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New Music Recommendations 2012
Scars on 45 is my favorite new release this year. Great songs that make use of two really good singers, one male and one female. The woman, Aimee Driver, has a beautiful voice with a haunting quality to it. I guess they'd be considered Indie. 
Need Blues Rec--burn the house down guitar stuff
Rory Gallagher - If you want the live blues experience at home start with Irish Tour '74, either the CD or DVD. 
help with music?
There are two quick and simple ways to discover music that's similar to bands you already like. The easiest is to go to www.pandora.com. It's a web site that plays music that's similar to whatever band you enter. It's the easiest way I know to fin... 
Terrible/Inappopriate songs ...
"Sexy Boy", from Air's otherwise outstanding "Moon Safari" CD, is one of the worst songs I've ever heard. I will never understand why it was released as a single, much less why it was included on the album. 
Best CD I've heard so far 2011.........
J Mascis - "Several Shades of Why" - Dinosaur Jr is my favorite (extremely loud) rock band of the last 20 years. J Mascis puts down his electric guitar (except for a couple of leads), turns the amps down from 11 to 6, and turns in a gem. The Hampd... 
Who is your overall favorite guitarist?
J Mascis. No matter whether he's wailing his electric guitar through amps turned to 11 or playing a quiet acoustic song, I just love his music. 
Archiving CDs to HD...suggestions?
A couple of last pieces of advise. Before you start ripping discs, turn off the CD autoplay feature in your computer. If you don't, the machine will try to play each disc before your ripping software has a chance to do it's thing. Also, once you f... 
Archiving CDs to HD...suggestions?
1) does the cd drive matter to the rip? or do i just need to use a good software like EAC or the like to ensure an accurate rip? EAC will ensure the data you rip matches what was originally on the disc. However, I believe EAC is Windows-only. The ... 
What's your favorite lyric from a song?
"Changes fill my time,baby that's all right with me. In the midst I think of you, and how it used to be."Ten Years Gone by Led Zeppelin. 
Your First Concert was.....
Kiss, with Judas Priest as the opening act. Sept 5, 1979. 
Damn Apple..a fence sitter's dilemma
Regarding the format to use when ripping CDs, go with Apple Lossless. Not only will it sound the same as FLAC (because both are lossless), but the resulting songs will integrate easily with iTunes (and an AppleTV, if you decide to purchase one). I...