Category: Music
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Backup Memory
Have you ever woke up with a song stuck in your head? A song that you know very well. You know exactly who the artist is, but for some reasons the title just doesn’t want to appear in your mind. That is exactly how I woke up this morning. And as always is terrible, because…
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Writing’s On The Wall
Today marks the release of the theme song for the upcoming James Bond movie SPECTRE. Recorded by Sam Smith, the song just dropped on the main streaming services like Apple Music, Spotify and company. I just had a listen to it. The first listen is always the most difficult one. My first…
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The First Numbers Are In For Apple Music
Ben Sisario writing for the New York Times: In Apple Music’s first major test, the answer is a qualified yes. Dr. Dre’s album “Compton: A Soundtrack” — a loose tie-in to the film “Straight Outta Compton” — had 25 million streams around the world in its first week, and also sold nearly half a…
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My Thoughts On Apple Music
It’s been a month almost since the initial release of Apple Music, so I thought it might have been a good idea to weigh in with my own impressions. This is not going to be a review, just a flow of thoughts and personal experiences with this new Apple service. A new design…
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Interstellar
After months of waiting since the first announcement, yesterday marked the release date for Interstellar, the latest Nolan’s movie. With a brilliant cast as usual, humanity is ready for its next biggest step. I’m not going to spoil the movie in any way, because it’s simply impossible. Instead I’ll just leave you with a quote…
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Sonic Highways
Foo Fighters are (almost) back with their 8th studio album, Sonic Highways. To celebrate the release and the 20 years together as a band, they’ve put together an 8 parts documentary with the same name of the album. You can catch the documentary on HBO in the US or BBC4 in the UK. Behind the…
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God Only Knows
I love music. Everybody that knows me, knows that. Music is a big part of my life and it is literally the sound track of my life. Everywhere I go, almost everything I do can always been associated back to a specific song. I support music by buying in many different formats, each album has…
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Re-Discovering The Pleasure Of Physical Media
While I’m writing this post, I’m listening to the latest vinyl that entered my collection: Retrospective – The very best of e.s.t.. Slowly rotating on my old school turntable, dissipating soft Jazz melodies in the air, I find myself re-evaluating the meaning of the physical media. I’m an avid music listener and to this day…