2011 Holiday gift guide for music & audio geeks (part 3)

December 6, 2011

Pink Floyd back catalogue immersion edition Pink Floyd – Back Catalogue Poster Print – $0.01 + 3.99 shipping When design studio Hipgnosis was commissioned to create a tv commercial for Pink Floyd’s back catalogue, they came up with five ideas.  Although the “catalogue of backs” concept didn’t make it to the commercial, EMI had Storm [...]

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Survey still says: musicians have little love for Spotify

December 4, 2011

Spotify may be aiming to win the hearts and minds of app developers, but they still have some work to do when it comes to musicians.  We reported the early results of our Spotify survey here, and can now announce that the final results are…well, pretty much the same.  Once again: When asked how they [...]

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2011 Holiday gift guide for music & audio geeks (part 2)

November 24, 2011

Thanksgiving Thingamagoop Thinglink Edition – gifts under $200 Thingamagoop 2 – $160 (built) (hover and poke the thingamgoops in the eye for a demo)The music and audio geek in your life is sure to be thankful after unwrapping a Thingamagoop 2. The T2 marries the original analog Thingamagoop with a digital synthesizer you control with [...]

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Free Friday: DMV Diversity Edition

November 24, 2011

Black Angel Down, The Forest Wall, and Talia Segal According to Wikipedia, the DC area is “particularly known for the musical genres of hardcore punk, bluegrass, and a local funk genre called “go-go“.  Think Fugazi, the Seldom Scene, and Chuck Brown.  Now that’s diversity.  This edition of Free Friday features three acts that showcase some [...]

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Occupy Musicians launches website

November 22, 2011

Invites all musicians to join in support of the Occupy movement Occupy musicians launched a campaign to support Occupy Wall Street and the global campaign against income inequality.  Musicians who have signed up include Lou Reed, Amanda Palmer, and DC’s Ian MacKaye and Guy Picciotto (Fugazi).  Here’s the invite from occupymusicians.com: Are you a working [...]

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Google Music stays free – adds music store and artist pages

November 17, 2011

    Google just launched their music store in the US, and sent a message to Google Music beta users (excerpted below): Dear Music Beta user, We’re excited to announce that Music Beta by Google is officially graduating from beta today! Google Music will remain a free service, and you can continue to store up [...]

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2011 Holiday gift guide for music & audio geeks (part 1)

November 12, 2011

Global Financial Crisis Edition – Gifts under $20 KORG iKaossilator – $9.99 (debut discount through November 30, 2011) Sure, you could spend $129 for a hardware Kaossilator, but times are tough.  So we suggest the iKaossilator, which brings all the fun of the original to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch.  And brings it for [...]

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Happy Nigel Tufnel Day!

November 11, 2011
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I want my iCloud!: a step-by-step guide to iTunes in the Cloud

November 11, 2011

UPDATED for iTunes 10.5 and iOS 5 Thinking about iTunes Match? See Getting the Most out of iTunes Match Let’s start out assuming you have an iPhone and a Mac or PC running iTunes.  Here’s what you need to do: 1.  Upgrade to iTunes version 10.5 – Open iTunes and select iTunes > Check for Updates. [...]

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Animals As Leaders release new album: Weightless

November 9, 2011

The Future is Here Instrumental metal progressive math rockers Animals as Leaders released Weightless on November 8th.  This is their second album on Prosthetic Records, a follow up to their self-titled debut from 2009. And if you’re wondering what instrumental metal progressive math rock sounds like, play the SoundCloud clip and continue reading. Animals As [...]

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