Josh Young

Just reading through one of my favorite blogs, Lifehacker, this morning, and I came across the beautiful gem known as Songerize.

Really want to listen to a song right now? Just go to Songerize, type it in, and it will play. That easy. If it doesn’t find your song, try another (FYI, it’s found every song I’ve tried so far).

This is ridiculously cool, especially if you’re in the mood to listen to a great song but don’t have it handy. Plus, it’s dead simple.

Give it a try. Let me know what you think.

Songerize

HT: Lifehacker

Looks like iTunes is dropping their DRM-free iTunes Plus music from $1.29 to $0.99 (which is the same price as their regular DRM music).

I posted recently about Amazon’s new DRM-free MP3’s. Good to see that it’s spurring on changes.

HT: Lifehacker

This morning on my way to work, I stopped and picked up a copy of Alter Bridge’s new release, Blackbird. I’m a huge Alter Bridge fan (although not as hardcore as my friend, Ryan), and this CD definitely does them justice. It’s a little different than their first release, One Day Remains, but definitely different good, not different bad.

I was a little worried after listening to samples online last week - they were all pretty wussy. However, for some reason they picked the worst parts of the CD to put on the samples. The full CD just flat rocks. Definitely worth the $10.

There are several versions of the CD out there. Wal-Mart’s version includes a DVD with the making of the album (which is the version I bought). Best Buy includes two additional songs. A couple of places online include autograph covers (if there’s any left).

Go give it a listen.

Alter Bridge

Amazon has launched their new MP3 Downloads store where you can download 256 kbps DRM-free MP3’s for as low as $0.89 per song or $7.99 per album.

This is awesome news.

However, the selection is a bit limited (at the moment). For example, I did a search for “Leeland,” and it didn’t produce any results in the MP3 Downloads store. But they do have Crowder, Tomlin, Bethany Dillon, and lots of others.

Pretty impressive.

Amazon.com MP3 Downloads

via Lifehacker

It’s official.

Ted Nugent is playing on Crowder’s new album.

Kick butt awesome.