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 […]

I just found out about the Mainstream-O-Meter for Last.fm users. I saw it mentioned over on the Last.fm blog.
The Mainstream-O-Meter rates me at 4.52% mainstream. Given that I’m in The Far Corner, of course, this doesn’t really come as a surprise to me.
Now, I happen to know that Miss Nexy of Step Into the Nexus […]

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 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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