The best artists, albums and song of 2009 according to music bloggers. More after the jump. Top 50 Albums of 2009 / The Hype Machine via kwout Music Blog Zeitgeist of 2009 / The Hype Machine
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Music Blog Zeitgeist 2009 by the Hype Machine
Published by January 4th, 2010 in Blog and Music. 0 Comments2 performances made in Stockholm. More after the jump: Michael Jackson tribute @ Stockholm | haha.nu – the lifestyle blogzine
Viral Wedding Party Entrance Boosts Music Sales
Published by August 1st, 2009 in Music and Video. 0 CommentsIn this post Techdirt reports that the wedding party viral video on YouTube has boosted sales of Chris Brown’s song Forever. The video is linked below: And google use this as a case study on their blog.
Michael Jackson Timeline at the New York Times
Published by July 7th, 2009 in Music and Web. 0 CommentsA nice interactive timeline of Michael Jackson’s life: A Life in Pop – Interactive Feature – NYTimes.com
It’s possible to watch Michael Jackson Memorial and post message through Facebook here: http://edition.cnn.com/video/fb/facebook.html?stream=stream1 CNN.com Live – Facebook
Spotify is a new Streaming service to listen to music. There are 3 options available (Free, 0.99 € day pass, or 9.99 € for a monthly subscription). For the free option, a Beta invite is normally required but it’s possible to register to the service straight away through this link. I came across this service [...]
6 GB of music to download free and legally
Published by March 13th, 2009 in Music and p2p. 0 CommentsTorrentFreak reports the availability of 6 GB of free music released for the 23 th edition of The Outh by Southwest (SXSW) Music Festival. It’s good to see the spread of free music. It’s another good sign after the failure of DRM. SXSW 2009 on BitTorrent: 6 GB of Free Music | TorrentFreak
Zune 30 players freeze at the end of 2008
Published by January 1st, 2009 in Music, Software and Web. 0 Commentsy2k bug was expected, but the bug affecting Zune 30 players wasn’t. It is now called “Zune 2K9″ bug and leads to Zune 30 players freeze at the end of 2008. The root cause reported by Microsoft: The problem was caused by the Zune’s internal clock and its inability to handle leap years, according to [...]
An interesting comic about DRM and Music
Published by October 14th, 2008 in Music, Web and p2p. 0 Commentsxkcd summarizes the problem with DRM: their lack of flexibility in time. And what happens when law makers don’t understand technology and follow Lobbyists. xkcd – A Webcomic – Steal This Comic via kwout
Suzanne Vega wrote about “Luka” creation and other things
Published by July 20th, 2008 in Music and Web. 0 CommentsSuzanne Vega has a blog on the New York Times web site. In her last post, she describes the creation of “Luka”. I liked this song when it was released in the eighties. And I still like to listen to it. The genesis of this song was very long (several years as described by Suzanne). [...]
