David Gerard

It’s the buzz buzz buzz in the drum of the ear.

19 May, 201713 January, 2020 Rocknerd 0

Obviously I’m just jealous of the audiophiles.

Streaming links: Spotify, Netflix versus Android, the return of the undead Live365.

18 May, 201719 May, 2017 Film, Links, mp3, Radio 0

Why buy when you can trust other people’s computers? I’m sure services will never suddenly disappear or block paying customers.

Master Quality Authenticated — “high-resolution” audio with … lossy compression.

17 May, 201721 May, 2017 Audio, Opinion 8

An audacious innovation in the “high-resolution audio” field: hi-res audio that does lossy compression. And the record companies love it.

Lester Bangs on Brian Eno.

16 May, 201717 May, 2017 Esoterica, Musician 0

“It’s not a hard instrument, actually. People think synthesizers are difficult and mysterious, but in about a day you can understand how to use it. In about five years you can understand how not to as well.”

Links: a critic turned artist, the soothing power of noise, Kim Dotcom outdone, Herman’s Hermits.

15 May, 201715 May, 2017 Links, Metal, mp3, Rock, Writing 0

A pretty chill selection on the joy of art. And some schadenfreude for Kim Dotcom.

Soundtracks replaced with extruded substitute music product. If you’re lucky.

14 May, 201715 May, 2017 Film, Games, Television 1

Licensing is hard. Why not use some bulk filler instead.

(sex, uh, sex uh, crime, cry cry cry cry crime, crime)

Video: Go-Betweens, techno in six steps, a pop hit in four minutes.

13 May, 201713 May, 2017 Indie, Musician, Television 0

Some telly to finish your day.

Copyright troll links: Norway, Rightscorp, Perfect 10, police investigating BPI anti-piracy chief.

12 May, 201712 May, 2017 Links, mp3, Your rights 0

There’s a lot of money in trying for a few hundred quid out of home Internet users. Well, sometimes.

eMusic returns! Or something of that name.

11 May, 20178 April, 2018 Industry, mp3, Record 10

Remember eMusic? I was a happy customer back in the day.

Industrial reviews: Lorelei Dreaming, Eli Van Pike (2017).

10 May, 201710 May, 2017 Industrial, Metal, Record 0

Most of what hits the Rocknerd inbox is industrial, prog, metal or industrial prog metal. I have no idea why.

Links: Blockchain BitTorrent, Kim Dotcom movie, my Blockchain book interview.

9 May, 20177 June, 2017 Film, Links, mp3, Rocknerd, Your rights 1

Bram Cohen, Kim Dotcom and David Gerard. Only blockchains bind them.

Warner does a deal with YouTube. The record industry is outraged!

8 May, 20179 May, 2017 Industry, mp3, Opinion, Your rights 0

Warner has signed a completely expected deal with YouTube, because they do great business with each other and fully wish to continue. The music industry is hilariously outraged that Warner did the obvious deal with a fantastic and essential publicity outlet.

Links: How to rig the charts, musicians’ vending machine, a malware music player, Internet Archive.

7 May, 201718 May, 2017 Audio, Industry, Links, Musician 0

I’m sure Harry Styles will categorically deny that anyone from any of his teams paid anyone to do anything whatsoever toward this chart rigging effort. Any moment now.