One down, too many to go

On vacation (“holiday” for you crazy Brits and Canadians out there) 2 weeks ago out in Chautauqua, I was able to write 4 new songs.  Just the music, no lyrics just yet, though I’ve at least got vocal melodies figured out for most of them. That’s easily one of my favorite things to do in the world…  Just to sit on a bench in Bestor Plaza there with my acoustic and see what comes to…

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Managing my iPhone on two computers, at last!

I found this article, followed the steps, and voilà!  I can finally manage my music* on more than one computer.  It’s amazing that you’d have to go out of the way like this to do something so simple as using your device the way you want, but at least it works now.  Big kudos to whoever wrote this guide: http://www.andrewgrant.org/2008/03/30/how-to-sync-an-iphone-with-two-or-more-computers.html *One thing to watch out for: my Apps got ALL messed up (read: deleted) when…

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For a good audio recording app…

I’m hoping someone will write a really good (free) audio recording app… I’m sure it can be done.  I tried a few free apps, including VoiceNotes, but none of them were quite up to snuff.  When I’m trying to record a new song idea, or something at a rehearsal, being limited to 2 minutes at a time is just useless. I’ve been using EccoNote, and it’s fairly decent.  You can record up to your phone’s…

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