Tag: music
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Why Music On The Cloud Does Not Make Sense
In a previous post, I talked about why streaming music would never be the same as owning a physical copy of it. Since then, Amazon has launched it’s Cloud Player which takes perfectly good physical copies that you can listen to directly and let’s you stream it over the cloud. While I understand people streaming…
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Freaky Friday Playlist April-01-2011
Weekly feature of songs we are listening to – randomly.
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Music Locker Service – A Primer
Amazon beat Apple and Google in the race to launch a music locker service by launching its Music Cloud Player for the web and Android. This is a primer for anyone who wants to understand what the fuss is all about. What is it? A place ‘in the cloud’ to store all your digital music.…
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Freaky Friday Playlist March-25-2011
Weekly feature of songs we are listening to – randomly.
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Why Streaming Music Is Not The Same As Owning It
An acquaintance of mine asked me why anyone would ever buy music when there are multiple on-demand streaming services available in India for free. I can answer the question from my perspective: Quality – I am yet to see any form of streamed music that matches the quality of CD music. In India, internet service…
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Music Wants To Be Free
Pirates (distributors and consumers) often invoke Stewart Brands’ iconic phrase “Information wants to be free” to justify piracy. In a recent discussion with a friend, I argued that Brand used this powerful phrase to suggest that information should be easily available to everybody, not that it should be available free of cost. My friend’s counter-argument…
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Freaky Friday Playlist March-18-2011
Weekly feature of songs we are listening to – randomly.
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Music Is A “Higher” Profession Than Medicine?
Why music is not a “higher” profession than medicine
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Bangalore’s Live Music Scene Making A Comeback
Bengaluru will not let go of the Rock Capital tag easily! Despite all that transpired in the city potentially spelling doom for music lovers, it appears that there is enough and more support going around. Here ‘s a link to a blogpost belonging to a local rising artist, Fidel Dsouza, who he talks about the new…
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Freaky Friday Playlist March-11-2011
Weekly feature of songs we are listening to – randomly.