Cross-posted from Social Studies: Since I’m a music blogger and lover of technology, there was no way I was going to miss Love, Music and API’s featuring Dave Haynes from Soundcloud and Matthew Ogle from Echo Nest (formerly Last.fm). The discussion started with a brief history lesson on [...]
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Peavey’s JamParty game will redefine your relationship with the plastic guitar
I had the opportunity to demo the new JamParty game last week, in part thanks to my friend, professional musician Chris Heille who is working on the project. Part game, part creative sandbox, Peavey’s new JamParty is poised to redefine your relationship with plastic guitars forever. Really. In[...]
January 12th, 2011 - 7:41 am § in Tech
Daft Punk Edition TRON 5.1 virtual surround sound headphones (drool)
Someone please give me $350 so I can get me one of these babies… Features: –64 Embedded Tron legacy LED light drivers for animated lighting effects –Passive noise isolation technology –Electro plated polished reflective steel with engraved Daft Punk logo –Advanced audio[...]
September 17th, 2010 - 11:59 am § in Music - News, Tech
Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood on releasing an album in 2011
Read the whole thing here. Excerpts below. … It seems to have become harder to own music in the traditional way, on a physical object like a CD, and instead music appears the poor cousin of software, streamed or locked into a portable device like a phone or iPod. I buy hardly any CDs now [...][...]
October 28th, 2009 - 7:04 am § in Music - News, Tech
Playlist challenged? Try Cimio
The folks over at Scratch DJ Academy hooked me up with a trial of their beginner level beat matching software, Cimio, that allows you to create playlists from songs with similar beats per minute (BPM) and song structure. It’s practically a fool-proof program, and they make no apologies for the[...]
November 10th, 2008 - 9:20 pm § in Tech
Coosh Headphones Stay Put
BuzzParadise mailed me a pair of new Coosh headphones to review. Compared to the three headphone options most obvious to me: 1) cheapo headphones, 2) ear buds or 3) expensive and giant Bose headphones, Coosh headsets are a fairly unique design. However, it’s pretty simple — they are esse[...]
SXSW Interactive Day: 1
What an insane day at SXSW Interactive Day 1. I honestly could go home happy after just this one day. I kicked off the morning hosting breakfast with Rick Calvert, CEO and Co-Founder of BlogWorld, Jim Turner, Chief Managing Partner of One By One Media and Nathan Wright, Founder of Lava Row. There wa[...]
February 20th, 2008 - 8:10 am § in Porridge in the News, Tech
Blu-Ray here to stay, but digital downloads/on demand is really the future
I’m quoted in today’s Pioneer Press about the death of HD DVD. Our DVD/VCR combo crapped out months ago, but we postponed buying anything to avoid a trap. Although we have a large library of DVDs, I’m still not convinced digital downloads and on-demand streaming isn’t the fut[...]
January 16th, 2008 - 11:14 am § in Tech
iPod Touch's $20 firmware rip-off, horrible customer relations
This is what I just sent Apple: I owned the first iPod, 3rd generation and 5th generation. Now I own two iPod Touch players. One is three weeks old. One is one week old. It’s poor customer relations to release a firmware update with new applications and charge users $20 — let alone a cus[...]
Guitar Hero Air Guitar Rocker : CES 2008
As if pretending to play the guitar didn’t already make you a lame-o, check this out. It’s the Guitar Hero brand Air Guitar Rocker from Jada Toys, with a GH-branded belt, wearable amp programmed with 10 songs and special pick you strum in front of the belt. It also has an output for exte[...]
