The Musician’s iPhone and iPod touch

The iPhone or iPod touch is a potent platform for producing music that is capable of entertaining a stadium full of fans. There is no substitute for hands-on use, and musicians are especially adept at getting their hands onto something and using it.

See my roundup of iPhone/iPod touch apps for musicians in “In Search of the Lost Chord: The Musician’s iPhone and iPod touch” (in my blog, Bove’s Blips).

In Deadwood the Saloonkeepers Keep the Peace…

Apple has been criticized for kicking apps out of the App Store. Critics had pointed to Android as a free system, but just recently, Google also kicked apps out of its store. Expect the new Blackberry App World to be similarly policed. See my take on all this at “App Stores on the New Frontier” (in Bove’s Blips).

New podcast episode of music from the Flying Other Brothers!

TBone Outtakes Remakes and Rare Breaks, hosted by Tony Bove and Rockument, includes a studio recording produced by T Bone Burnett and live gems from past shows featuring G.E. Smith, Country Joe, and Bob Weir. In some ways it is a career rectrospective, highlighting band configurations going back to 2002, and featuring some of our favorite special guests.

Song list:

1. Take a Drive – studio outtake (T. Bove, B. Keely) produced by T Bone Burnett

2. Let’s Get Together (Powers) with G.E. Smith

3. Ohio (Young) with G.E. Smith

4. Sugaree (Garcia, Hunter) with G.E. Smith

5. King Harvest (J.R. Robertson) with G.E. Smith

6. Rockin’ Around the World (McDonald) with Country Joe

7. Playing in the Band-Other Miles Jam (Weir, Hunter, FOBs) with Bob Weir

8. The Main Ten-Uncle John’s Reprise-Playing in the Band Reprise (Hart, Weir, Hunter, Garcia) with Bob Weir

Read about and download this free podcast now!