Spotify Adds MP3 Download Store, iPod Support
I guess this comes as no surprise given the recent announcements of reduce playtime on the free Spotify service
Spotify has announced a raft of significant changes to its software, moving the service away from streaming and toward direct competition with iTunes. The changes come in the wake of significant cutbacks to its free streaming service. Spotify, based in Sweden, currently offers service only in Europe. It seems Spotify has decided that MP3s, rather than streaming, are the future. An updated version of the desktop and mobile software will be released shortly, which places far greater emphasis on playing music that you’ve already got, rather than streaming it from Spotify’s catalog.
If you haven’t imported your MP3s into Spotify already (the functionality has been available for more than a year), then it’ll prompt you to do that first of all, along with any iTunes or Windows Media Player playlists that might be lurking around your hard drive. That music can then be synced to Android and iOS devices, and — for the first time — even to old-school iPod Classics, Nanos and Shuffles. If you plug in any of those devices, they’ll appear in the left-hand column and you’ll be able to sync playlists to them, either automatically or by manually selecting which ones you want copied across.
The Android and iOS mobile apps are getting some changes too. The biggest is that they’ll now be available to Spotify Free users, who’ll be able to download and install them and use them to listen to MP3s. Streaming from Spotify’s catalog won’t be available to free users, only to Premium users, as before.
Finally, Spotify is launching an MP3 store. Previously, MP3 purchasing had been available from a partnership with 7Digital, but Spotify’s brought it in-house and built a download store into the client. Users will be able to buy bundles of MP3s — 10 for 8 pounds (approximately $13.25), 15 for 10 pounds ($16.50), 40 for 25 pounds ($41.35) or 100 for 50 pounds ($82.70). All songs that are available on Spotify’s catalog will be available to download — it won’t be as patchy.
MOOG SOUND LAB: The Dandy Warhols, Green
Kicking off the debut season of Moog Sound Lab are the Dandy Warhols experimenting with all manner of Moog gear. Watch as they use a soundscape of analog synthesis to reimagine the song “Green,” from their seminal second album “Come Down” released in 1997.
New video from DarkDriveClinic
From the forthcoming debut album, “Noise In My Head,” to be released in late 2011.
DarkDriveClinic is the collaboration of legendary producer John Fryer (NIN, Depeche Mode, Cocteau Twins, Him, This Mortal Coil, etc., etc.) and singer Rebecca Coseboom (Stripmall Architecture, Halou).
Enjoy this video: Fooling around on Micro Korg
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Interview: Daniel Miller – Head Of Mute Records
Over at Sonic State an interview with legendary boss of Mute Records can be found. Mute has several renowned bands on its listing such as Depeche Mode, Nitzer Ebb, Fad Gadget, Erasure to name but a few. Here is what Sonic State has to say about it:
Without Mute records and the acts they have nurtured in the 30+ years since they were formed by Daniel Miller in 1978 as a way to release his own tracks, a whole swathe of influential electronic pop music may never have made it to mainstream attention. Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Erasure, Moby, Goldfrapp and many others have benefitted from their unique, artist-centric focus and been able to flourish and have long term relevance in an industry which is so often driven by the flavour of the month.
With a two-day celebration of all things Mute at the Short Circuit event at the Roundhouse, London on May 13th and 14th looming, we caught up with the founder of Mute – Daniel Miller and talked synths, software and the relevence of todays record company.
More of Mesh on limited edition album
Out on Dependent on May 20th is the limited edition of the Mesh album “An Alternative Solution”. The first limited edition of Mesh’s Remix-album will include a bonus CD with additional mixes. Now 2 further tracks were completed and will find their way on the bonus disc too.
The two tracks are a remix work by Wolfsheim’s Markus Reinhardt of the song “From the Height” and Mesh’s own rework of “You’ll never understand”, entitled “harder”.
Brief introduction to synthesis
MINIMOOG MINI-DOCUMENTARY 1970s
Follow the life of the Minimoog Synthesizer from its inception through its prolific contributions to poplular music throughout the last 4 decades.
In this first installment documenting the journey of the Minimoog synth through the 1970’s, we explore the musicians and the people that were instrumental in bringing the instrument to prominence. We also sit with one of Moog Music’s earliest engineers, Bill Hemsath, who recalls the process of the Minimoog’s birth and sheds some light on what sets the Moog synthesizer apart from other analog synths.
Sennheiser MK4 – NAB 2011
Video from SOS:
Studio Condenser Microphone, Cardioid Polar Pattern
Tuning Drums the Michael Jackson way – with Jonathan Moffett
Jonathan Moffett walks your through his methodes of drum tuning and shares his reason for tuning methodes.
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