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Music in Advertising

I just encountered a great blog while searching Google for music related sites. This site has a unique concept in that is lists advertisements and television programs that have famous – or not so well known – music playing. What’s more, the articles have a trivia section at the end that tells interesting facts about the movie.

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iTunes presets

Recently, I have discovered that I can setup presets such as rock, dance, pop, etc. on a song by song basic with iTunes. This will adjust the frequency of a song automatically each time that it is played and is a great help for tracks ripped from old AAD (analog to analog to digital) CDs that sound washed out or tinny.

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Listen before you buy

I would always recommend listening to a CD before you buy it to make sure that the new song that you heard on the radio isn’t the only good track on the album. I have been burned by this many times and now actively try to avoid it.

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Used verses new

Lately, most of the CDs that I have purchased have been used; this is a fairly major changing in my purchasing habits since I have not regularly purchased used CDs since highschool. It has also been a learning experience as places like Amazon did not exist in the early 1990’s.

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