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Digital Files

Music History 

If you’ve ever thought about digitizing your record collection, here’s how the Internet Archive does it

April 30, 2021April 29, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments 78 RPM Records, Digital Files, Internet Archive

There are many reasons why you might want to digitize an analogue music format: storage, preservation, distribution, and so on.

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Music Industry 

CDs, Vinyl or Downloads: What Influences Our Choice of Format?

November 21, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Compact Discs, Digital Files, Music formats, Vinyl

Most of us are probably pretty ecumenical when it comes to choosing a format for listening to music. Digital files

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Gadgets 

Looking for Better Sound from Your Digital Files? This Might Help.

October 25, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Digital Files, Digital Music, Master Enhancer

Slowly–very slowly–people are coming around to the benefits of better sound for their music: cleaner highs, firmer lows, more depth

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Gadgets 

Introducing Qleek. This Could Bring Music Back to the Future.

February 18, 2014February 18, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Digital Files, Internet of Things, Qleek

It’s called Qleek, a product from Ozenge, a tech start-up based in Paris.  At first glance, this looks like a

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Tech 

Is This App the Solution to Our Liner Notes-Less Digital World?

January 29, 2014January 29, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments app, Digital Files, Liner Notes, Rap Genius

It’s called Rap Genius which notates your digital files, allowing you to browse for things like lyrics, news articles, history

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Tech 

New Service Called 3plet Wants to Bring the Album Experience to Digital Music

January 20, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments 3plet, Album Artwork, Digital Files, Liner Notes

While I still buy CDs and vinyl, the vast bulk of my music purchases are digital files.  It’s convenient, but

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Ongoing History of New Music Podcast

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Each week, the podcast looks at something from the alt-rock universe, from artist profiles to various thematic explorations. Whatever the episode, you’re definitely going to learn something that you might not find anywhere else. Trust us on this.

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Podcast – The Backstage Project

The Backstage Project Podcast

The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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    Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
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    Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
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