Apple Music arrived last night, and with it Beats 1 – a new, global music channel. And I’m not just quite hopeful that it’ll be god; I’ve been actively listening to it and enjoying it. Like many people…
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A collection of 30 posts
Naming that GoPro tune
If you watch a number of GoPro-type extreme sports videos, you’re probably deeply familiar with this track: This tune is indelibly marked in my head as the “Le Web tune”, because as I sit in the main stage area,…
The UK iTunes Store is 10 years old
It’s not often that you start your working week with 10 free songs, but apparently I was one of the earliest people to sign up for an iTunes account in the UK when the iTunes store launched here a…
Sounds: Supplied
I’m a big fan of the new emerging funding models that the web is bringing. Yeah, there’s Kickstarter, obviously, but I also like the “bundle” promotions that are appearing for software – and now music. I’ve just bagged…
Google+ Hangouts get stereo music
Google’s Matthew Leske: We wanted to make these live hangout concerts sound more like the stage, so today we’re rolling out Studio Mode. As a musician, all you need to do is start your Hangout On Air, click…
Why Digital Inheritance Matters
PandoDaily seems to be rapidly becoming the site I disagree with all the time. It happened again this morning, with a piece arguing that our children won’t want to inherit our digital music collections: Passing your iTunes collection down…
Le Web: Spotify lets the music play
Daniel Ek, Co-Founder & CEO, Spotify *This was a liveblog I abandoned because it didn’t seem “content rich” enough. I originally planned to mix it with the Sean Parker interview, as he’s an investor in the service, but…
Le Web: partying with the Ting Tings
A taste of last night’s Le Web party:…