Random music news for Saturday, October 23, 2021
Is it just me or are you also finding more broken bones in chicken wings both from the store and in restaurants? If that’s the case, why is this happening? Ponder that after
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The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: Digital debris part 3 – liner notes
[This week, next week, and then new shows! – AC] When you listen to music through a streaming music service, how aware are you of what it is you’re listening to? Sure, you
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Ongoing History Daily: The ultimate digital music storage site
Somewhere on an island in northern Norway, a company called Elire Management Group is building a hardened vault designed to store the world’s digital music. It will be hardened against all possible conditions,
Read MoreThe Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: Digital Debris part 2: Album artwork
[Another couple of weeks until the brand new season starts. Hang in there. – AC] A little while ago, I carved you some time to finally file some records and CDs. The pile
Read MoreThe Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: Digital Debris part 1: B-sides and bonus tracks
[Only a few more weeks of repeats. Then we start with a brand new season. Hang in there. – AC] We are very, very deep into the digital era when it comes to
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They’re building a vault in Norway to store digital music for all time
Somewhere on an island in northern Norway, a company called Elire Management Group is building a hardened vault designed to store the world’s digital music. It will be hardened against all possible conditions,
Read MoreRandom music news for Monday, March 15, 2021
Probably not a great story for a Monday, but hey, we need caffeine, right? (Via Walter) Moving now to music news for March 15, 2021. New Zealand has it together when it comes
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Worth repeating: “We Stopped Letting Our Kid Listen to Digital Music. You Should, Too”
I found this on a website called Fatherly. Read and discuss. We live in an age of endless distraction. From our phoneto our smart speaker, to tablet games for children and kid-friendly YouTube our world is defined
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Looking for Better Sound from Your Digital Files? This Might Help.
Slowly–very slowly–people are coming around to the benefits of better sound for their music: cleaner highs, firmer lows, more depth and sense of realism, greater definition. Once you hear music how it was
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Is There Anywhere Where Music Will Last Forever? No. Here’s Why.
All things must past, including even the best musical recordings. Every single storage format invented has something mortal and finite about it. Magnetic tape dries into dust. CDs rot. Vinyl, if preserved properly,
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We Spent Less on Digital Music in 2014. Really? Yep.
Digital is the future of music, right? Therefore, it stands to reason our music spending must be shifting in that direction. Or is it. MiDIA Research directs us to this chart. Oh, dear. This
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