http://www.musicaltaste.com/site_blog Site Blog for musicaltaste.com Sat, 21 Feb 2009 19:34:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en spotify.com/ Kind of like the Itunes store except you can stream tracks all the way through. Nice! http://www.musicaltaste.com/site_blog/2009/02/21/also-worth-a-look/ I'm sure I'm way behind the curve on this one but have you seen this 8tracks.com It kind of sounds gimmicky (make a mix with 8tracks) and looks generic in a kind of boring web 2.0-ey type way. But the site is totally amazing!  Check it! My first mix is embedded below. http://www.musicaltaste.com/site_blog/2009/02/21/check-out-this-site/ Happy new year. They have quite a nice thing going on The Guardian website called Reader Recommends.  Nice idea - people recommend their favourite songs!  It's kind of themed - so they'll ask for recommendations on a particular topic. There's a list here of all the songs ever recommended (I guess ... http://www.musicaltaste.com/site_blog/2009/01/04/guardian-readers-recommendations/ Just spotted this site. Kind of cool - music that's apparently not available digitally anywhere else. Some nice stuff. MP3 format (320 kbps) with no Digital Rights Management. Sounds OK right? It is, except it seems on the pricey side. You can by individual tracks for GBP 0.99. Whole albums ... http://www.musicaltaste.com/site_blog/2008/08/08/lost-tunes/ Following a bunch of nasty attacks, I've had to disable the uploading of MP3 clips on musicaltaste.com Even having done that I still get a lot of jokers/spambots signing up.  The internet just isn't the cuddly friendly place it used to be - it's all about the cash! Very much at odds ... http://www.musicaltaste.com/site_blog/2008/07/29/internet-down-the-tubes/ I have a bit of a run of gigs coming up, which should be fun. Next up is Paul Haig, who recently started his first tour for 18 years with a gig in Edinburgh.  Sounds like it was a great gig and I'm looking forward to seeing him. http://www.musicaltaste.com/site_blog/2008/04/16/more-gigs/ I meant to say, saw the great man at the Barbican last night and was suitably blown away. We had seats right at the front pretty much which made for some intense moments while the trumpet soloist really went for it! There was Lalo (piano and conducting) along with the trumpet/trombone ... http://www.musicaltaste.com/site_blog/2008/04/11/lalo-schifrin/ Wow- I guess more and more people are getting time and/or money to do interesting stuff with music.  Mixwit is kind of like the muxtape thing I mentioned the other day but not quite as nice looking. Nice cassette turning animation as you listen though!  The link above is to ... http://www.musicaltaste.com/site_blog/2008/04/11/more-mixtapes/ Jorge Ben's 'Mas Que Nada' (1963) has been recorded a lot. I love the Sergio Mendes version but the Tamba Trio one is pretty great too. I also get a real kick out of hearing versions in other languages. Here are a few- one in French and one in German, ... http://www.musicaltaste.com/site_blog/2008/04/04/mas-que-nada/ An explosion of interest and blogging in the last couple of days for http://muxtape.com/, and you can see why. It's a simple idea (make an online mixtape) that takes advantage of some nice accessible technologies and makes you think - sure - I'll do that.  Hey presto, you have a really ... http://www.musicaltaste.com/site_blog/2008/03/26/muxtapes/