Downloads

from largeheartedboy.com

Fee and legal recordings of live shows, rarities, and demos available via bittorrent, including Be Your Own Pet, The Jam, Neil Young, more:

from ilounge.com

Amazon has launched a public beta of Amazon MP3, its new digital music download store offering DRM-free 256kbps MP3 files. According to Amazon, the service boasts “Earth’s biggest selection of a la carte DRM-free MP3 music downloads.”

from baltimoresun.com

Music fans for the first time will be able to download free, legal copies of songs from a major record label under a deal announced yesterday by Universal Music Group.

The experiment in advertising-supported music marks a significant shift for an industry that has spent years fighting to stop global online piracy and was viewed as slow to embrace the potential of the Internet.

Universal's agreement with SpiralFrog will grant free, unlimited access to the hundreds of thousands of songs in the label's catalog, including such acts as Kanye West and U2.

From Yoga Journal

Yoga Journal and Kashi have teamed up to bring you these three videos which you can use as the foundation for your daily routine.

Change your destiny. The path to a healthy lifestyle starts with smart decisions. These decisions do not have to be complex or difficult. By simply making some shifts in your sleeping patterns, what you eat, and how often you practice yoga, you can gain positive momentum on the road toward a healthier and happier you.

From scotsman.com

DIGITAL downloads will smash the one-million-a-week barrier this year as music fans push sales of singles to their highest level for six years.

The digital revolution, which has rejuvenated the music industry, will see more than 50 million singles downloaded this year.

Mac and iPod users looking for alternatives to the iTunes Music Store can find them.

One good example is eMusic (shame about the goofy clip art at the site's home page).

Unlike most other download services which use an incompatible DRM format, eMusic sells completely unprotected MP3 files which work perfectly in iTunes and will play on an iPod. Their basic service gives you 40 downloads a month for $9.95. Unlike other subscription services, if you cancel your subscription your music will still work. Unfortunately their music selection is very limited, although they have a decent selection of indie artists & international music.

I first heard of Daytrotter by way of Wired, and what I read convinced me I had to wander over and check it out. What an incredible concept. I'll let the Daytrotters describe it. Read this, and then get over there and check out the fresh sounds of bands laying down fast tracks between gigs. Awesome!

"Most bands touring in the upper half of the US drive on I-80 on their way to or from Chicago. We get them to stop off and do a live session of four songs at Futureappletree Studio 1, often using our collection of vintage instruments. The tracks are analog recordings, only converted to digital format for the purpose of transmission to you. These are the Daytrotter Sessions, and they’re available exclusively through Daytrotter.com—one featured band and four new songs each week."

Get the whole story

This story by Deborah Netburn about a cool new yoga website appeared recently in the Baltimore Sun.

My stiff neck, achy lower back and super-tight hips all indicated that a trip to the yoga studio was past due, but my in-laws were in town for the weekend and a class seemed out of the question. Between the traffic and the lack of parking, a 1 1/2 -hour yoga class takes 2 1/2 hours of my time. Could I really leave my in-laws from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. - prime brunch time - on a Saturday morning? I didn't think so.