Category Archives: music

Miami Horror- Sometimes (Gloves Remix)

It’s not often I like a remix a lot more than the original.

Breakbot’s Lazy Sunday Selecta Mix

Breakbot – Lazy Sunday Selecta by edbangerrecords Niiiiice.

Edwin van Cleef’s April 2011 Mix

Edwin van Cleef – April Mix 2011 by Edwin van Cleef I really like this. Salman – When The Sun Rises (Blue Satellite Remix) Architecture In Helsinki – Contact High (Clock Opera Remix) Peter Bjorn & John – Second Chance … Continue reading

February 2011 Music Finds

Rdio doesn’t have things like smart playlists and ratings, so I’ve been creating monthly playlists for tracks I like and then syncing those to my phone. Here’s my New In February 2011 playlist where you’ll see tracks from new releases … Continue reading

Cake’s New Album hits No. 1 with a whimper

Cake sold 44,000 copies of “Showroom of Compassion” this week, marking the lowest selling number 1 album debut in the history of Soundscan measurements. Meanwhile streaming service Rdio counts over 17,000 plays for the new Cake album. As album purchases … Continue reading

Music For Shuffle

It’s like what John Cage would do with iTunes. I set myself a half-day project to write music specifically for shuffle mode – making use of randomness to try and make something more than the sum of its parts. The … Continue reading

Ignoring Video Game Music…

is easier to do when it’s for puzzle games. The Year I Gained The Courage To Ignore Video Game Music

NoisES is awesome

Makes you feel like you’re using an iPod AND it doesn’t endlessly loop the music.

Streaming services are the new bitrate wars

Rdio discussion board post pretty much goes like this. Guy 1: Uhh – Rdio streaming is horrible!! Not as good as spotify by far. Guy 2: No way. I have a Soundblaster XTIWTFBBQ and Rdio sounds as good as my … Continue reading

Master Tracks Succumb to “Plugin Not Found”

Smash Mouth had to go rerecord parts of their 1999 hit “All Star” for a TV ad when the digital master was missing tracks. Engineers at EMI have discovered that drums and percussion effects on some Eighties recordings are gone. … Continue reading