Changes afoot: Plugging eMusic and favorite bands

I've decided to continue this blog's shift in focus toward music.

For some time, now, I've subscribed to e-Music, a music download service that provides MP3's minus those pesky DRMs. Though I tend not to share files except in ways that promote an artist's livelihood, I object to DRMs in principle.

I've long had eclectic tastes in music, and e-Music works well with my tendency to listen to artists a tad off the beaten track. Plus it's a good deal compared to other (legal) music services.

Rather than simply finding videos by artists I like and posting those to the site, I'll be sharing my explorations of new music and encouraging readers to take advantage of e-Music's no-strings-attached free trial: Forty free downloads of DRM-free MP3's. Those whose tastes are mainstream might have trouble finding familiar artists. E-Music does not have music from the major labels. But I've been able to download everything from the White Stripes until "Icky Thump" as well as Kansas' "Device-Voice-Drum."

Nifty Music: "Charmed Life" by Leigh Nash

Excellent tune sung by Leigh Nash for the "Uptown Girls" soundtrack. It took longer than I thought it would to find out who wrote the song: Kenneth Brown and Steve Mandile.

As a pop single it stands up there with anything else Nash has done, including her work with Sixpence None The Richer.

Cool song download alert

While hunting up a link for the prior post on Vedera, I surprised myself by crashing into the Fleming & John page featuring the (free) download of "Winter Wonderland" melded with Led Zeppelin's "Misty Mountain Hop."

The main page had been inactive for quite some time.

Nifty Music: Vedera

I discovered (you know what I mean) this group while browsing at e-music.

The singer's voice on this tune falls between that of Leigh Nash (Sixpence None the Richer) and Fleming McWilliams (Fleming & John). Plus I like the guitar textures. Adds a U2/Choir/Sundays vibe to the tunes.

Well, cool. There's another video: