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Announcing netBloc Vol. 2: DRM killed the music-product machine!

blocSonic is proud to bring you another compilation featuring ten exceptional tracks from the world of netlabel music. netBloc Volume 2 features rock, calypso, trip-hop, hip-hop, reggae and electronic. Contained within the PDF booklet, you'll find another essay written by myself. This time about the current state of the music… Read more

Processed Music Product

(Originally published in netBloc Vol. 1 PDF, January 2007) Being a child of the 70s, I clearly remember a time when music was alive. Radio playlists weren’t limited to 10-12 tracks endlessly played over and over. Yeah kids, there was actually a time when FM radio was relevant. You could… Read more

More netlabel gems next week...

...at least that's what I'm shooting for. 10 Tracks have been selected, 9 tracks have been approved and I have all required assets for those. I've begun writing reviews and the next essay for the booklet. If the approval/assets for the 10th track is received in the next couple days,… Read more

It's happening now... right before your ears

While the RIAA is busy suing fan after fan for "infringing" on content owners' rights (and making a bundle in damages, I might add), there's an alternate music industry sprouting all around them. An alternate industry that's providing the world with better music than the mainstream media monster has allowed… Read more

Welcome to blocSonic!

UPDATE: Thanks to everyone who's downloaded the release so far. Thanks also to those of you who have posted about the site on your sites. Especially creativecommons.org Also... tracklist for February is just about set, just waiting for usage approvals. It looks like a release for February is a definite… Read more