Cover My World: Super Sunday Spectacular!

February 4, 2012

Walk off the Earth covers Goyte & a special Madonna cover from Jane Lui It’s been a while since we’ve seen a cover that was mind-trippingly good enough to warrant a new installment of Cover My World.  Well here it is.  Five players (L-R): percussion, rhythm guitar, lead guitar, bass, and effects. One instrument: Epiphone [...]

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Free Friday: Superbowl Sunday Edition

February 3, 2012

One car, 288 guitars, 55 pianos, 1157 homemade instruments, and OK Go Musically speaking, the Superbowl is generally a disaster.  Will Kelly Clarkson be slain by the Star-Spangled curse? Will Her Madgesty be chewed up by the monster that ate the Black Eyed Peas? Maybe, but at least we can count on some entertainment from [...]

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Neil Young on living in the low-rez world

February 1, 2012

“We can’t control the back end of the donkey.” In this clip from the D: Dive Into Media conference, Neil Young begins by saying ”My goal is to try to rescue the art form that I’ve been practicing for the past 50 years.” He goes on to talk about  preserving the album format, how piracy is [...]

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Andrew York solo flight: a Kickstarter Classical Music Project

January 24, 2012

MMT featured artist Andrew York wants to release his next recording without a label, and is using Kickstarter to make it happen.  He set a modest goal, and after one day is more than half way there.  Get a preview of the music below, where Andy explains his preparations and plans for the project.

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Zoë Keating: MMT Featured Artist

January 8, 2012

An Alt-Classical Artist for the 21st Century We first featured Zoë Keating as a Free Friday pick in 2010.  Last year she received more mentions in MMT than any other artist — largely due to a guest post she wrote for us: “Zoe Keating on Spotify, Apple and Independents (and lettuce).” In addition to being [...]

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Want Logic Pro for $160? (or any app for 20% off…)

January 8, 2012

Best Buy is offering iTunes gift card at a 20% discount for a limited time (i.e., hurry up!).  In addition to music, videos, books, movies, and rentals, the digitally delivered cards can be used for software purchases in the Mac App Store.  Since Apple rarely discounts its products, here’s a chance to save some money. [...]

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MMT: Top Eleven Things from 2011

December 31, 2011

The year of Apple, artists, and unanswered questions As we reflect on 2011 through the lens of MMT statistics, it’s not surprising to see that Apple dominated the year from multiple angles.  Apple’s iCloud service was the subject of this year’s most popular post, and 6 of the top 11 stories had ties to Apple [...]

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Animoog: Editor’s Choice – Best Synthesizer App for the iPad

December 25, 2011

Capsule Review:  Buy it — NOW! originally posted 10/19/2011 Christmas 2011 Update: Moog Music Inc. now offers Animoog for iPhone at an introductory price of $0.99, and has put the iPad version on sale for $9.99 (regularly $29.99). A year ago, we wrote about the mixed reviews for Moog’s first iOS app: Filtatron.  Our main [...]

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2011 Holiday gift guide for music & audio geeks (part 4)

December 18, 2011

The 1% Edition – gifts under $4,000 The Anvil “Alloy Convertible” Turntable – $1,600 Finally, an heirloom quality turntable with a cast iron plinth (base) and a proprietary cast alloy non-magnetic platter.  Made in Detroit, USA. Sennheiser HD800 Headphones – $1,499.95   Calling these “headphones” simply will not do. For this is the Sennheiser HD800 [...]

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Music 2.0: Battle of the Business Models (part 3)

December 17, 2011

What’s the Best Business Model for the Music Industry? Put simply, a business model is the plan for generating revenue and profits.  For musicians, that means being able to put food on the table and pay the rent.  As Jill Sobule put it, success in the music business “means not having to work a straight [...]

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