Tag: Music

Spiralfrog

The site is spiralfrog.com, and it has a new concept of legal music distribution. The premise is, that they will offer users free downloads (secured my DRM, of course), and their service is supported completely by ads. You can play your music on one PC and two mobile devices. If you do not log in to their service once every month(to see the ads, etc), your music will cease to play. Universal Music Group (a massive record label) has already agreed to sign on, and Spiralfrog is in talks with the other major labels.

This BoingBoing post contains a lot of links to various sites around the internet who are reporting on this. Xeni at BoingBoing, along with almost everyone else contributing their opinion are skeptical at best of a service which I feel has so much potential.

This will cost no money to the end user, and the artist and record company are still compensated. If the company can prove to be profitable, this benefits everyone. In fact, the only real support I’ve seen of this service comes from the comments on digg. Now, I’m no fan of DRM, but my opposition of DRM only extends to things I have paid for. This service is free, I really can’t complain.

Most of the news articles on this topic are coming from the wrong direction as well. While they don’t exactly take sides, they keep comparing it to iTunes, which is blatantly incorrect. iTunes offers a completely different service than Spiralfrog intends to. In fact, all they really have in common is their product. What this should be compared to is Napster and Yahoo!’s music services, which allow unlimited downloads (again, protected by DRM), but for a fee. If this service should succeed, it could completely kill the already crippled music subscription services.

Why this is a step forward: Spiralfrog has discovered a way to provide a service that previously cost $10/month, for absolutely free. It also has the potential to decrease piracy, which gives the RIAA a little less to complain about (don’t worry, I’m sure they’ll find something).

And your song for this fine post? Taught to be Proud by Tea Leaf Green. This version is from a live show hosted here.
[audio:http://cryptical.nugs.net/tlg/060407/tlg060407ii_12_Taught_To_Be_Proud.mp3?nid=null]

Juan Fest

These last couple days for me have been amazing. Thursday night, Ten Past Midnight performed at Java, and in addition to actually hearing the music this show, I got to see lots of people who I hadn’t seen in a very long time. All in all, a kickass time.

But Friday was able to beat it, with zombies marching on Main St. Stopping at all three coffee shops on and off of main st, we covered decent ground, and generally had a good time. *waits for video*

And tonight, I caught a few hours of live music. I tuned into AT&T’s blue room (at Bonnaroo) just as Damian Marley was finishing his set, so I caught the entire My Morning Jacket performance, which lasted from 9:30 to 12:30…such awesomeness should not be had in such a short span of days.

The only question is, what will tomorrow bring?

Phish

This is mostly just a couple links I don’t want to lose.

http://www.cosa.com/esther/index.html
http://www.mockingbirdfoundation.org/setlists/1994.html#07-08-94

If you’re a phan, you may understand each of those. If not, I don’t really care.

iTSM

Format:

Title
Artist
Album
Starting At
Ending At
—————
Ride
The Vines
Winning Days
0:21.8
0:27.2
—————
Turd On The Run
The Rolling Stones
Exile On Main Street
2:26.1
2:30.7
—————
Madonna Speech
Reservoir Dogs
Reservoir Dogs
0:05.2
0:10.5
—————
Philosophy Of Time Travel (Album Version)
Michael Andrews
Donnie Darko Original Score
0:59.1
1:04.0
—————
Another Brick In The Wall Pt.2
Pink Floyd
The Wall
1:23.3
1:27.5
—————
White Summer – Black Mountain Side
Led Zeppelin
Coda
6:54.1
6:57.4
—————
The Pan Piper
Miles Davis
Sketches Of Spain
3:36.4
3:39.3
—————
Mi Tierra
Gloria estefan
Mi Tierra
0:04.4
0:06.7
—————
Everybody Knows That You’re Insane
Queens of The Stone Age
Lullabies to Paralyze
1:30.6
1:34.1
—————
Do You Feel Like We Do
Peter Frampton
Frampton Comes Alive!
4:46.3
4:49.4
—————
Lonesome Fiddle
Mountain Heart
Force of Nature
0:28.0
0:30.8
—————
Esther
Phish
Junta
8:59.1
9:03.7
—————
Dob-o-tronic
Mad Professor
Dubtronic
1:43.4
1:46.8
—————
Pleasant Dr. Robert
ccc
Revolved
0:17.6
0:23.5
—————
Rising

3:21.9
3:24.8
—————
Baker’s Dozen
Galactic
Late for the Future
2:40.7
2:45.4
—————
Dragostea Din Tei
O-Zone

1:38.2
1:40.5
—————
Whistler’s Delight (Full Version)
DJ Riko

3:49.2
3:53.6
—————
Gumboots
Paul Simon
Graceland
0:43.6
0:46.3
—————
Hit That
The Offspring
Splinter
0:59.0
1:04.4
—————
The Saga Of Pepote Rouge
Band, The
Islands (Remaster)
0:52.7
0:56.5
—————
Ven A La Fiesta
Sandra
Caribe 2003
3:01.2
3:05.9
—————
Still Day Beneath the Sun
Opeth
Blackwater Park [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
0:49.6
0:54.6
—————
Grammys 2001 mix
Moby and Blue Man Group

0:04.4
0:08.8
—————
Kids With Guns
Gorillaz
Demon Days
1:00.1
1:04.1
—————
dip it low vs relaxed spacious
team9
team9 vs christina milan vs a parker
1:35.3
1:41.0
—————
Rock Me
Pills

1:13.3
1:15.7
—————
Coma Tizer
microphone FLy
ACIDplanet.com
0:18.7
0:21.4
—————
mushu creole blues
Billy Cobham
The Traveler
4:48.5
4:53.3
—————
Ek Pyar Ka Nagma Hai
Lata & Mukesh

2:55.4
3:00.4
—————
It’s the End of the World as We Know It
R.E.M.

1:52.4
1:57.3
—————
One Perfect Sunrise
Orbital
Blue Album
7:14.3
7:16.5
—————
Six People Isn’t Convincing
Mitch Hedberg
Strategic Grill Locations
1:01.5
1:06.7
—————
Turkish Tafee
Jerry Douglas
Restless on the Farm
0:34.3
0:38.5
—————
As Long As I Can See the Light
Slipstream
Waterbound
2:24.8
2:30.4
—————
El movimiento del amor
Gusanito
Caribe Mix 2002
2:12.3
2:17.4
—————
Steppin’ Out
Cream
Bbc Sessions
1:41.2
1:45.2
—————
Day tripper
The Beatles
The Beatles 1
0:07.6
0:11.4
—————
Gramma
Natalie MacMaster
In My Hands
0:00.0
0:05.8
—————
Dough Bro
Umphrey’s Mcgee
Local Band Does Ok
0:02.5
0:05.0
—————
Across 110th Street
Bobby Womack
Jackie Brown
1:38.0
1:43.8
—————
Turn The Beat Around
Vicki Sue Robinson

3:18.3
3:21.9
—————
Jam
Los Lonely Boys

7:27.8
7:33.8
—————
The Kiss (Aura Resurrects Flash)
Queen
Flash Gordon
1:10.1
1:12.2
—————
Cabron
The Red Hot Chili Peppers
By the Way
0:06.2
0:09.3
—————
Oye Como Va
Carlos Santana
12 Grandes Exitos en Version Original
3:07.5
3:12.2
—————
Beauty
James Iha feat. Nina Gordon
Compilations, Unreleased, and
1:53.0
1:58.6
—————
Tearjerker
Red Hot Chili Peppers
One Hot Minute
1:10.1
1:14.3
—————
Great White Buffalo
Ted Nugent
Out Of Control
5:35.5
5:40.9
—————
Schadenfreude
Avenue Q
Avenue Q
0:00.0
0:03.9
—————
Darling Corey
Crooked Still
Hop High
3:28.3
3:32.8
—————
American Baby (Intro)
Dave Matthews Band
Stand Up
0:18.5
0:21.6
—————
2:10 Train
Chesapeake
Rising Tide
2:06.6
2:11.0
—————
Side Of The Road
Beck
Sea Change
0:58.3
1:01.9
—————
Beyond Beautiful
Aerosmith
Just Push Play
4:35.7
4:38.9
—————
Manic Monday
Bangles
Greatest Hits
1:03.0
1:07.8
—————
Broken Bricks
White Stripes, The
White Stripes, The
1:37.4
1:40.6
—————
Horn Intro
Modest Mouse
Good News For People Who Love Bad News
0:00.0
0:05.8
—————
The Treason of Isengard
Howard Shore
Fellowship of the Ring
0:32.3
0:34.7
—————
T.N.T.
AC/DC
T.N.T.
1:14.6
1:19.9
—————
Funkytown
Lipps, Inc

0:13.6
0:17.0
—————
Don’t Give Up
Basement Jaxx
Remedy
5:00.4
5:05.1
—————
Baaje Re Muralia
Bhimsen Joshi & Lata Mangeshkar
Bhajans
4:03.0
4:08.2
—————
Beeah
Medeski, Martin and Wood
It’s a Jungle In Here
0:00.0
0:03.5
—————
Good To Me
The White Stripes
Elephant
1:00.4
1:05.9
—————
Urami Bushi
Meiko Kaji
Kill Bill Volume 2
5:17.8
5:20.4
—————
My Sharona
The Knack

0:39.8
0:45.5
—————
Masters of War
Tim O’Brien
Red on Blonde
0:39.9
0:43.2
—————
Mental Floss
Keller Williams
Dance
3:24.4
3:27.4
—————
Club To Death
Rob D
The Matrix Soundtrack
0:59.1
1:01.4
—————
Always Something to Remind Me
Naked Eyes

2:16.0
2:19.9
—————
Taylor
Jack Johnson

0:00.0
0:04.3
—————
Low Rider
War

0:04.0
0:06.1
—————
Sober
Muse
Showbiz
0:03.2
0:06.5
—————
Brief Interlude
movado242

0:53.8
0:58.3
—————
Back to Life
Soul II Soul

2:14.6
2:18.4
—————
He Used To Cut The Grass
Frank Zappa
Joe’s Garage, Acts I, II and III
0:19.8
0:23.8
—————
Girl’s Eyes
Who, The
Who Sell Out, The
3:26.3
3:28.9
—————
Bound And Determined
Marshall Tucker Band, The
Searchin’ For a Rainbow
4:13.4
4:17.5
—————
Facing East
Thievery Corporation
Richest Man In Babylon, The
1:42.6
1:45.1
—————
Dust Bowl Children
Peter Rowan
Dust Bowl Children
0:53.8
0:57.0
—————
Cold Hard Bitch
Jet
Get Born
1:37.7
1:41.9
—————
Climb To Safety
Widespread Panic
Live In the Classic City
0:19.3
0:22.1
—————
06. Devolved – Blanked

0:00.0
0:02.9
—————
Don’t Want You No More – Allman Brothers
Allman Brothers Band, The
Dreams
1:43.8
1:46.7
—————
tonight-horsesinthecity

0:52.5
0:57.7
—————
Real Gone Crazy Dub
King Tubby
Dub Gone Crazy
2:00.3
2:06.0
—————
somebody told me (team9 remix)
the killers

1:41.0
1:46.0
—————
Mountain Girl
String Cheese Incident
Untying the Not
0:02.4
0:04.8
—————
Anamorphic Cycle
woobiee
Anamorphic Cycle
78:59.4
79:05.3
—————
Dubbing With The Super Ape
Lee “Scratch” Perry
Experryments At the Grass Roots of Dub
0:43.7
0:45.8
—————
Searchin’
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Lynyrd Skynyrd
3:30.1
3:33.8
—————
Bombs Over Bagdad
Outkast

4:50.3
4:54.5
—————
No Worries
Two Bit Brass Band
Demo CD
1:16.7
1:19.0
—————
I’m Blue
Eiffel 65

0:26.0
0:31.2
—————
Land of the Free
Sonata Arctica
Songs of Silence
0:03.5
0:07.1
—————
Life is a Highway
Tom Petty

2:57.0
3:02.5
—————
Lost In A Crowd
Rusted Root

1:56.9
1:59.0
—————
Battle Without Honor or Humanity
Tomoyasu Hotei
Kill Bill
1:54.2
2:00.2