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Steve Lawson: more on indie-musicians and the web
A useful listing of sites indie musicians should be exploring
(tags: indiemusicians music resources stevelawson)
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Mac Rumors: iTunes Plus Expanded, Becomes Largest DRM-Free Catalog
Apple are finally beginning to practice what they preach and allowing non-major labels to put DRM free content on iTunes
(tags: apple drm itunes itunesplus)
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In the ongoing battle between the iTunes Music Store and amazon… (kottke.org)
The MP3 store battle is hotting up. Amazon are giving a 20% referral fee to associates on each and every song. This could be quite the earner for musicians whose material is available on the amazon mp3 store
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Very nice. BBC programmes categorised and catalogued, with an independent URL for each episode of each series, making them all addressable and referencable.
(tags: addressable bbctv catalogue url)
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interblah.net—Using Launchd to stop Quicksilver crash annoyance
Quicksilver keeps quitting on me, these instructions look set to prevent that happening in future. Hurrah! Lingon looks like a very useful tool too
(tags: launchd lingon macosx quicksilver)
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Ned Batchelder: Http-https transitions and relative URLs
So that’s what URLs starting with a double-slash are for!
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Jonathan Coulton » Portal: The Skinny
I’m really impressed with the way Jonathan Coulton blogs the lyrics and chords for new songs. Seems like a very good approach if you have a fanbase of aspiring musicians.
(tags: chords independentmusic jonathancoulton musicindustry musicpromotion)
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AndrewBlum.net: Local Cities, Global Problems: Jane Jacobs in an Age of Global Change
Interesting thinking on a post Jane Jacobs understanding of urban neighbourhoods, and the role blogs and online social networks may have on how neighbourhoods develop their character in future.
(tags: blogs janejacobs neighbourhoods outside.in socialnetworking urbanism)