I’d like to point out a new little feature to Wachtan. Down next to the flickr pictures is a section called “Watchtunes”.
Music has always been a deep passion of mine. Only in the past four or five years did I discover how important it was to me. I realized that not everybody cared as much as I did about music. Which is fine. Some people like juggling geese. I can respect that. But I don’t talk while you juggle geese, so don’t talk when I’m playing a song for you that just blew my mind.
A few months ago, my buddy Vance showed me eMusic, and, shortly after, I was hooked. eMusic is an online music store. Kinda like iTunes, but it’s cheaper and it uses MP3s, which means no digital rights management.
Aside from the really good bargain, I really like eMusic’s selection. They have a ton of indie music, much of which I can’t find on Amazon or the iTunes music store. In fact, I don’t think any of the major record labels are on there. They also have an extensive Classical section.
It’s for these reasons that I chose to become an eMusic affiliate. That means if you sign up for a free trial I get a little cash (Emphasis on little. For anybody who thinks I’m selling out, don’t worry. Watchtan is still a for-loss enterprise and will be for awhile now.) I figured, though, why just put a little banner on the site? How late 90s would that be? So I dreamed up Watchtunes: A little corner of the site where I point out amazing music that I discover and link to it on eMusic where you can sample it and whatnot.
It’s still taking shape. And I still have a few things to decide, such as: Should I put the posts from Watchtunes in the main RSS feed? Any opinions on that from you feedreader users? Actually, anybody who can give some feedback, I would appreciate you doing so. Thank you all.
[Update: I always do this. Dangit. I ask for comments and then I forget to turn comments on. Alas. They are on now, so by all means, comment away!]
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Brian- Heather from church here. I linked to your blog from the beloved ‘scriptus’. This whole digital music thing is of interest to me. I recently joined a company called ‘Burn Lounge’ which is a digital music store kind of a home-based business sort of a thing. I think it’s really cool because music is a HUGE part of our family’s life. Anyway, I’m curious to know what you think of it. It’s also great for indies. BL wants to have the biggest library of music in the world and they have tons of independent arists in their library already. Any independent artist can send in their stuff to BL and, if it’s decent, they put it in there. It’s pretty cool. It seems like the ‘music industry’ is going in a new direction. You don’t have to have a producer, and an agent, and all that stuff anymore. Just get a website! Anyway, I’m fascinated by it all. I’d love it if you would check out BL and tell me what you think. Watch the commercial at the bottom of the page and give me your input. It’s a brand new company, so their library is no where near completion. They are also going to eventually have movies to download as well as concert tickets and merchandise. I sound like an ad and I’m not trying to. I just want to know what’s out there so I’m interested on your thoughts as to how emusic compares. Not trying to be pushy!!
Heather
www.burnwild.net
§ #1 By Heather West at 4:57am on July 20 2006