Music Downloads
Michael Lavorgna Mar 02, 2012 0 comments
Masaki Batoh, Brain Pulse Music

Masaki Batoh, musician formerly of the band Ghost and currently also an acupuncturist, conceived of and had the Brain Pulse Music Machine made to translate brain waves into sound waves which the wearer can learn to control to make music.

HD Music Downloads
Michael Lavorgna Mar 01, 2012 2 comments
Anthony Wilson, Seasons (Live at the Metropolitan Museum of Art)

[reader jazzfan shares some favorite...jazz (and live phish)]

Finding legal lossless quality downloads that are reasonably priced is almost impossible but there are a few sites which offer high quality downloads that are priced right. For the record while I think that HDTracks is doing a fine job I find that their prices are much too high especially for the high resolution material so here are some lower priced alternatives.

News
Michael Lavorgna Feb 29, 2012 2 comments
Thanks to reader Mr. T for pointing us to an article on MacRumors which points to an article in The Guardian that suggests Apple is working on adaptive streaming technology to provide iCloud users with high definition music as long as they have the bandwidth and hardware to handle it.
A source with inside knowledge of the process says Apple has asked a London studio to prepare audio files for a new streaming format that will adapt to bandwidth or hardware capabilities.

"All of a sudden, all your audio from iTunes is in HD rather than AAC. Users wouldn't have to touch a thing – their library will improve in an instant," said the source, who requested to remain anonymous.

Michael Lavorgna
Michael Lavorgna Feb 28, 2012 6 comments
Setting up for the practicum part of our NAS series is going to take some time. Here's what's on-hand, in-house and ready to go in the Streamer/Network Player department:
HD Music Downloads, News
Michael Lavorgna Feb 27, 2012 1 comments
We were inspired to launch the new site at the end of January when Neil Young came out with a bold statement. Neil wanted to hear and sell his songs as full size high resolution files, but didn't know how he could do that. The next day we were contacted by a writer from Wired.com magazine to provide source information for his article. The day after that came this article and several of our sites were highlighted.
Music Downloads
Michael Lavorgna Feb 24, 2012 2 comments
First a story:

I was home last Saturday evening listening to records. "Sing Songs Of Love" by The Cherry Smash from Side 2 of the excellent compilation Backtracks 3 on Track Records from 1970 was playing and it reminded me of the Winterpills new record all my lovely goners. It also reminded me that Winterpills were playing in NYC that very night at 10PM.

Music Downloads
Michael Lavorgna Feb 23, 2012 4 comments
Grateful Dead, Live at Mosque on 1977-05-25

[reader Slim plays DJ and takes us on a musical trip]

I follow along the trails of Stephen Mejias and deckeda and start with a breach of the rules:

Michael Lavorgna
Michael Lavorgna Feb 23, 2012 16 comments
From Apple Inc., "Mastered for iTunes" is their PDF guide for those interested in selling their music on iTunes.
We’re committed to delivering music exactly as the artists and sound engineers intend it to be heard. Housed here are the information and tools necessary to create the highest-quality masters for iTunes. Learn more by reading the Mastered for iTunes technology brief.
News
Michael Lavorgna Feb 22, 2012 0 comments
From an Olive Media press release:
Magnolia Showrooms to Feature Olive's Award-winning HD Music Server Line, Presenting Unique High Definition Content and Personal Listening Sessions.

San Francisco, CA, February 21, 2012. Olive Media is pleased to announce that its highly reviewed and award-winning HD Music Servers- the Olive O3HD, O4HD, and O6HD- are now available at participating Magnolia Design Center and Magnolia Audio Video locations in California, Washington, Texas, and Georgia, which are listed at http://www.OliveHD.com/Magnolia.

Hardware How-To
Michael Lavorgna Feb 22, 2012 9 comments
Welcome to Part 2. of our NAS Series. This Glossary is a work-in-process for a number of reasons the least of which being the ever evolving nature of this technology coupled with the idea that this list will grow as we dig further into NAS in Parts 3 and 4 (and it also gives me a handy out for those terms I've missed). I have also focused on the aspect of a term's definition that is most relevant to our focus on using Network Attached Storage as a media server in a typical home Local Area Network.