Missing Track Names

It doesn't happen a lot, but when it does, it is SUCH a royal pain. You stick a CD into your computer to import mp3s into iTunes, and iTunes doesn't know the names of the songs on your CD. So you've got to type them all. ugh.

Well, I can't solve your problem, but you can prevent someone else from experiencing the same frustration. iTunes actually uses a service called Gracenote (also known as CDDB), which is essentially just a massive archive of every CD ever made (Well, every CD except the one you just tried to import.) And you can submit the information about the CD to Gracenote on your own, and then everyone else who pops that CD into iTunes (or Winamp, or QMP, etc.) will be reading the information that YOU entered.

Check out the instructions from Gracenote here:
http://www.gracenote.com/about/faqs/#upload

Free $3 MP3 Download Credit from Amazon.com

“Simply click the "Get it" link, follow the directions and get your free $3.00 credit for Amazon MP3! Check out some new music or fill out a few missing spots in your current collection for the best price!”

http://www.fatwallet.com/best-deals/free-3-mp3-download-credit/

Thanks to Jesse for pointing this out. You can use it toward albums or mp3 downloads.

The iPhone 4 Antenna Song

As we wait to hear what Apple's big announcement is today about the iPhone 4 antenna, here's a song to keep you occupied.

Best. Music. Video. Evar.

Jesse found this video on YouTube. This talented musician "took a bunch of other youtube videos of people playing instruments and singing, sampled them and mixed them so the different people are playing together... and its really good. Really reminds me of DJ Shadow, a more modern version of his record sampling but still with the same charm and soul." Check out his other music too.



Apparently he has WAY too much free time on his hands. How I envy him....

Midi Keyboard in the Lab!

Almost exactly one year ago, I asked if anybody wanted a midi keyboard for the lab. And the answer was yes. So in a less-than-timely manner, we finally have one. And check out the awesome sign (now also hanging on the wall of the lab) that Sarah made for it:


There is also a (better) midi keyboard upstairs in the recording room in the Ormandy Listening Center on the 4th floor of Van Pelt Library.

Radiohead Remix

Our own Ned Eisenberg (aka Bloody Noses) has a high-ranked entry in the RadioHead remix contest. Please check his remix out and vote for him (he's already been voted for on all the machines in the lab, but you can vote from your own machine, or another workstation on campus). Listen and vote at http://radioheadremix.com/remix/?id=134