Archive for the ‘Music’ Category

Amazon #2 Online Music Retailer Behind iTunes

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

(Via Mac Rumors.) USAToday reports that Amazon has managed to take the #2 spot amongst digital music retailers behind iTunes with their MP3 Store. No sales numbers have been released, so it's difficult to gauge exactly how close a competitor Amazon is becoming. This information comes from the four major labels who ...

Record industry’s 20 biggest, stupidest mistakes

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

(Via Boing Boing.) From rootkits to hair-metal, from suing Neil Young to ditching Bob Dylan, from nuking Napster to passing on the Beatles, Blender Magazine rounds up the 20 worst gaffes of the record industry, going all the way back to Tom Edison's dismissal of Jazz.#2 Decca Records A&R exec tells ...

This year’s free SXSW music

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

(Via MacWorld.) Here's how to get nearly 3.5GB of free (and legit) music from SXSW featured artists.

BBC Five Live “Pods and Blogs” Interview

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

I had the pleasure of being interviewed by the BBC last night for the "Pods and Blogs" segment of "BBC Five Live." We talked about Jeff Healey and the blues. The "Pods and Blogs" blog page is here. That page also contains a link to listen to the show.

News: Sony BMG to offer DRM-free music through Amazon MP3

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

(Via iLounge.) Amazon.com has announced that it will be adding music from Sony BMG to its Amazon MP3 DRM-free music store later this month, which will make it the only service to offer DRM-free tracks from all four major labels. “We are excited to offer Amazon MP3 customers DRM-free MP3s from ...

Days off

Friday, December 28th, 2007

While the snow falls, the bands play on.

RIAA Is About To Kill Independant Radio Stations

Monday, March 5th, 2007

(Via Apple Matters.) RIAA Is About To Kill Independant Radio Stations I hate the RIAA. Originally it was just a disturbing sense of unease. Then it turned into a more concrete dislike. And up until I read this story my feelings for them hovered somewhere around what I feel in regards to Saddam ...