Mike McCready

Last night I was on a flight from London to Barcelona (yes, on British Airways, no more of that EasyJet BS) and caught this film of lightning going on in the clouds below. I got a really good glimpse of the full moon cloaked in wisps of clouds at dusk too but it didn’t […]

I’ve been a runner most of my life. Even as a pre-teen back in Nebraska I would run the 10K races with my Dad, although I could never come close to keeping up. In high school, track and cross country were my best sports. I guess it comes down to simply not being very good […]

I’m writing this on British Airways flight 487 from Barcelona to London’s Heathrow airport. This is the first time I’ve flown BA in several years. For the past few years I’ve always done this route with EasyJet but last week I’d finally had enough and vowed never to fly that sorry excuse of an airline […]

NEW YORK and DALLAS — DreMāk Studios, Inc. has chosen Platinum Blue to provide its Music Xray™ technology as an analysis tool to mine talent, that will aid its customers seeking to discover and develop new musical talent. DreMāk is putting studios in malls all around the country where people can easily and inexpensively create a […]

I have recently been asked to join the advisory board for a new and exciting company called Dremāk (pronounced “Dream Make“)out of Dallas, Texas. It’s a very exciting company that is installing mini-recording and audition studios in shopping malls and commercial centers which will allow budding artists to record demos, audition for opportunities in Hollywood or […]

Today I was pointed to a blog post from Ben Marshall at The Guardian where he is asking if Platinum Blue could save the music industry. The blog is here: http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/08/according_to_software_designer.html Here’s the reprint: Could Platinum Blue save the music industry? For today’s web trawl check out Mike McCready’s software, which promises to tell record labels whether their latest release […]