It's All Music to Your Ears With the SoundFocus App
Unless everyone around you took a vow of silence the moment you were born and you spent the intervening years in a…
11 Apps to Put Your Musical Taste Back on the Right Track
Most people probably remember having a song, album, or band change our lives. It's a fairly common experience, even…
Infinite Gangnam Style Will Melt Your Brain
Paul Lamere, who earlier wrought havoc on Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody," has trained his song-hacking sights on (what…
Pluck Band Names from the Air with The Top Five Song ID Apps
You're innocently going about your day when it happens: You hear a song you've never heard before. It rules. You need…
Music Is Still Too Expensive To Be Free, Too Free To Be Expensive
In this corner, we have recording artists - those beleagured believers clinging dearly to the notion that they can quit…
How to Keep One Ear Open When Using Headphones
We often think of listening to music with headphones as creating "a soundtrack for our lives." But when you think about…
Brain Shift Radio Controls Mood with Music—Awesome or Creepy?
In Philip K. Dick's book Do Android's Dream of Electric Sheep? (a.k.a. Blade Runner), the lead character Rick Deckard…
Nine Supercharged iOS Players to Power Up Your Music Collection
Music fans who were reluctant to replace boomboxes, turntables, and shelves of physical media with digital music…
5 Powerful, Direct Music Apps That Should Make Middlemen Nervous
In the early days of Web 1.0 beta (i.e. the '90s), most of us who were paying attention thought music middlemen were on…
Five Super Helpful Mac Apps for Music Fans
Apps for iOS, Android, and the web grab a lot of attention these days, and with good reason. They're changing the world.
We’ve Lost Control Again: Return of the DJ
When the MP3 revolution hit its stride, the coolest thing about it was how much control we were given over our music.…
How Jay-Z, YouTube, and Bonnaroo Are Like Airport BBQ
Was this prophecy about 2012 true? Or perhaps this prediction about 2008, if belatedly so?
The Guitar Collection: George Harrison for iPad: A Fantastic Look at a Great Musician's Instruments
If you're any self-respecting music fan, there was probably a point in time where you wanted to make music yourself.…
Artist Growth: Become a Real Musician and Make Some Damn Money
Selling out! The biggest fear of any musician. And maybe it sucks for purists and for people who don't like money or…
NPR Music for iPad: Watch Live Concerts on Your iPad
If you like music, you probably know the NPR is a pretty solid source for the good tunes. NPR Music has long served as…
Sprd the Note: Peer-to-Peer Music Sharing on Your iPhone
Listening to new music on the iPhone with nice headphones is a wonderfully personal experience. Listening to new music…
AirCassette for iPhone: The 80's Weren't So Bad
I'm old enough to remember using cassette tapes but also young enough to know it was already ancient technology. But…
KCRW Music Mine for iPad: Play DJ for the World's Best Radio Station
KCRW, if you're not familiar is a LA-area public radio station. KCRW, if you are familiar is a wonderful place to…
Band of the Day for iPhone: It's Like MySpace Music, but In a Good Way
It's a cold day in the life, so you've decided you need yet another music discovery app. One that gives an ear to…
Gimme Music: Quite Possibly the Easiest Way to Discover New Music
Fact: my music taste is terrible. Fact: I'm also a very lazy person. Combining those two traits together means my music…