The Verge

My Position regarding Internet Piracy

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 16:05:00 GMT

A response to some rather shrill hate mail

How Global Capitalism is Good for Music

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:05:00 GMT

A Convenient Truth (for musicians and music lovers, at least)

Actually Mr. Masnick, Original Art is not a Myth

Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:42:00 GMT

Confusions surrounding the concept of artistic originality are discussed and resolved.

An Apology to My Readers

Sun, 28 Aug 2011 16:16:34 GMT

An Apology for neglecting this blog

The Invisible Revolution (Part 1)

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:16:34 GMT

A short History of the Impact of Technology on our Perceptions of Music

The Music Industry is Controlling your Mind

Sat, 04 Dec 2010 05:38:29 GMT

The music industry (a more precise term would be 'the recording industries' but you can't fight the god of usage) has a deep hold on people's conceptions of music. Many people who believe that they have freed their minds from it's grip are actually mistaken about this, and they show it repeatedly, as they fall again and again into the same mental traps whenever they appear. As discussions of the music industry and it's impending demise have come to pervade the blogosphere, the power of these mental traps has become more and more evident.

Most of these traps arise from the artificially inflated importance that popular music is accorded in contemporary culture. This has become so widespread that most people don't even acknowledge the existence of music that isn't some kind of pop music. "Music" and "Commercially Produced Musical Entertainment" have come to seem synonymous.......

A Rant About Musical Ignorance

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 01:56:34 GMT

I rant at length about the pretensions of people who write about music.

Warning: Obscenity

Roger Scruton's Ear, Part 1

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 04:49:03 GMT

Roger Scruton, Pythagoras, and I discuss various inconsistencies in harmonic theory. Seriously, this is nowhere near as boring as you think it sounds. You should check it out.

The Confluence

Sat, 03 Jul 2010 13:25:35 GMT

The truth about music in our time is revealed.

Honest.

What Has Happened to Music?

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 02:29:30 GMT

No one understands music in our time.

Here's why:

The World Inside an SM57

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:54:30 GMT

A thousand brilliant minds have stood on each other's shoulders to give you a classic microphone for under a hundred dollars.

The Open Source Drum Kit gets it's own Forum

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:27:59 GMT

Our Public Domain Set of Drum Kit Multisamples, with the Open Source/Crowd Sourced mappings, now has it's own forum, so all of the information will be in one convenient location.

Have at them!

A Skeptical Response to the Cynical Musician

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:57:17 GMT

a detailed response to the Cynical Musician's post: 'The Paradise that should have been'

Music and the Internet

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:05:02 GMT

The truth about music in the age of the internet

Traditional Musicians and Remix Culture

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 06:53:59 GMT

Remix of Chris Cutler's 'Plunderphonia'

All Samples Are Back Online at Real Music media

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:00:03 GMT

All of our samples are again available for free download

Real Music Media Samples Go 100% Free

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:53:02 GMT

Commercial Sample Developers Real Music Media Go 100% Free

The Digital Audio revolution: A primer

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMT

A 900-word-long history of digital audio

The Power of Cheap (and Free)

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:02:34 GMT

A few notes regarding how heap technology has liberated independent musicians.