September 26, 2009 – 7:40 pm
Digital file-sharing is not going to go away. It is a passion for music which sustains such habits, and yet it is also a passion for music which argues that it cannot go on. Falling sales revenues raises fears that fewer and fewer artists will be able to fund themselves and their music if their [...]
By Jeni
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Posted in Celebrity & Media, Music, Musings
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Also tagged Annie Lennox, Downloads, Ed O'Brien, FAC, Featured Artists Coalition, File-Sharing, Government, illegal, Kate Nash, Lord Mandelson, music industry, piracy, radiohead, Spotify, Three-Strikes
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August 16, 2009 – 9:49 am
Ranked 18th on The Rolling Stones’ list of “greatest guitarists of all time” in 2003, John Frusciante is best known for being in Red Hot Chilli Peppers but is also a solo artist in his own right. He caught my eye when I watched this very old video of Anthony Kiedis and himself performing Under [...]
Often, music is the only thing that can fix my mood when I’m sad, depressed, bored, lonely or all these things. Below is a list of my favourite songs that, no matter what, always help lift my mood up and restore some zen in my mind! Radiohead – The Tourist. (click to get mp3) PLEASE [...]
We have just spent 2 days travelling non-stop from Salta, Argentina to La Paz, Bolivia… and the worst thing has happened. No, I haven’t had my passport stolen or my backpack nicked. My ipod has let me down and grinded to a halt literally the second I crossed the Argentinian-Bolivian border! I wouldn’t normally care, [...]
February 8, 2009 – 5:16 pm
How times have changed! Here’s a quick recollection of how my consumption of music has changed over the years… It’s funny how one song can conjure up memories of years ago. When I look back to my childhood, Mariah Carey’s Always Be My Baby is one of those songs! As a young girl watching MTV (I think [...]
October 22, 2008 – 12:49 am
If you haven’t been to this festival yet I urge you to buy some tickets for next year’s. Despite sleeping in a waterlogged tent (due to a combination of a cheap tent and one night of intense rain!), each morning I woke up eager to explore as much of the festival as possible. Camped out [...]
