Yup, seems like it got resurrected. Good stuff. Check it out. iBrecker [Continue]

I use Finale for notation. True, I did buy Sibelius when they were offering that sweet upgrade price. But, honestly, I haven’t used it. I haven’t had the time to learn it. I’d rather spend it learning, oh, Logic Studio, or ProTools. I like to complain about Finale, cause I use it daily. I want [Continue]

Seventh String software, which makes the excellent Transcribe software, has released two free programs (java applications). A Metronome and a Tuner. Nifty! [Continue]

After all the lawsuits they have started, they finally won one. In a major win for record companies seeking to establish precedent for prosecuting those who trade copyrighted material on the Internet, a federal jury awarded six firms $222,000 in damages from a Minnesota woman who shared music online. Jammie Thomas, 30, was ordered to [Continue]

Sometimes, you need to get help with stuff. Mostly, it seems nowadays people need help with tech stuff. Finale, Sibelius, Protools, Digital Performer, etc. What if you could, for a small fee, have access to an expert guiding you through these and other programs? You can. HowAudio.Com offers a growing number of online tutorials. They [Continue]

Kottke.org has posted 50 Things to do with your iPod. A great list of, almost 50 things there. He missed How to get Google Maps on your iPod, plus there is a ton of Podcasts out there. I’ll be adding a section of Jazz/Sax related Podcasts soon. [Continue]

Two days ago Apple CEO Steve Jobs has announced that iTunes 4.9 will include integrated podcast support. The update will let users browse and download podcasts. This is big news. What? You haven’t heard of Podcasting? It perhaps is the death of internet “radio”. It perhaps is the latest, greatest way to promote your band [Continue]

Found this via Slashdot: Indy is a free p2p music download system, which is a new way for independent musicians to find their listerners. From Buzzsonic News, "Indy uses collaborative filtering, a system similar to that used by Amazon to recommend books, etc, to prospective buyers, to learn about your musical preferences in relation to [Continue]

johnnyq writes “I was searching the web a while ago trying to find places to try out horns in the area or a site online I could order from. I found this site www.saxquest.com it seems like its a reliable site but I wanted to know if anyone has used this site or heard of [Continue]

From this article: “Vivendi Universal recently sold the MP3.com domain to c|net, and instead of selling its archive, containing more than a million songs by 250,000 artists, the company will simply delete the content. Mike Robertson, founder and former CEO of MP3.com is currently pleading with Vivendi and CNET to allow archive.org to mirror [Continue]

jazguy64 writes “This is my first post, but I’ve been checking out this site for a couple of years. Anyway I just wanted to share my transcriptions with your members. I try and put up at least 1 new transcription a week sometimes more. No particular artist, just whoever I’m listening too that week. All [Continue]

In my never ending quest for information on microphones, and recording, I came across this site which has some great clips. It’s German, but the guys did a nice job with playing the same thing into a bunch of different mics. They however seemed to like the Russian mics (which I’ve never heard of) over [Continue]

zibalatz writes “This page has a very detailed Wayne Shorter biography and annoted transcriptions of three of his solos.” Interesting stuff. I’m glad to see Wayne on the scene after all those years he took off. [Continue]

Once upon a time, someone decided to compile the “definitive” real book. This idea has grown into an industry, featuring nearly 20 volumes of books with songs that musicians should know. Once upon a time, a website was created in the hopes to compile a huge digital real book. The two dreams clashed, reminiscent to [Continue]

The WebPlayer is a Shockwave app that turns a web page into music by converting the HTML into numbers and then running that through formulas developed by Arnold Schoenberg, who came to be known as the inventory of atonalism in music, and influential in serialism, which aims to produce music by controlling aspects of the [Continue]