Sheesh.
I had almost completed a lengthy post recommending websites where people could download remixes of video game music, when Firefox (and ScribeFire) crashed and I lost the whole damned thing. I’m not happy.
Anyhow, to cut to the chase, I had been about to recommend these four excellent sources of free remixes: OverClocked ReMix, Remix.Kwed.Org, AmigaRemix […]
I’ve been using the free MusicBrainz database to tag and name my mp3 files for a while now. MusicBrainz is an interactive service where a software client, Picard, compares the “acoustic fingerprints” of a group of mp3 files saved on your hard disk with those fingerprints already uploaded to its servers by other members of […]
I’ve recommended Jamendo on a couple of occasions here at The Far Corner, and if you haven’t already opened an account there, I suggest you go off and do that soon.
Today, I want to mention three other sites which focus on free music, and conveniently they all carry an RSS feed to let you know […]
Kubuntu Linux is very nice indeed; it’s based on Debian. But, interestingly, I’ve had to switch over to Debian due to a problem with excessive hard drive activity on Kubuntu, which has been causing a perpetual clicking noise from the drive here.
I found some discussion of this on the Ubuntu Forums, with at least one […]
I’ve always loved the ever-growing collection of Creative Commons licensed releases to be found on the French music website, Jamendo. The variety of genres, the sheer amount of high quality music and the enthusiasm that is out there for making music with no (instant) financial reward is, simply, astonishing. They have now published more than […]
I received an email today in response to an e-petition signed by 3,295 people asking the Prime Minister “to create a new exception to copyright law that gives individuals the right to create a private copy of copyrighted materials for their own personal use, including back-ups, archiving and shifting format.”
You can view the outcome here.
UPDATE: […]
I had forgotten what an amazing resource the Internet Archive is. There are now more than 35,000 concerts available for download, and over 110,000 audio recordings, including the best freely distributable net labels around.
We shouldn’t be stuck for something to listen to, then…
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