blocSonic.com: Your introduction to the world of netaudio… http://blocsonic.com/feed en-us Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:49:57 -0500 It’s here! netBloc Vol. 27: Straight Outta The FMA http://www.blocsonic.com/post/its-here-netbloc-vol-27-straight-outta-the-fma Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:49:57 -0500

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 Read more …

]]> noreply@blocsonic.com (michaelGregoire) http://www.blocsonic.com/post/its-here-netbloc-vol-27-straight-outta-the-fma A preview of netBloc Vol. 27: Straight Outta The FMA http://www.blocsonic.com/post/a-preview-of-netbloc-vol-27-straight-outta-the-fma Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:28:36 -0500

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!

]]> noreply@blocsonic.com (michaelGregoire) http://www.blocsonic.com/post/a-preview-of-netbloc-vol-27-straight-outta-the-fma Congratulations Carlton & Marco! http://www.blocsonic.com/post/congratulations-carlton--marco Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:12:44 -0500 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 Read more …

]]> noreply@blocsonic.com (michaelGregoire) http://www.blocsonic.com/post/congratulations-carlton--marco IE6 peeps… it's time to upgrade http://www.blocsonic.com/post/ie6-peeps-its-time-to-upgrade-1 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:44:40 -0500 Hello all you wonderful blocSonic listeners. Thanks for continuing to make us part of your regular online travels.

After taking some time to analyze our logs, we've noticed a significant decline in IE6 usage. The internet thanks those of you who've moved on to modern browsers. In 2008, 38% of you were still using that ancient browser. In 2009, 24%. So far this year, it looks as though that number is 11%. This is Read more …

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