New Mash Up Album: "Spliced Krispies"
Click play to listen to Paranoid Rock by Go
Home Productions
I dig on these mashups.
If you haven't heard a mashup yet, you're in for a
fun ride. To get a taste, hit play above and listen
to Black Sabbath and Queen in a way you never have
before.
This latest offering from Go Home Productions
includes unique, never heard before mixes and
mashes of the following artists: The Rolling
Stones, The Temptations, The Sex Pistols, Ce Ce
Peniston, The Stone Roses, Billy Joel, The Byrds,
The Supremes, Keith Mansfield, The Beach Boys, The
Cadbury's Fudge Advert, Carly Simon, Luther
Vandross, REM, Nirvana, Alan Parker, Black Sabbath,
Queen, T.Rex, The Commodores and Burt Bacharach. I
must admit, that is the first time I have ever
written "Burt Bacharach."
Major Music Labels and Their Downward Spiral - We're all Thieves to the RIAA
"As I've said before, a good sign of a dying industry that investors might want to avoid is when it would rather litigate than innovate, signaling a potential destroyer of value. If it starts to pursue paying customers -- which doesn't seem that outlandish at this point -- then I guess we'll all know the extent of the desperation. Investor, beware." Read More...
Major Music Labels Move Away from DRM for all the Wrong Reasons: The Apple Implications
Sony BMG would become the last of the top four music labels to drop DRM, following Warner Music Group, which in late December said it would sell DRM-free songs through Amazon.com's digital music store. EMI and Vivendi's Universal Music Group announced their plans for DRM-free downloads earlier in 2007.
The irony behind this move by all the major labels to step away from DRM has very little to do with accommodating the needs of their customers, but a feeble attempt to supplement distribution channels. Apple is a primary reason behind the labels shift to DRM free, but the labels newfound interest has little to do with customer benefit or even a business ploy that will affect Apple's digital music leadership position. Let me explain... Read More...
This Was Pop 2002-2007
Fast forward to the days folllowing the dot com bubble burst of the late 90s and DJs began to move match beating to a new level. Instead of simply producing a continuous stream of foot-tapping tunes, DJs began to sample clips from one song, insert them in to other tracks and effectively "mash" the two songs together. To illustrate this idea, Check out this clip from Mark Vidler of Go Home Productions (GHP) called Rapture Riders:
Click play to listen to Rapture Riders by Go Home Productions
Who would think Rapture by Blondie and Riders on the Storm by the Doors could sound so good together. And this is just a taste of the talent of GHP. This week, GHP released a downloadable album of 20 of the such tracks, aptly called This Was Pop 2002-2007.
Read More...
Slim Devices: Squeezebox Upgradable Display... Now That's Cool
Buyer's remorse. That dreaded curse that plagues us
all right after we buy that new widget. Nowhere
does buyer's remorse run more rampant than through
the darkened home offices of super geeks
everywhere--right after they buy that new blinking
box (as my wife likes to call them). You know the
feeling... about two miles from the car dealer's
lot when you realize your shiny new car just
depreciated by about 50%. Poof, it's gone.
OK, I got off topic...
I have been a big fan of a small Silicon Valley
startup called Slim Devices for a few years. They
have a fantastic product that "connects" two of my
greatest (geek) loves -- my computer and my music.
They call it the Squeezebox and it allows all the
MP3s on your computer to be played through your
home stereo system. As opposed to the
less-than-tin-can-quality of the single speaker in
your PC.
Audio Hijack: Great Way to Extract Audio From Live Concert DVDs
Well, that has now changed for me. I recently purchased Audio Hijack from Rogue Amoeba. This application allows you to record the audio from any source playing on your Mac--DVDs, streaming audio, you name it. And yes, it is Mac based. The recording can be virtually any file format... mp3, aif, etc. Read More...
SqueezeBox: The Best Way to Stream MP3s from Your Computer
When our son started walking a few years ago, having our 100 CD disk jukebox at grabbing/what's this?/oops! level became a bad idea. Not to mention that we had about 200 more CDs that weren't in it. What's more, it was a pain to find (and play) a particular CD or song. A CD jukebox just seemed so '80s anyway.
Well, when our CD changer started to make a grinding noise, we realized its end was near. The geek I am, I had no interest in buying another CD changer. I started researching a way to play MP3 files off my computer instead. I quickly found Slim Devices. There solution is perfect. A "blinking box" that connects to my home network--essentially connecting my computer to my stereo. Imagine my delight.
