Random music news for Monday, August 7, 2023
This pilot was not happy when told he had to divert his plane. This is how he made that known. And here’s what I know about music news for August 7, 2023. More
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Spotify says it’ll offer hi-res streaming when they’re good and ready
In the early days of online music, we needed compressed files like MP3s because data was so expensive. It’s still too expensive in some countries (hello, Canada!) but it’s not as bad as
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Amazon Music wants to improve the listening experience in the car
CES, the world’s biggest consumer electronics show in the world, has taken over Las Vegas again. New TVs seem to be the big deal (check out what Samsung has unveiled) along with developments
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Amazon Music just sent a MASSIVE shot across the bow of its streaming competitors [UPDATE: There’s a BIG catch, though…]
Amazon Music just did the streaming equivalent of North Korea sending a missile into the Sea of Japan. While Spotify and Apple Music get all the attention, Amazon Music has been the dark
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Google is working on a new 3D audio format
The buzziest tech in audio right now is Dolby ATMOS, a spatial audio format that gives listeners an immersive 3D listening experience. If you’ve got Apple Music or Amazon Music, you’ve had a
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Some musicians are getting rich off poop songs. Thanks, Alexa!
Kids think anything to do with poop is funny. And several enterprising musicians have managed to monetize this. Want proof? Just yell “Poopy diaper” at your Alexa unit and listen for what happens.
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The return of Winamp–and this could be very useful
If you’re of a certain age, chances are you’ll remember using Winamp as your digital music player/ripper on a desktop back in the day. Time has moved on, but 80 million people are
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Random music news for Friday, April 8, 2022
I’m going to be hosting an online music trivia contest for charity in a couple of weeks. Wanna play? Get tickets here. Think about it as you run through music news for April
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Better audio is coming to streaming services. Good–but I do have some concerns.
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Back in September 2019, I was invited to London to hear the new 50th-anniversary edition of The Beatles’ Abbey Road album. The listening session took place
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Weekly survey: Do you care about better quality audio from streaming music services?
Earlier this month, Apple Music launched its Spatial Audio offering, which they say greatly enhances the audio quality of streams on Apple Music. By the end of the year, they plan to roll
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Amazon Music now has something called “DJ Mode”
While Spotify and Apple Music suck up most of the attention in the world of streaming music, do not discount third place Amazon Music which has stealthily gathering market share, largely because of
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