Music

Beatport has released “Beatport Downloader“, a program which “allows you to download and organize your entire purchased music library with one click. No more incomplete or lost music, easily see the status of all your downloads. Organize your music like never before through the Downloader’s folder naming preferences. This feature allows for full control of how you store and search your music library.”

In a competition between the electronic music mp3 shops, Beatport has realized it’s not about the music you sell, it’s about how you sell it. Forget the dull newsletters, how reads them anyways. Innovative music marketing such as this Downloader or user-based news and blogging system Beatportal are just good examples how the music industry is about (and has) to change.
I’m happy to see that electronic music industry is one of the trend-setters in the business and isn’t afraid to try new ways of marketing.

David West – Hello Piano soundcheck

Hear the full track at David West’s myspace.

I don’t know if this bug is Apple related, but it sure is a nasty one.

Let’s suppose you’re recording something on Ableton Live via your line-in. You want to check the sound via your headphones and plug the headphone jack into the line-out of your computer.

What does Ableton Live do?

It cuts a short part off from your recording. It stops recording for a short moment when the jack is plugged in. And again when you pull it off. Basically you’ll have gaps on your recording each time you want to double-check its recording quality via headphones. Crazy, isn’t it.

“Music has lost so much of its value since the Internet came along and file sharing in particular. I think the Internet is a good thing in that it’s very democratic so that a DJ in Siberia can have the same chart as someone in Berlin. But that also makes it harder to filter quality, it’s a question of finding the right filters and also how good you are, to stand out from all these millions of tracks out there.”

Tiefschwarz interview.

I hate mixes shared via ShareSpace, Megaupload, YouSendIt.com etc, but despite that – this one is really worth mentioning.
Simon Hallworth has made a nice Tribute to Way Out West. If you’re into WOW (not World of Warcraft. Get a life!), try downloading this one.
Tracklist and links after the jump.

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One of the future releases on Fektive by JS 16 – Rosegarden has been picked up by Pete Tong as well as Judge Jules and got essential airplay on BBC 1 radio. They even called it the TUNE of the summer, so stay tuned for more Fektive madness.

via Fektive website.

See a video after the jump.

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First Word label is offering double-weight vinyl discs that come with a unique code. With that code, you can download an unprotected, 320Kbps MP3 version of the track.

Great idea. Full story here:

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Paul Oakenfold is set to spin with the backing of a full orchestra behind him. Oakie will be performing with the Boston Pops.
He’s supposed to perform a live remix of music by Los Angeles composer Felix Brenner with the Boston Pops accompanying the DJ by playing sections of the arrangement, Reuters reported.

Washington Post article.
Pasted also below.

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Pikseliavaruudessa seikkaileva DESERT PLANET -yhtye julkaisee Suomen
ensimmäisen itsenäisen musiikkijulkaisun USB-muistitikulla.
Puikko on japani-henkinen ja nimeltään “Aska-Osaka Virtual Highway”.
CD ja DVD-levyistä poiketen tikkua voi käyttää kahdella eri tavalla:
toisaalta tikku on multimediaa ja musiikkia sisältävä julkaisu
– toisaalta se toimii normaaalin USB muistitikun tapaan.

Puikolla vierailee japanilainen cyber punk kirjailija Kenji Siratori.
Siratorin visioihin voi tutustua http://www.kenjisiratori.com

Uutta musiikkia voi ladata ja näytteitä multimediasta voi ihastella
osoitteessa http://stick.desertplanet.com

Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails): “Levy-yhtiöt ryöstävät ja kusettavat asiakkaitaan”

The original Trent Reznor interview in English on Herald Sun.

Yle uutisoi: “Vinyylilevyllä on tulevaisuus“.

Artikkelissa ei juuri elektronisesta musiikista puhuta. Lieneekö syynä toimittajan kapeakatseisuus ja tietämättömyys vai onko kirjoittaja itseasiassa erittäin hyvin ajan hermolla?