Have you listened to music on the radio recently? It’s so full of ads and promotions that there’s little time left for the music.
Have you ever wanted to listen to music by a particular artist?
Have you ever heard a song on the radio but didn’t know who sang it?
Jango has commercial-free listening of whatever [...]

Step 1: Go to Songerize.com
Step 2: Enter the name and artist of the song you want to listen to.
Step 3: Click play.
I searched for 5 songs and it found four of the five.

Last December I posted about free online music but new music sites are popping up left and right. The latest one I’ve heard about is Anywhere.fm. It lets you upload your own music and share it with others. I haven’t used it much, but you don’t even need an account to start [...]

I’ve listened to this Silly Song With Larry several times and I can’t seem to get it out of my head. It sounds familiar but I haven’t figured out if there’s an original. There may not be an original, but so far I’ve found that it shares some similarities with Last Kiss, originally [...]

I knew John Denver’s real name was John Henry Deutschendorf, but this list has the names of tons of other well-known music stars, many of which I didn’t know about.
A few of the more interesting finds include:
Pat Benatar - Patricia Andrejewski
Bono (U2) - Paul David Hewson
Bonnie Tyler - Gaynor Hopkins
Bo Diddley - Elias Bates
Dido [...]

There are lots of options for free music online. Some of it has commercials, but some don’t. I’ve been listening to some Christmas music on Shoutcast and the commercials are slightly annoying, but not unbearable.

Pandora - You type in what you like to listen to and it produces a list of similar artists. [...]

I have a few dozen cassette tapes that I wanted to digitize (i.e. convert to MP3) but I wasn’t aware of the best way to do it.
After a bit of research and some experimenting, I came up with a workable solution.
You need a cassette tape player that has a line out, ideally in the form [...]

I had no idea President Bush was so musical.

Imagine and A Walk on the Wild Side

Sunday Bloody Sunday

Don’t download this song.

Retro crush has a list of the 50 coolest song parts, meaning the 50 songs that contain cool segments. There are images of all the album covers as well as MP3s of all the segments, but they’re very low quality. At least they give you an idea of how they sound.
I’ve always liked [...]

One of the reasons I like country music is because of the stories the songs tell. For instance, in Tim McGraw’s “Grown Men Don’t Cry” I was intrigued that he sang about his Dad being a slave to his job and not being around. I knew that McGraw’s Dad was a baseball player [...]

I’m not a big fan of the The Pixies. In fact, I’d never listened to them before last week, when I got a free, out of the blue, unsolicited two-CD set of a live Pixies concert in New York City, in the mail. I have no idea why it was sent to me, [...]

Blenders Magazine came up with a list of the 100 worst songs based on the criteria that they were hits, and weren’t songs that were meant to be cheesy, like Macarena and Who Let the Dogs Out (who, who who who. Sorry, I couldn’t resist.)
The article says the entry that is most likely to [...]

In Utah (and maybe in other places, but I’ve only seen it here) it’s a tradition of sorts to honk your car horn when driving through a tunnel. My father-in-law did it once, with the old, “Beep, be be beep beep” and then to our surprise, another car in the tunnel finished it off [...]

When I tell people I’m a fan of Marc Cohn, they usually say they’ve never heard of him. Then I explain that he sang “Walking in Memphis” and a glimmer of recognition appears on their face as they say, “Oh, I know that song.”
Well, Cohn is at it again after his longest break yet. [...]

Some say that music CDs will be gone like the dodo by 2007, but I have my doubts. I like being able to transport and play my music conveniently between work, home and my car and CDs permit me to do that. I know about iPods but I would have to convert all [...]

I just got my check for $13.86 from the CD MAP Antitrust Litigation. I had read that the checks were in the mail, but this time they were telling the truth.
I’m one of 3 million people who is getting a check, so even though a little shy of $14 doesn’t seem like much, it [...]

I watched a recent MythBusters episode about a duck’s quack not echoing but they failed to bust the myth to my satisfaction. The sound “expert” showed the audio graph of a quack in a normal room and of one in a room that echoed, but he couldn’t see the echo. They did some [...]

Hearing “The Chipmunk Song” a few times this holiday season has made me curious. Did the original singer sing so slowly that when it was sped up to sound like chipmunks it sounded normal? How slow would you have to sing? Maybe the guy(s) sounded like that normally due to a severe [...]

The Guardian made a list of the top 40 US bands out of all those that currently perform. I won’t spoil it for you, but I have never even heard of their number one pick (though they sound like they could use a lifetime supply of chap stick…). Am I just out of [...]

There’s a rumor about the Phil Collins song “In the Air Tonight” that I would like to dispel. There are different variations of the story, but the gist of it is that Collins had a childhood friend drown and there was a guy that could have saved his friend but didn’t. Some variations [...]

Guzzlefish.com is a cool idea. From their about page:
Guzzlefish is a free personal cataloging system that allows you to manage and organize your movie, music, and game collections on the web. An easy to use interface not only keeps track of what you own but also keeps you up to date on new titles [...]

A study of the musical preferences and personality traits of 3500 individuals suggests that you are what you listen to.
This quote from the article is sure to please Levi:
“I’ve always believed that people’s musical taste says a lot about them. If you like Avril Lavigne, for example, you probably need to have your ears syringed.”
Sign [...]

I was listening to Daydream Believer (or Beleeevah) on the The Monkees’ Greatest Hits album but couldn’t understand the dialog before the song starts. Google revealed a raging debate on the subject and naturally I had to listen to it over and over again in order to form my own theory.
Chip: “7A.”
Davy: “What number [...]

If I hear a song I like on the radio, I google the lyrics and download the song. If I already like the artist, I’ll probably buy the album. If I don’t know the artist, I’ll listen to more of their songs to gauge my interest.
I’ve done this with songs like “Forever and [...]

In The Sound of Music Maria and the children sing a lovely song about a lonely goatherd, but do you know the story? I’ve seen the movie numerous times but never paid attention to the words. In case you’re in the same boat, gather round and I’ll explain it to you.
Once upon a [...]

A musical based on Billy Joel’s songs is on Broadway and as part of the publicity for the show, Katie Couric interviewed Joel. The interview reveals a glimpse of what he’s like as a normal person. I often wonder what people are really like, as opposed to what you see in movies or [...]

Listen to music written and performed by members of MetaFilter. The original idea was met with enthusiasm and the site was launched today.
“Electronica, rock, folk, it’s all there.” — Matt Haughey

I heard a song on the radio that sounded familiar and, thinking it was from a musical, searched around for it. I discovered that it is sung by Josh Groban, a 20-year-old baritone. The lyrics were written by Linda Thompson (David Foster’s wife) and Richard Marx composed the music, wrote the arrangement and [...]

In a junior high social studies class we reviewed the lyrics of Billy Joel’s song “We Didn’t Start the Fire” in an effort to peak our interest in history. Now a guy at Caltech has gathered the associated images and made the fruits of his labor (flash) available to all. I have a [...]

My new Yamaha Clavinova CLP120 was delivered today. I’ve been planning to buy a digital piano for a number of months because I want to improve my piano playing skills and this past Tuesday I finally bought one.
Some of the features I like best are the keyboard cover (like a real piano), weighted keys [...]

I’ve finally done my first CD review for blogcritics.org for HEM’s Rabbit Songs. It’s harder than it looks to put into words how you feel about a group of songs. I’ll have to work on that.
I posted the review at blogcritics and I’ve included it here as well. I should note that [...]

You probably know the song, “Where Everybody Knows Your Name” from the hit TV show Cheers, but did you know that there are more verses?

Where Everybody Knows Your Name
(by Gary Portnoy and Judy Hart Angelo)
Making your way in the world today takes everything you’ve got
Taking a break from all your worries sure would help [...]

I’ve discovered another song that I really, really like. It’s called One More Day and is sung by Diamond Rio. I think I’m going to get their album to see if the rest of their music is as good as this song. I first heard it on the radio but now I [...]

A poll by Music Choice shows that Chris DeBurgh’s hit song Lady In Red is not a hit with wedding guests in the UK. The question, as far as I can tell, asked what the worst songs for the newly-weds’ first dance were. Luckily I didn’t play any of them for the first [...]

There’s a song I’ve heard a lot on the radio recently that I wanted to download but I couldn’t think of the words nor who sings it. I began my search with Promo Only’s listings, a radio station’s playlist and some music charts from another local radio station and didn’t find it.
My next [...]

I went to a free Midnight Oil concert sponsored by a local radio station and although I’m not a big fan, I had a great time. A group called Dropline opened and were so-so. They sing Graduation Day which you might have heard on the radio, although it’s not very similar to the [...]

I just downloaded a song by Tim McGraw called Just to See You Smile. I like the song for the music alone, but the lyrics are good too. Pardon the mushiness, but it sure would be nice to feel that way about someone (although I’d rather they felt the same way back). [...]

I’ve become infatuated with a song I heard on the radio called Goin’ Away by The Clark Family Experience but I couldn’t find the MP3 anywhere. The most I found is a 40-second clip of the song (requires RealPlayer) . I’ve listened to it over 50 times already and it’s not the first [...]

Been having some pretty hot weather lately. Looks like lots of rain today. The Z is running smoothly, which is nice. I just discovered a new band that I like quite a bit - Sister Hazel. I’m sure you’ve heard of the song “All For You”. I’ll have to get [...]