Archive for March, 2008
I have officially been pimped!
Mar 26th
Yesterday was a really interesting adventure for me. I was (actually) interviewed for my FIRST PODCAST EVER! I know this may seem very mundane as obviously anyone with a blog must already podcast, or at least be involved with the podcasting world in some way, but this is very exciting for me. Up until now, my podcasting experience has been limited to listening. I had mastered the art to subscribing to feeds and listening intently, but had not yet mastered the art of actually talking.
I was interviewed by Joe Pisano and Darren Morton of Mustech.net, a music technology and education blog with a bodacious readership! All in all, I must say that I am quite the talker and have officially been dubbed an “expert” in my field by Joe (I must really have him tricked). Most of the conversation revolved around what I have been doing at Naxos in regards to the Naxos Music Library, our online educational streaming database and Naxos Wind Band Classics, the Band Music Imprint I started a few years back. I probably could have talked for an hour on each subject, but Joe kept me on topic and in line. Hopefully, I will get to do more podcasts with these two in the future. All in all, it was a really great experience for me and I hope you enjoy listening!
If you want to give it a listen go HERE
links for 2008-03-15
Mar 14th
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as an avid runner and regular user of the Nike+ iPod system, this should be an interesting matchup. Personally, I dont think Samsung stands a chance… they and Adidas are about 3 years too late…
links for 2008-03-12
Mar 11th
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Wow! here is a new take on recording expenses and off-setting them… I have to commend her tenacity.
links for 2008-03-11
Mar 10th
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…and the next failing business venture emerges… I dont understand why everyone wants to “kill” the ipod… until there is a comparable product with the user-friendliness of the ipod… this will remain a pipedream
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File this under “holy Crap” and It’s about time!
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Super cool… wish I could find a use for them…
Guitar Hero is for Losers
Mar 3rd
Alright, it that title doesn’t pull you in, you probably have not yet put down your sega genesis controller and are still thrilled with 16 Bit video games.
For the uninitiated, Guitar Hero is the video game phenom that has swept the nation over the past year or so. With several incarnations it was a great way for the everyday little guy to overcome his lack of talent and ambition only to be a star in his own mind for the entirety of “Bulls on Parade.” I have to admit, I own Guitar Hero III and have played it a bit, but as I sat in my living room strumming along to my favorite rock songs it hit me all of a sudden… If I spent nearly the amount of time learning how to actually play the guitar that I have spent fiddling with this nifty controller gizmo, I would probably be an alright guitar player… and might actually be able to play those hits of yore.
This annoyance has been bouncing around my head for a few months now, but today several articles popped up on my Google reader that really made this whole subject boil over for me. According to an article I cannot seem to find, now that I am writing (should have tagged it for delicious), the Guitar hero franchise has brought in over 1 Billion Dollars for Activision. Being a capitalist pig, I am normally thrilled to hear of a company’s successes, but this financial report was then followed with the fact that Fender, one of the largest guitar manufacturers in the World turned in a measly few hundred Million Dollars last year. You mean the cheap fake guitars outsold the real ones…? What kind of effed up Wal-Mart society have we turned into?
So in protest, I have been scouring the internet for good links to Guitar Hero blog posts and news stories and have assembled them here for good measure. I think after all of this, I am going to go buy myself a guitar and actually practice… that way if I want to call myself a “Guitar Hero”, the title will be warranted.