Category: Music

  • Dancing the virtual night away

    What a blast! A great party last night at the Coca-Cola Virtual Thirst pavilion in Second Life. Organized by my crayon colleague CC Chapman (aka Cleon Goff), the event featured MoShang Zhao live from Taiwan playing his unique Chinese Chill…

  • EMI and Apple drive a wedge into DRM

    I was listening to the live webcast from EMI and Apple at lunchtime today announcing the availability of EMI’s music catalogue without digital rights management (DRM) restrictions. The first outlet where you will be able to buy such DRM-free music…

  • Opportunity for podcasters

    Internet radio broadcasters face the alarming prospect of paying much higher royalties to song performers, says the Wall Street Journal, a burden that could silence some online stations. This looks a possibility if you’re an internet station in the US…

  • Guest host on today’s TPN Rock

    When Ewan Spence asked me if I’d like to guest host an episode of TPN Rock, the rock show on Cameron Reilly’s Podcast Network, I jumped at the chance. I managed to record and produce that episode last week and…

  • The stamina of Willie Nelson

    I’m not a big fan of country music although I do like some songs by some country singers. Iconic songs like Crazy as sung by Patsy Cline and Willie Nelson (who wrote it). Stand By Your Man by Tammy Wynette.…