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Looks like archive.org got the greenlight to begin hosting live shows from Phil Lesh & Friends in lossless FLAC and SHN formats as well as MP3 and Ogg.
For those who have been out of touch with the […]

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If you aren’t yet using it, I highly recomend downloading and installing dBpowerAMP.
dBpowerAMP has 4 components: an audio player, a music converter (which serves as both a CD ripper and codec converter), a CD burning utility and a portable player manager.
dBpowerAMP has several key strengths:

It’s very fast and uses few system resources. It is […]

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CNET reports on the large and diverse group backing the RIAA and the MPAA in asking the Supreme Court to take another look at the rulings that have allowed the current crop P2P networks to continue operating legally. The next couple of months are pivotal in this ongoing legal battle….read on….

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A new study from the Pew Internet & American Life Project takes a detailed look at how consumers perceive and interact with search engines.  The full report is available here, with the overall summary indicating that consumers are happy with search engine technology, but largely unaware of how they work, and there is some degree of […]

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I highly recommend downloading this live recording of the Hellborg, Lane and Sipe Trio. Bassist Jonas Hellborg, guitarist Shawn Lane, and Drummer Jeff Sipe (aka Apt. Q258) first started playing together in 1995. They toured pretty relentlessly through June of 1997 before splitting. They have released four albums as a trio, all of which are […]

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"The media marketplace in 2005 will transformed by a "steady disappearance of the ‘mass’ market, replaced by an ever-growing number of ‘micro’ markets that cater to the needs of specific groups or individuals."   So says Tony Kern, deputy managing partner of Deloitte’s Technology, Media and Telecommunications practice in a series of reports released this week.  There’s […]

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"A study from market research firm Shelley Taylor & Associates blasts music stores for confusing navigation and locking users into proprietary formats and music players."  Read on… 

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Marc Eisenstadt discusses Exeem, MetaTorrents and the impact on the future of Podcasting in this excellent article.  There are a few sections that veer into some technical talk, but the explanations are clear, the history presented lays a good foundation and ultimately the article should be at the top of your "must read’ list for this week.  […]

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Slashdot reports on a new piece of software called Kenosis, which is described as a ‘fully-distributed peer-to-peer RPC system built on top of XMLRPC.’  That description isn’t going to get anyone a date to the prom, but the net significance is notable–combining Kenosis with BitTorrent removes the need for a centralized tracker which is one of the […]

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From MBN24.com
"MBN24 have been working on a new niche directory/search engine aimed squarely at the digital music industry. Though still in the development phase, Buzzsonic.com are building the biggest, most relevant and current music industry directory on the web. MBN24.com already run one of the biggest music industry directories on the web at Floorelevators.net.

Buzzsonic will […]

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Terrific article in today’s Wired about Apple’s recent lawsuit against the ThinkSecret website.  The article raises a number of interesting questions, including whether the timing of the lawsuit was a deliberate attempt to increase awareness of the new product launches at Macworld, whether such a strategy might backfire (is it wise to sue your customers?) […]

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Back in the summer of 2000 during Jupiter’s annual Plug-in conference, Real Networks CEO Rob Glaser delivered a speech in which he coined the phrase "Napster-easy".  This was in response to his personal experience in comparing purchasing digital music legitimately vs. downloading through Napster (which at the time was the epicenter of filesharing).  His assertion […]

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Take a guitarist with sick fusion chops who cut his teeth in the Zambi meets Zappa madness of the Aquarium Rescue Unit (under the mentorship of Col. Bruce Hampton), put him next to former Dixie Dregs keyboard whiz T Lavitz, add the muscular funk drumming of Little Feat’s Richie Hayward and top it off with […]

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"Once seen as the embodiment of evil, devices that record satellite radio are making inroads without much fight from the recording industry."
Time-shifting as a consumer behavior continues to propogate beyond the Tivo.  While I enjoy my XM radio very much, I’m not always around (or awake) when interesting programming is airing.  A recent example of this […]

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Here’s a worthwhile article from Chris Anderson’s The Long Tail blog (which is worth bookmarking or adding to your feeds) that tackles the question of the "right" amount of DRM.  Opinions on this vary greatly across the web, but from my perspective, a well designed and executed DRM should be completely invisible and you shouldn’t […]

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