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Steve Jobs wants to free music

Here on the current proposals of Apple Steve Jobs for the abolition of the CEP Digital Restriction Management. And DRM-free download stores not sell the music of the Big Four, but the DRM-free music of the Indies, which are in the process of strengthening as a “virtual fifth major” on its position. (more…)


iPhone Ringtone Remixes

The strength of the Reality Distortion Field has now subsided, and we are again broken in the hard reality. What remains is an impressive first Designstude … and a ringtone. This short sequence of notes, apparently played on digital marimbas, now makes a meteoric career. Almost as a sample it is based on several remixes in the course of iPhone ringtone beat-making challenge from sneak move. (more…)

USB Microphones

Dutch, but English-language blog Melodiefabriek I came across two microphones, which can plug it directly into the USB port without a mixer must be interposed. Something is of course great for podcasters, but also for musicians who want to take a quick little idea. Yes the laptop has now everyone always and everywhere with it, right? The mic is a dynamic of Røde, the unit of SE Electronics is a condenser microphone. (more…)

Tool Time for MP3s

Last week I've been thinking again about my ever-growing, thanks to eMusic & Co. MP3 collection. Find sorting and works quite well, but at least two features I missed: First, I would like to save in the ID3 tags, has been released on the label the one title, and secondly I would leave at some tracks like to determine the BPM automatically, and also . (more…)

Coffee sticks

Carsten wants to know how I drink my coffee. Because the coffee is on the conservation work just the way it functions, here is a photo of my weekend morning coffee today. The cup I brought about 15 years ago from Arizona, and she has survived all the moves so far unscathed. She is not really pretty or unusual, but it is my longest-serving coffee pot. (more…)

As Mos Def and Geffen have screwed up but

is hectic Something appeared shortly before the end of last year Tru3 Magic, the new album by Mos Def. Well, some have wondered about the fact that the printed CD was sold in an otherwise empty plastic bag, but was laid out as a statement that Dante Smith. Even after the first hearing was also clear that Tru3 Magic certainly not as big as litter Black On Both Sides or The New Danger, but Mos Def-solid foods. (more…)

Emmanuel Jal: Hip Hop from Sudan

Photo by Damian Rafferty That the venerable National Geographic Society is heavily involved in the Web was to be expected. What surprised me, however, is obviously the big commitment to world music, to which I am about the World Music Video Spotlight in my Democracy TV Channel List hear. The current issue Sudanese rapper Emmanuel Jal portrays, a former child soldiers who are now committed to peace and Amnesty International in particular in Darfur. (more…)

For Majic Eyes Only

Majestic 12 I've already introduced. On Friday last the album For Majic Eyes Only comes at the stores, and just now is the new single “With You” was released, which has none other than Xavier Rudd lent his voice. I'm not really a friend of Xavier's music and especially his “message”, but here he has done his job well. (more…)

The Gnotorious Gnarls Biggie

Granted, this is no longer rough around the edges, but I'm just sound to MC It's all about angles and again met with Gnarls Biggie and I was pleased. For as the trained readers of this blog because of the sounding name, guessed quite right, hidden behind a mashup project, Gnarls Barkley and The Notorious BIG successive releases. (more…)

Official Drink of the hip hop team

At first I thought it was a joke. But then I found out: Pimp Juice really exists! Touted is taurine, this caffeine-and guaranahaltige refreshing drink with apple and berry flavors as The # 1 Hip Hop Energy Drink: Pimp Juice works to increase the drinker's energy supply, Which in turn enhances mental awareness, stimulates the metabolism, and battles bodily sickness. (more…)