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Emma’s Numbers – 14 minutes 13 seconds

July 2, 2009

Second Piano piece written for a friend fighting Cancer An old friend was dealing with cancer so I wrote her some music. After sending it to her, I asked for her numbers and then produced this piece. When I’m writing for or about someone, I often ask them for a couple of numbers, I [...]

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It’s the music that is important…….

November 21, 2006

Digital Music News Daily Snapshot reports that Nielson Media Research revealed “iPod owners spend a relatively small amount of time viewing downloaded videos.” These results are understandable considering the “multitasking” of individuals today. It is the music, Nielsen concludes, that is the most important component for most iPod buyers, even the iPods with video capabilities. [...]

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Zune vs iPod

November 17, 2006

In spite of the big budget marketing campaign and months of pre-release hype, Microsoft’s Zune was released on Tuesday with disappointing results. Digital Music News reported that it was available in 30,000 retail outlets, “more than any other Microsoft product.” Even Bill Gates himself gave it a push by extolling its virtues. Apparently, however, it [...]

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Whose problem is it?

October 21, 2006

Digital Music News reported that Apple has discovered that less than one percent of their video IPods shipped after September 12 were infected with a Windows virus. Who was responsible for the problem – – Apple blamed Microsoft “for not being more hardy against such viruses,” and Microsoft said it is a quality control problem [...]

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IPods and hearing loss

October 18, 2006

A study by several leading hearing experts offers guidelines to safe listening of IPods. They reported, according to Digital Music News, that the average person could listen to the IPod for 4.6 hours a day at 70 percent of its maximum volume without increasing the risk of hearing loss. A separate study took into account [...]

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Technology……………!

October 16, 2006

As a “late-comer” to the digital music world and its technology, it is difficult for me to get used to the capabilities of an IPod or cell phones. I have yet to learn how to do anything but answer and place calls on my cell phone. It will take pictures, videos, download music but it’s [...]

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