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Stream-ripping threatens music industry, as companies struggle to make streaming profitable – annotated infographics

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As if a beleaguered music industry didn’t already have enough to contend with, the rise of streaming services like Spotify, Apple Music, Google Play Music, Pandora, Deezer and Tidal –  yes! even Tidal! – have changed the way many people listen to music. It has also brought about a new form of piracy, known as “stream ripping”. This new type of copyright infringement has overtaken conventional music download piracy. Click on the graphic for an expanded view. It’s not all days of wine and roses at the streaming companies, either. Spotify is the most successful streaming music service in the … Continue reading Stream-ripping threatens music industry, as companies struggle to make streaming profitable – annotated infographics

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#AppleMusic goes live ‘worldwide’ – internet goes ‘bananas’ – an annotated infographic

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Apple… Music… Apple Music… All the ways you love music. All in one place… empty statements… Beats 1… Zane Lowe… Pharrell exclusives… blah blah blah… social media meltdown… waffle waffle… overbearing sense of smug self-congratulation… it’s only an (expensive) streaming music service… yada yada yada… it’s about money, not music… Taylor Swift… incandescent rage… and relax. Click on the graphic for an expanded view. Continue reading #AppleMusic goes live ‘worldwide’ – internet goes ‘bananas’ – an annotated infographic

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#AppleMusic streaming service – details announced – an annotated infographic

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Apple has unveiled its Apple Music streaming service, designed to challenge rivals such as Spotify, Deezer, Soundcloud, Google and Amazon. The $10-a-month service combines on-demand listening; Beats 1, a 24/7 radio station hosted by live DJs; and Connect, a forum for artists to give fans behind-the-scenes content from upcoming releases. E&T news covered this Apple Music announcement in comprehensive detail yesterday. Click on the graphic for an expanded view. Continue reading #AppleMusic streaming service – details announced – an annotated infographic

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Shoes for booze: drinking on the hoof with FlipFlask

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A curious press release landed – or perhaps we should say staggered – in to the E&T inbox the other day about FlipFlask: the sandal with a hollow sole and screw-cap heel, so you can pour in your favourite tipple and slosh it around underfoot all day. Perfect for “concerts, tailgates, ball games, parties, and everyday” the FlipFlask product page says. This news may have come suspiciously close to April Fool’s Day, but to all intents and purposes it appears to be a genuine product. E&T followed the ordering and payment process through to the penultimate stage (strictly in the … Continue reading Shoes for booze: drinking on the hoof with FlipFlask

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Music technology: the state of the art

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Interested in sound? Interested in music technology? Interested in bringing the two together in new and exciting ways to create hitherto unknown worlds of aural pleasure? Good news: your luck’s in. Professor David Howard – or Professor David Howard CEng FIET, Head of the Audio Lab, Intelligent Systems, Research Group Department of Electronics, University of York to give him his full name – is giving a free lecture on Wednesday, 12 May 2010 in the South Kensington Campus, Sir Alexander Fleming Building (not the Ian Fleming Building, sadly) at the Imperial College, London, UK. The good Prof will be looking … Continue reading Music technology: the state of the art

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Beatles [no longer] for sale

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Pop quiz, hot shot: how much will a close-to-near-mint copy of The Beatles’ first long-playing record, Please Please Me, set you back? We’re talking first UK pressing, stereo copy, heavyweight shiny black vinyl, gold and black Parlophone labels (PCS 3042), Dick James songwriting credits, glossy front laminated flip-back sleeve printed by Ernest J Day, Angus McBean photo credit printed in the far bottom right corner on the front, vinyl matrix stamps YEX 94-1 and 95-1, vinyl stampers G1 and R1, MTZ tax code embossed on side two label and supplied with the original polythene-lined “Use Emitex” inner sleeve. So how … Continue reading Beatles [no longer] for sale

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Play that funky music, white shirt

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Forget clothes with built-in iPod storage: the future is clothes that make their own music. Brush your sleeve for a marimba sound. Pat your tummy for a bongo jam. Scratch your, ahem, special area for a burst of electric guitar. Yes, walks in the country need never again be a silent trudge accompanied only by the pointless tweeting of birds and the occasional whinnying of a startled horse, thanks to a Swedish fashion student and her technician friend. Master’s student Jeannine Han, clearly thoroughly enjoying the second year of her textiles and fashion design course at the Swedish School of … Continue reading Play that funky music, white shirt