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Category Archives: Music
Future Or Just Fad?
How an Unsigned White Rapper Changed Music
On January 24, 2013, the music industry will drastically change, thanks to an unsigned white rapper by the name of Macklemore. Why? Because Macklemore will be the first unsigned artist in modern history to hit #1 on U.S. Charts, with the song “Thrift Shop.” Not bad for a guy who’s debut full-length album, The Heist, was just a collaboration between friends that sold 78,000 copies in its first week.
Macklemore’s achievement is a big warning sign to the mega-labels, United Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, and Warner Music Corporation, who for the first time in quite a while, do not have a number one hit. Through just his massive online following, Macklemore was able to go to top without the help of a gigantic label covering his back or spending millions of dollars on marketing. These labels have to be nervous; no longer do artists need to go through them in order to be successful.
Boldfaced emphasis added by me.
Listen to it after the break.
Filed under Digital Overthrow, Music, Video
Pinchable Music
Pinchable music: Pinch-out on track waveform and it separates out into all of the tracks that make up the music. <- Apple needs to do that.—
Mike Cane (@mikecane) January 29, 2012
I listened to a music track online today and it was displayed as a waveform.
This reminded me of the early Mac days when I showed someone a sound recording program and she asked if after the music had been digitized it could have all the tracks from a cut separated out to play each one.
It has to be at least twenty-five years since then.
And we still don’t have that.
Why the hell not?
Filed under Digital Overthrow, Music
HP TouchPad: The Tablet That Wouldn’t Die
Reuters: HP resurrects TouchPad for one last go at the iPad
My own little tribute. Song from Rock Follies of ’77.
Musicians: Adapt To The New Real World!
My life is being wasted thirty seconds at a time on Spotify.
So many songs have these idiotic thirty-second intros that add nothing to the song. It’s gotten to the point where I wish Spotify would add a Skip First Thirty Seconds button!
Filed under Music
Spotify Vs. MOG
Bob Lefsetz went on and on about how great Spotify was for months.
I didn’t retain much detail because the “subscribe to music” bit was a mental roadblock. Nonetheless, when Spotify launched here in the U.S. I ran to ask for an Invite.
Today Lefsetz posts an email from the competing music service called MOG.
Spotify Is Eating My Life
Spotify is exactly what Napster should have been allowed to legally evolve into.
I’ve listened to more and different music in the past five days than I have in the past five years.
Being able to connect with other people and playlists (as Napster allowed people to connect with other people’s hard drives) has allowed me to zip through over 600 tracks just yesterday to discover new music.
Filed under Music
What I Learned From Spotify Today
ATTENTION MUSICIANS! START THE FUCKING SONG! Get over yourselves. Your 30+-second Intros are FAIL!—
Mike Cane (@mikecane) July 19, 2011
Filed under Music
