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I love music. Making music, listening, talking about it and anything else too.
As I was on my way to see New Order yesterday I saw this chap in Brixton who was playing a tuba, and with every note that he played a small burst of flame came out of the tuba. I’ve no idea why he was doing that at all, and he appeared not even be collecting money at all.
His playing was quite good too.
I didn’t know about this before. I only read about it on the BBC web site the other day and I thought I should share it with anyone who’s interested in John Peel.
I used to listen to Landscape when they had they’re massive hit “Einstein A-Go-Go”. They split up after their next album. A shame really. Then I’ve found a load of their stuff on Spotify. Some of it really good. One album, called “One”, has had me listening to it several times over now. So I shall listen to some more, but it sort of bothers me that I’m not entirely sure if the band I’m listening to is the same band who originally made “Einstein A-G0-Go”, or if it’s some other band called Landscape!
I’ve tried the usual things about looking them up on the internet, but I can’t find anything conclusive. I guess in the end it doesn’t really matter. It is just good music, I like it, that’s all.
I finally got around to buying the DVD of the Blues Brothers a few weeks ago but only watched it this weekend. I got the extended version which has a lot of deleted scenes in it. It has an interesting effect on the film to be honest. It feels looser and more relaxed that the cinematic release, but it is of course a fair bit longer.
It’s great to see it again though. It’s one of those films that I think everyone should see at least once.
This was something that their head of platform claimed that they were aiming for at the Music Ally App Side conference last month. An interesting claim. I have a slightly different take on it though. For me the OS of music isn’t just about listening, in fact it might not be about listening at all, or at least listening might only be a small part of the puzzle.
For me the idea of an OS for music has always been very enticing. Something that I don’t think I’ve ever seen done properly, but I’ve always wished for. The closest thing to it was the elusive Capers OS which was meant to be a replacement for the Palm OS and act as an OS for music making.
Back when that was being talked about it wasn’t really something that could be used for pure synthesis, so Capers OS was more about controlling other devices. That made sense then, but not now. I think now we have the capability in mobile devices for an actual mobile OS which is built for music making.
Will something like this ever come about? Who knows, I’d love to see it, but I can see it being difficult to get off the ground and fund properly. One day perhaps.
So, is Spotify going to be the OS of music? Not for me I don’t think, but I do think that they are doing a great deal for changing listening and discovery, and that’s a step in the right direction, albeit not my direction.
Well, I have well and truly stepped into the 21st Century now. I’m quite enjoying spotify and finding it works well. I can still myself buying a few things, but probably nowhere near as much from now on.
Is this a good thing? I’m not sure. After only just about a week I think it’s too early to give a complete verdict. Although it’s been a very positive experience so far I think. For me the most positive thing is having spotify on my iPhone, although I’d quite like a proper iPad app too.
I’ve been talking about doing this for ages, and finally I took the plunge with a premium spotify account. It’s only day 1 and so far I’m impressed. I thought I’d listen to a few albums that I’ve been thinking about buying but just haven’t gotten around to.
So I listened to VCMG, SSSS, and Taylor Deupree’s Northern. Good stuff too. I think this is going to work out. It is a little strange to move away from the ‘owning’ model. But I’ll see how the experiment goes. I’m looking forward to trying out spotify apps, or SPAPPS!
I do like Music 4.5. Their events are really good, and their blog is full of interesting guest posts. Here’s one from me about data. Enjoy!
I still don’t get it, but it’s great that it’s getting played that often.
I’ve listened to this album a few times now and I’ve really enjoyed it each time. It’s a good album to work to. I enjoy how it builds and develops and how the pieces fit together.
I bought the album after reading an interview with him in The Wire which was really interesting.
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