While I'm not sure I agree completely with the logic, it's definitely right on the money ... so to speak :-) ... with the conclusion that it is the music companies' collective greed that will eventually bring about their demise.
I'm not normally much of a concert goer, apart from the occasional symphony, but I'm very glad I went along tonight. Missy was in fine form.
The repertoire was approximately a 50-50 split between old and new songs.
I'd only listened to her curent album once so far, and that was while sitting on a bus and a train, with my attention diverted by the SMH cryptic. So, this evening was really my first serious hearing of the new tracks.
On A Clear Night may take a few more "spins" to grab me the way The Sound Of White did, but I think it will definitely get there.
Misy was joined on stage by a nice little ensemble, including the sonorous tones of a cello player ... whose name eludes me at the moment, but visions of her black tights and tutu do not :-).
Anyway, if you can possibly make it along to one of her performances, do. If not, you'll probably have a host of videos available on YouTube in the next day or so, because the audience was a sea of compact cameras and phones tonight.
To save you a little effort, here's a search that should find them ... and below is quite a reasonable recording of Steer. Enjoy!
Of course, to obtain any audio improvement from it, you'll need to encode all your music using Apple Lossless Compression, so you'll probably only fit a couple of albums on that 4GB Nano.
But I'm sure it's worth every penny of the £399 asking price!
I just realised my eMusic subscription would roll over today and I had six tracks left. Having listened to a lot of Miles Davis tonight, I was in a mood for some jazz.
As usual, eMusic did not disappoint. I found Afro-Cubism by Either Orchestra. The only problem is that it's now almost 0500 and I want to finish listening to it! Good thing it's Sunday morning.
If you like cello music, this is the site for you!
It's a video podcast that features clips of a chap playing cello music, with an explanation of the history of the piece. For example, today's was Faure's Apres un Reve.
I just came across an interesting radio programme called Rare Frequency "devoted to experimental, electronic, improv, noise, and quasi-pop music, with the occasional non sequitur thrown in for good measure."
It's hosted by someone named Susanna and the episodes are podcast (although, she only provides an iTunes link, which is annoying).
Trust me, this won't be for everyone, so to get a taste of it, you might try listening to Susanna's last.fm station.
I have no idea how they get away with it, but last.fm is a site that provides streaming music based on your personal preferences. I couldn't tell you how many kilobits per second the stream is, but it is definitely good enough.
You can become a member, download some software and have it track what songs you play via iTunes to give the database some information about what you're currently into, to customise it a little better.
Greg played me a great "Christmas" album yesterday, called "S'no Balls" performed by Rudy Casoni.
Rudy is the Frank Sinatra impersonator persona of Toby Huss. There's something I find just damned hilarious about hearing Frank's silky-smooth voice singing such lewd lyrics :-).
Please note that this is not for those of closed mind!
"S'NO BALLS is twelve rude and hilarious Christmas tunes that are sure to ignite any holiday party. Especially if highballs are involved. And broads. And then some cocktails get thrown in. Dames and booze, put on S'no Balls and WHAMMO, Clyde, it's Instant Christmas!"
There's an interesting article on Demon Baby, discussing the death of OiNK and the shambles that is the music industry.
Beauty In Music is a page dedicated to hot women in classical music.
I found this amazingly good lip sync on Vimeo.
Personally, I just have a nice radio on a shelf in the bathroom, but if you prefer to have your tunes a little closer, you could try the Juke Tower.
It turns out that you'll be paying a premium to avoid DRM.
Ted Stevens (Audio) eat your heart out. The Roth Audio MC4 Music Cocoon is a valve amplifier for your iPod.
I just realised my eMusic subscription would roll over today and I had six tracks left. Having listened to a lot of Miles Davis tonight, I was in a mood for some jazz.
If you like cello music, this is the site for you!
I just came across an interesting radio programme called Rare Frequency "devoted to experimental, electronic, improv, noise, and quasi-pop music, with the occasional non sequitur thrown in for good measure."
I have no idea how they get away with it, but last.fm is a site that provides streaming music based on your personal preferences. I couldn't tell you how many kilobits per second the stream is, but it is definitely good enough.
Greg played me a great "Christmas" album yesterday, called "S'no Balls" performed by Rudy Casoni.
