Puppies, Flowers, Rainbows and Kittens

Actually, I think this pretty much applies to all musicians in these times.

NYTIMES Spinning Into Oblivion By TONY SACHS and SAL NUNZIATO Published: April 5, 2007 The major labels wanted to kill the single. Instead they killed the album. The Recording Industry Association of America wanted to kill Napster. Instead it killed the compact disc. The article is from a couple of guys who owned a shop [...]

The Album, a Commodity in Disfavor – New York Times Last year, digital singles outsold plastic CD’s for the first time. So far this year, sales of digital songs have risen 54 percent, to roughly 189 million units, according to data from Nielsen SoundScan. Digital album sales are rising at a slightly faster pace, but [...]

Tech Crunch – Good News! CD Music Sales Down 20% from 2006 As the marginal price of recorded music continues to fall towards zero, its natural price, bands will need to make money elsewhere. Live concerts will become more and more popular, and will be the largest source of revenue for many artists. Recorded music [...]

The SXSW mp3s are here! the SXSW mp3s are here! Playlist: Free SXSW MP3s The article above points you to the torrent of all of the mp3s. For the more discerning musical palate, try this link to the individual artist’s mp3s

This is just fun. Beatboxing while playing the flute.

Avant-Jazz pianist Alice Coltrane died on Friday. sucky.

I wasn’t feeling particularly introspective at the end of the year, so instead, here is some of the music I really dug this year (according to my iTunes favorites of 2006 smart playlist)

You’ve probably seen this by now, but if not: WFMU’s Beware of the Blog: Faust’s Lost Album V + TV footage WFMU has the all-around best mp3 blog around. Definitely worth poking around for tons of tasty audio tidbits and obscurities.

This is a video of Rob Paravonian doing an awesome bit. I was going to try to describe it, but just click the play button and enjoy.