Entries Categorized as 'Music'

Zoë Keating: One Cello x 16

Date May 15, 2009

I’m listening to Zoë Keating’s albums constantly at the moment and am continually amazed by the music she is able to create with a single cello and some equipment. She is someone you have to listen to, but for those who haven’t come across her before, her bio starts out with: Armed with just her [...]

Is ‘Australian Music In Tune’?

Date May 12, 2008

I don’t want to wade into a discussion of the merits of the Australian Music In Tune film, produced by the Australian music industry (original press item here), which features quite a few of Australia’s bigger names in music. However, I do want to draw further attention to the comments of Lindsay McDougall from Frenzel [...]

EMI and DRM-free downloads

Date April 4, 2007

From the land of it’s-about-time comes news that EMI will start to offer DRM-free tracks via iTunes. It was almost a given that someone would start doing this soon after Steve Jobs posted his thoughts on the matter in February. Usually, I would include my thoughts on why this could be a bad thing, but [...]