Spotify

On the advice of a friend I have been giving Spotify a go - an online music streaming programme. It has the backing of the major record labels and therefore a huge catalogue of some of the biggest names is available. U2’s new album was available to listen to well before the official release date. I’ve registered for the free account which occasionally places adverts inbetween songs but for £10 a month this can be removed. The interface is very similar to itunes and allows you to stream music, search for songs, create playlists and share them with other users. It is good to see the majors testing the water with the free / almost free music business model. So why buy music again?

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No more Guitar Heroes anymore?

Recently a friend challenged me to a game of Guitar Hero as he viewed me as a worthy opponent given that I can play the real thing. Surprisingly to him I was shockingly bad at it.

I’ve been aware of this game ever since an 11 year old kid that I taught guitar to kept proclaiming how good at it he was. The game had sparked his interest in learning the guitar as well as helping this youngster to discover some classic rock songs. This is all good in my book. The problem is he had a hard time differentiating between a real guitar and the computer game. Frequently I was met with “I can play this on Guitar Hero so I don’t need to play it on guitar”

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