collages showing New York City life
Park Avenue: The photographer blended thirty to fifty images to create the seamless collages showing New York City life

2011年10月5日 星期三

PARIS - 1800-1940

P A R I S



1. Too fast, too. October 22, 1895 which was started at full speed to compensate for their delay, the train could not brake in time. He crossed the Gare Montparnasse, broke his front and left for 10 yards ahead.
The author writes: Recently I received from France a magnificent gift - a collection of unique postcards of Old Paris. Photos by Roger-Viollet. and decided to scan and share with you. Translated from the French mine.


2. Cleaners Louvre. Inserted into a living frame, creating an exciting cleaners resemblance to the work of Gustave Caillebotte "parquet"

3. Regatta at the Tuileries. In March 1943rd young Parisians ran white sailboats off the coast of the reservoir Tuileries.

4. The glass entrance. The area of ??the Nation in 1950. Standing in front of vegetables vendor laid open glass entrance to the subway.

5. Holiday mill. Cycling dancing at a mill in Montmartre, surrounded the area during popular ball, about the year 1900.

6. Wheel of the twentieth century. The wheel was rotated to the twentieth-century. Carousel rides, and accompanied by a huge celebration on the occasion of World Trade 1900, which marked the transition to the new century.



7. Leap into the future. In the summer 1944th daredevil, flying like an angel, he rushed into the Seine with a bridge Jena.

8. The beach at the New Bridge. Children and dogs are floundering in the Seine with the onset of warmer days 1935th.

9. Snow-covered bridge. To get to the Institute in the winter 1942nd on the bridge could only Arts of the snow-covered road.

10. Taking with open arms. On the terraces the Eiffel Tower, this view appeared as the tourists that wanted to Palais de Chaillot, which seemed to accept them with open arms.

11. Priestess of the holiday. During the World Expo 1900 bank of the Seine around the Eiffel Tower were occupied by new pavilions, which dominated here since 1889.

12. Chimera of Notre Dame. Vampire, leaning on the top of Notre Dame, as if frozen in amazement in front of the panorama of Paris.

13. Dizziness. Fearless work is taken for bringing order to design the Eiffel Tower. Top floor of this big flirt located at an altitude of 276 meters, beautiful view!

14. Paris, which he had not seen before! From the terrace of the first floor Eiffel Tower Paris lovers can admire the city through telescopes, which can be found in souvenir shops (1889-1890gg.)

15. Street fonari.Ulitsa World. Cleaners streetlights in 1766 climbing to the gas-lamps on his big stairs to the flame, clean the glass and discover the leak (1944).

16. Trade at the newsstand. Newspapers, journals and reports are sold at newsstands, these small urban churches, appointed on the sidewalks, and the doors locked at night (at the station of St. Lazarus, 1899).

17. French Cancan. French Cancan, fashionable in the 1830's at a public dance balls, was revised and corrected in the 50s during the popular festivals of the circus troupe of girl Fanny.

18.Ostatki Tuileries Palace, view from the Place du Carrousel, 1878. Bowl-bound ingenious aeronaut Zhiffardom, allowed to be head in the clouds, he could accommodate about 50 passengers and was raised to a height of almost 600m.

19. View from the Arc de Triomphe on Avenue Kleber, 1900. It rises. Exactly on the line, which connects the Louvre to the Arc of large Défense, the Arc de Triomphe towers over the Champs Elysees and protects the flame on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

20. Spill the Seine in front of the station of St. Lazarus, 1910. In 1910, the capital hit by the floods, the Parisians moved by boat. January 28 the water level reached 8.62 m and returned to their previous level of 35 days.

21. Icy captivity. Severe frost in 1893 caused frozen Seine, which was covered with ice and made stationary barge on the waterfront Grenelle.

22. Installing Scaffolding at Notre Dame. Paris 1952, a dizzying view to the three workers who were shielded gargoyles to secure the scaffold.

23. Couple in love. Lovers in the Tuileries garden, watching the maneuvers of the vehicles on the Place de la Concorde, in March 1952.

24. Avenue du Bois 1900s. Avenue du Bois, created by Napoleon, made it possible to combine the axis of the Champs Elysees, the Tuileries, the Louvre, Rivoli, with Boulogne forest. Now she was called Avenue Foch.

25. Florist. Well-chosen collar and sleeve, boots with heels and a hat decorated, fashionista lingered in extreme flower florist Bois de Boulogne, who pushes his cart through Paris, the western side (around 1910).

26. Seller of balls on the Place Saint-Michel. These balloons are expecting children to climb into the air over the Seine, on the left bank, in front of Place Saint-Michel (1938).

27. Autumn poetry. Lovers alone in the whole world in the autumn mist Tuileries Gardens, 1945.

28. Puppies for sale at a flea market. All bought and everything can be bought at a flea market, like fleas and flea vectors.

29. World Expo 1900. The Eiffel Tower is proud of its height, these thirteen years, being built as a holiday and a pompous Mrs. World's Fair of 1900.

30. Hotel de Ville and the Bridge d'Arkol. D'Arkol bridge, the first unsupported iron bridge over the Seine, joined Hotel de Ville on the right side and the Hotel-Dieu on the Ile de la Cité.�