http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/category/music/ Music and creativity, music for Web design, offices, or work, musicians and music news, recommended CDs and DVDs, Internet radio, online music and music-related websites, music searching, MusicXML and other music notation, fun music diversions. en-us Music Copyright 2000-2008 Shirley Kaiser, SKDesigns. All rights reserved. Shirley Kaiser 2003-07-15T11:37:10-08:00 720 daily 2 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://brainstormsandraves.com/xml/brainstorms88.gif http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/category/music/ 88 31 Music and creativity, music for Web design, offices, or work, musicians and music news, recommended CDs and DVDs, Internet radio, online music and music-related websites, music searching, MusicXML and other music notation, fun music diversions. I've been interviewed again, this time by zlog's very kind Ronan: Interview #5 - Shirley Kaiser. It was a lot of fun, and we covered quite a range of topics, mostly around web standards, but we also discussed my nutso passion for technology, my kids, and assorted other things. I've always been passionate about standards, and this new interview explains at least some of the reasons why I feel so strongly about their importance, in addition to a bit of history behind how we got to where we are today. (117 words, 7 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/07/15/new_interview_about_web_standards_life_technology_and_more/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/07/15/new_interview_about_web_standards_life_technology_and_more/ Shirley Kaiser 2003-07-15T11:37:10 (548 words, 14 links, 1 image) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/06/09/luther_vandross_new_cd/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/06/09/luther_vandross_new_cd/ Shirley Kaiser 2003-06-09T21:05:51 The lilting bass grabbed my attention. The velvety smooth voice stopped me in my tracks. I had to listen to the entire song: Every Seven Years -- Jane Selkye vocals, The plainJane Trio. I want to hear more.... (40 words, 6 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/04/10/a_music_break/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/04/10/a_music_break/ Shirley Kaiser 2003-04-10T09:40:51 When I was in junior high many of us had big dreams and high hopes of what we wanted to be when we grew up. Craig often had his guitar with him, and while I was amazed watching his prodigy-level skills at that age, most of all I loved listening to the heartfelt feeling behind his growing technical dazzle. I wasn't surprised when Craig told me that he'd be a famous rock star someday. Between his amazing talent, passion for music, good looks, and sparkling personality, I knew he could make those dreams come true. Craig moved away to... (1043 words, 34 links, 3 images) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/02/16/saturdaysunday_sounds_1_childhood_dreams_and_finding_your_way_back/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/02/16/saturdaysunday_sounds_1_childhood_dreams_and_finding_your_way_back/ Shirley Kaiser 2003-02-16T19:09:36 Today's Friday Feast goes all over the place, much like my week went. New Books Andy King's new book is out, Web Site Optimization, all about optimizing the size and complexity of Web sites. It's already getting rave reviews. The companion site provides lots of helpful tips and information about the book. Search Engine Visibility is a new book out by SEO expert Shari Thurow. Thurow emphasizes the importance of design and content for the visitors while providing tips for high rankings with search engines and directories. The companion site provides helpful tips and resources, too. More on XHTML... (769 words, 36 links, 3 images) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/01/24/friday_feast_34_books_xhtml_dvd_graphics_small_biz_music/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/01/24/friday_feast_34_books_xhtml_dvd_graphics_small_biz_music/ Shirley Kaiser 2003-01-24T11:28:05 The past few weeks while I've been on a break I've been thinking about goals and possibilities for the coming year. Creativity is a key ingredient in my life, so part of my recent exploration led me to review my bookmarks and find new resources related to creativity, goals, conceptualizing, and related. It's been a fascinating adventure, so today's Friday Feast is dedicated to creativity. (1549 words, 33 links, 3 images) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/01/03/friday_feast_31_fostering_creativity_standards_independent_projects/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/01/03/friday_feast_31_fostering_creativity_standards_independent_projects/ Shirley Kaiser 2003-01-03T16:30:10 Lots of great stuff around the Web this past week, especially the ongoing weblogs about the July 1-5 Internet law program. Enjoy! W3C News W3C is starting a new discussion list, the Web standards education and outreach forum, for Web standards evangelists, authors, and others to discuss ways to improve the quality of web-standards related books, publications, lectures and training courses. Sounds like a great one! [hat tip: Eric Meyer] Helping Creativity Ever get stuck with a project? Just don't feel very creative at the moment? Rudy takes a walk to help, and a change of scenery can indeed... (866 words, 41 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2002/07/05/friday_feast_16_standards_creativity_internet_law_color_and_monitor_calibration_weblogs/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2002/07/05/friday_feast_16_standards_creativity_internet_law_color_and_monitor_calibration_weblogs/ Shirley Kaiser 2002-07-05T11:44:02 As a musician and web designer/developer, I've been especially interested in the development of universal standards for music notation that can be easily shared or exchanged via the Internet. I've watched several approaches come and go, but MusicXML has become the most successful standard for Western music notation interchange since MIDI. Although in development quite some time before releasing, MusicXML's beta version has only been available for seven short months, since October, 2001, so this is quite an impressive start. (1826 words, 72 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2002/06/23/musicxml/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2002/06/23/musicxml/ Shirley Kaiser 2002-06-23T18:21:36 Today's Friday Feast has links to more exceptional CSS information, a fascinating interview about creativity and inspiration, new software releases, and more fun and assorted topics. And check out the Friday Feast archives for even more. Blog Tools BlogAmp Automatically list your most recent WinAmp songs at your site with this free WinAmp plug-in. [hat tip: Sian Evans] Blogrolling Automatically index your blog links with this easy-to-use link management tool that works with many blog publishing tools. [hat tip: Sian Evans] Creativity and Inspiration Interview: Jeffrey Zeldman Gifted designer Jeffrey Zeldman answers questions about creativity and inspiration for the... (864 words, 53 links, 5 images) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2002/06/07/friday_feast_12_blog_tools_creativity_css_design_graphics_and_fun/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2002/06/07/friday_feast_12_blog_tools_creativity_css_design_graphics_and_fun/ Shirley Kaiser 2002-06-07T08:36:29 What do music and web design have in common? I've noticed that many of us in the web design and development community are talented musicians, too. So I started an annotated listing as part of a new project of linking to independent musicians to help spread the word. I'm not making any promises, but that's exactly how WebsiteTips.com got started long ago. By the way, I welcome and invite submissions, too. The best for me is to submit them via the submission form at my music site so they'll be email filtered properly, but I appreciate them any way... (182 words, 5 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2002/06/04/music_and_web_design/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2002/06/04/music_and_web_design/ Shirley Kaiser 2002-06-04T07:41:58