Category Archives: music
Nosefarts on iPhone
At least that’s what I remember people calling NSF files, but the correct name is probably Nintendo Sound Format. Anyway, Noise Entertainment System is a new iPhone app that will play those NSF files in an iPod app style way. … Continue reading
Select Album Art Of 2010
All Songs Considered takes a look at album art from this year. Looking at this I feel a little nostalgia for the old days, particularly when you see artwork like what’s on Phil Selway’s cover. Up until now everything I … Continue reading
MTV is teaming with Rhapsody for music discovery website
“This list is a pure hotness list,” Shannon Connolly, Vice President of Digital Music Strategy at MTV said in an interview with Wired.com. “We are intentionally presenting artists to the user that are high-ranking in velocity.” I’m not sure I … Continue reading
Power Up! on Rdio
I’m very happy to find this album on Rdio. I highly recommend the Marble Madness piano arrangement. Christopher Willits also has a Metroid track. Looks like Rdio’s library is coming along nicely. Now if they had a nice iTunes married … Continue reading
Taylor Swift Sells Out First Tour Dates in Minutes
Which once again proves my theory: Germans love David Hasselhoff teenage girls and their moms love Taylor Swift. Taylor Swift Sells Out First Tour Dates in Minutes
Giorgio Armani to design Lady Gaga tour outfits
Giorgio Armani is doing the costumes for Lady Gaga’s upcoming tour. Her wardrobe will include a structured look with bold shoulders that is completely embroidered with diamanté, another multi-colored look with ribbon work done to create a lobster-inspired effect on … Continue reading
We’re Living In The Golden Age of Game Music
Kirk Hamilton at Gamer Melodica on today’s game music: We appear to be living in a bit of a golden age of game music at the moment, huh? Folks may bemoan the loss of the classic chiptune themes of the … Continue reading
More evidence that pop music is written for teenage girls and their mothers
To be successful, Riddick and Daniels must, after all, spin fantasies for consumers. But those fantasies have to remain in the realm of tweens and young teens. How To Write A Hit: Think Like A Teenager (But Keep Parents In … Continue reading
Videogame music is more like film music now
This All Things Considered story about video game music composers discusses how video game composing gigs are viable contenders in the composition job market. But that’s videogame music today. Back in the 1980s and 1990s there were shorter themes. Nearly … Continue reading
The Last.fm Age/Gender Plot
Stick your last.fm username into this demo and see where you fall on a gender/age plot. This plot shows artists from the chosen top for each of the given users. The positions are determined by the average age and gender … Continue reading