AllOfMP3.com

I found a really sweet music service called AllOfMP3.com. They even give you a free download when you sign up. The cool part is that when you find a track you want to download, they let you select the format (MP3, WMA, OGG, MP4, and several lossless codecs like FLAC) as well as the bitrate to encode at! Once you purchase it, it encodes it online using your encoding settings and then puts it in your download locker when completed. So far, I’ve found most of the music I’ve been looking for (however, I usually like pop, hip-hop, and R&B, so no big surprise there). I really like that I can download a high quality file in the format of my choice without having to convert it. Oh, if you didn’t catch on yet, it’s DRM-free.

July 20th, 2005  music, Online Services - General   Tags: Entertainment & Media, mp3, music, more...

American Idol Down to Three

Curses! My Idol favorite, Anthony Fedorov, was axed last night. Carry has a great voice, and probably should win, but her music isn’t my style. Fedorov has a great voice. There’s no way he should have been axed before Vonzell, and I liked him better than Bo Bice too.

I feel like I have less interest in watching the show now. I look forward to Anthony’s first album. Seacrest was right when he said Anthony is “a total class act.”

Looking back, I think my favorite moment in this season was Constantine’s rendition of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody.” That was great.

May 12th, 2005  music, Television   Tags: american idol, music, Television, more...

American Idol #4

I watched American Idol last night. Even though I usually ignore the early episodes where they taunt the tone-deaf, I thought last night’s was pretty good and most of the comments were well-deserved. What amazes me is some of the worst performers seem to be crushed when they learn they have no tallent at all. Have you ever listened to yourself sing?! It should be a good season, though.

January 19th, 2005  music, Television   Tags: american idol, music, Television, more...

Fantasia Wins Idol

Ok, so the whole world knows now that Fantasia won American Idol tonight. Sad, but true. Maybe she can play the voice of Simba in the next Lion King movie, since Jonathon Taylor Thomas grew up. Anyway, Diana was obviously my favorite, but I’m hoping she’ll pull a Clay Aiken and pump out some great albums. Go Diana! You got my vote.

May 26th, 2004  music, Television   Tags: american idol, lame, music, Television, more...

Nickelback

We just got the Nickelback album Silver Side Up. It rocks. I highly recommend it.

January 17th, 2003  music   Tags: music, nickelback, review, more...