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by Jordan Grodecki on September 04, 2008
Although not strictly to do with digital music, it is to do with the digital world, and music, so I figured this might be relevant to some people. Amazon and IMdb are hardly small names in the online...
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by Jordan Grodecki on August 04, 2008
Lyrics are a pretty critical part of music; they provide the majority of communication from the artist to the listener, but they seem to be getting more and more lost in the current digital take on...
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by Emily Price on March 11, 2008
Pi10k is an interesting website that's bound to take up a bunch of your time today. The site allows you to assign a note to each number one through ten. The program then plays those notes as they...
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"When You Know The Notes To Sing...You can sing most aaaaanyyyyythiiiiiiing!"-Fraulein Maria in Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of MusicHi. I'm Julie, the new girl here at...
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by Marc on August 17, 2007
The New York Times has an amusing article Memo to the Dept. of Magical Copyright Enforcement. Stopping copyright infringement is difficult. And it's often on the fringe. Acquiring illegitimate...
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P2P makes you blind, puts Los Angeles grips out of work, and now is killing U.S. farms. Forget the fact that corn farmers are experiencing record corn prices due to government subsidies and...
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by Marc on July 27, 2007
The iPhone is great material. This video shows more hidden uses from cheese grater to prophylactic. Get video codes at Bolt.......
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by Marc on July 20, 2007
You mean you didn't know about the x-ray camera, taser, tricorder, and special phone numbers? eWeek's Spencer Katt spills the beans on hidden iPhone features.......
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by Marc on July 13, 2007
"Steve Jobs" hypes the iPhone.......
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Burning Man: Fact & Fiction lays down the truth about the wild celebration in the Nevada desert the week before LaborDay. There's lots of music (see how I made this relevant to our blog),...
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by Marc on June 22, 2007
Hallmark has new line of musical greeting cards. This is a great commercial with dad opening a card for Father's Day that sings MC Hammer's Hammertime. The cards retail for a whopping five...
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New York artist and former software programmer Jonathan Coulton is profiled in the New York Times magazine section. He explains how he's created a full-time living through free distribution. He...
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by Marc on June 08, 2007
Photo - Josh Anderson for The New York Times This has absolutely nothing to do with our topic. But then that's why we have Fun Fridays. I couldn't resist sharing this with my readers. Kudzu...
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DiscRevolt brings a new way for artists to promote themselves with artist trading cards. The cards are both a physical memento for the artist like a CD Jewel case and a stored credit card that...
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A young filmmaker talks about pirates who bootlegged his independent movie, and concludes "two wrongs don't make a right. But it's a start."......
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The next generation of the computer game Guitar Hero will be called Rock Band and ready for fantasy rock stars everywhere by the end of the year. The game is being developed by Harmonix Music Systems...
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Science fiction author Spider Robinson wrote a brilliant story about copyrights 25 years ago, long before the ongoing fight we have today. "Melancholy Elephants" won the 1983 Hugo Award for...
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by Marc on April 27, 2007
The artist Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip shares some smart reflections on making music in "thou Shalt Always Kill" A few choice lyrics: Thou shalt not steal if there is direct victim. Thou...
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by Marc on April 06, 2007
The recording industry has embarked on an innovative strategy. Tired of combative adults who claim they're innocent and can't pony up the $5,000 settlement, the recording is catching...
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by Marc on April 01, 2007
I recently installed the latest high speed Internet vehicle, BPL - Broadband Over Power Line. Availability at any electrical outlet is a huge benefit, although download speed is less than cable and...
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by Marc on March 16, 2007
TALES FROM THE PUBLIC DOMAIN: BOUND BY LAW? is published by The Study of the Public Domain program at Duke University Law School Center. The comic book illustrates copyright law, including the...
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by Marc on March 02, 2007
Yahoo is launching Odd News Underground in what looks like a pathetic attempt for attention. I'll be happy to give it some extra PR here. But it's not the kind they likely want. The video...
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by Marc on February 20, 2007
This isn't related to our topic on hand. But it's Friday and I can be freaky. So I recommend MeanKids. The site can be vulgar with topics like "And Now a Word from the Man Love...
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