The thoughts and findings of the Student Nerds!
Share The internet has revolutionized nearly every form of media, and music is no exception. This week we look at the five most popular music streaming services to see how people are getting their music fix. via Five Best Music Streaming Services – streaming music – Lifehacker.
Share Discover new artists with this website. Type in an artist that you like then click on their name. Click expand and you’ll see a web start to build of similar artists. It’s a neat way to learn about new music. TuneGlue° | Relationship Explorer.
Share Drag the following link to your bookmarks toolbar. Clicking the link will open a pop-up where you can search for albums via Google. Let me know what you think. Google Music Search Use This Bookmarklet to Easily Get Albums « Productive Geek Forums.
Share I’ve been thinking about this lawsuit involving the RIAA and Jammie Thomas-Rasset. She was ordered to pay $80,000 per song that she downloaded or $1.92 million dollars. $1.92 million for 24 songs? This is absurd and luckily I’m not the only one who thinks so. I’ve been reading many articles on the topic and [...]
Share Tonight will be Hulu’s first attempt to do a live simulcast of a concert. They decided to broadcast a Dave Matthews Band show the night before their new album is released. The show starts at 9pm ET and you can watch at Hulu or you can watch it right here on StudentNerds.com. I must [...]
Share I was reading a blog post by Fred Wilson on the A VC blog and he mentioned something called “Take Away Shows.” I clicked on the link and was forwarded to a an incredible website of recorded songs by some artists I have heard of and others I have not. The basic idea of [...]
Share Here are some good songs that I’ve been listening to. Let me know what you think: Incubus – Black Heart Inertia Vampire Weekend – The Kids Don’t Stand A Chance Bloc Party – One Month Off Cage The Elephant – Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked Manchester Orchestra – I’ve Got Friends Silversun Pickups [...]
Share Starting yesterday, Apple started charging different prices for different songs in their iTunes Music Store. Popular songs are $1.29, less popular songs are $0.99 and the “bad” songs are $0.69. In addition to this, Apple has removed the DRM from all of their music. Even though removing DRM is a win for the consumer, [...]
Share I’ve been collecting quite a bit of music lately and I’ve actually found some decent stuff. I try to listen to wide range of music but I’ve been finding that I’m really liking more alternative music. If we get some good response to the article, we could make this a regular feature and even [...]
ShareHaving an organized music collection has many benefits. It allows me to make better playlists, take advantage of iTunes’ Genius features, and find any song very quickly. This was not an easy thing to do and it does require a great deal of patience. It took me about 3 months to finish organizing my music [...]