music

Below is the writing I’ve done about music on this blog. You may also want to check out my music blog/podcast Almost Mainstream, follow me on Rdio and This Is My Jam, listen to my mixtapes and check out my year end lists for 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014. I’m on lots of music discovery services, too, including last.fm, Hype Machine, Soundcloud, Mixcloud and CBC Music.

“The year of No Important Albums (and many Good Records)” by Steve Hyden → The Onion A.V. writer summarizes what I’ve been thinking about 2011 in music for a couple months now: “I think there’s another reason for the lack of consensus in 2011, and it goes beyond changes in technology. There weren’t any Important Albums. […]

Posted on 22 December 2011 and filed under music

I received an email today from someone wanting to know about the music I use as a bed when I do the arts round-up segment for CBC. This was my reply: Hi (name), Andrew here. The music that I use is an instrumental version of the Wu-Tang Clan song “C.R.E.A.M.” I would warn you before […]

Posted on 16 November 2011 and filed under music, personal

Over  the last couple of days I’ve seen two posts from people whose opinions I respect indicating that putting files in the cloud would soon be a thing of the past. First, Fred Wilson: “I was in DJ Woooo’s Dance/Electro Turntable room last week. I heard a remix track that was super fun. I hit […]

Posted on 10 August 2011 and filed under articles, music, technology

This is a post written out of selfishness. Every day on Facebook, Twitter (and now Google+) I see people posting their “song of the day” or week or moment. And often these are people whose music tastes I like. But more often than not, their linking to a YouTube page or some other independent website, […]

Posted on 5 August 2011 and filed under articles, how to, music, social media

So it sounds like Spotify is coming to the United States. If you are neither a music geek nor a tech geek, you may not know what this is. Basically, it’s an on-demand music streaming service– think Netflix for music. I have no idea if Spotify’s American availability will translate to Canada. If Last.fm, Pandora, […]

Posted on 13 July 2011 and filed under articles, music

I’m a backer of the local musicians. So I thought I’d let you know about an interesting promotion going on with one of the more popular PG groups, Cera. From their Facebook page: Hi! For the first time ever, our latest EP, swans, is available for streaming online in its entirety! Incidentally, you can also […]

Posted on 16 April 2011 and filed under music, Prince George

Just because I’m interested in what you have to say doesn’t mean I’m interested in what you listen to.

Posted on 13 April 2011 and filed under articles, Best Of, main, music

I’m on the board of the Coldsnap Music Festival. When our festival ended this year, we had an afterparty with various musicians playing for all the volunteers. Partway through the night, a guy with grey dreadlocks set up some equipment and began singing. Through technological trickery, he then started harmonizing with himself, adding beats and […]

Posted on 1 April 2011 and filed under music

[audio:http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13148122/Your%20Man%20by%20Down%20With%20Webster.mp3] “Your Man” by Down With Webster One of the things I like about awards shows like the Junos is they expose me to bands that everyone else has lots of other people have been listening to, but I’ve somehow never heard of. For the last five years or so, I’ve lived in some sort of inverse universe […]

Posted on 29 March 2011 and filed under music

I just finished watching (ie listening to in the background) the 40th Annual Juno Awards. A few days ago I wrote about how Canadian content is going to become irrelevant as more and more people start listening to Canadian music naturally, without the need for enforcement. I think this edition of the awards is a […]

Posted on 28 March 2011 and filed under articles, Canada, music

You may or may not know that in Canada, we have rules about the amount of Canadian content (including music) that has to be played on terrestrial radio. With the huge number of quality musicians coming out of Canada these days, I’m always surprised when I run across someone who thinks that this is a difficult thing […]

Posted on 25 March 2011 and filed under articles, music

Alright, now we’re into the service that started it all: Tumblr. More specifically, Tumblr and it’s music apps, primarily ex.fm. Full How Do You Music? Series: Introduction The Hype Machine CBC Radio 3 Soundcloud Last.fm [note: originally this was going to be my last post, but I’ve decided to add Last.fm to the series, for reasons […]

Posted on 8 March 2011 and filed under comments, how to, music

Alright, so I promised this two days ago, but things got…. crazy. I’m sure no one was waiting with baited breath, but I do want to finish what I started here. So today, I’m going to be getting into Soundcloud: Full How Do You Music? Series: Introduction The Hype Machine CBC Radio 3 Tumblr/ex.fm Last.fm […]

Posted on 5 March 2011 and filed under articles, how to, music

Part one in my music discovery series is the Hype Machine. I actually don’t know how I first discovered the Hype Machine, but it is the best place to discover music, artists, and even genres you wouldn’t otherwise be exposed to. Where services like last.fm and Pandora are about finding music that they already know […]

Posted on 1 March 2011 and filed under articles, comments, how to, music

Here’s a series I’ve been mulling for a while. I’m doing it now following a conversation over on Tumblr about a decline in people listening to audio posts. My response was basically a sketch of how I go about discovering new music, so I figured I might as well fill it out now. So, over […]

Posted on 28 February 2011 and filed under articles, how to, music