February 2012
5 posts
January 2012
22 posts
Why publishers should give away ebooks →
infoneer-pulse:
I used to buy a lot of MP3s. I don’t anymore. That’s not to say I don’t listen to MP3s. I have about 10,000 of the little guys squeezed like vienna sausages into my iTunes music folder, and I listen to them a lot. But when I buy music today I buy it on vinyl. I’m no audiophile, no retro hepcat, but my ears tell me that music sounds better on vinyl - warmer, more nuanced, less...
Win a Fender Stratocaster or SoundCloud Premium... →
soundcloud:
Thounds is running a competition until February 8 where you can win a Fender Stratocaster or SoundCloud premium account. Record a track on Thounds, get your friends to comment and the most comments will win. Click here for more details. Good luck!
“Downloading music is the same thing I used to do: I used to record all the songs...”
– Liam Gallagher (via demycrawley)
“Any other musicians out there notice that ever since they shut down MegaUpload,...”
– Jonathan Coulton on Twitter (via clangandclatter)
The Ace Frehley "Budokan" Les Paul Custom Outfit →
clangandclatter:
Epiphone has just announced a new Ace Frehley tribute model Les Paul. From the press announcement:
Epiphone is proud to announce our tribute to Ace Frehley, one of rock’s most influential guitarists, with the Epiphone Limited Edition Ace Frehley “Budokan” Les Paul Custom Outfit. As the lead guitarist for KISS (and the original designer of the famous KISS logo) Ace Frehley...
“A $250 billion per year loss would be almost $800 for every man, woman, and...”
– The Freakonomics guys call bullshit on the MPAA’s piracy numbers. (via jimray)
On pirates and piracy →
infoneer-pulse:
Mashups, which have been repeatedly attacked by the entertainment industry, are by no means a new art form; they’ve been central to creativity for years (related examples are embedded below). Bach’s “Goldberg Variations” incorporate a number of popular songs of the era, including the always popular “Cabbages and Beets drove me away from you,” in its entirety, along with “Get...
“The movie’s sleek opening sequence is soundtracked by the Reznor and Karen O’s...”
– Trent Reznor / Atticus Ross: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo OST | Album Reviews | Pitchfork (via brooklynmutt)
December 2011
11 posts
Former Congressional staffers who helped author... →
wilwheaton:inothernews:(via BoingBoing)
Copyright and remix culture: The new Prohibition? →
infoneer-pulse:
If there’s one concept that has suffered more damage than just about anything else as a result of the web and the ongoing explosion of digital media, it’s copyright: the idea that a content creator should have virtually unlimited control over his or her creation, regardless of what form it takes. As blogger Andy Baio notes in a recent post, the principle behind copyright has...
ICE admits year-long seizure of music blog was a... →
soupsoup:
As bad as SOPA looks, there’s already very little preventing websites to be seized without due process.
November 2011
14 posts
Guardian Music: Music bloggers wanted →
guardianmusic:
Are you an independent blogger writing about your local music scene?
If so, would you fancy helping out on a small web project?
We’d need you to post a few updates (at least four or five a week, more if you like) on to a new noticeboard, for a couple of weeks - specifically information…
Why Google Music Targets Social And The Cloud
fastcompany:
Google launched its long-overdue music store today, roughly eight years into the reign of Apple’s iTunes Store, which just sold its 16 billionth song. Clearly Google has a lot of catching up to do—and that’s just with Apple. Amazon has had a digital music store since 2007 that’s known for its aggressive pricing, while Facebook recently integrated third-party streaming services such...
CD-format to be abandoned by major labels by the... →
itsthemusicpeople:
adriennes:
Very interesting (if it’s true), and it makes me sad even though I abandoned CDs several years ago. I hadn’t considered the possibility of this happening so soon.
(link via kirk)
Ozzy and the Original Black Sabbath Are Reuniting... →
Viacom so devastated by piracy that CEO gets $50... →
infoneer-pulse:
Last year, Viacom, whose Paramount subsidiary is an MPAA member, told the Wall Street Journal that “a new wave of digital piracy could threaten the US media business” if it lost its copyright infringement case against YouTube. Similarly, the MPAA has argued that “when profits are reduced, the studios have fewer dollars to invest in movies, and when there is less money to invest...
