Thursday, January 26, 2012

Watch out Pandora: New app brings Spotify to iOS. One of the main differences between Spotify and Pandora is the ability to listen to streaming radio on iOS--a new app called SpotON Radio may be a game changer for Pandora listeners. [CNET News.com] 10:38:39 AM     These Apps Are Helping a New Generation of Audiophiles Discover Vinyl [Apps]. As someone who spends lots of time thinking about the future of music as an app phenomenon, it might surprise you that I do a lot of my listening on vinyl records. More » [Gizmodo] 10:18:23 AM

Monday, January 23, 2012

Soundmachines Turntables Drop the Needle For an Optical Sensor [Video]. Created by Berlin-based design studio The Product, this set of three unique turntables was built for the premiere of Volkswagen's new Beetle at the 2011 IAA motor show. Instead of vinyl, it uses discs with concentric geometric patterns to produce music. More » [Gizmodo] 10:36:32 AM

Friday, January 20, 2012

'Hobotech' Music Mixes Beats, Breaks and Campfire Beans. [Wired Top Stories] 6:49:53 PM     Streaming music app Raditaz hopes to beat Pandora at its own game (Appolicious). Appolicious - Ever since the take-off in popularity of streaming music service Pandora, it seems like the field for services that bring music over the Internet has exploded, with all kinds of offerings. Some take different approaches to streaming music – Spotify and Rdio, for example, are more on-demand – while Pandora is more akin to listening to the radio. A new entrant into the race, Raditaz, takes the same approach as Pandora, with the aim to do it better. [Yahoo! News: Technology News] 6:45:15 PM     Why Did the Feds Target Megaupload? And Why Now? [Megaupload]. http://gizmodo.com/5877836/why-did-the-feds-choose-megaupload-and-why-now" class="pp_image"> http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/images/4/2012/01/small_21d7e9d9ff3505186e6ebf00af8daf61.jpg"/> The federal government, with help from police abroad, came down on Megaupload.com with the online cop fury of an Old Testament God. But why Megaupload? And why now? More » [Gizmodo] 6:36:15 PM

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Gliss Creates Music Like MS Paint: Just Draw What You Want to Hear. Audio sequencers typically work the same way. Most of these tools, favored by DJs and electronic musicians, organize sound on a grid with time on the horizontal axis and notes on the vertical axis. Gliss ($3, iPhone or iPad) bends that tried-and-true convention. The resulting app feels altogether new, despite elements that will feel familiar to anybody who?s taken a crack at making music on a computer. [Wired Top Stories] 6:20:46 PM     First Look: Slacker Radio. Slacker Radio tries to encompass two markets -- streaming radio a la Pandora and as a paid music subscription service. The free service is good. The premium subscription service needs work. By Christopher Breen. [News and reviews of accessories for iPod touch, iPod classic, iPod nano and more] 6:10:40 PM     iPad Mixing Desk Will Probably Get Me on the Charts [Ipad]. There seems to be a rash of tech at the moment that's designed to integrate your iPad into a portable recording studio. This looks like one of the most exciting so far, though: I think it might even make me famous. More » [Gizmodo] 6:07:08 PM

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Spotify vs. Rdio, Part 2: The Billboard Charts. [Wired Top Stories] 3:03:42 PM

Friday, January 13, 2012

Sony's Music Unlimited Streaming Service Is Headed to iOS [Music]. In a shift in philosophy for Sony, VentureBeat is reporting that Sony's iTunes competitor, Music Unlimited, will finally makes its way to iOS devices. There'll be a Spotify-esque song caching option for subscribers and should add more choices in an increasingly crowded market. [VentureBeat] More [Gizmodo] 2:46:55 PM     Will Facebook's New Listen With Friends Feature Kill Turntable.FM? [Facebook]. Tech nerds and music fiends are both familiar with the social listening experience that is Turntable.FM, but the general masses are still relatively unfamiliar. Facebook, pushing along at full force with their new music features and sensing that Turntable.fm hasn't quite reached its tipping point, rolled out their latest feature: Listen with friends. More » rner.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~4/0dvjVLrSemM" height="1" width="1"/> [Gizmodo] 11:57:52 AM     OutListen's Crowdsourced Concert Videos: A New Music Format. [Wired Top Stories] 11:43:34 AM

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Turn Your iPad Into a Music Studio With Griffin's New MIDI Gear [Music]. The iPad offers great promise in terms of music making, and I'm not talking about karaoke or strange virtual guitar concepts: artists like Gorrilaz have managed to record full songs using them. Now you can, too, thanks to Griffin. More » [Gizmodo] 3:37:05 PM

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

One (Fictional) Music App to Rule Them All. [Wired Top Stories] 1:16:09 PM     5 Must-Hear Pieces of 'Lost' Music From 2011. "Lost" music gets found all the time: Bands keep demos locked up in storage, original pressings are stumbled upon during spring cleaning at a recording studio. Here are five key pieces of "lost" music recovered last year. [Wired Top Stories] 12:59:39 PM

Monday, January 9, 2012

Could music stream ripping software put Spotify and other music services at major risk? (Digital Trends). Digital Trends - The music industry has been forced to reinvent itself thanks to the Internet. Ever since Napster first appeared on the scene, consumers have been finding ways to get their music for free, at the detriment of recording labels and artists. One answer to this issue has been the subscription music model: Services like Spotify, Last.fm, MOG, and Rdio are compromises between a market that is searching for profit models and customers who simply won't spend what they used to. [Yahoo! News: Technology News] 10:55:14 AM

Friday, January 6, 2012

Digital Music Sales Beat Physical Music Sales for the First Time [Music]. It took longer than I thought it would (because physical music sales still makes the monies) but digital music sales has finally topped physical music sales. According to Nielsen and Billboard, digital music sales accounted for 50.3% of total music sales, more than half the pie. What took so long? More » [Gizmodo] 11:35:48 AM

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