Music

This album is making the work day so much better. https://rd.io/i/QU4U3CJiXM4/

ethanjohnluck: Oh man, I’m getting old. As an 18 year old, I never thought I would have recorded an album and would write about it 15 years later. For those that don’t know, The Dingees was the first touring band I was in. My first band to record an album. My first band on a label. My first band that did… I love this band and played this record hundreds of times. ...

Pro tip. On the desktop we’re mostly limited to using iTunes for music playback (aside from streaming services). If you don’t like iTunes, good luck finding a better alternative. Thankfully the situation is different on an iOS device. Don’t like apple’s music app? Simply fire up the AppStore and download a 3rd party music player. I recommend checking out Ecoute, Track 8 , Groove 2.

Thrice Anthology Studio Version I made a playlist with the studio versions of Thrice’s Anthology track listing. They are one my favorite bands and this covers a lot of their material. Check it out. Spotify [spotify id=“spotify:user:benjer712:playlist:6S9RTzTpwhAWFzKS3jrZXA” width=“300” height=“380” /] Rdio https://rd.io/i/QU4U3DN_tLY

[audio https://open.spotify.com/album/52WPKO9oZ8xyl7HftSwz2Y?plead=please-dont-download-this-or-our-lawyers-wont-let-us-host-audio] [spotify id=“spotify%3Aalbum%3A52WPKO9oZ8xyl7HftSwz2Y&view=coverart” width=“500” height=“580” /] Bringing it way back.

hermitologist:  > > Most of you who’ve been reading Hermitology or following Thrice over the years are probably well aware of how much I admire Dave Grohl and how much I’ve been inspired by what he’s done and continues to do. Marc Maron had Grohl as a guest on the WTF Podcast this week and the conversation they had boosted that admiration and inspiration to a whole new level. It’s an absolute must-listen. I could have listened to them chat for hours. ...

I was going to make a list of my 10 favorite albums from 2012, but 2012 turned out to be a great year for music. In light of that here are my 15 favorite albums from 2012. Abel - Make it Right Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls Bad Books - II Circa Survive - Violent Waves Further Seems Forever - Penny Black The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten Gasoline Heart - Thanks for Everything ...

Streaming Music Services VS an iTunes Addiction Music has been a huge part of my life for many years. I’m no longer a touring musician but I still play music as much as I can. Music is always playing in our house and I can’t imagine living life without it. Time has changed the way I listen to music a lot. I came of age in the era of the CD, but ever since I got my first iPod I’ve relied almost entirely on iTunes for my music consumption. At this point I’ve amassed a collection that would take 43 days to listen to. ...

The new Rolling Stones single is great [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPFGWVKXxm0]

A really good take on the state of the music business as it relates to Spotify, piracy, iTunes, and money from Derek Webb. I’ll go even further to say that I actually prefer illegal downloading over Spotify because when you get music illegally it’s at least implicit in the transaction that what you’re doing is potentially harmful to the artist. But with Spotify, your conscience is clear because you’re either enduring ads or paying to use the service and access the music. But from the blue-collar artist’s perspective, they’re not receiving any meaningful payment (there’s little discernible difference between $0.00029 and $0.00) and they are learning nothing about their fans, not to mention that music readily available on Spotify for little to no payment completely poaches the record sales upon which middle-class musicians are depending for survival (which is why I will withhold any new releases from Spotify in the future). ...