Wow – that flew by – it’s ten years since the first MP3 player came onto the market. 32mb of Flash storage would have stored a small collection of songs – possibly one CD’s worth if they were encoded well, but it wasn’t much.

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My first MP3 player was an Archos 20GB monster – I waited and waited until the technology had matured (and til I could afford one!) and still think fondly of this player, which eventually found its way to eBay and some grateful blind purchaser (they were good for blind or partially sighted people because you could download ‘talking’ firmware for them. They were also good for the blind because they looked absolutely dreadful.

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Just showcasing a bit more of our soundtrack work – for bespoke marketing film makers propertyclip.

Click to view their video for property developers Edward Ware Homes, featuring our very own soundtrack .

Radiohead’s new album will be very appropriately priced. How much is it? “As much as you want to pay”. Never shy from being inventive about their audio output, Radiohead are trying to reinvent the way people pay for their music.

The unusual pricing model was made possible because the band is no longer attached to any label. Radiohead’s contract with EMI/Capitol expired after the release of their last album, Hail to the Thief, in 2003.

In Rainbow contains 10 tracks and will be available for download after October 10.

The pay-what-you-want price is not obvious until you “view basket” after clicking the “pre-order” button. The price of the download is left blank with only a red question mark link beside it explaining the significance of the deal.

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