Guitar Playing Fiasco
I scared myself when I realized after years of playing guitar that I was incapable of playing 6-string barre chords (minor) and have all strings ring out (string 3 in particular). I am positive that I was able to do this before. The sad thing is doing something like F minor, it’s crucial to have...
Manage Checked iTems in iTunes
I’ve got an iPod that can’t store all my music, but I still automatically update checked items in my iTunes library (it’s a syncing option). I’ve found a workaround for one of my wishes that Apple probably won’t be adding any time soon. My desire is to sort tracks by check mark box (whether selected...
Mistakes Make Music (free album)
The following is a review by the author of the album- Mistakes Make Music. Bolie Folke (his real name is undisclosed) was kind enough to let me post his biographical account of the recording below: Today I made an album ready for the public to download using the one-man-band name of Bolie Folke. It’s a...
Listen to 2.5+ Million Tracks (Students Only)
If you go to college or have an email address with “.edu” at the end, you can listen to a lifetime’s worth of new popular bands or old songwriters (most of the good stuff you find in music stores)- if you’re willing to download another media player and settle for non-ipod compatible protected WMA files...
11 Best Places to Search Free Music
I wrote earlier about the death of Singingfish media search, an amazing resource of online music. Since then I’ve been seeking alternatives to singingfish.com and I’ve got 11 solutions that will help you find that free mp3 that got lost in the interweb. Starting in order from average to best (1 is average, 11 is...
Tucson Live Music and Upcoming Shows
Rock and roll, blues, punk, alternative, and people over and under the age of 21 fit in the desert. There should be no discrimination for musical performances, and that’s what I am trying to do here. If you want to know what’s going on in the music scene of Tucson, Arizona, check out this list...
SingingFish redirects to AOL? Yes and No.
There is little buzz going on about singingfish.com redirecting to AOL Search. If you are unfamiliar with singingfish, it is a multimedia search engine launched in 2000 that has one of the best databases of many mp3s and other audio and video formats. The only info I found about the domain redirection was that AOL...
Enable Download for All Myspace mp3s
I discovered a place where you can make any song on myspace downloadable. It works on Firefox and Opera, so if you haven’t yet- ditch Internet Explorer. You also have to download it within the timeframe. Ctrl+S will save the file if it comes up as a popup. [via gHacks] If the link is down,...
