WTF is going on? First, OiNK gets shut down, administrator gets under custody. Then, I realize that Demonoid has been blocked (at least for me and some of my friends) in Mexico (I’ve managed to enter by proxy successfully), and then TVLinks has been reported as shut down by authorities and 26 year old man [...]
The music industry gets a shake…
…And quite sooner than I expected I must say. Since the beginning of this blog I’ve been complaining about my experience with the distribution of music and I was hoping that sooner or later artists would come to realize that the best way of getting their music was over the internet and giving it away [...]
Nine Inch Nails Open Source Remixes
There were over 200 “open source” remixes delivered to this fan website for Nine Inch Nails. Today I find out that a collection of 21 unofficial remixes is available for download via BitTorrent. There is actually a lot of good stuff there, it’s definitely worth of downloading.
I love it when you can find quality stuff [...]
Anatomy of a leak
Despite labels’ efforts to keep new music under wraps, it’s no longer a question of if an album will appear online before its official release date, but rather when and how. Here’s why.
An extensive explanation of why a new record gets leaked on the internet. I wonder if all these reasons are not related to [...]
Prosumers and the music biz [part3]
Two weeks ago I was talking with Rafael Jimenez (Yahoo! México) about the last 2 posts titled “prosumers and the music biz” and he had it very clear that it the industry has to change or die trying. We were not able to come to a clear idea about the path it should take, but [...]
Prosumers and the music biz [part 2]
I just wanted to point to the fact that I really DO believe in the power of the new media. I believe that leaking the album is in fact the best shot we have, and by far, I don’t mean it in a bad way, the internet is a very powerful tool and I [...]
Prosumers and the music biz
Recently we have finished the new album for Réplica. The process was long, it took almost 2 years to do it. The thing with record making these days (at least for a group of people with lots of dreams and no support whatsoever) is that you’ve got to have at least one “real” job and [...]
The joy of good
Google announced a couple of days ago a remarkable improve on Google Analytics and it’s interface, and it just got me thinking why would they make something like this? They already had the best online free service out there to measure websites. The answer: the will of making things well, or as I like to [...]
