Next Generation #26

The music networking sites look like they would be fun for music enthusiasts. I am, personally, not a music fanatic. I listen to music some, but it's not something I'm really into. I assume Mog stands for music blog. It's interesting seeing what songs other people like and their comments. The Phling website has cute graphics. I do like the features of being able to listen to songs before you commit to buying the CD or paying to download the song I listened to some songs on Imeem just to see what the young people are listening to. I have heard of some of the artists, but haven't heard their songs, so this was a good chance to listen to some of their music.

I chose to go to JamStudio to attempt to create a song. I did take piano lessons many years ago, so I know a little about music. It was very easy, though. I played around with the different keys and different drum sounds. Of course, if I was willing to pay for more options, my song would have been really good.

The Next Generation #25

Hey, I did it! It was very easy to burn the song onto a CD. I just clicked on copy, and the song was in my to burn list, then I clicked on start burn. Yes, I do still use CDs. I listen to them in my car. Even though, I have an mp3 player, I don't use it. It was given to me as a gift. Probably because I don't seem to have the time to copy songs onto it. Or more likely, I just haven't taken the time to do it.

The copyright issue is a tough one. If I were a musician/artist, I would definitely want credit for my work. I would also want to get paid for it. :) On the other hand with new technology, I think we are going to have to redefine copyright and the ways we think about information, music, movies, etc. I don't have an answer.

IHCPL: The Next Generation #24

I have heard a lot about i tunes, but I've never looked at the sites to download music. Napster, Yahoo, and Rhapsody all charge by the month, which would be convenient if you download entire CDs, or if you went in with a friend, and you both could download as much as you like. I didn't like Napster, because it put me into one of those continuous loops, that you can't get out of. It looked like i tunes charges by the song. I didn't see a monthly fee, but I may have overlooked it.

I have listened to the radio from my computer before, and it is a nice feature. I wasn't able to get Sunny 99.1 to work for me, but other stations worked just fine.

I downloaded a song from music.download.com. It was easy once I realized I couldn't download just any song I wanted. It had to be one of their free downloads. I have an MP3 player, so copying the song to it was easy for me.