Category: ministry of music
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teh s3quence 009: lilah’s mix
a new tradition i’m starting this year is to make mix cds for each of the kids every year. i did one for G a couple months ago, and decided when i finally made lilah’s that i would post it here on teh s3quence. so, here it is: 01 morphine, the night 02 poe, hello…
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MusicIP Mix handles huge mp3 libraries better than WinAmp [Abandonware]
let me get this out there: i love winamp. i’ve been using it since its’ inception. i used to listen to tag’s trance shoutcast station back in the day (tag is/was one of the winamp devs and was responsible for a lot of the visualizations that come bundled with winamp). i’ve tried many, many other music…
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teh (anti)xmas s3quence
even scrooges occasionally listen to christmas music. it’s just that our taste in christmas music is occasionally a bit twisted. every year i make a playlist for the holidays. here’s the latest incarnation with some of the staples that hang around year after year. 01 john lennon, happy christmas (war is over) 02 the pretenders,…
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Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax To Tour Together | Billboard.com
Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax To Tour Together | Billboard.com. i have one thing to say about this (besides what i tweeted, which was repeating @mmmaiko‘s comment of um, isn’t this like 20 years late?) Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich is quoted saying: Who would have thought that more than 25 years after its inception, thrash metal’s…
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teh TOTALLY 80s s3quence
music was a cornerstone of my childhood. i grew up with mtv and what i consider to be the height of radio — back when dj’s played good music that wasn’t dictated by record labels. some people think that 80s music sounds kitchy, dated, or lo-fi, but i say it’s all of these things that…
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unbox pandora
i’ve been using Pandora for a long time, and i’ve always been a big fan. when Tim Westergren came to Salt Lake City on his speaking tour, i went to see him at the SLC Main Library and i have the raglan-style Pandora tshirt to prove it. the unique recommendation engine — powered by humans who actually analyze…
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more on the music industry filesharing debate
this post on the uk’s Telegraph shares the results of a recent analysis on where revenue is going. the short answer: it’s what i, and a lot of other people, have been saying for a long time — the big wigs are losing money but, on the whole, individual artists actually benefit from filesharing, even…
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wake up, music industry!
a couple of weeks ago i posted my reactions to some stuff that sam rosenthal was talking about on his projekt newsletter and facebook page. sam graciously took the opportunity to comment on my post, and one of his main points was this: Just because *you* buy music after nabbing it illegally, you are mistaken…
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fix the music biz by taking cues from the porn industry
some ideas occurred to me after my recent post about the music industry, and then erin said something that i thought was not only genius, but perfectly summed up the kind of thinking that needs to happen to save the music business: if you want to figure out what people will pay for online, look…