last.fm radio becomes payware

2009-03-26 by

last.fm has announced that, since March the 30th, its radio streaming service will require a subscription fee of 3€/£/$ per month.

I’m not against pay sites; I acknowledge that running a site such as last.fm costs money and these money cannot be refund through advertising only, but what really bothers me is the fact that users from USA, UK and Germany will still not require paying, because in these 3 nations last.fm already pays its bills back through advertising and current subscriptions.

this idea is completely wrong in my opinion, discriminating and senseless.

A couple of better ideas would be:
a) let EVERYONE pay, and pay less (as low as 2€/month or 20€/year)
b) give the option to buy what you use, through pre-sold straming “packets” of 1,000 songs, for those people who do not make regular usage of last.fm radio.

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"There, in a corner.." selected by Bovine Music Show

2009-03-02 by

“Bovine Music Show” has selected my song “There, in a corner..” for their Feb 09 2009 list. Check out their site for more music!

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A couple of suggestions about unusual bands..

2009-02-14 by

I’m not going to try to convince anyone to listen to the bands I’m talking about in this post, rather I’m pointing the index to those who are fond of extremely complex and obscure music: I heartly advice you to listen to these bands:


  • Koenji Hyakkei, a japanese band which wonderfully fuses avant-progressive rock with obsessive rhythms and japanese madness;

  • Present, a belgian “rock in opposition” band always on the thread between madness and genius;

  • Univers Zero, an ensemble which performs intriguing instrumental songs close to chamber music.

if you know what Zeuhl music is, well, then I’m probably late with this advice, otherwise give their records a spin..

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