Multiples

Keith Fullerton Whitman recorded Multiples at the Harvard University studios where he had access to vintage synthesizers and electronics. The eight tracks on this album flow from piercing electronic tones to interlocking clusters of repetitive guitars.
Customer Review: No diggity
I can appreciate how Whitman went to harvard and dicked around with their instrument archive more than I have to like it. Don't get me wrong, I am a massive fan of the ambient-drone-classical-noise genre a la Stars of the Lid, Jessica Rylan, david lee myers and ellen band, home made electronics, bending circuits, all that geeky know all that Keith Whitman embraces. But frankly I find his music unbearable. Which is a shame because he's probably still riding on that glowing but unknowing review @ pitchfork which has made him a demigod in many peoples eyes [oh my GOD, what thought provoking and intelligent titles 'Stereo Music For Acoustic Guitar, Buchla Music Box 100, Hewlett Packard Model 236 Oscillator, Electric Guitar And Computer (Part One) ' the kind of titles that have tried so hard to erase so much pretense that it loops back around and you want to shoot yourself). Quite like the 'music itself'. I can imagine the guy at pitchfork, puffing at a pipe, Wittgenstein on hand, truly pretending to 'get' Stereo Music for Hi Hat. Some people say something this audacious is genius, I say something/one this audacious is scary because he could almost pass for a musician, if you forget that the first half of his career was built drilling drum-and-bass computer programming in your brain via the Hrvatski cell tower. Whitman is NOT a musician. He has no control over the often interesting sounds he produces from obscre machinery, the moment he begins to bring it together with 'stereo music for farfisa compact duo deluxe', he loses it all over again. What starts with a promising organ line and simple but satisfying drum pattern spirals into another useless mess of drone drone and drone. its as if his random clicking and chirping is a safety net for lack of compositional skills-- I would appreciate the dronage more if he had proven himself through some other avenue as a musician first, not just academically but intuitively.
Customer Review: Very original and creative electronic-influenced ambient classical music - non-fans of the genre will hate it, though
I bought this album only because it was on pitchforkmedia's top 50 albums of 2005 list. What makes it great is the fact that it sounds entirely original and inspired as it's very interesting to listen to. Unfortunately, I fear that non-fans of the genre will simply hate it. It took me several listens to get used to it, as a lot of the songs are pretty hard to listen to on the first try. As for what it sounds like, it's essentially electronic-influenced ambient classical music. He uses a fair amount of guitar and piano sounds here, and a LOT of electronic noises (I know this because the song titles say what he uses). I hated it the first time I listened to it, but after several listens I finally found its greatness. For those looking for some great contemporary classical ambient albums, this is a GREAT buy. Highly recommended! Highlights include: the entire album!

A guitar has a long neck, the fret board, up which runt eh strings. It is this long board which is used by the secondary hand to press the strings down in an arrangement which will create the chord to be played. Typically most guitars are made of wood, and so this fret board is a long, slender wooden board. Not only that, but the fret board is under a great deal of pressure, since the strings are pulled very tightly indeed. In fact, on many guitars the strings are made from steel, and tightened quite considerably, putting the fret board under a great deal of pressure. Wood is a natural product, obviously, and so therefore prone to the same problems that all natural products suffer from, and that is aging and deterioration.

If you talk to a guitar enthusiast it may well be that they have heard of truss rods, and may even be capable of showing you where their truss rod is to be found, but to the average person or beginner, most people would be hard pressed to know whether their guitar even had a truss rod. So what is this feature, and what does it do? First of all, if we think about the problem that may be caused by not having a truss rod, then we can see where its role fits in.

Those truss rods that allow movement in both directions are known as double truss systems. In some cases the truss rod can only be accessed by completely removing the headstock of the guitar, which is the part at the very top of the fret board, and so altering the style of the guitar is something done only very rarely.

This metal rod acts a little like a backbone for the fret board, meaning that aging, humidity and any other causes of natural deterioration will not result in warping or disfigurement of the fret board, helping to ensure that the notes still sound clear and accurate, and the life of the guitar is lengthened. Most classical guitars only use nylon strings, and so there is far less pressure on the fret board. For this reason, you may not always find truss rods included, but where you do find them, they can sometimes come with an extra feature which allows an alteration in the tone of the notes played to be heard. By adjusting the truss rod by turning it either clockwise or antic clockwise, the fret board can be adjusted to an angle either side of the normal centre. This can adjust the distance of the strings from the fret board, allowing a different playing method to be adopted, as well as altering the tone very slightly.

Certainly guitars, as with most wooden products, are treated carefully with sealants and varnishes to help nourish and protect the guitar for a good long life. However, with most wooden products the problem of slight warping may only lend character, for a guitar, and warping spells disaster, since the design and measurements of a guitar are very exact, to ensure that the notes are crisp, clear and accurate. Because of the length of the fret board, any warping or bending could cause the notes played to be altered quite noticeably, and so these would render the guitar useless. Not only that, but slight warping can lead to cracking, and with so much pressure on the fret board already from the strings, this would lead inevitably to breakage of the fret board completely. The truss rod, therefore, is a strong metal rod which runs up through the fret board from one end to the other, and can be tightened usually using an Allan key at the top.

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