Posts Categorized: Music

How to Stream the 2016 American Music Awards Online

Posted | Category: Music, Replay Video Capture, Stream & Save.

Music lovers everywhere are anxious and excited for the American Music Awards this year, the world’s largest, purely fan-chosen awards show in annual rotation. With such an incredible lineup, and mega-popular hosts hitting the stage (model Gigi Hadid and comedian Jay Pharoah), it’s no surprise that everyone wants to know where to get in on the action.

Cable cutters and habitual streamers are in luck — the American Music Awards will be live streamed Sunday, November 20 at 5pm PDT / 8pm EDT. Fans can enjoy and record every incredible musical performance from ABC.com using Replay Video Capture!

Let’s take a look at all of the musical performances happening at the 2016 AMAs that you can stream, record and save using Replay Video Capture:

  • Bruno Mars
  • Lady Gaga
  • The Chainsmokers + Halsey
  • Ariana Grande + Nicki Minaj
  • Fifth Harmony
  • The Weeknd
  • Twenty One Pilots
  • Shawn Mendes
  • John Legend
  • Green Day
  • Shakira with Carlos Vives and Sting
  • Maroon 5 and Kendrick Lamar (finale)

Don’t forget to see the full list of every AMA nominee and get your vote in before its too late! Check out some of our favorite nominees right here:

Video of the Year: Desiigner, “Panda”

Favorite Album — Soul / R&B: Beyonce, Lemonade

Collaboration of the Year: The Chainsmokers Featuring Daya, “Don’t Let Me Down”

Get started with our best-selling, top-rated media recording software to stream and save the best moments from the 2016 American Music Awards!

 

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How to Easily Convert Audio Files with Replay Converter

Posted | Category: Applian Software, Music, Replay Converter.

The digital world has an endless supply of amazing audio to download and enjoy — from music to podcasts to audiobooks, and beyond. As you obtain these audio files bit by bit, you’ll find that each source may have a different type of file — this can make things difficult when actually trying to listen to your new media.

To solve this annoying audio file issue, we created Replay Converter, the easiest media converter on the market today. Simply select the files to convert, choose an output format, and the conversion happens automatically!

With Replay Converter, you can:

  • Convert your audio files to popular formats like MP3, WMA, WAV and FLAC.
  • Tag tracks with accurate song titles and album artwork.
  • Make more in-depth adjustments to bit rate and frames per second.
  • Drag & drop audio files for easy input and conversion.
  • Convert files in batches to get things done more quickly.
  • Convert video as well as audio files.
  • Rip and burn full, high quality CD’s.

There’s a new Mac version of Replay Converter also available.

Learn how it’s done with this short video:

 

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Grammy 2016 Winners: Record All the Best Tracks

Posted | Category: Applian Software, Music, Replay Video Capture, Video.

Last night’s 58th Grammy Awards was another amazing night of industry talent. Taylor Swift took home the biggest wins of the night, while Lady Gaga’s tribute to David Bowie warmed hearts, and Kendrick Lamar’s performance blew everyone away. It was truly a night to remember!

Every nominee and winner out there this year was incredibly well-deserving. See all of the winners on the Grammys website, and check out every nominated song and video below, for your listening pleasure. You can use Replay Media Catcher to record and capture them for yourself!

Please note: We’re working through a temporary issue that may cause issues with recording audio from these videos. Check out our workaround for a solution!

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What was your favorite winner or performance from this year’s Grammy Awards? We’d love to hear from you!

Best 2015 GRAMMY Songs To Record with Replay Music

Posted | Category: Miscellaneous, Music, Replay Music.

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Last night was the music industry’s opportunity to show off it’s best acts. The show itself featured a number of awesome performances, but if you missed any of the top tracks on the list of winners, we’ve rounded up our favorites for your listening pleasure and the opportunity to use Replay Music to record and capture the sound of the 2015 Grammy Awards!

Paramore — Best Rock Song “Ain’t It Fun”

Ridiculously catchy and hard to hate, this track from Paramore has everything you want in straight-forward pop rock. No fuss, only fun.

Kendrick Lamar — Best Rap Song / Performance “i”

One of the most positive hip-hop songs to hit the air waves this year. Kendrick is known for his poignancy and his third studio album is one of the most anticipated in 2015. Keep your ears open!

St. Vincent — Best Alternative Music Record “Strange Mercy”

Indie goddess, St Vincent (Annie Clark) walked away with an award for her haunting record and lurching sound on “Strange Mercy”. Here’s one of our favorite tracks from the album, “Cruel”:

Pentonix — Best Instrumental Arrangement “Daft Punk”

The a capella group, Pentonix, goes into audio soundscapes of the last year, sampling seven different Daft Punk songs. Using a mixture of insane vocal and beatboxing talent, this hardworking crew deserve the nod.

“Twenty Feet From Stardom” — Best Music Film

This is a featured performance from one of the stars of this amazing documentary (which you can stream here on Netflix and record with Replay Video Capture 7). Showcasing the talent of background singers throughout history, this is a must-watch movie and must-listen soundtrack.

Tell us your favorite moments of the show and music from the past year over on Facebook or Twitter. We’d love to hear what you’re listening too! Don’t forget to use Replay Music to get all of the best tracks of 2015.

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Record a Concert this Hall-O-Ween Night

Posted | Category: Music, Replay Media Catcher, Replay Video Capture, Video.

No, I didn’t mispell Halloween in that title. Be sure to catch a very special edition of Live From Daryl’s House tonight. Daryl Hall that is. Tonight on Yahoo Screen’s Live Nation Channel you can watch “Hall-O-Ween and Oates”. This sold out concert also marks the public opening of Daryl’s new venue in Pawling, New York. The live concert begins at 9PM PT / 6PM ET  and will replay for 24 hours. I’ll definitely be recording it with Replay Video Capture.

I’ve recently discovered the Live from Daryl’s House monthly web series and I’ve become addicted to the show’s archives. The premise is so inviting, you just can’t turn away. Daryl invites some legendary rockers over to his amazing old farmhouse (which he has lovingly restored), for some unforgettable jam sessions. It’s just a room full of incredibly talented musicians having a blast singing each others songs. The series is very well done technically,  and Daryl sounds better than ever. And, he’s aged pretty darn well. Can a 70’s/ 80’s rocker actually get cooler with age? Daryl sure has.

There are currently 68 episodes of LFDH available to watch. Our favorites from the archives include: Darius Rucker, ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons, Joe Walsh, Rob Thomas, KT Tunstall, Brett Dennen, oh man…I could keep going. Just go browse the archives and listen for yourself. And they’re all downloadable with Replay Media Catcher.

Tonight’s live show is bound to be a nostalgic trip back to the 80’s, but sounding better than ever. And if you’re busy trick-or-treating with your little ghouls and gobblins, recording the show is easy with Replay Video Capture  Here’s a quick tutorial on how to set it up to record anything at a scheduled time.

Enjoy the show!

 

Grammy Time: Performances Worth Recording

Posted | Category: Music, Replay Media Catcher, Video.

As we’re sure you heard, the Grammys were a few days ago. Aside form the actual who-won-what part, the next best reason to watch any awards show is always the performances. This year was no exception. In fact, the show changed it up by giving out 10 awards before the cameras even started rolling, which means that this Grammy show was all about the performances. It got us thinking of some of our past favorite Grammy spectacles… so if you haven’t seen these, get comfy, and enjoy!

Although Beyonce had a seductive performance this year with Jay-Z, we prefer the flawless 2010 moves in “If I Were A Boy”, plus it turns into a perfect cover of Alanis Morissette’s “You Outta Know”… you’ll see:

We don’t want to make you depressed today, but if you need a good cry then watch Eric Clapton’s 1993 Song of the Year “Tears in Heaven”.

We had to post this 2007 performance by Christina Aguilera singing the James Brown classic “It’s A Man’s World”… because, I mean, those pipes. Yeesh.

There’s no way we could assemble a list of best Grammy performances and exclude the King of Pop! Here’s the iconic 1988 “Man in the Mirror” performance from Michael Jackson.

Our favorite performance from this year would have to be the finale jam of Daft Punk’s stellar hit “Get Lucky” with some awesome assistance from disco-royalty Nile Rodgers and the man himself, Stevie-freaking-Wonder. It’s definitely one worth watching, and re-watching, and re-watching…

Of course, you can always record these performances for your own personal archives with our Replay Media Catcher app. Try it here and start collecting all of your favorite Grammy performances!

Which was your favorite live performance of the night? Think any of them were Replay Media Catcher save-worthy? Let us know in the comments.

YouTube MP3 Fridays

Posted | Category: Applian Software, Music, Replay Media Catcher.

For the last couple of Fridays, YouTube has changed how they are delivering videos, which has broken our downloading software (as well as all of our competitors). In particular, the Vevo branded music videos seem to be the ones that get the new technology first. Nevertheless, we are on top of it, and have managed to get new releases ready within a day or two of the changes. The bad news is that our engineering team is starting to loathe the end of the week.

The latest format is called MPEG-DASH — according to our alpha geek. We are having to do a little extra work to turn this format into a playable file, but the end result is as good as ever.

If you’re an avid YouTube downloader, you might consider trying Replay Video Capture for Video, and Replay Music for Music if you don’t want any downtime. Both of these products take an “analog” approach to recording, and will record video and music in high quality no matter what YouTube does behind the scenes.

Replay Media Catcher is still the fastest way to download from most video and music sites, and it makes a perfect digital copy of the original file. So no matter what changes happen in the future, we’ve got you covered!

How Replay Music Helped This Guitar Player Learn His Favorite Guitar Solo

Posted | Category: Applian Software, Music, Replay Music.

Mats has been playing guitar for 35 years. He’s a self-described “guitar nerd”.
When Mats discovered Replay Music about seven years ago he discovered a tool that could help his guitar playing.

Mats like guitar solos. He has a theory that every good guitar solo should contain the following four elements:

1.) The solo should have a good structure, e g start with the lower notes and work its way up the fret board,
2.) It should contain some technically difficult passages without just showing off,
3.) There should be some unexpected tones that stick out,
4.) And it helps if the guitar player has a good vibrato!

Mats uses Replay Music to record his favorite guitar solos and then he uses other software to slow down the recording so he can study the solo note for note.

Some of his favorite guitar players include Jeff Beck, Steve Lukather of Toto and Steve Vai. Mats’ favorite guitar solo is this one by Kee Marcello :

And thanks to Replay Music Mats can now play that solo right along with Kee.

Thanks for sharing your story with us Mats. We are so glad that Replay Music is helping you rock along with the best of them.

Enjoy!

How Replay Music Helped to Make the Perfect Housewarming Gift

Posted | Category: Applian Software, Music, Replay Music.

Kelly lives in San Francisco. When her friends invited her to a housewarming party at their new apartment near Chinatown, Kelly was at a loss for what to bring as a gift. When she heard that their new apartment had a wok built right into the kitchen counter and she got an idea.

           

Kelly pulled out her PC and fired up Replay Music and started searching the internet for songs with the word “walk” in the title.

Kelly put together a playlist of songs from the 50’s to now. There were Country songs, Jazz songs, Folks songs, old Rock-n-Roll songs, instrumentals and vocals. A little something for everyone. Kelly created a playlist with over two hours of “walk” music and used Replay Music to burn the playlist to CD. When it came time for the housewarming party Kelly gave her hosts the CD with instructions to play the songs whenever they cooked with their wok. Her friends loved it!

           

Kelly heard later that her friends listen to the CD while using their wok and it always makes them smile. They love telling other friends about her clever idea.

Thanks for your story Kelly – we are so glad that Replay Music came in handy – and brought some happiness to you and your friends.

We love hearing stories like these. If you have a story about the way you like to use our products please send them to us at: [email protected]

Five Great Sites for Streaming Music

Posted | Category: Music, Replay Music.

Every other month or so I put together a list of sites that are great for streaming audio or video and publish the list in our newsletter. Here are five sites that were featured in the March newsletter:

I like having 1.FM on while I am at work. I am a total fan of the 70’s pop station. The songs crack me up.

1.FM

Band of the Day is an adventure – you never know what kind of music you’re going to hear. And if you miss a day – no big deal – they recap the bands they’ve chosen from earlier days at the bottom of the home page.

Band of the Day

I confess I haven’t set up my own station with earbits – instead I like the editors’ picks – always a good listen.

Earbits

8 tracks is my absolute favorite for discovering new music and new bands!

8 Tracks

Thanks to Mixcloud I now have a few DJ favorites that I like to listen to and follow. Always great for livening up my afternoon at work.

mixcloud

And of course all these sites work fabulously with Replay Music. 🙂
What are some of your favorite sites for discovering new music?

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