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Hi there, I’m David. This is my website. I work in music for Apple. You can find out a bit more about me here. On occasion I’ve been known to write a thing or two. Please drop me a line and say hello. Views mine not my employers.

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Grooveshark Launches Awesome Streaming Music Service

You know what? This is actually pretty good, and has one of the best flash-based interfaces I’ve seen in quite a while.

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Buzznet Acquires Music Blog Idolator from Gawker Media

I can’t help but think that Buzznet (and hence Universal) owning two of the largest music blogs is really not a good thing. Luckily for us, 10 more – just as good – will spring up to take their place.

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Last.fm: Free music streams turn into increased music sales

Guess what? Listening to music makes people want to buy music. Who’d have thought it?

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The MySpace Deal

Bob hits the nail on the head here – a year ago the MySpace music deal would have been interesting but in today’s market it’s quite pedestrian.

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Apple passes Wal-Mart, now #1 music retailer in US

It’s pretty remarkable that a once ailing computer company can move into such an established market and completely dominate it so quickly.

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Next to Last.fm

I’d love an interface for Last.fm that works for tracks I just ‘hear’ (not play) – using Twitter sounds like a good way of making it work.

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Interscope Joins $25M Buzznet Investment Round

This is quite interesting, especially when you consider that Buzznet bought Stereogum recently.

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