The Fundamental Physics of Music.

What is music? Fundamentally music is tone and rhythm with meaning. It is something humans have been evolving with for about ten thousand years. Our minds and bodies have been making and experiencing music for dozens of centuries and made great leaps in structure and instrumentation in the last thousand years or so. We have been attempting to reproduce this ancient heritage using electronic sound systems for a tiny fraction of this time, less than one hundred years.

More information about the history of recorded sound is available here

 
What does all this have to do with your hi-fi? Perhaps very little. You perceive that your stereo is making music because you can recognize a familiar song and hear the lyrics and chord progression. It is likely that your equipment can reproduce these obvious aspects of a recorded performance but ask yourself this; "does it convey the vitality, immediacy, complexity and human-ness of the original performance?" Music systems sold and installed by Tune more closely approach the musical intent of recorded performances than any other comparably priced systems.

Tune is dedicated to getting you closer to the music you love.

At the beginning of this new millenium, it seems that music has become a commodity. It surrounds us all the time but rarely engages us. It is an omnipresent background buzz that exalts industry over art and profit over performance. Strangely, quality music reproduction is increasingly elusive in a time when music in the home can be more rewarding than ever. We want you to be engaged in the language of music. In every sense of the word, Tune music systems let you feel it.

	"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." - Aldous Huxley

Below, you will find links to a few resources to help expand and inform your musical horizons. A listing of Seattle record stores where you can buy recordings is here along with music venues where you can see actual people making music on stage. Remember to take earplugs with you if you go to amplified shows and wear them if the sound engineer doesn't exhibit any concern for your ears. Hearing damage is cumulative. Please be careful.

Local radio stations are also a great source to finding new music and station's play lists can be found on their websites. Several stations feature live performances in their studios. In these days of consolidated radio station ownership and safe top 40 type programming, these live radio broadcasts should be appreciated and supported.

 

Easy Street Records - www.buymusichere.net/stores/easystreet It's the record store with the best in-store performances. The West Seattle store also serves food.

Silver Platters - www.silverplatters.com Silver Platters was the first CD only store in Seattle and they now have three locations to serve you. Shiny since 1985.

Sonic Boom Records - www.sonicboomrecords.com Stores in Fremont and Ballard carry both new and used CDs and records. Real nice.

The Landing Records & Discs - 6319 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle Located on lovely Roosevelt Way, The Landing is a delightful Ma (Elizabeth) and Pa (Rick) shop that can find anything for you.

Tower Records - www.towerrecords.com They support one of the last large selections of classical music in town. While not quite a "local" record store, Tower does have a knowledgeable classical staff, an expansive collection and frequent sales.

Jive Time Records - www.jivetimerecords.com A great used record store. Shop there for the record you can't find anywhere else.

 

The Showbox - www.showboxonline.com A superb place to see your favorite artist. The drink lines are never too long, either.

Benaroya Hall - www.seattlesymphony.org/benaroya The Seattle Symphony is a hundred years old, go see it before it is dead. And if you have children, or want to learn more about music making yourself, go to the Sound Bridge. It is an interactive music education center at the hall.

McCaw Hall - www.seattleopera.org/hall The Seattle Opera is a fabulous organization. Even if you are not an opera fan, try to see a performance at the new McCaw hall: You helped pay for it. Also, opera is an interdisciplinary extravaganza with often smutty storylines. It is fun!

The Meany Theater - www.meany.org On the UW campus, this is an intimate and wonderful sounding space to see local, national and international talent.

Triple Door - www.thetripledoor.net Below the Wild Ginger, this new club and bar is swank. An old vaudeville theater reborn.

Jazz Alley - www.jazzalley.com This is the club at which to see touring jazz acts.

 

KBCS 91.3 FM - kbcs.fm Bellevue Community College station that has a great bluegrass show and lots more.

KPLU 88.5 FM - www.kplu.org NPR station celebrating their 20th year of bringing Jazz to music lovers throughout the Seattle area.

Classic KING 98.1 FM - www.king.org Seattle's premiere classical station.

KEXP 90.3 FM - www.kexp.org An eclectic music mix you can’t find anywhere else. Rock, hip hop, electronic, country, blues, world and in-depth specialty programs.

 

All About Jazz - www.allaboutjazz.com A nice site dedicated to the art of Jazz.

AMG All Music Guide - www.allmusic.com This may be the only site you need to find or learn just about anything concerning recorded music. A true compendium of knowledge.

 
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