My post on Sunday about Apple cutting its customers’ legs off was written as a result of my frustration at not being able to do a simple thing – burn a DVD of a film purchased from iTunes. In the end I decided to rent the film instead and watch it [...]
This week a major victory was won for the old fogies of the music world. The European Union announced a plan to extend the copyright term on recordings from 50 to 95 years. This means that an aging rocker who played washboard on a skiffle hit back in 1959 won’t need to worry about where [...]
It was with a smile on my face that I read last night’s announcement of the new Last.fm iPhone app. I make no secret of the fact I love Last.fm. Even being bought by CBS hasn’t stopped them being ’some nice people in London who do brilliant things with music and social media’.
The new iPhone [...]
For an independent musician such as myself, it’s often difficult to make money from music. Having another job is usually the only way to make ends meet while you carve out a niche for yourself in the music world in your spare time.
So often, web services like Myspace and Virb are keen to get [...]
After taking part in the Signal Patterns personality test the other day, I thought I’d try their music test. The personality test was an interesting insight into who I am (turns out I’m intellectual, aesthetic and astute, apparently). While that test revealed a pretty accurate description of who I am, I’m incredibly [...]
