After perhaps maybe a three- or four-month go at using Spotify as my full-time music enjoyment service, I'm calling it quits. It's not about the money, either. The $9.99 per month subscription is more than fair for the kind of product being offered; the ability to listen to music on demand, be it old or new, is a truly necessary service. The issue at hand is a matter of usability. This, my friends, is where Spotify fails in spectacular fashion.
To understand the dilemma with Spotify's usability, one must first understand the particular way in which I tend to
Good Music Housekeeping Needs Consistency
by Jason Lightner May 16th, 2013 | Music Opinions
Much has been said about digital music formats, the pros and cons of various types of audio, from Lossless to MP3, and from AAC to OGG Vorbis, have all been detailed ad nauseam. This is not going to be an article about the best audio format. This is going to be the story of a journey to musical freedom, and how I learned that sometimes, what you don't hear is just as important as what you do.
My first foray into digital music began in 1995, in the form of downloading MIDI renditions of "Enter Sandman" and "Smells Like Teen
My first foray into digital music began in 1995, in the form of downloading MIDI renditions of "Enter Sandman" and "Smells Like Teen
Short Stack #3
by J Frazzetta April 26th, 2013 | Music Opinions
****Every few weeks a short stack of CD’s will accumulate on my desk and I thought it would be fun to talk about how they got there.***
A new batch of albums has been sitting on my desk, Avid Reader, so let me tell you what managed to find its way up here to my headphones. First of all there is a lot of punk, a few classics, and Justin Timberlake. Wait a second, how did he get up here? I can’t help that the dude makes a catchy album, so let’s start with him.
Right under JT’s latest is
A new batch of albums has been sitting on my desk, Avid Reader, so let me tell you what managed to find its way up here to my headphones. First of all there is a lot of punk, a few classics, and Justin Timberlake. Wait a second, how did he get up here? I can’t help that the dude makes a catchy album, so let’s start with him.
Right under JT’s latest is
Getting a Good Deal On Gear
by Jason Lightner April 16th, 2013 | Music Opinions
I had a fun little endeavor the other day involving picking up some new gear. Since moving to a new city and trying to find a new identity as a musician is a bit of a chore, I decided to start small. I've got my trusty acoustic, and I've got my standard electric and small amp. This is all perfect for an apartment where one doesn't necessarily wish to disturb the neighbors, and actually makes for a decent recording setup, provided you've got the right hardware and software to make it happen.
And so I made it happen. I recorded
And so I made it happen. I recorded
A Furious Hour
by J Frazzetta March 29th, 2013 | Music Opinions
For my birthday, last year, I was given a stack of books and it took me a while to get through them. I talked about a few during my book report from earlier this year and this one I finished a few weeks ago and wanted to tell you a bit about. There are certain bands out there, Avid Reader, that you hear a lot about, you know their radio hits and maybe don’t bother getting to know them. The Clash were one of those bands for me for a long time. I had the obligatory copy of
