I went looking for some nice music for this morning and wasn’t finding anything in my collection. I grabbed Yo-Yo Ma’s Bach: The Cello Suites album off of iTunes. It was a great choice.
Music
Concert notes, set lists and personal impressions fill this category. From the dreamy Americana of Lord Huron to Coldplay’s stadium spectacle and intimate performances at the Dakota jazz club, I share what moved me in the moment.
Willie and the Wheel
I got this album about a week ago and have been really enjoying it. Willie Nelson. Texas Swing. You can’t go wrong!
Wow. Jim Allchin (Ex-windows God) released a CD? Music, that is. I’m speechless.
iPod Shuffle Isn’t First to Talk
The new iPod Shuffle released today has made some waves for using voice prompts. It’s a great solution for the Shuffle which lacks a screen. In fact, that lack of interface has been the thing that has made me shy away from a shuffle since it seemed a little too limited to me. The …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: iPod Shuffle Isn't First to TalkiTunes Needs iTunes Syncing
Apple just released iTunes 8.1 with a bevy of new features, but there is a critical need for iTunes that I think would be a huge help for anyone that regularly uses more than one computer. In addition to being able to sync to dozens of iPods, the iPhones and Apple TV we need the …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: iTunes Needs iTunes SyncingMother of All Funk Chords
I rarely send out YouTube video links, but this remix is pretty darn cool. Nice.
iTunes Tip: Using a “No Playlist” Playlist
I have all of my music in iTunes and it is my central hub for distributing nearly all content to various iPods, iPhones and Apple TV’s throughout the house and on-the-go. In my iTunes library, as of right now, I have 18,439 items totaling over 65 days of continuous music without …
Keep reading · 3 minutes: iTunes Tip: Using a "No Playlist" PlaylistMazie Sings Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Mazie really got into Christmas this year. It made Christmas so much more fun for me this year just to see the excitement and enthusiasm she had for the big day. She started to sing along to some of the Christmas Music we had playing and were singing to ourselves and really got …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Mazie Sings Santa Claus is Coming to TownAll of iTunes now DRM Free
The announcement today that all music in the iTunes store was going iTunes Plus and removing the DRM protection was one that I was expecting and looking forward to. I don’t mean that I was following recent rumors about DRM being removed, but rather that I’ve expected that DRM …
Keep reading · 1 minute: All of iTunes now DRM FreeKeep Track of DRM Protected Content in iTunes
I mentioned in my post on DRM being removed from iTunes that I track DRM content using a Smart Playlist. I’m fine with some DRM content, but I like to keep a handle on what is DRM-protected. iTunes makes this easy, just create a Smart Playlist like this. DRM protected tracks have …
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