Doing the iPod shuffle
I’m on my way to reception for tech writer Steven Levy who is publishing a new book about the iPod. It’s taking place at my friend Heidi Roizen’s ‘Kasbah’, a private underground night club on her estate in Silicon Valley.
I feel happy about taking time off to have some fun at the Kasbah because all of our CD and DVD submissions are now complete, and Discmakers have the manufacturing underway. In spite of hard drive crashes and other inevitable delays, I think we will make the deadline to release ‘The Sole Inhabitant’ on Nov 21st as scheduled. Initial reactions have been good: Apple may be interested in doing a feature on iTunes, and selling the entire concert as a download!
Which brings me back to the iPod. What a piece of tech history that product is! It was not the first: Diamond Rio and others had MP3 players out first, but Apple managed to marry hardware and software in an irresistable way. Tony Fadell was the catalyst–he worked with me at Beatnik, and has previously had a modicum of success with handheld products at Philips and elsewhere, but when he went to Apple he really nailed it. Timing is everything! I look forward to seeing Tony, Steven and others tonight to toast the incredible success of the iPod.
I think that most people visiting this site will agree, absolutely, that there is not another artist on the planet more appropriate to celebrate via this snazzy technology.
Even if, y’know, I still dig your vinyl singles with the pretty covers.
Happy tech-fete!
The iPod transformed the entire music business.
Let’s raise our glasses to the iPod!! It has contributed greatly to the democratization of musical dissemination. The ability to get one’s music into the world cheaply, quickly, and independently has transformed the music world, and the iPod’s role in this transformation is huge. Thomas, if this new technology is allowing you to work creatively outside the clutches of the recording industry, then that alone is worth a glass of the bubbly!
Cheers,
Beech
I resisted the iPod as long as I could. After all, I had that perfectly good portable CD player, and it wasn’t too much of a pain to lug around those cds in a wallet, right? Then, when my vision problems started this summer, I found myself with a tiny check from my brother’s estate. Just enough for an iPod. It’s been a godsend on days and nights when the vision is really bad and I can’t read. It’s helped keep me sane, honestly. So, hooray for the iPod! I hope you had a splendid time at the Kasbah. Rest well! You have such busy weeks ahead!
(How many tech people does it take to, errr, rock the Kasbah??)
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i’ve also gone ahead and featured your music as HOT in my own BurnLounge store! And i’m gonna buy it from there as well. I do most of my music shopping that way now. Just be sure you submit the new music to us. It’s hassel free and you can basically write your own contract. There is more info at my platinum group above.( http://www.joinmybl.com/fuzzwuzz55 )
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Musically yours, Dale Ruiz
This topic is a perfect introduction to perhaps another blog post topic.
In America’s Finest News Source – The Onion, they have a feature called “Random Rules”.
In this column, a celebrity is asked to hit shuffle on their iPod, and discuss the first few songs that come up – no exceptions – no re-shuffling or omitting songs -no cheating.
So Thomas – how about you give us a Random Rules blog entry. No cheating! You must admit to what you have on there – be it “come to my party” or something by Status Quo.
You can see other Random Rules here: http://www.avclub.com/content/randomrules
continuation of my last post – I guess there is a size limit:
And to be fair, I don’t have an iPod. I use my Treo700w phone for portable music (you got to love the ability to listen to streaming Internet audio on the go). I do have my entire music collection on my computer, so, I am hitting shuffle on my home music collection.
Here is what I get – no cheating -honest:
Stay Together by Lonnie Gordon -
When I lived in Salt Lake City, a friend of mine would make these great mix tapes, with just a really odd mix of songs. A song by Lonnie Gordon called Bad Mood was on one of those tapes. Whenever I hear that song, I think of Las Vegas, driving down the strip, listening to a mix tape with. This song is another from Lonnie Gordon’s “Bad Mood” CD, and does not really mean that much to me itself.
A Day Called Zero by The SugarCubes -
Well, everyone gets their start somewhere, and Bjork’s was with The Sugarcubes. I don’t really care much for most of their work, mainly because of the singing by Einar Orn Benediktsson. His off key, strongly Icelandic accented vocals tend to get in the way of Bjork’s vocals on some great pop songs. The Sugarcubes owe me a concert. I had tickets to see them in Salt Lake City at Club DV8 – a small cozy venue. They canceled the show, on the day of the show. I believe they canceled because they got the chance to open for U2. After that, they broke up and Bjork went Solo. I got my money back, but I would have loved to have seen Bjork in a small venue before she hit it big.
Red Paint by Nenaeh Cherry -
One of those albums I bought also because of my friend’s mix tapes. I lived near a used CD store and bought a lot of CDs for around $9 because of one or two songs I liked. I bought this album because I liked the song Trout featuring Michael Stripe
Everywhere by Translator -
This is from a compilation CD “The Best of 415 Records”. Another impulse buy at the used CD store. I couldn’t name the artist in this song without looking it up. I bought the album mainly because it had some top songs byRomeo Void on it as well as some good forgotten songs by the Red Rockers
Black Girl by Lenny Kravitz – I bought this CD because of “Are You Going To Go My Way” but I don’t’ listen to it much any more. I never got any more Lenny Kravitz CDs.
There you have it – my Random Rules. Others are invited to Join in, if I should be so bold as to take over this blog entry.
While not a big fan of the IPod myself, ( I have a Creative ZEN vision which I’m most happy with) I must admit the IPod has become an incredible social phenomena. Kudos once again to those design and marketing wizards at Apple. The IPod left me scratching my head initially, I thought it was wildly over-priced and limited as in too proprietary , but to my chagrin it went on to be a wildy successful all the same. Apple has this sort up down cycle (the “Lisa” Bomb) (The “Mac” Hit), (The “Newton” bomb), (The IPod Mega Hit)
TMDR – Nice photo of you and others at the Levy reception in this blog entry: http://www.downtheavenue.com/2006/10/steven_levys_pe.html
Cover Art.
Mr Dolby, could you please tease us with a picture of the up-coming DVD/CD cover!?
Thanks
Fantastic news about the CD and DVD submissions. Being on the East coast of Canada I will certainly be ordering the DVD as I cannot make it to Ontario to see your live show.
DJB
I have what I like to call a “cry-pod” ….it only takes cassettes… : (
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