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4G could aid musicians using the new Pono music format

Published on Thursday, October 4th by Tony Dennis

Rating: 4G gives Pono a sporting chance for music downloads

Amongst music fans, it’s been long known that typical MP3 files lack the kind of audio quality that you’d expect from a good hi-fi system and vinyl records. The catch is that MP3 has established itself as the de facto standard. Well, veteran rocker Neil Young has decided to challenge the status quo (Geddit?) and produced a music playing device which support a new audio format known as ‘Pono’, He’s also reputedly planning to take on the might of Apple’s iTunes music store with his own Pono music download service. Significantly, Young claims to have signed up the three major music labels – namely Universal, Sony and Warner, for the launch of a Pono download service some time in 2013. GoMobile News decided to investigate implications and found that 4G just might save Pono. Continue reading →

Posted in 4G, App stores, Everything Everywhere, Mobile Music | Tagged FLAC, itunes, lemonrock, Mac MacLaren, MP3, music formats, Neil Young, Pono | 1 Comment

The best audio file format for your smartphone

Published on Friday, November 25th by Tony Dennis

Rating: A definitive answer from Lemonrock

Some of our keenest readers might recall a story we wrote recently concerning the various formats in which audio can be stored including the infamous Ogg Vorbis. (See our previous story here). This raises the question – what is the best format to use when storing audio on your mobile phone or tablet? Well, Mac MacLaren is the head honcho at Lemonrock and he’s supplied GoMo News with what we can only describe as the definite answer. MacLaren outlines the main digital files formats below and the answer is to go for ALAC. But – as he says – these things are all objective because some people are quite happy with an MP3 file which is the commonest format. Continue reading →

Posted in Featured, Mobile Music, iphone | Tagged AAC, ALAC, FLAC, lemonrock, Mac MacLaren, MP3 (320), MP3 VBR (V0), music format, Ogg Vorbis | 4 Comments

Two good gig guide apps for iPhones

Published on Wednesday, July 6th by Tony Dennis

Rating: Lemonrock vs Songkick

Whilst researching our Huffington Post story here, we noticed that Ian Hogarth of Songkick was named as one of the UK’s Top 10 Tech CEOs. We discovered to our great delight that Songkick has only recently launched its iPhone app – and very impressive it is, too. Shame there’s no Android version yet. Songkick’s iPhone was only released in June [2011] and was created by Denmark’s Shape. Moreover, it was developed using Songkick’s public API and more details on that are here. The Songkick service describes itself as 100,000 concerts in your pocket and effectively provides a personalised local gig calendar for your favourite bands. However, Songkick reminds us of another favourite site of ours – Lemonrock. Instead of concentrating on the big names in the Music Biz, it covers pub rock. It also just happens to have its own iPhone app, too. Continue reading →