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Mega Music Meta-Battle: MOG vs. Spotify Reviews

September 18, 2011

Spotify’s July launch in the US quickly heated up the market for music on demand.  Existing players Rdio and MOG both announced free service tiers last week, where previously they only offered free trials.  And this week, they’re all going to the ball with Facebook. MOG, in particular, is on fire.  They introduced a slick [...]

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Hi-Fi 2.0: Getting good audio in the iPod age (part 1)

July 17, 2011

After decades of continual improvements in audio recording and playback technologies, the average 21st Century listener will hear most music at lower fidelity than before the millennium.  How did this happen, and can anything be done about it? While audio technology continues to advance, the listening experience for most consumers, especially those just entering the [...]

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Adele: Live at the iTunes Festival – London 2011

July 9, 2011

Coming up:  Foo Fighters, Raphael Saadiq, Swedish House Mafia & more… If the Adele concert you planned to attend was postponed, cancelled, sold-out or otherwise just not happening, here’s a chance to see her close up, on your own schedule, and for free! Gracious and charming throughout, her voice settles down around the 15-minute mark [...]

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Apple’s vision of iTunes in the Cloud: Is it cloudy enough?

June 8, 2011

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Planetary Update: Starring Zoe Keating

May 3, 2011

Just heard from the folks at Bloom, and wanted to share a video they are featuring for the Planetary app we wrote about yesterday.  The demo uses a cut from MMT featured artist Zoe Keating.  Enjoy! Planetary (voiceover) from Bloom Studio, Inc. on Vimeo.

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Then and Now: Music on the small screen…

May 2, 2011

Ready to Rumble: A Birthday Tribute to Link Wray Like some other guitar pioneers who came out of Washington DC, Link Wray was an artist who garnered more respect from other musicians than from the general public. (See also: Danny Gatton, and “The Best Unknown Guitarist in the World”, Roy Buchanan.)  Born as Fred Lincoln [...]

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iPhone Performance Apps: iShred, Guitar & PianoStudio

February 9, 2011

FDG Celebrates Verizon on iPhone with Music Apps Sale To welcome Verizon iPhone users, Frontier Design Group (FDG) has all of their music apps on sale this week for $0.99.  That’s an 80% discount for iShred, GuitarStudio, and PianoStudio, which are normally priced at $4.99. If you miss the sale, go ahead and spend the [...]

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15 Must-Have iPad Music Apps for the Professional Musician

January 13, 2011

This guest post is by Chris Taylor (@miccontrolchris) of MicControl, a music blogging community that bridges the gap between musicians and music bloggers. The holiday season is officially over and one gadget that seemed to be on top of the world’s holiday list was the iPad. Rightfully so; after the operating system update in November [...]

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Holiday Gift Guide for Musicians and Music Lovers #1

November 20, 2010

Check the How-to-Buy guides if you’re interested in gifting drums, keyboards, a guitar or bass. #1: Gifts Under $100 What can you get for less than $30?  How about a professional musical instrument that is played by the likes of Bob Dylan and John Popper? There are thousands of harmonicas out there, some cheap, some [...]

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AmpliTube 2 for iPhone – Now with Portable Recording Studio

November 1, 2010

Play > Practice > Record:  Add a 4-Track Studio with Effects for $9.99 The new free version of AmpliTube for iPhone includes a single-track recorder, but make no mistake, the reason you want to install this is to get a portable recording studio for $9.99.  We introduced the iRig about six months ago, and AmpliTube [...]

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