“Seventeen sweet years ago” — Live365 pulls the plug – RAIN News Many independent stations turned off their streams in January, and Live365 is the largest and most meaningful casualty. With this sizable platform out of business, thousands of stations need to find new solutions or go silent. February 1 is the deadline for paying a minimum $500 into the royalty system as a non-refundable deposit on future royalty payments, the first of which is due March 15 for January streaming.

Hmmm. Replaced by the monoculture of Beats One.

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How to record guitar with an iPhone or iPad | Cult of Mac The Apogee ONE is the jack of all trades. It functions as an audio interface for your Mac and iPhone or iPad, but also contains a really good condenser mic you can use for creating podcasts, singing, or recording acoustic guitar.

Apogee, long the gold standard of mic preamps, prospers on iPhone/Mac, the gold standard of creative professionals and artists.

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