Beats Music is really no different than Pandora, Spotify, Rdio. Sure they all have their own recommendation methods but in the end they are quite similar. None of them has done anything groundbreaking. Pandora has a rather limited library and has been living off of its Genome Project since its inception. Spotify’s apps are interesting … read more ➜
Beats Music has gone live: The iPhone app for Beats Music went live in Apple’s iTunes app store ahead of its official launch on Tuesday morning. Beats will also be available on Android. There is a 7-day free trial, which is nowhere near long enough to hook someone who is already knee deep in another … read more ➜
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 ➜
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 ➜
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 ➜
Forbes.com has a long article on Spotify’s Daniel Ek. “Next week (this week) he’s scheduled to return to New York to unveil Spotify’s new platform in front of his first-ever press conference—a platform that he admits still isn’t ready for a public debut.” I’m been playing with the Spotify app beta for a while now … read more ➜
[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 ➜
Jawbone JAMBOX (Black Diamond) I decided to try out this highly rated bluetooth speaker for my iPad and iPhone and was shocked at its ease of use, sound quality, small footprint, portability and long battery life. I liked the choice of colors which makes these small speakers standout and easy to spot. When I first … read more ➜
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 ➜
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 ➜
I downloaded the Comcast iPhone application excited to see what, if anything, it had to offer. I’ve become a bit jaded with Comcast over the years due to the lack of a real technology push. I’ve always wanted set top box built-in picture-in-picture and the ability to set my DVR from the internet or my … read more ➜
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 ➜
Apple has bought online streaming music service LaLa.com. While this surely changes the game, I’d really like to see a site offer the depth of features that I’ve been dreaming about for at least 4 years now. Yet I don’t even see people trying. I can’t be the only one with these ideas in … read more ➜
“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 ➜
This weekend we went down to Mountain View to see Nine Inch Nails and Jane’s Addiction. We went into the venue through the VIP gate and went up to the bar to get our drinks. We noticed that sitting down near the bar with a few friends was Steve Wozniak, Apple cofounder. We got our … read more ➜
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/
http://www.leebyron.com/what/lastfm/ This site presents some very interesting graphic charts for displaying music listening habits using last.fm.
MacRumorsLive has been hacked during the live keynote. Various ads and bogus announcements, such as “Steve Jobs Just Died”.
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 ➜
iTunes 8 features a new playlist creation tool called Genius. To create a playlist with it, you find a song you like and select it in your iTunes library, then you click on the ‘Genius’ button at the bottom right of your iTunes window. iTunes then gives you a few, albeit overly simplified, options. One, … read more ➜