There are frequently stories about someone who found a great treasure in a thrift shop or pawn shop like maybe a rare pre-war Martin D-28 or some other cool thing. Finally, I can join the ranks of the thrift shop story tellers, only my find was not a guitar or piece of jewelry, but rather [...]
Here is a new edition of Vaccai meets Trip Hop. I am now up to the 14th release in my Musing Mana song project: Musing Mana 14 – Vaccai Meets Trip Hop (Take 2)
This version has more of a tribal feel and some minor key overtones. I even had to haul out my synthesizer to [...]
OK folks, we are getting ready to go into Seattle on Friday and see Jonathan Coulton in concert with Paul and Storm. Jonathan, aka JoCo, is my creative commons demigod and guru that I have been following and listening to for at least the past year, and probably even a bit longer than that. He [...]
Even though DRM-free music is a good thing, suddenly not supporting the existing DRM music you have sold was a business decision that obviously did not sit too well with Walmart customers. See Walmart’s latest email on this issue provided below.
From: Walmart Digital Music <newsletters@walmart.com>
Subject: UPDATE: Important Information About Your Digital Music Purchases
Date: Thursday, [...]
There is a great discussion on New Hampshire public radio (NPR) on “What is folk music?”. My comment is that I think there as many answers to “What is folk music?” as there are people to answer the question. I prefer to not debate which instrumentation is or is not appropriate as [...]