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How the old music industry subjugate the new online start-ups

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Nobody wants to acknowledge how sausages are made, so i can;t help thinking that Michael Robertson decided to illustrate the financial mudslide that online music streaming sites are on by comparing services like Spotify to a Hot Dog stand: Such economic demands [go read the article, basically give us more money than you bring in from subscribers or else] may be imaginary for the hot dog business, but they are the stark reality that every digital-music subscription service such as Spotify, Rhapsody, MOG, Rdio, and others must confront. These details aren’t well-known because digital music service deals are always wrapped

Glastonbury Preview on this week’s Rock Show

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[audio:http://www.archive.org/download/TPCRock_Friday196/tpn_rock_friday_20110617_196_Glastonbury.mp3] Looking forward to the big summer music festival next week on The Rock Show (iTunes link), with my personal recommendations of Glastonbury acts. For the record I’ve not listened to the 2000 acts who will be in the muddy fields, but you’re not going to go wrong with The Naked and Famous, Admiral Fallow, James Vincent McMurrow, Darwin Deez or Ron Sexsmith.

Download your SXSW Music Highlights

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While you could sit on the SXSW Music website and listen to all the bands there (or be pushed towards their MySpace pages), that’s a lot of music to listen to. With SXSW rapidly approaching you might not have the time to get through all the bands. But never fear, the web is here. Simon D, on his Outroversion website, has went through the bands and culled out 85 tracks that he believes are the highlights of SXSW. Not only that, but he’s wrapped them all up in one archive file for you to download onto your MP3 player of

Download My Commentary Track for Tonight’s Eurovision Song Contest

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More temporal reporting from the modern Internet as I present my commentary for the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest final. It’s the Grand Final tonight, with 25 countries battling it out for the right to, well, host the contest next year. As I’m still here, reporting on the Song Contest in Moscow, while watching the dress rehearsals I’ve recorded a commentary track for those who (a) are watching on the free internet stream at www.eurovision.tv and have no commentator, or (b) who would like something a little bit different to the regular TV commentators. Please note that the commentary is very

The Friday Rock Show Podcast

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The Songs for Europe aside, it’s time for this week’s TPN Rock, and it’s a wide range of styles this week, from slow and soulful to swine flu inspired delight! Black Shoes, by Hemmit (Hemmit on MySpace). Sweet Revenge, by Jackson Caged (Jackson Caged on MySpace). Beelzebub, All Of A Sudden (www.allofasudden.com). The Ransom, by Madison Violet (www.madisonviolet.com). Red, by Man Get Out (Man Get Out on MySpace). The Good News Is…, by Happy Ron (HappyRon on MySpace). [audio:http://rock.thepodcastnetwork.com/audio/tpn_rock_friday_20090501_142.mp3]Show Notes – Download MP3 – RSS Feed

Why Do MP3’s Encourage Piracy while AAC Is The Salvation on the Nintendo DSi?

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What is in the water at Nintendo UK? There’s a nice interview with David Yarnton in the Times today, talking about the soon to be launched in the UK Nintendo DSi. It’s an evolution of the existing DS Lite, with basic cameras, SD Card support and an on-device store. Are they talking on the iPhone? Of course they are. But sometimes I wonder just what they think pirates are up to. First of all they’re proud that the DSi will not recognise the R4 Card (which is used to run homebrew code and .nds downloaded games). That protection should last