Francophone music criticism online
Francophone Music Criticism is an online collection of just that, from the period 1789-1914. Lots of stuff very well organized and all searchable and browsable. Because of the period and…
RIP the Loudness War – apparently
Interesting article from Mix, proclaiming the end of the loudness war, Mastering engineers often aim to make songs sound louder because louder equals ‘better’ when you’re fighting for listeners. Radio…
Make money from music? Go on tour.
Interesting article from ArsTechnica Did file-sharing cause recording industry collapse? Economists say no. Researchers from LSE have looked at some of the claims about the negative effects of file sharing…
Copyright, downloading and the Digital Economy Act
After all those scary tales of people being fined gazillions of pounds for downloading music illegally, here’s a rather more enjoyable tale of how a judge threw the book at…
Goodbye Lendle – predictably
One of my chief objections to the Kindle is a suspicion that it heralds the end of owning books that you can give, lend, share or buy secondhand. I had…
Online astroturfing
‘Astroturfing’ is a term for the deliberate infestation of discussion forums by corporations with comments that look like Joe Public shares their view. Robot Wars by George Monbiot is a…