We live in very dramatic times indeed. Over the last fifteen years we have felt and seen the seismic impact of the internet. And if you are a digital ancient like me, then you will no doubt still remember the good old days when a picture on a web page would have taken an eternal [...]
Executives at Spotify’s headquarters must have let out a deep sigh of relief when Apple gave them the green light allowing their app to be launched on the iPhone app shop. Many doubted that Apple would shoot itself in the foot by allowing a rival music app that could potentially poach its itunes customer base [...]
Several months ago, Spotify turned the music industry inside-out and gave serious notice to music pirates by offering music lovers unlimited listening time to their favourite tracks. Gone are the frustrating 30 seconds clips we’ve had to put up with when deciding whether to include a file to our ever growing mp3 collection; all we [...]
In the beginning there was silence a silence that embraced the stars and then a small voice that cried out like a sweet song was born on the 29th of August 1958 that voice couldn’t wait it vibrated with melody and dance not even gravity could hold it down. The voice filled every home, heart and mouth [...]
If you’re a fan of the Post-Apocalyptic Terminator movie franchise, then you’re bound to remember the scenes with happy children playing in a nursery playground which is suddenly incinerated by an exploding nuke and murderous robotic machines fighting shell shocked HomoSapiens like there’s no tomorrow. In 2009, the music retail world - in a credit crunch sense, at least - chillingly resembles this bleak future in which John Connor (Christian Bale) [...]
Latest swine flu news: Swine flu claims first U.S resident - msnbc We all have, what you might call, an innate appreciation of music and respond to it in various ways. Like good sex with the right partner, music makes us feel complete and plays an important role in our emotional well being. What is more, the power [...]
Every now and then, I get this over powering desire to shoot-up with some mp3 tracks. I blame the compulsion on the gloomy credit crunch atmosphere that has beseiged the entire world with its dark apocalyptic clouds of insecurity. Everywhere I turn, music addicts are within arms reach – trancing out on some hypnotic unknowable tune or being pulverised into submission by pulsating drum beats that [...]
Breaking News: Michael Jackson Dies – Time The sudden swiftness at which death can strike sometimes takes my breath away. It is so easy to forget ourselves in the daily routine of life and believe the illusion of ones own immortality. But reality quickly dawns upon us when someone very close to us fades rapidly [...]
Read: Spotify to take online jukebox to the States – guardian.co.uk The way we listen to music has been revolutionised in the last few years by the digital era which has given us music files that can be downloaded in seconds by anyone with a computer. Apple’s relationship with the music industry has been a bitter-sweet one; while [...]
