Cool, but not innovative

22 Oct 2007 – 1:29
By adam | Posted in music | Also tagged | Comments (1)

Rock should be less like a mall and more like a yard sale.

There's been a lot of pontificating about the new Radiohead album, and how it's hastening the demise of the recording industry. Largely because of Nine Inch ...

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Buckshot Ep. 4: Last.fm

4 Jun 2007 – 12:31
By adam | Posted in geekery, music | Also tagged | Comments (0)

Last.fm released their facebook widget. I really like facebook as a place for real-name-real-life type interactions. I'm not so sure about it as a "platform", Since not all my web profiles are as real.
they also finally started a blog.
which led me to find their solution for ...

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This is not your poster child.

7 Aug 2006 – 11:24
By adam | Posted in Asides, music | Also tagged | Comments (0)

Much has been made of the ability to buy a customized MP3 of a jessica simpson single with your name in it. Are people really that gullible? DRM is only one problem with the music industry. Just because they're testing ...

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Shallow Rewards

11 Jul 2006 – 9:08
By adam | Posted in music, soapboxing | Also tagged | Comments (4)

The internet is equalizing music. And erasing the lies that soundscan told us. but mocking music doesn't get it. They're still holding on to an idyllic world dependent on distribution channels that held music hostage for so long. This, despite statistics showing ...

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DRM interoperability

7 Feb 2006 – 2:26
By adam | Posted in Asides, geekery | Also tagged | Comments (0)

a proposal on DRM interoperability.
via robert weber
the only way DRM will ever be seperate from the RIAA, is if the hardware and the storefronts use one system, that any artist or record label, no matter how small, can plug into.