Blazing Minds » music downloads http://blazingminds.co.uk Blogging Tips, Music & Film Reviews, Memes, Twitter Tips - Thoughts, Ponders - and those funny quirks of life in us all Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:36:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= HOW TO: Find The Missing iTunes Plus Upgrade Option on iTunes http://blazingminds.co.uk/find-missing-itunes-upgrade-option/ http://blazingminds.co.uk/find-missing-itunes-upgrade-option/#comments Fri, 05 Nov 2010 11:23:17 +0000 Karen http://blazingminds.co.uk/?p=1878 Image via Wikipedia 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 [...]

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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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]]> http://blazingminds.co.uk/find-missing-itunes-upgrade-option/feed/ 15 Hellofanatic, Hellofanattic by emorej [Album Review] http://blazingminds.co.uk/hellofanatic-hellofanattic-emorej/ http://blazingminds.co.uk/hellofanatic-hellofanattic-emorej/#comments Sat, 26 Jun 2010 10:00:30 +0000 Karen http://blazingminds.co.uk/?p=3656 Now I have to admit that I have been listening to emorej for quite some time now and a review is really overdue, so I decided to bring you a review of their album “hellofanatic, hellofanattic” which was released in May so it is a recent album. First let me introduce you to Emorej: Emorej [...]

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]]> Now I have to admit that I have been listening to emorej for quite some time now and a review is really overdue, so I decided to bring you a review of their album “hellofanatic, hellofanattic” which was released in May so it is a recent album.

First let me introduce you to Emorej:

Emorej aka Jerome,  started making music by joining the acidplanet remix contests around 2002, slowly He started creating original songs usually based on samples, later on virtual instruments were incorporated into the music.

Basically, he makes electronic music in all forms and genres, but not limited to electronica, the songs reflect his eclectic taste. He likes to surprise people, keeping them guessing what he will do next.

Now on to the review

For those of you out there who are passionately about wonderful music then emorej is certainy something that you must listen to, if you like bands such as Moby, Orbital, Underworld, Chemical Brothers, Shadow and Avalanches  then you really can’t give emorej a miss.

Anyhoo! On to the album, as I mentioned earlier I have been listen to emorej for some time now and though it is very hard to pick out one album that I can say is my all time favourite it is very hard, but for instrumental albums, I have to go with “Hellofanatic, Hellofanattic”.

It’s one of those albums that has so many catchy tunes that don’t interfere with what you are doing and the songs seamlessly cross from one to the next, the beats are perfect, not too fast and not too slow.  It is enjoyable album to listen to right from the first track “Sunshine” up to the last track “At The Lounge”.

The album is not so much a chill out album, but an album that keeps you on your toes, specially with the tunes that run through it, every step of the way this album will delight even those that have never listed to the electronic genre. but don’t take my word for it, take a listen for yourselves and a enjoy the wonderous sounds of Emorej.

Don’t forget to follow @EmorjMusic on twitter and also check out Emorej at BandCamp ,SoundCloud, Jamendo and FaceBook.

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]]> The other day I posted about if you have a donate button on your blog and the comments have been very interesting, so I thought I would continue on the subject but this time with a different outlook on the debate of Donate Buttons.

So I’m going to ask you all something about the side of donating to Blazing Minds, if I was to give away one of our albums to download to each person that donates a minimum amount of say £2.99 would you be more likely to donate to the blog and support my music project? For example you can currently get one of the Remergence EPs for £2.99 you could get that if you wanted ;)

Yes I know this is probably the same as buying an album, but, with a difference that you could decide on the amount you wish to donate it could be more if you so wish.

Then anyone who donates is actually getting a little something back, anyway, let me know what you all think and if it looks good I will update the donate button to something like “Donate to Blazing Minds and get an album download”

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]]> http://blazingminds.co.uk/give-donate-blazing-minds/feed/ 17 It’s Rage Against The Machine vs The X Factor but how about Remergence! http://blazingminds.co.uk/its-rage-machine-factor-remergence/ http://blazingminds.co.uk/its-rage-machine-factor-remergence/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:20:59 +0000 Karen http://blazingminds.co.uk/?p=2159 It seems to be the big hit in news on the internet at the moment with thousands and thousands of people downloading the track “Killing In The Name” by Rage Against The Machine and joining the Facebook group to try to stop the X Factor winner from having a number one this Christmas and it [...]

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]]> It seems to be the big hit in news on the internet at the moment with thousands and thousands of people downloading the track “Killing In The Name” by Rage Against The Machine and joining the Facebook group to try to stop the X Factor winner from having a number one this Christmas and it may just happen! But how about an alternative, how about an artist that you may all know and read their blog, me ;)

Remergence LogoMy little electronica project called Remergence has a few tracks on iTunes, CDBaby, eMusic, Napster, Rhapsody, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com and several other online stores!

So I’m been cheeky now and asking for everyone’s help in supporting my music, I doubt I could ever get to number one as I couldn’t get that many people to download my music, but one can always dream, it would be nice and it would certainly be a nice Christmas present to get a good amount of downloads ;)

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]]> Those of you who have been reading my blog for a while now will also now that I have a music project Remergence, over on the Remergence blog I have posted about an offer of a free album download.

So I thought I would post a bit of blatant promo to let everyone know about the classic release for free, the album is called “Wide Open Space” and was release some years back, but it still sounds fresh today, the album consists of 11 tracks and 3 bonus tracks.

<a target="_blank" href="http://remergence.bandcamp.com/album/wide-open-space">Wide Open by Remergence</a>

So if you would like a copy then stop by our Electronica Music blog and grab yourself a copy ;)

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]]> So you love music and you have a big collection of track on your iTunes or a mass of CDs in your collection, but what about some amazing mashups free!

Those of you that follow my Twitter (@RemBeatZ) will have seen lately that I’ve played some mixes by GreenDragon aka Martin, now for anyone who loves amazing talent then you have got to check out the mixes that he’s done over at Last.fm, I’m trying to catch up with all of them at the moment and have downloaded a stack already.

GreenDragon

GreenDragon is a talented guy taking some well known songs and not so well know and mashing them together to produce some truly amazing mixes, each song seamlessly flowing into the next, no breaks, no pauses, just continuos albums that would sound great at your local club, party or anywhere really, blast ‘em out in your car if you like, but I can personally guarantee that you feet will be itching to get up and start dancing around the place like a man or woman possessed.

So if you are into any kind of music then make sure you stop by GreenDragon on Last.fm and check out all these amazing mashups, I know you’ll love ‘em, oh and did I mention they are all FREE, wicked!

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]]> This is probably a question that a lot of people are asking these days, what with the recession going on and lack of money in our pockets.

So how do you get your hands on music from the internet that is legal to download?

mini_red_revA great way to artist that you enjoy is to be a member of Last.FM, on the home page when you are logged in you’ll see down towards the bottom of the page a “Free Downloads” section, this will have a selection of free legal music downloads that your favourite artists have available for your to download, now I’m not saying you’ll get free tracks from top artists all the time, but you’ll certainly get a good collection of tracks to download….

Another fantastic place for free music, if your quick, is Amie Street, I personally use Amie Street a lot myself and you can get new releases from some of the top artists, but with the big names you have to be quick, as an example: I downloaded the new Crystal Method album Divided by Night for the crazy cost of around $2 yes that right, but within minutes the price had shot up.

But Amie Street is also great for discovering new artists and their releases are also free, the system works in a way that all releases are free until they get popular and then the price goes up gradually, so been first in is ideal, I would highly recommend Amie Street.

There are of course other sites out there that are similar, but these are the main two that I use to get my hands on some excellent music for free and for a fraction of the cost of other retailers.

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]]> http://blazingminds.co.uk/hands-free-legal-music-downloads/feed/ 7 Amie St. Music Wednesday – The Nexion Project http://blazingminds.co.uk/amie-st-music-wednesday-the-nexion-project/ http://blazingminds.co.uk/amie-st-music-wednesday-the-nexion-project/#comments Wed, 20 May 2009 06:00:04 +0000 Karen http://blazingminds.co.uk/?p=1058 I found this album by complete accident while surfing around Amie Street and it’s one of those albums that the more your listen the more you hear. The Album is called Closing to the Horizon and is by The Nexion-Project, it’s in the electronica genre and believe me it’s an amazing album,  but don’t just [...]

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The Album is called Closing to the Horizon and is by The Nexion-Project, it’s in the electronica genre and believe me it’s an amazing album,  but don’t just take my word for it, check out some of the tracks below to hear for yourself, as I type this post the whole album is still FREE so if you like it get over to Amie Street and grab a copy as soon as you can ;)

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]]> http://blazingminds.co.uk/amie-st-music-wednesday-the-nexion-project/feed/ 0 Amie St Music Wednesday – Delirio Coletivo (Supa Funky Mix) http://blazingminds.co.uk/amie-st-music-wednesday-delirio-coletivo-supa-funky-mix/ http://blazingminds.co.uk/amie-st-music-wednesday-delirio-coletivo-supa-funky-mix/#comments Wed, 13 May 2009 09:00:50 +0000 Karen http://blazingminds.co.uk/?p=1015 I found this track on Amie Street the other day and gave it a good recommendation, but I thought I’d share it with my readers, the track is called Delirio Coletivo (Supa Funky Mix) and is by Hard Mix!. I’m not usually one for house music, but after hearing this track I just had to [...]

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No related posts.]]> I found this track on Amie Street the other day and gave it a good recommendation, but I thought I’d share it with my readers, the track is called Delirio Coletivo (Supa Funky Mix) and is by Hard Mix!.

I’m not usually one for house music, but after hearing this track I just had to download it to listen on my iPod.

Anyway check it out below and if you like it download it ;)

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]]> http://blazingminds.co.uk/amie-st-music-wednesday-delirio-coletivo-supa-funky-mix/feed/ 0 iTunes Three Tier Price Structure, What Does it Mean to You? http://blazingminds.co.uk/itunes-three-tier-price-structure-what-does-it-mean-to-you/ http://blazingminds.co.uk/itunes-three-tier-price-structure-what-does-it-mean-to-you/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:20:02 +0000 Karen http://blazingminds.co.uk/?p=889 There has been quite a lot of buzz going around at the moment about the new pricing structure over on iTunes, with a three tier system been introduced, meaning that tracks will now cost 59p, 79p and 99p to download, but what does this mean and how is it going to work. Well to put [...]

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Well to put it simply the most popular tracks will cost more, where as the least popular will cost less, well that’s the theory anyway, but knowing how the big wig labels work, they will probably decide to charge the full cost anyway!

But wait, there are alternatives to downloading your music via iTunes and a lot of them are a heck of a lot cheaper, for example the new album by The Prodigy – Invaders Must Die is £6.32 at iTunes, £5.43 at Amie Street and £5.82 on Amazon, so there are the legal DRM Free alternatives out there.

So search around the net and if you are downloading make sure they are legal and DRM Free, I personally always check the above three sites before downloading as I know that money is tight these days and every little saving, no matter how small, always helps.

Sparks (blogs that have posted on this subject):

Sava’s Place

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]]> http://blazingminds.co.uk/itunes-three-tier-price-structure-what-does-it-mean-to-you/feed/ 1 Amazon UK now has MP3 Downloads, Finally! http://blazingminds.co.uk/amazon-uk-now-has-mp3-downloads-finally/ http://blazingminds.co.uk/amazon-uk-now-has-mp3-downloads-finally/#comments Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:32:14 +0000 Karen http://blazingminds.co.uk/?p=580 Those living in the UK have had a bit of short fall when it comes to downloading MP3s from Amazon.co.uk but recently Amazon announced that MP3 downloads are now available to download from Amazon.co.uk This is great news for us “Brits” and now we can get to download tracks that little bit cheaper than iTunes, [...]

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This is great news for us “Brits” and now we can get to download tracks that little bit cheaper than iTunes, OK, so it may only be 10 or 20 pence a track cheaper, but, every little help when you download stacks of tracks and most of the albums are a lot cheaper to download from Amazon rather than iTunes.

I’ll be adding a Top Music Picks section over the next week so keep yours eyes peeled for that, but for the meantime, check out some of the Top Selling MP3 downloads over at Amazon at the moment ;)

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