Music, Physics and Engineering
August 19, 2009 by Admin
Filed under Blog / New News, Featured
Two areas of interest I have always been obsessed with are music and science. It seems like only yesterday that I took formal piano lessons in the 4th grade and was designing a project to participate in the elementary school science fair. I remember the 9th grade learning how to play the guitar to the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Cream, Blues Magoos, and Vanilla Fudge. I also remember my days in science class. My teacher hated me because not only was I an attention fetcher, but I never paid attention to him in class, never studied, but always managed to maintain a 95 -98 grade average there. In my early 20s while attending electronic school, I discovered a book titled Music. Physics and Engineering by Harry F Olson. This book is great. It covers everything from sound waves, musical terminology, scales, musical instruments, characteristics of musical instruments, resonators and radiators, room acoustics, sound systems, and electronic music. Although I found most of the mathematical concepts over my head and boring, the sections on music theory were actually discussed in physics terms, and brought a new understanding and conception of the subject matter. One thing for sure, I may know a lot about the building blocks of music theory, and such, but all that knowledge does not automatically make me play any better, only by practicing on the instrument will that happen. But…………I can talk some good sounding shit………lol
Matt Woodward (Guitar)
Matt currently resides in Las Vegas and performs with the rockin’ country band The Voodoo Cowboys. He has just released the solo CD “South of Center”, available online everywhere. A veteran of the stage and studio, Matt has played guitar for 30 years, 25 of them professionally entertaining audiences all across the Midwest, and touring regionally while signed with the indie label Twin Budda Records.
His playing is seasoned, dynamic, and always for the song, with just enough rawness to keep the audience on the edge of their seat.
