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	<title>Music Discussions &#187; utilities</title>
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		<title>Boxee Review</title>
		<link>http://music.ballweb.org/blog/archives/915</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 20:02:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been using Boxee for several months now and felt that I had experienced it enough to give it a fair and relatively in-depth review.

For those who don&#8217;t know, Boxee is a media server package similar to MythTV or Windows Media Center.  Boxee can either be installed on your computer, or an extremely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Last.fm Widget for Facebook 1.01 released</title>
		<link>http://music.ballweb.org/blog/archives/804</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yep, that&#8217;s right, there&#8217;s a new version of Music Discussions&#8217; Last.fm Widget for Facebook.  Version 1.01 introduces a new feature requested by several users.

Last.fm returns the date in UTC format however, this can be inconvenient if you are not living in the UK.  The widget now looks up the current profile viewer&#8217;s timezone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Last.fm widget for Facebook</title>
		<link>http://music.ballweb.org/blog/archives/787</link>
		<comments>http://music.ballweb.org/blog/archives/787#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday night, my Last.fm widget for Facebook went beta.  If you would like to try it out, you can add  it here.

If Facebook presents you with a prompt asking to allow the widget to access your e-mail address, say no.  I have no interest in starting a mailing list, or annoying people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting more use from guitar tabs</title>
		<link>http://music.ballweb.org/blog/archives/545</link>
		<comments>http://music.ballweb.org/blog/archives/545#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I found a couple of items that may be useful to those who play &#8211; or would like to learn to play &#8211; guitar.  The first is a program that extends the functionality of tabs that you download.  While the second is a great online resource &#8211; not just for tabs, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turn you music into ringers</title>
		<link>http://music.ballweb.org/blog/archives/515</link>
		<comments>http://music.ballweb.org/blog/archives/515#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is actually extremely easy to turn almost anything in your music collection into a ringer for your cell phone.  And there are many ways to get the new file onto your phone.

The first thing to note is that not all phones accept the same file types for ringers.  Some phones use mp3&#8217;s, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turning podcasts into normal mp3s</title>
		<link>http://music.ballweb.org/blog/archives/385</link>
		<comments>http://music.ballweb.org/blog/archives/385#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cball</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://music.ballweb.org/blog/?p=385</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago I suggested subscribing to Last.fm&#8217;s podcast of recommended free music. If you use iTunes, you can get even benefit from this service by downloading two no cost programs:  Mp3tag and MixMeister BPM Analyzer.

When songs are downloaded into iTunes through a podcast, they appear in the the &#34;Podcasts&#34; section of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BPMs at the gym matter</title>
		<link>http://music.ballweb.org/blog/archives/192</link>
		<comments>http://music.ballweb.org/blog/archives/192#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:41:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cball</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[exercise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[formula]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://music.ballweb.org/blog/?p=192</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, I listened to my MP3 player for the first time while at the gym and realized the choice of music can have a dramatic effect on one&#8217;s workout experience. Pacing, rhythm, and consistency &#8211; of both an individual song and of the entire play list – are all important factors to consider.
My first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iTunes 8</title>
		<link>http://music.ballweb.org/blog/archives/117</link>
		<comments>http://music.ballweb.org/blog/archives/117#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cball</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://music.ballweb.org/blog/?p=117</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I installed iTunes 8 and have mixed feelings towards it.  There are a couple of changes to the interface, but other than that, I do not notice much of a difference between this version and the previous iteration.

The first thing that I noticed is that the bar that used to run across the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iConcertCal review</title>
		<link>http://music.ballweb.org/blog/archives/98</link>
		<comments>http://music.ballweb.org/blog/archives/98#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cball</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[advice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[last week I discovered iConcertCal, a plug-in for iTunes that will allow users to enter their postal code and a radius and then display a calendar with events.

The calendar is treated as a visualizer, so it cannot be used with one of the actual effects &#8211; which all look like they were ripped of from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LMMS review</title>
		<link>http://music.ballweb.org/blog/archives/75</link>
		<comments>http://music.ballweb.org/blog/archives/75#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cball</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Audacity]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://music.ballweb.org/blog/?p=75</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lately, I have been trying out LMMS (Linux MultiMedia Studio) and have been quite impressed. Don&#8217;t let the name scare you away, there is also a Windows version if you haven&#8217;t upgraded to Linux yet  .

This is a full-featured product that allows musicians to create samples, create tracks, add effects to audio files, and [...]]]></description>
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