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Uploading this a bit late, had to get away for the computer for e few days over xmas. Below the first part of my ‘Best of 2008′ special.

1. The Wave Pictures ‘I Love You Like A Madman’
2. Mugison ‘Sweetest Melody’
3. Frightened Rabbit ‘Set You Free’
4. The Postal Service ‘Against All Odds’
5. Hot Chip ‘Sexual Healing’
6. Adele ‘Hometown Glory’ (Live)
7. Broken Social Scene ‘Anthems For A Seventeen-Year-Old Girl’
8. Sigur Ros ‘Gobbledigook’
9. Lightspeed Champion ‘Stay The Fuck Away From Me’
10. salut!machaut ‘The fastest boy in school’
11. Of Montreal ‘Gallery Piece’
12. Woodhands ‘Dancer’
13. The Chap ‘Fun And Interesting’
14. M83 ‘Graveyard Girl’

You can listen to all this here.

1. Said the Whale ‘Howe Sounds’
2. Paul Kalkbrenner ‘Sky and Sand’
3. Peter Bjorn And John ‘Hey (Shut The Fuck Up Boy)’
4. My First Earthquake ‘Teleprompt’
5. Sia ‘Buttons’ (CSS Remix)
6. MGMT ‘Electric Feel’ (Justice Remix)
7. Florence And The Machine ‘Postcards From Italy’
8. The Decemberists ‘Record Year’
9. Bon Iver ‘Blood Bank’
10. Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan ‘Trouble’
11. Hezekiah Jones ‘Cupcakes For The Army’
12. Okay ‘My’
13. Telefon Tel Aviv ‘Fahrenheit Fair Enough’

You can listen to all this here.

Found this yesterday on Silicon Alley Insider and thought this fits in nicely here. “THE INTERNET!”  

I now had a few days to digest the Transmission conference that happened last week in Vancouver.

It was quite intense (and that’s a good thing) and very educational. This is something you cannot say very often for music industry events, most of the time we are discussing the same issues over and over again and when you attend these events on a regular basis there are not many new idea coming out of them.

Transmission was different, probably for two reasons: a) many of the people attending were experienced professional who would have interesting ideas and b) it was a busy two day event with various presentations, round tables and meals. Essential we were kept busy for the entire time which I enjoyed.

Thursday started with an introduction of our ‘general facilitator’ Paul Hoffert who was introducing us to the ‘bagel effect’ which deals with a 50 years cycle between “freedom and security” which explains the disintermediation in the music industry. It was an interesting start and dropped us right into the deep end.

He was followed by a presentation by Dennis Adamo who is trying to resurrect allofmp3.com. After claiming the music industry is losing $5bn per year through unlicensed music downloads and the best way of “converting pirates into customers” is to drop the price, he lost my attention. Surly p2p file-sharing is more then just about the cost for the consumer and music services will have to attach additional value to recorded music if they want people to pay for it.

Mark Holden was speaking after him about his company Hip Digital and the download store they built for Aeroplan and Nectar Card. There seems to be an opportunity for the industry to generate revenues through people redeeming their reward point for music. Seems to make sense but surly this is a niche market, right?

This was when most peoples favourite part started which were the round tables. Up to 10 people from different industries would discuss topics for about an hour and the outcome would be reported back and at the end of the conference we would have a look at the overall results of our conversations. I met plenty of people who I hadn’t met before and I would normally not meet since they might work in different ports of the music industry.

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1. Woodhands ‘Dancer’
2. Sia ‘Buttons’ (CSS Remix)
3. Metronomy ‘The Chase’
4. Little Boots ‘Meddle’
5. Architecture in Helsinki ‘That Beep’
6. 65daysofstatic ‘Radio Protector’
7. Faunts ‘Will You Tell Me Then’ (Boy in Static Remix)
8. Dokkemand ‘Udulat’
9. Said the Whale ‘Howe Sounds’
10. Okay ‘My’
11. Peasant ‘Those Days’
12. Daniel Steinbock ‘Sea Inside’
13. Ella Fitzgerald ‘I Get a Kick out of You’ (Cinematic Orchestra Remix)
14. Ratatat ‘Cherry’

You can listen to all this here.

1. LCD Soundsystem ‘All My Friends’
2. Sia ‘Buttons’ (CSS Remix)
3. DJ Mehdi ‘Stick It’
4. Faunts ‘Will You Tell Me Then’ (Boy in Static Remix)
5. Psapp ‘Fix It’
6. Fleet Foxes ‘He Doesn’t Know Why’
7. Sufjan Stevens ‘Holland’
8. First Aid Kit ‘Little Moon’
9. Jon Brion ‘Little Person’
10. My Brightest Diamond ‘Something Of An End’
11. DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel Air’
12. Jacob Borshard ‘Hello Piero’
13. A Silver Mt Zion ‘Mountains Made Of Steam’

You can listen to all this here.

This reminds me of going to conferences sometimes. I’m sure it will be different this week at Transmission.