Dave’s Lounge #299: Home Stretch

Dave's Lounge Music Podcast #299And before you know it, another calendar year approaches its end. This week's episode is the last regular show before the 2014 Yearbook episode, which will also be show #300. We approach that milestone with a bunch of free downloads in this week's playlist, including several tracks from the new Cold Busted compilation Bust Free 17, and some brand new music from the artist who headlined the 2013 Yearbook.

Oh, and if you would like to help me hack the music industry, just go to http://daveslounge.com/musicexperiment and take a few minutes to watch the video and spread the word to your friends. We need numbers to make this thing work…

Playlist for Dave's Lounge #299:

  1. Marian Hill, “Got It”  Buy from: iTunes
  2. Litany, “Look”  Free download from: Facebook
  3. Jan Amit, “Heal (Ficci and Laura Hahn Remix)”  Buy from: iTunes
  4. nimino, “A Different You (feat. Alex Larsson)”  Free download from: Facebook
  5. Singularis, “The Secret Garden”  Free download from: Bandcamp
  6. Groovecatcher, “Soul Blast”  Buy from: iTunes
  7. Mojo Rising, “In the Pocket”  Free download from: Bandcamp
  8. Terracotta Blue, “Leaves”  Buy from: Bandcamp
  9. Able8, “Dear Lonely (Ft. Arowe & Che Steer)”  Free download from: Bandcamp
  10. Mr. Echo, “Moonchild”  Free download from: Bandcamp
  11. Blue In Green, “Hadou”  Free download from: Bandcamp
  12. Thomas Lemmer, “Arctica”  Buy from: iTunes
  13. Bonobo, “Return to Air”  Buy from: iTunes

Don't forget to tell me your favorite song from this week's show in the comments below!

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Enjoy the show!

Dave's Lounge #299

Join Me In A #MusicExperiment

Have you ever wondered how hit records become hits, and why you hear them on the radio all the time?

In this article for TheAtlantic.com called “The Shazam Effect”, Derek Thompson wrote about how the music industry is turning to big data to determine what music people like and how to give them more of it. Every time we Shazam a song or stream a song on Spotify, Rdio, YouTube, etc., we give the music industry data on what we want to hear.

So what would happen if we all Shazam'ed a song at once? If the music biz has become merely a big computer, can that computer be hacked?

Let's find out! Everyone watch the video below, Shazam this song, then send it to all your friends and ask them to do the same. Let's all get a better understand at what the music biz has become here in the 21st century — and how we might be able to impact it.

Links to the song in the video:

Spotify | Rdio | SoundCloud | Google Music | iTunes | Amazon