Tag Archives: Music

DRM Smart Playlist in iTunes

With the announcement yesterday that all music on the iTunes Store will become DRM-free, I decided I wanted to track the progress to see which music files in my library haven’t been updated to 256kbps DRM-free AAC files yet (compared … Continue reading

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Some recent albums I recommend

Here a couple recent albums I really recommend to all of you. Recently I have only been buying music from iTunes Plus or Amazon.com MP3 Store, so I will include direct links to these albums for your purchase whenever possible … Continue reading

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John Lennon's music is now on iTunes

Just noticed that John Lennon’s music is now on iTunes. Not only that, it is 256kbps DRM-free copies too! iTunes Plus is really making me buy more music. 5 seconds later, I bought the Lennon Legend “greatest hits” album. Now … Continue reading

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Goodbye DRM

So Apple now has high quality DRM-free music on iTunes (for just EMI labels at the moment, but that should change quickly). I went right away to see what songs I had purchased are eligible to be upgraded for $0.30 … Continue reading

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iTunes New Music Tuesday is missing on Tuesday

Anyone else notice that there has been no iTunes New Music Tuesday today? Meaning no free single of the week and no new albums on the iTunes Music Store? Makes you really wonder if sometime this week (I’m guessing tomorrow) … Continue reading

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How I handle playlists with my iPod

I have a huge collection of music, closing in on 30 GB (encoded at 256kbps AAC). How do I get this music to fit onto my 8GB iPod nano? I have several playlists to accomplish this: iPod Playlist – A … Continue reading

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Thoughts on the Apple & EMI DRM deal

As most people who follow tech news know, Apple did something extremely important yesterday with the help of a ‘Big 4′ record company, EMI. The two companies struck a deal to release EMI’s entire catalog onto iTunes DRM-free and at … Continue reading

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Boston's lead singer Brad Delp has passed away

One of my favorite bands of all time has lost their lead singer suddenly. R.I.P. Brad Delp. Wonder what happens with Boston now?

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iTunes Plugin – iConcertCal

Check out this really neat iTunes plugin called iConcertCal. It basically scans your iTunes library for bands, compares the list to a couple of sites that contain concert info, then displays on a calendar inside of iTunes what bands have … Continue reading

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Nothing like good tunes

11:23pm and a work day tomorrow…yet I am blasting my eardrums. I love music.

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