iTunes Drops Most Copy Protection, Varies Prices

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Internet, iTunes, Music Downloads, Technology

iTunes

Update: Gizmodo confirms the announcement. The good news: CNET has sources saying the three largest music labels will allow Apple to offer music downloads free of copy-protection. And the bad news might not be that bad.

In exchange for the DRM-free tracks, Apple will reportedly allow labels to push three tiers of pricing. Older songs from the archives will likely get cheaper than 99 cents, songs that are newer and “midline” (i.e. not big hits) will inhabit the familiar 99 cent mark, and newer, bigger hits will fetch higher, unnamed dollar amounts.

Willie Bobo | Lost And Found

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Concord Records, Culture, Percussion, Willie Bobo, World Music

Willie Bobo | Lost And Found [Concord Picante, 2006]

Willie Bobo

Willie Bobo was one of the great Latin percussionists of his time, a relentless swinger on the congas and timbales, a flamboyant showman onstage, and an engaging if modestly endowed singer. He passed away in 1983.

Sometime in the mid 90s, Willie Bobo’s son, Eric Bobo (conga player who’s toured and recorded with hip hop supergroup Cypress Hill since the early 90s) teamed up with producer Mario C. (most famous for his seminal work with the Beastie Boys) to sort through piles of his father’s reel to reel tapes which he discovered one day in his mother’s closet. The result? Hours of unreleased recordings from Willie Bobo’s heyday – including alternate takes of “Broasted or Fried,” “Soul Foo Young” & “Dindi” (a Bobo favorite and Jobim classic). These versions (recorded in the early 70s) – tastefully blessed and mastered by Mario C. from the original multi-track tapes – hit harder, and present these tunes anew. ~

Source: ConcordMusicGroup.com

Broadband: Very Stimulating

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Broadband, Internet, Technology

What’s up jazz lovers? Look, as frequent users of the Internet it’s vital that we pay close attention to what the lobbyist in D.C .  are attempting to do in reference to the end-users of the Internet. I’ve provided a link in the technology section of links to bookmark and check this blog regularly for updates.

Article: From great crisis comes great opportunity. At least if you’re a lobbyist in Washington.

And while Chrysler plants are shutting down and journalists are being sacked by the thousands, influence-peddlers inside the Beltway are gearing up to get a piece of what could be a $1 trillion — with a t — economic stimulus package.

The legislation is being written as you read this, and the new Congress wants to get it on President Obama’s desk right after he’s sworn into office in January. It’s a lot of money, it’s moving fast, and taxpayers must beware of profligacy and pork.

Source: Savetheinternet.net/blog

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