A Beautiful Flower

Just found out about this website that my cousin's cousin (???) started. It's actually a really cool concept and is similar to the idea I had about iTunes early in the month. The site is Aralie.com and it is still in beta but it is really cool. Basically it allows anyone to put up recordings of their music and people are allowed to download it for whatever price they want. The artist gets to keep 85% of whatever people are willing to pay and the rest goes back to the site. They also have an embedded application you can put on facebook or your blog or wherever. It's a really cool idea and could get pretty big if people spread it around more. I'm looking at you Gary. It's a great way for people just starting out to get their music around. The site needs work to make it more community oriented (top rated, most purchased, most listened to, recently added, etc.) but they are constantly updating it. They also have interviews and help promote small bands.

Doesn't he have a mute button?!?

Lately I have been having a hard time enjoying my favourite bands. These bands include Blink 182, Angels and Airwaves and Plus 44. The reason I can't enjoy them lately is because my brother is too busy enjoying them. It's driving me insane! All day he plays the same riffs over and over again on his guitar. On the way to work and coming home from work he pops in an old blink mix CD that Gary made me when he first got a cd burner in like grade 8. He just listens to the same songs over and over again. He's also started to walk around with his new i-pod on and sing along to angels and airwaves. I swear I might kill him.

Mood: Murderous