a different perspective from alan hartung on the emerging church, politics, faith, and life
OpenSong is software for the Mac which can run your multimedia presentation over a projector. And the price is great: free. Definitely worth a look for those of you who use projection for your times of community worship.
I’ve begun a standard practice of checking any purchase I am thinking about on iTunes with Amazon MP3. I love being able to download an MP3 instead of a file I can only play on my computer or iPod (or burn it to a CD… for a set number of times. So right now, I’m [...]
Jane Siberry’s “you decide what feels right” pricing: “ Sex, Drugs and Updating Your Blog describes how some small-scale recording artists are succeeding on the web. One interesting bit mentions the ‘pay what you can policy’ used by Jane Siberry. The result: People wind up paying more than they would at iTunes. Like many, I’m [...]
DRM shortens iPod battery life: “Cory Doctorow: Playing DRM-crippled music will shorten the battery life of your music-player. Listening to DRMed iTunes songs on an iPod shortens the battery life by eight percent; playing back WMA-crippled files on a device from Creative Labs can knock 25 percent off the life of your device’s battery. The [...]
I decided to convert a bunch of my old Vineyard worship cd’s to mp3 in case I ever get my broken iPod working again, and so I’d have them with me on my laptop. While going through CDs, I found Beat the System by Petra! These guys originated in my hometown of Fort Wayne, IN. [...]
Boing Boing pointed me to this piece of information. Apparently, the Sony Corporation has no problem infringing on the copyrights of others… and they’re doing it with software to protect their copyrighted music. This whole thing gets worse and worse for Sony. And it should. Please pass along the info if you find it compelling… [...]
More reason not to buy CDs. I can’t believe the extent the music companies are going to. iTunes has opened up a huge market for them and increased profits dramatically. People like me, who rarely spent money on music even before it could be downloaded, are spending more money on music because of the benefits [...]
Scott Stapp from Creed releases his first solo album November 22, 2005. I’m anxious to hear more from the album. The Great Divide album’s title track can be heard in its entirety by playing the music video on Scott Stapp’s website. link The video’s not much more than Stapp singing, but you can hear the [...]