2 posts tagged “mp3”

I stumbled across an artist by the name of 'Brad Sucks' recently and thought I'd pass him along to you, my adoring public.
All none of you.

Never Get Out

Brad Sucks

According to Wikipedia, that internet bastion of knowledge, Brad Sucks was one of the first few artists to utilize the Creative Commons license for his music distribution.

Posting his music online for free, as well as making the audio tracks fully available for any remixing that might be done by the general public, his original aim was to create 'open source music.'  This, alone, is something that makes him worthy of mention.

I don't think it takes a genius to recognize that the music industry is in the middle of a major paradigm shift.  The public wants their music for cheap (or for free), and they have the means to get it that way.  Record Labels and Distributors, having always functioned as the middle-man between the producer and the consumer, are left with little to do but try to sue anyone who recognizes and takes advantage of the business-model shift.

I have the sneaking suspicion that artists like Brad Sucks will become more and more common in the near future.  At least, until the music industry can figure out a way to continue making money in a world now fueled by high-speed internet connections - all navigated by crafty digital pirates.

Beyond that, Brad Sucks doesn't really suck that much.  Give him a listen and try to tell me I'm wrong.

Guaranteed signs that your professor is a scatter-brained hippie who spent a little too much time dancing naked in the mud at Grateful Dead concerts back in the day: she sits cross-legged the entire class on the front desk while addressing you, the syllabus is about five pages long (and none of it makes any real sense), she has advice for you that you could have gotten off of any homeless bastard on the street, and she's teaching a course for the counseling department.

I had planned on doing the 'personality tests' that the aforementioned professor required for homework this week, but LiveJournal-esque meme tests just don't seem like something I'd be too interested in at the moment.  That and I'm about four bottles of Blue Moon's seasonal 'Harvest Moon' pumpkin ale into the evening.  So, without further adieu: some inebriated ramblings.

Harvestmoon

First things first, the 'Harvest Moon' seasonal brew from Blue Moon brewing is excellent.
No, scratch that.  It's amazing.

This stuff is smooth and strong while, somehow, not overwhelming in it's flavoring.  A manlier man than I would go on about tasting the hops in the brew, and what that has to do with anything.  I, however, remain blissfully ignorant of how beer is brewed and what ingredients make it taste like vomit while others make it taste like angels pissed it down from heaven.  But, rest assured, that this stuff is certainly closer to the angel piss end of the spectrum.

Go to your local grocery store or, if you live in a state whose laws prevent the sale of alcohol at such a fine establishment, make your way to someplace that sells beer.  Buy yourself a six pack of this stuff.  If you don't like it, please, drop me a line.  I'll come by to pick up your leftover unused bottles sometime tomorrow afternoon.

Beyond that, for those of you still actually reading this garbled nonsense still, I have something else to praise for the evening.  Have you ever bothered to stop by Last.FM before?  If not, I suggest you drag your sorry ass that direction as soon as you can.  I'd even give you my account name, but I don't know if you're the type of person I can trust with personal information like that.  However, just believe me when I say that this website is the kind of social network worth having.  At least it is for us music buffs out there.  You see, the site will keep track of whatever music you happen to listen to on your computer.  For those of us (music buffs, like I said) who boast collections of 1GB+ mp3 collections, this is the sort of thing that could come in handy.  It's a place that will provide you with details on your listening habits.  It'll give you the proof that, indeed, you are the coolest kid on the block with the best taste in music since Beethoven first sat down at his piano to write.  I've even gone so far as to subscribe to their service because the personal radio station that they provide for you is so damned perfect.  I couldn't have created a playlist more fitting from my own collection.  Really.
For $3 a month, who could ask for more?