Super groups are tricky. Bands I grew up with are now old enough to be reforming into super groups I couldn’t have imagined back then. But why not, let’s make music together, what can go wrong?
This one is strangely … Read the rest
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modern, classic, songs, artists, the business
Tribute Time – Sheehan Plays KX on Bass
The Mouse Sleeps
Amazing song by Fela and his gang:
… Read the restSpotify Wants Your Profile For The Highest Bidder
While Pono makes news with their righteous promise to give you free content upgrades for life, Spotify is making news with an update to their privacy policy that informs the users of their service – particularly the free subscription tier … Read the rest
The Pono Promise Is Real
This crazy old rock star started another company. He named it the Hawaiian word for righteousness. He has long hair, wears jeans and a leather coat, it’s a for-profit small business, and he is hated by conservatives.
The … Read the rest
Kings & Queens & Guillotines
More old guys still rocking – here’s Aerosmith doing one of their great songs from almost 40 years ago, with Steven Tyler still hitting those notes, damn!
PonoPlayer Doing Well At Amazon
During my recent shopping experience I’ve found Amazon reviews to be pretty accurate once enough people use that product and report back.
The Pono Player has been for sale up there for a while and people of all types have … Read the rest
Full Power Launch on E Street
Two of the most powerful forces working in music right now are Bruce Springsteen and Ahmir Thompson aka Questlove.
Bruce and his E-Street band have been moving mountains since the 70’s.
Quest started in the 90’s but made up time … Read the rest
Funk en tele chy
Enjoy some old school funk from one the finest in the business – The original Brides of Funkenstein Dawn Silva and Jeanette McGruder throw down a few years back.
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Combine both of those forces to bring about new energy and new life.
… Read the rest24bit or Bust: Bill Withers & Led Zeppelin
They trickle out slowly but at least they are finally coming: 24bit versions of classic albums by classic artists, ready for purchase for under $20. This is the full-quality studio master for your library so don’t pass up these opportunities.… Read the rest
Appreciating HD Audio
Good article by Bob O’Donnell posted at Engadget. Engadget is usually anti-audio quality, pushing the standard line of lossy is fine, smartphones are fine, buy new headphones and shut up. But Bob pushes through with a nice summary of … Read the rest
Music Business vs. Youtube
The battle for pennies is heating up. The 3 major record labels are supposedly fed up with Youtube’s lame attempts to monetize their content, feeling that Google, who owns Youtube and the entire ad network and search engine that drives … Read the rest
That Is Something Almost Done
Morcheeba and the 90’s mellowness:
… Read the restThe Sad State of Consumer Audio
There is a lot of technology available today, some at very affordable prices. Choice appears abundant but it’s a false narrative.
Why is choice a false narrative? Because most of the choices are already compromised and the actual quality of … Read the rest
The Ten Commandments Of Love
It’s Bandwidth, Stupid
Everything digital boils down to bandwidth –
- how much you have
- how much can you use
- how fast the data can move through it
Bandwidth comes in several forms. The network connection is the obvious one because we already use … Read the rest
The Power Of The Song
Witness Funkadelic doing their thing to your earholes:
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