Headphones

Two of my favorite headphones are on sale for an amazing price on Amazon. The Audio Technica ATH-M50 ($119 $199) and the Sony MDR-V6 ($49 $109) Monitor Series headphones. Both of these headphones are much better sounding and better built than anything you’ll find from the mass marketing consumer grade headphones by Bose, Beats, Skullcandy, … read more ➜

Apple planning to launch online radio service by early next year

bloomberg.com “Apple and major music labels have intensified negotiations to start an advertising-supported Internet radio service by early next year, according to people with knowledge of the talks.” I’m curious to see what Apple comes out with but doubt that I’ll be crazy about it. There are many music services and every one has their … read more ➜

Spotify only paying some artists .004¢ per play

Read or Hear the full story here on NPR “The independent musician Erin McKeown has her albums on Spotify, and because she doesn’t have a label, she gets all of the royalty money the service pays out every time someone plays one of her songs. McKeown asked her accountant to figure out how much money … read more ➜

Google Music

[fastcompany – google music geeks try to show they love music more than algorithms] It’ll be interesting to check out at least.  I’m sure Google has the talent and cash to give this a serious run but the execution is pretty important.  There is a fine line between being too simple for the masses, who … read more ➜

Live Nation magazine subscription scam duping customers out of $14.99 per purchase

Please beware that when purchasing tickets to certain events via Live Nation (Ticketmaster) you are very easily being duped into a “bonus” or “complimentary” magazine subscription. Why is this a scam? First of all, yes, Live Nation gives you the option to ‘opt out’ of this “complimentary” subscription but it’s listed under “Privacy Information”. It … read more ➜

DarkVoice 336SE English Manual

This is a rough translation of the DarkVoice headphone pre-amp Chinese ‘manual’. The instructions don’t really give you much information worth worrying about anyway. This mostly may help you with some of the specs. I even had a friend, who was born in China and speaks fluent Mandarin, read over the document that comes with … read more ➜

Recording Studios Face Uncertain Future (NPR)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121304883 Here is an interesting story on how digital recording (your laptop) is replacing expensive recording studios. There is a 6 minute audio segment from NPR at the top of the above link. “”The real value for most bands isn’t the equipment,” says McTear. “A guy at Guitar Center or Sam Ash would like you … read more ➜

MOG introduces All Access on demand music for $5 a month

“Today MOG launched MOG All Access, a revolutionary new online music listening service unrivaled in quality and ease-of-use. MOG All Access is the extraordinary music listening service we full-time music fans have always wanted. You can listen to just about every album and song you can imagine (about 6 million songs), all-you-can-eat and on-demand for … read more ➜

interesting last.fm tools

last.fm – Chart to M3U Playlist Generator: http://lastm3u.powha.net/ chart/graph your music taste: http://lastgraph.aeracode.org/ Fetch your Last.fm data, munge it and then do wonderful things: http://l.alanedwardes.com/my/ Visualise Last.fm’s network of similar artists and bands: http://pattie.fe.up.pt/i_know_that_artist/

iTunes On OS X Finally Has Competition

The following is from, Slashdot: Apple iTunes On OS X Finally Has Competition mallumax writes “The truth is, iTunes is an average music player. Though the UI is simple and good like most Apple products, it has lagged in features compared to music players available on Linux and Windows. A feature as basic as monitoring … read more ➜

Stream your music collection to your iPhone

http://www.simplifymedia.com/ Simplify Media software connects you directly to your music with your iPhone. Enjoy songs that are on your home computer while at work or from any WiFi location. Explore friends’ music while they are online. Hoping to spur a strong early reaction, Simplify Media is offering the iPhone edition of its utility for free … read more ➜