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Bitsofbeats best of 2008

best of 2008 music jukebox from download.com

  • Download.com has announced its top pick for pc in the catagory of music jukebox. With iTunes being the obvious choice, Download.com felt it had to go a different route and give the underdog a fighting chance.

    Media Monkey Standard Edition wins this 2008 bout

  • Saturday, January 3rd, 2009 | Posted in Special Features | No Comments »

download.com announces video jukebox top pick for 2008

  • Since the advent of MTV in the early 80’s, music videos have become a standard medium for music broadcast - but it was not until the digital revolution of the late 90’s that pc based music jukeboxes gained popularity. Download.com has just announced its top pick of 2008. And the minner is…

    Miro

    Chosen for its user friendly interface and simplicity, this video jukebox program is all the average user needs to enjoy watching Beyonce’ videos at random 24/7/365

  • Saturday, January 3rd, 2009 | Posted in Special Features | No Comments »

Download.com lists ‘Best of 2008′ software compression software downloads

  • File compression has become a standard for upload, download and transfer - and there are thousands of applications available to the public. The ware mega-site Download.com has just released its Best of 2008 list with 7-zip and IZArc coming in at top rank.

  • Saturday, January 3rd, 2009 | Posted in Special Features | No Comments »

acidplanet gets a facelift - new site to launch in 2009

post-Christmas digital music and media sales bombardment - eminent

  • On December 25th, millions people from all over the world will open gifts from friends and family containing portable media devices and gift cards for online music and media shopping. Online music and media sales sites such as iTunes, Napster and Amazon are preparing for the after-Christmas website rush as their servers and bandwidth are maxed, and digital download sales figures skyrocket.

  • Thursday, December 4th, 2008 | Posted in Special Features | No Comments »

pre-christmas rush on portable media devices

  • With Christmas 2008 only two weeks away, retailers are seeing a growing trend in the ever-rising sales of portable media devices. Even with the downturn of the market, portable media devices are still a hot product - and with companies like Sandisk (flash memory), Creative Labs, Philips and RCA creating tough competition for the overpriced Apple iPod, sales figures from this holiday season are being weighed by the entire industry.

  • Thursday, December 4th, 2008 | Posted in Special Features | No Comments »

beatport goes for the blog on beatportal.com

  • Beatport.com has set itself apart as the #1 sales source for electronic music online. Now, Beatport is seeking higher ground and expanding their operations to include affiliate programs and other guerrilla marketing techniques - including a new blog with daily feed, remix contests and more…

    www.beatportal.com

  • Monday, November 17th, 2008 | Posted in Special Features | No Comments »

jack all the rage in dance music

  • What was once considered a dance music sub-genre has become a staple production format for most popular styles of dance music. In late 2007, a certain progression of production style was infiltrating electro, house, progressive, breaks, trance and other styles of dance music - this foreign invader was none other than jack. So, you might ask - what is jack? Well, simply put, jack is when the primary beat of a dance music song is paired with another beat element that seems to throw the timing off for a split second - therefore, it ‘jacks‘. While dance music is normally constructed in fourths, a jack element is usually found in the thirds and/or sixteenths. The funky off-kilter timing method is not new to dance music and most-likely got its start in the timing methods used by hard bop jazz drummers in the 1960’s, then pushed into the frontiers of funk in the 1970’s.

    One thing is for certain - nothing jump-starts a dancefloor or spills a drink like a jacked out beat.

    Corporately created pop music always follows underground dance music trends, so be sure to listen for ‘jack’ beats showing up in the pop music of 2009! And when it does, you heard it here first at BitsofBeats.com!

  • Tuesday, October 28th, 2008 | Posted in In the Studio, Special Features | No Comments »

what does wikipedia say about electronic dance music?

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