Mr Jobs, you may have saved the music industry… or drove people away. Why? Ping.
Ping is cleverly disguised social proof machine and you can’t fake it before you make it around here. If you have put your money where your mouth is and bought your music from iTunes then it will show up on Ping. So in doing this, iTunes becomes the first place you think of to buy your music so it shows up in Ping. Clever hey?
But what about all the specialist music you don’t get on iTunes or you feel like buying directly from the artist/record company or even, you love music but you don’t like iTunes? These are all valid reasons why you may not want to participate in Ping.
We’re becoming more and more socially aware these days and for iTunes and Ping to latch onto that is extremely clever however there are shades of music fans who are not as black and while as iTunes wants them to be. I guess they’re going for the 80% pop/rock lovers who want to shout about the latest music they’ve downloaded… but if it’s that special, iTunes may not have it… then where does that leave you? An very sparse Ping account. It’s either all of nothing for Ping. You buy everything from there or you don’t. You’re not getting the whole musical picture by following Ping accounts which is a big shame.
Partnering with Last.FM would be good to show what you’ve been listening to or linking with your Twitter account to share music you love would be a great addition to Ping so unless you have bought everything you own that’s music related on iTunes, it’s may be another social network you can do without… yet.
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Let me know what your experiences are with Ping. Does it do what you want it to do? How about the no nick names policy? Where else do you buy your music? Or are you a Last.FM kinda person?
Danny Byrd – Tonight (feat. Netsky) Serum – Rat Trap Enei & Engage – Carnage Camo & Krooked – Shoreless Nu:Tone – Shine In (feat Natalie Williams) Brookes Brothers – Paperchase (feat Danny Byrd) Original Sin & Taxman – Casino Cyantific – Anything Danny Byrd – Ill Behaviour (feat I-Kay) Cyantific – 305 Sky Ferrari – One (Logistics Remix) Magical Gravity – Best Of Friends Mikal – Saying Nothing Danny Byrd – We Can Have It All (Sigma Remix) Xample & Lomax – Link To The Past Reso – War Machine Manix – Feel Real Good Krome & Time – Sound For Underground Acen – Trip To The Moon Part 2 DJ Seduction – Hardcore Heaven The Prodigy – Fire Nookie – Give A Little Love (94 lick) Danny Byrd feat Tomahawk – Hot Fuzz Level 2 – Ghetto Sounds Mikal – New World Subliminal Cuts – Le Voie Le Soleil (L-While Remix) Metrik – T1000 Cyantific – Bounce It Muffler – Can You Feel LTJ Bukem – Horizons Metrik – Lightspeed Fred V & Grafix – Long Distance Lauren Pritchard – Not The Drinking (Sigma Remix) Danny Byrd – Judgement Day (feat Cyantific & I-Kay) Q Project – Slowly But Surely Furlonge – Duel Original Sin & Taxman – Penamana Die & Interface – Bright Lights (Netsky Remix) The Prototypes – Cascade Danny Byrd – Red Mist VIP (feat I-Kay) (Alternate Mix) Agent Alvin – Move Unicorn Kid – Wild Life (Nu:Tone Remix) Fresh & Sigma – Lassitude The Upbeats – Hollow Mountain Double 99 – Rip Groove DJ Zinc – Wile Out (feat Ms Dynamite) Sticky – Boo (feat Ms Dynamite) DJ Zinc – 138 Trek Cyantific – Streets Of Rave Friction vs Camo & Krooked feat Dynamite MC – St& Up Fred V & Grafix – Decades Supra – Smash Supra – Smash Supra – Smash Danny Byrd – Sweet Harmony (feat Liquid) (Jungle mix) Nu:Tone – New Technique (feat Logistics) Danny Byrd – Amen Alley Brookes Brothers – War Cry Benny Page – Bad Man 4 War (Remix) Duck Sauce – Barbra Streisand (Sigma Remix) Cyantific & Logistics – Brighter Day (feat Natalie Williams) Taxman – Navigator Camo & Krooked – Can’t Get Enough Shapeshifter – The Touch (Netsky Remix) Mutated Forms feat Jenna G – Last Time Unquote & Molecular Structures – Lubov Moya
Now then, now then, what have we got here. Oh it’s an old school drum and bass podcast. It looks like it’s a damn fine monthly treat we can look forward to. All tunes, no chat and plenty of nostalgia.
Philadelphia drum n bass veteran DJ Joey Breakdown and friends dropping and discussing classic jungle, drum n bass, UK hardcore and breakbeat music and various subgenres- techstep, ragga, hardstep, atmospheric, neurofunk, and jump-up.
This is the tune I’m most excited about being released this year, an absolutely beautiful piece of drum and bass by S.P.Y. The strings, the vocals and the driving bassline – perfection.
Logistics is doing a lil remix for the B so that’s gonna be another treat.
From Beats for the Planet - http://www.beatsfortheplanet.com/
There are some absolute bangers on here! How many do you remember?
1. Joey Beltram — Energy Flash – Transmat
2. The Scientist — The Excorcist – Kickin
3. Jonny L — Hurt you so – YoYo!
4. Bodysnatch — Just for you London – City Beat
5. Acen — Trip II the moon – Production House
6. Nookie — Give a little love – Reinforced
7. Rufige Kru — Terminator – Reinforced
8. Hyper on Experience — Lord of the Null Lines (Foul Play RMX) – Moving Shadow
9. Deep Blue — The Helicopter tune – Moving Shadow
10. Tom and Jerry — Maximum Style – Tom & Jerry
11. Origin Unknown — Valley of the Shadows – Ram
12. Boogie Times Tribe — Dark Stranger – Suburban Base
13. Unknown — Breakage #4 – 3rd Party
14. T Power — Mutant Jazz (Trace RMX) – Emotif
15. Rufige Kru — Riders Ghost – Metalheadz
16. Doc Scott — Unnoficial Ghost – Metalheadz
17. Asylum — Bass II Dark – Metalheadz
18. Doc Scott — Shadow Boxing – 31 Records
19. Jonny L — Piper – XL
20. Ed Rush & Optical — Funktion – V Records
This mix is quite simply savage and I recommend you listen to this where you can turn it up or you have some big cans (of the headphones variety) to hear the bass.
I challenge you NOT to screw your face up at some of the drops in this.
Danny Byrd – Ill Behaviour
The Kox – It’s OK
Logistics – Together
Drumsound & Bassline Smith – Can You Feel It?
Cyantific & Logistics – Brighter Day
Sigma – Stronger
Cyantific – Obey
Sub Focus – Deep Space
Jack Beats – Out Of Body
AC Slater – Jack Got Jacked (Jack Beats Remix)
Bitin’ Back – She’s Breakin’ Up
Tensnake – Coma Cat
Evil 9 – Ultimo
Katy B – Louder
Shock One – Polygon (Dirtyphonics Remix – Cyantific Edit)
Xample & Lomax – Link To The Past
Gridlok & The Upbeats – The Jitters
Dizzee Rascal – Heavy
Zarif – Box Of Secrets (Redlight Remix)
Redlight & Ms Dynamite – What You Talkin’ About?
Nero – Welcome Reality
Unknown – Turn It Around (Cyantific Edit)
DC Breaks – Halo
Chase & Status – Let You Go (Brookes Brothers Remix)
Original Sin & Taxman – Penamana
Fresh – Talkbox
Sub Focus – Timewarp VIP
Project Bassline – Drop The Pressure (Jack Beats Remix)
Major Lazer – Pon The Floor
Zinc – Nexx
JJ Fad – Supersonic
Afternoon folks, it’s Thursday and the weekend is nearly here. If you’re getting whipped to get some work done before the weekend or if you just fancy a banging soundtrack for your working day, then is is for you. Five hours, yes FIVE HOURS of the best drum and bass for your listening pleasure featuring Vortex, DJ Marky, Total Science and S.P.Y. These guys really know how to enjoy their music! Marky bopping behind the decks gets me every time!
Absolute funking quality dark, techy, standing in a club and not able to see 2 foot in front of you, old school, BLISS!! A must for anyone who was around in the scene in the 90′s.
