Fifty years ago this week, Miles Davis released his iconic and influental album, Kind of Blue. To celebrate, Andy Baio released his CD project, Kind of Bloop.
Kind of Bloop is what happens when you ask chiptune musicians to cover Davis’ famous tracks and they come out sounding like Nintendo classics.
Nora spoke to Andy about the cover songs, and how he crowdfunded the money for the project through Kickstarter, where he also happens to be the CTO. Andy also runs the blog Waxy.org.
Later this week, I’ll edit this interview and mix it with music into a short montage for Episode 85, but you can listen to the whole interview now by clicking below, or downloading it.
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I learned Mile's solo off of Freddie Freeloader. It took me a long time to get it right. Taught me to appreciate the guy's horn playing.
I've always loved interesting approaches to the familiar. My first reaction was "you pay tribute to Miles Davis by not screwing with him" but I've come around. At least its something different.
If the purists had their way, Jazz would have not changed since the 60s. Good on you guys.
Kickstarter only works in the US!!
What about us?