Este post é uma resposta a um texto publicado pelo Jamari França em seu blog n’O Globo, mas na verdade acabou servindo como pretexto para organizar várias idéias que eu nunca escrevi de forma organizada. É sobre distribuição digital de conteúdo e Radiohead, portanto se você não aguenta mais ler sobre o assunto, recomendo que você desligue o computador e vá dar uma volta. ;-)

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UPDATE: Lista amiga no Orkut!

Dia 26 de outubro a Quebra Tudo e o Clube Fosfobox se preparam para receber um dos maiores nomes da cena eletronica mundial, W J HENZE (GECKO).

Pioneiro do techno, Henze conta com uma discografia longa e intrigante desde os primórdios ate os dias de hoje.

Pista 2: Fabio Fzero, Ivan LP, Saduh

Pista 1: Kalif, W.J. Henze, Kammy

Fosfobox Bar/Clube

Rua Siqueira Campos – 143 – Loja 22ª – Subsolo – Copacabana tel :2548-7498 R$25 de entrada R$20,00 com flyer 2 Pistas + 2 Bares + Lounge

So, have you bought the new Radiohead album? I did. It’s the best thing they’ve released since Kid A (before they became boring). But aside from being a great album, In Rainbows is worth buying for its historical importance. This is the first proverbial nail in the coffin of the big recording companies. In case you’ve been living under a rock for the last month, you can buy the album directly from the band in two formats: an awesome gift pack including vinyl and CD versions (40 pounds) or a DRM-free MP3 version. The price? It’s up to you.

Seriously, go there and get it. It’s worth every penny – no matter how many you’re going to spend.

UPDATE: Check this out: Madonna has just dumped the record industry! Let’s drink to that!

Oh, my pocket hurts again. Ableton Live 7 is coming right at us, and it seems to be a worthwhile upgrade. New instruments, useful new features and all that. In this particular version, I feel Ableton has prepared an upgrade aimed more at producers than DJs (while v6 seemed the other way around, at least for me). Totally worth it.

The problem is that while it IS worth it, it’s still expensive – specially for me and all other people that doesn’t get paid in dollars or euros. Don’t get me wrong, the Abes deserve it, but I think they should care more for their long-time users. I’ve been using Live since v1.0 (no render function, remember?) and each upgrade is more expensive. FL Studio, on the other hand, offers free lifetime upgrades for all registered users – pretty cool. Ableton could do the same at least for the base software, since they’re releasing new instruments and seem to have the intention to keep doing this in the future.

It’s true that I’m one of the very few brazilians that actually bought it instead of getting a cracked torrent. It’s also true that lots of people think I’m a sucker for buying software at all (I agree sometimes – I spend most of my time on Linux using 100% free software and keep Windows only for music production), but I’m a customer – and also an Ableton Live teacher, by the way. Isn’t my fidelity worth something?

Isso mesmo! O HomeStudio está abrindo uma segunda turma de Ableton Live, começando dia 18 de outubro com aulas semanais às quintas-feiras. Mais informações em www.homestudio.com.br ou pelo telefone (021) 2558-0300.

Para quem é de outro estado: estou aberto a convites para workshops e cursos-relâmpago. Interessou? Então entre em contato.