Ok I promise that this is going to be the last “Top List” post that I do for updates from last year, but as a lot of you who read Blazing Minds also know me for my love of music, I thought I would do a musical based “Top List” post using my personally scrobbles via Last.fm so this is my Top Artists, Albums And Track Scrobbles list.

Ever since I got my iPod Classic a couple of years ago, my music collection has been growing and though it’s not as big as some peoples music lists, so far I have around 6,320 tracks on my iPod, it is great for me and I get  to add some amazinging unsigned artists to it quite frequently and have even had the honour of working with a few on my Remergence project.

So as you can expect I do have a tendency to play a lot of music on my iPod and when it is plugged in to iTunes it syncs up with last.fm and records what I have been listening to, though sometimes last.fm has a bit of a fit and doesn’t “scrobble” the tracks, but besides from that it’s all automatically done for me
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Ok everyone! This could possibly be the final update to this post, so lets get on with it

Now I’ve always been a fan of the TV show Monkey Dust that used to be on BBC Three some years ago with it’s quirky characters and amazing music, this is the show that introduced me to the wonderful musical talents of Goldfrapp and Boards of Canada!

So since having a trusty iPod I’ve been collecting the tracks that have been on the several series that the show ran over and when I originally typed this post I had 22 tracks, now at my most recent count I have 56 tracks that were used over the three series on Monkey Dust, yes that many!

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As a lot of you who read Blazing Minds will know, from time to time I get the chance to review some new music by some amazing artists. The other day I was sent the new forthcoming EP from the band In Darklight, you may have seen the review I did of their album “Dying To Confess” so I was over the moon to get a chance to hear and review their latest work.

Tell me more about the In Darklight EP!

The “In Darklight EP” features five tracks: Slaves, Turn Your Back, Break, Quick Fire and Greenhouse, all of which have that In Darklight sound and feel that I’ve become accustomed to since first hearing them on the album I reviewed some time back.

What appeals to me with In Darklight and specially with this EP is the quality of the recordings, they are top quality with the sound production being spot on with plenty of power for me to have the music blasting out of my 1,000 watt system and still keeping any distortion away.
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Google Music is only one of the latest in a series of new cloud-based music services from major companies, including Amazon. These services, sometimes referred to as “music lockers”, allow web users to keep copies of their MP3 music files that they can access from anywhere and from any device, giving them the ability to play them at any time.

For music lovers, these services, especially the free ones, are enticing, but they also have their limitations. Rather than review a particular cloud music service, we thought it might be helpful for you to get an overview of the concept and examine some of the benefits and drawbacks of the services in general.

Pros

1. Portability – You can access your music anywhere. With some of the services, that includes your computers, laptops, tablets, smartphones, and any other web-connected devices. If you are frequently on the go and have many devices, this feature saves you time and memory space on your devices.

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I’ve talked to loads of people who have had problems opening iTunes links in the Google Chrome browser and coming to a brick wall, when clicking on the “Already  have iTunes” button only to be told they haven’t!

So the questions is there a simple solution to this problem?

There are many website giving you tips on how to fix this problem with using IE buttons etc to try to fool iTunes and Chrome to work together, but I think I may have found a simpler solution

It’s a simple Chrome Extension called “iTunes Detection Fix“, just install the Chrome Extension and your away, yes, it’s really that simple.

There do till seem to be some problems with using the iTunes shortcuts, but if you are clicking the “View in iTunes” buttons then 9 times out of 10 it will load up iTunes for you.

Example:

1. Visit http://bit.ly/remergence
2. Click on the View in iTunes Button
3. Now your iTunes should boot up and display the music (hopefully)

Now I’m no saying this is a 100% solution, but hopefully it will work for you

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Since posting this article when iTunes V9 originally came out, a lot of people seem to be still having the problem with upgrading their old downloaded tracks, so I thought I would repost this article. This information still works for version of iTunes from 9 upwards.

Those of us that have upgraded to the latest incarnation of iTunes may of noticed that the option to upgrade previously purchased tracks to the iTunes Plus versions has disappeared from the iTunes music store page.

Some users do have the option in the iTunes store page at the top right of the screen under quick links and others don’t, some can even get the option back by signing out of their account and then signing back in again, but for the majority of iTunes users the link to the iTunes Plus Upgrade page has gone, never to return.

If you do want to find the page to upgrade your previously purchased iTunes store tracks then simply follow this link to the iTunes Plus Upgrade page and you can then be able to upgrade your tracks to that better quality.

Hope this helps

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Some time back I posted this article about iTunes V9, this posts has been slightly updated and the information is the same for any version of iTunes from version 9 upwards.

The other day I posted on my blog about “How to find the missing iTunes Plus Upgrade option on iTunes” and several friends also mentioned to me that they had trouble finding the link for the “Complete My Album” option as well.

So after plenty of playing around with iTunes V9 (upwards) I also found that I couldn’t find this option on the store pages anymore, which is a shame if you have downloaded several tracks than then want to get the rest of the album at a discounted price.

Never fear, I bring the link to the Complete My Album section on iTunes, just follow the simple link “Complete My Album on iTunes” and hopefully if all works correctly you should be taken to the page on your iTunes.

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