Dave Hildebrand.com » Music http://www.davehildebrand.com The IT Crowd Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:52:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Soundtracks for the Soul http://www.davehildebrand.com/2007/03/24/soundtracks-for-the-soul/ http://www.davehildebrand.com/2007/03/24/soundtracks-for-the-soul/#comments Sat, 24 Mar 2007 20:13:35 +0000 Dave http://www.davehildebrand.com/233/?p=45 While trying to drive through to Winnipeg during the snowstorm (Sunday) Kris and I were listening to CBC Radio One.  The program Tapestry came on and the subject was on the music that makes you feel more alive, brings tears to their eyes, or touches their very souls.  Listeners called in with their picks and it got me thinking of the music I listen to and how it makes me feel.  It took me almost a week but I thought of a song that just makes my skin tingle, my heart beat faster and leaves me feeling upbeat and ready for anything.  To those who know my, as Kris puts it, "Love affair with Eddie Vedder" (not entirely true, I love them all equally) and could have guessed it would be a song by Pearl Jam, and the title ironically enough is "Alive".

"Alive" is a song about overcoming adversity and listening to it on my way to Dryden this afternoon lifted my spirits, it was just the thing I needed after this weeks numerous events.

"Alive" is even better live.  Back in the fall of '05 I had the opportunity to see PJ play in Winnipeg and when the guys started plying you could just feel the energy rising in the crowd.  It was by far one of the most amazing experiences of my life.

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Last week an application came out that strips out the DRM in Windows Media 10 & 11, that actually allows you to have fair use of your music files.  FairUse4WM has gotten a lot of press since it was released and now it seems MS is close to patching the loophole.  The folks over at Engadet.com have written an open letter to MS, asking them to not fix the loophole.

Users of Rhapsody (not available in Canada). Napster , and Yahoo Unlimited Music would be able, with FairUse4WM, to un-DRM their files and play them on all portable music players, not just the MS labeled "PlaysforSure".  There would be some who would join for a month, un-DRM the "rented" files and then leave, yet most users would just enjoy the flexibility of their Fair Use files.  Music that is easily transferred to all my devices, without restriction, would be the ideal format for me.  Lets see if MS caves to RIAA or lets this hole stay open.

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