Tag Archives: music
Self Indulgent Musicians
Tom Jenkinson (Squarepusher) talks with Spin Magazine about Ufabulum, his new live show, and about listener expectations: …any musician that’s not self indulgent, I can’t imagine that they’d be any good, to be honest. Any musician that puts himself primarily … Continue reading
$9.99 for 99 Beethoven Tracks
Pretty good deal. And Mastered for iTunes. Here’s something new, too. At least with this album, Mastered for iTunes is declared in the metadata: EMI Classics has been making a BIG DEAL about Mastered For iTunes. I assume that’s because … Continue reading
Signed audio units
Looks like audio units and other plugins will be subject to Mountain Lion’s Gatekeeper. If you are distributing Mac software or audio plug-ins outside of the Mac App Store, Gatekeeper will affect your users who adopt Mountain Lion and download … Continue reading
Facebook shuts down Grooveshark App
Guess that means they’re serious about playing with the big boys. Facebook Breaks Up With Grooveshark
Copyright Maximalism
Good short read for anyone else who thought it was weird that licensing an old Beatles song costs a quarter-of-a-million dollars. Pathetic Fallacy: Surrender to the void via
Ben Folds’s “To Aspiring Musicians”
Ben Folds wrote a Facebook note to people who ask how to get that big break: I realize the big question for most aspiring musical artist is how to get your break. There isn’t really a break. It’s a lot … Continue reading
We Both Believe In Love
WHAAA?! On the origins of Huey Lewis and the News’s Do you believe in love: When Lange wrote the song and submitted it to the band, it was entitled “We Both Believe In Love”, but was retitled after Lewis made … Continue reading
16/44 is the highest number there is!
Back in 2008, Mix magazine did tests to determine if discerning listeners can hear the difference between CDs and high-resolution audio. Their test subjects picked correctly 50% of the time—no better than if they had flipped a coin. The Emperor’s … Continue reading
I feel like I live in an entirely different world
Social media ranks lowest in factors that would encourage people to buy more digital downloads. Another of Crupnick’s slides showed that Twitter recommendation ranked low on a list of reason a product or service was purchased. The top reasons for … Continue reading
More on all-you-can-eat music
More on the all-you-can-eat music subscription business model. Robin Davey: Most people only buy 1.5 albums a year because that is all they want. They don’t need unlimited access to everything. They like the two CDs they play over and … Continue reading