MP3 vs AAC vs FLAC vs CD
John Atkinson, the longtime editor of Stereophile magazine, wrote an interesting piece comparing MP3 vs AAC vs FLAC vs CD. John is known for providing spectral analysis to the equipment that gets reviewed in the pages of the magazine, which...
Tags: aac · audio formats · cd · flac · john atkinson · mp3 · stereophile
Posted by Daniel Stout on June 5, 2008 11:01 PM · Permalink
Sony BMG: Why download when you can shop and download?
Sony BMG has announced that they're jumping into the DRM-free music scene. They're going to start selling MP3 downloads of their music. Well, sort of. Okay, here are the problems, and there are several. First, it's not a download store...
Tags: celine dion · drm · mp3 · platinum music pass · sony bmg
Posted by Daniel Stout on January 8, 2008 7:16 PM · Permalink
Get me some of those 10-minute songs. Pronto!
There's a special class of music reserved for the truly adventurous. It's the 10-minute song. Most bands never attempt long songs, and of those that do, only a select few can really pull it off. But for those that do,...
Tags: 10 minutes · mp3 · music · songs
Posted by Daniel Stout on September 8, 2007 12:45 AM · Permalink
now it’s time for Basement Jaxx
I recently linked to the awesome Palms Out Sounds for their extravaganza of Daft Punk samples. Two weeks later and they have another winner on Sample Wednesday. This week's take is Sample Wednesday #29: Basement Jaxx. They've posted 13 tracks...
Tags: basement jaxx · mp3 · palms out sounds · sample wednesday · samples
Posted by Daniel Stout on February 28, 2007 10:03 PM · Permalink
Getting jolly with eMusic
If I haven't already got this across, eMusic is quite awesome. So go check them out, now! I've been up to my ears in great new music from them. They have, exclusively, the new Bloc Party album called A...
Tags: drm · emusic · greg brown · itunes · mp3 · music · of montreal
Posted by Daniel Stout on February 23, 2007 9:18 AM · Permalink
SXSW does the mega-music download again
I went to the SXSW conference a few years ago in Austin, Texas, and had a great time. South By Southwest is actually three conferences — there's film, there's interactive (tech), and there's the granddaddy music conference. It all...
Tags: bittorrent · mp3 · music · music conference · sxsw · torrent
Posted by Daniel Stout on February 21, 2007 6:07 AM · Permalink
A daft punk freakout
This one is for the Daft Punk fans out there. Well, okay, this is a bunch of free music so it's for all the music fans out there, but it has special connotations for the Daft Punkers. Daft Punk, as...
Tags: daft punk · mp3 · palms out sounds · samples
Posted by Daniel Stout on February 20, 2007 6:28 AM · Permalink
Audio of Noam Chomsky Lecture
Mike G of Iowa Liberal alerts us to the existence of an audio recording of Noam Chomsky's lecture last week at the Englert Theatre here in Iowa City. We've added some metadata and made the MP3 iPod friendly. The...
Tags: chomsky · englert theatre · iowa city · lecture · mp3 · noam chomsky · spoken word
Posted by Daniel Stout on April 18, 2006 9:19 AM · Permalink
SXSW Music does the download mayhem again
Last year, I wrote about how SXSW Music had released a couple of torrents with over 750 MP3s of new music by bands appearing at the SXSW Music conference. SXSW 2006 wrapped up a few days ago, and in...
Tags: bittorrent · mp3 · sxsw · sxsw music
Posted by Daniel Stout on March 21, 2006 7:44 PM · Permalink
Jeff’s Mitchell’s Christmas Songs
Photo by Julie Strom Hendrickson Christmas is coming, snow coats northeast Iowa, and I am listening to Christmas music. Last year, Jeff Mitchell wrote and recorded two Christmas songs for me. For my annual compilation of Christmas music, he...
Tags: christmas · monkey · mp3 · music · xmas
Posted by Faust Gertz on December 23, 2005 8:00 AM · Permalink
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