Jazz Odyssey

Syd Schwartz’s Blog (aka a freeform jazz exploration in front of a festival crowd)

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Entries from March 2006

Tips for Podcast Lovers

March 23rd, 2006 · No Comments

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Apple has published a very cool guide to managing podcasts that covers a lot of cool features most podcast fans probably don’t even know about. Do you know how to subscribe to a podcast that isn’t located in […]

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Tags: Music Software

The Sky is Falling on iTunes…Again

March 23rd, 2006 · No Comments

CNNMoney.com has published the latest in a series of articles speculating that iTunes’ enormous marketshare in the digital music space is under siege due to:
1) Competing services forthcoming from Amazon and the MTV/Microsoft Urge partnership
2) All-in-one devices like cellphone/MP3 players that work with other music services
3) Apple’s refusal to embrace the subscription service model
Between all […]

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Tags: Music (Business)

Digital Music Catalyzing Audio Hardware Changes

March 1st, 2006 · No Comments

When it comes to music, consumers are increasingly trading quality for quantity. Many would rather have the ability to store thousands of songs on portable devices — and have a constant soundtrack to their lives — than own stacks of CDs and listen to high-quality sound tethered to an expensive living-room system. The shift is […]

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Tags: Music (Business)