ExtensionFM is a browser extension for Chrome that finds every MP3 file on pages you visit and automatically creates a library of those songs for you to enjoy. Sweeeet.
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Now there’s an aspect of the Tree that I never new … Richard Barbieri – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Passed on – with thanks to : Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Really interesting interview with ‘the man from NIN’ – some great insights – good thoughts and sound advice. Trent Reznor Digg Dialogg from drawaside on Vimeo. I have mentioned this very useful extension to iTunes before. Reposting now around two fronts. New friend, music aficionado and DJ Mat Dryhurst provided me with some sample music around the genres of metal, black metal, doom, modern composition, techno, electronic, dubstep – I mean I didn’t even know the genres – much less the bands. Anyway – took the samples, dropped them into iTunes and tried using Gracenote to identify the tracks …. FAIL. BUT – then I switch into TuneUp – and this track listing is identified.  Two were not identified – Mat – if you can help – I will manually enter them – and also would be interested if the rest have been correctly identified. However – to my mind a pretty amazing identifier – IF the cataloguing is right. More to come – post confirmation. The one I can confirm is right is ‘Farmer in The City’ by Scott Walker. Scott – being a personal favorite – I checked out, seemed an odd one in the middle of all this doom, metal and thrash. The track comes from an early 1990s album called Tilt. It could have been lifted from the Jacques Brel cover album he did 10 years before in terms of voice meets art meets meets dark. This one is even more depressing than the Brel covers – so now I get the inclusion. BobbyG – point of note – Mat knows Mikael Åkerfeldt. I am working through the music to see what’s what. So far – interesting. Not sure whether this classifies as music – but audio it certainly is. Really interesting interview.
Thanks to TUAW Not sure if I have posted this one for before – and on the run – so no time to look it up – however – been playing with this in the background on itunes for a few weeks now – and it is rather neat. Definitely worth a ‘looksee’ – the functionality is great the LOOK of the whole thing is horrible – so bad that I assume they are going out of their way for a Jules Verne look – but all said – very clever bit of stuff to attach to an iTunes account near you.
Now this is not just COOL – and CLEVER – and yes – we’ve seen and tried them before – but it found unknowns that had run through other systems that had failed …. Take a look.
The NYT did an excellent piece this weekend on the art and science behind Pandora. Fascinating reading, both on how Pandora profiles the songs as well as how cultural influences interfere with our ability to just listen. I have just enabled a plugin on the (just good music blog that reformats for a mobile device – would love to get some feedback. Until last night – when I saw Porcupine Tree for the 4th time – and Steven Wilson for the 5th (Blackfield) – I had never heard of That 1 Guy. So extraordinary – that I had to buy the DVD – don’t ask – currently jammed in a player – so I haven’t heard it … so have been perusing ‘the tube’ – this one is the best I have found It isn’t his best – but gives an indication of what he does, Start listening. Get bored – move on past 3 minutes. As I texted to Bobby last night …. “Jack White – eat your hear out” – this dude is drum and bass on steroids – and doesn’t need a side kick. |
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