December 2007
14 posts
“Since music usually “sets the mood” in most circumstances, and since I generally...”
– Josh Canlan
Watch Mashup: Death Cab Madonna Party Ben
Dumbing Down?
In an article about trends in sound engineering, Rolling Stone notes that producers are now specifically mixing tracks to compensate for the failings in MP3- Rolling Stone
2007 Top 10 Music Performers Were Old White Guys →
“Musical acts whose debut recordings were made three decades ago dominated the North American concert business in 2007, with half of the top 20 grossing performers having started their careers in the 1970s.”
Internet Technology Changes Music Distrubution
Fiona Apple had 50,000 downloads of her new song within the first 30 minutes it was made available.
Do not waste anymore time with the low tones of... →
“Where words fail, music speaks.”
– Hans Christian Andersen
“We went to Israel to play some shows, but we figured it’d be good karma to...”
– Black Lips
2007 50 Best songs →
Irony
Rhapsody is giving songs away with cheeseburgers. (I don’t think I would want it to be my song) At the same time suing people for pirating MP3s.
Plug Awards →
“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
– Friedrich Nietzsche
The Year The Industry Broke - MTV News →