Mar 2nd, 1:49am
by michaelGregoire
As of the time of this writing, not even a year after it’s launch, WFMU’s Free Music Archive already boasts nearly 18,000 free music tracks from a wide array of genres. It’s an interesting collection in that it not only features music that comes from the world of netaudio/netlabels, but many signed indie artists can be found among the FMA’s selection as well. It’s definitely an incredible archive of music to explore!
After a good three months of listening to thousands of FMA tracks, I somehow managed to whittle the selection down to 11 exceptional gems. It was really a difficult choice, but in the end the final line-up Read more …
Feb 28th, 9:28pm
by michaelGregoire
Boy do we have a treat for you this Tuesday! We’ve got a special netBloc release focusing on Creative Commons licensed gems from the vast WFMU Free Music Archive. After spending a few months listening to thousands of tracks, 11 tracks were finally selected. Let me tell you it was incredibly difficult to whittle the list down to 10-11 tracks, somehow it was done.
Until Tuesday, enjoy this tasty morsel from the release!
Feb 25th, 11:12am
by michaelGregoire
You may recall back in June of 2009, netBloc Vol. 22: Life On Ceres featured two versions of the track “Life On Ceres” by WM Recording’s own Marco Kalnenek. Then later we featured “Never Be Another Day” by Pearl Taylor’s Grandbaby, a project by Carlton Mackay, on netBloc Vol. 25: From Darkness Cometh The Light. “Never Be Another Day” featured Carlton’s incredibly touching lyrics sung with Marco’s “Life On Ceres” as a perfect musical bed. Well Carlton’s just announced that “Never Be Another Day” will be featured on an upcoming Mercedes-Benz Mixed Tape! Great news! Congratulations guys!
Read Carlton’s announcement.
Feb 8th, 11:43am
by michaelGregoire
The fine folks at Kilted Chaos came to me to learn a bit more about netlabels, blocSonic, what we are and what we've got planned.
Do give the interview a read, if you've got a moment.
Feb 1st, 8:09pm
by michaelGregoire
We set things off in 2007 with our premiere release, “netBloc Vol. 1: The Opening Salvo”. Even at that early stage, I knew that I wanted blocSonic to be a bit more than your standard “netlabel”. I didn’t want blocSonic to be completely self-serving… it was to be a promotional vehicle for netlabels, artists and the netaudio culture. However, what I didn’t know was if artists and netlabels were going to be supportive of the compilation idea and send me lossless versions of their music to be included. Happily my worries were for naught. Everyone involved has been extremely supportive over the years and Read more …