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The Merits of G.I Joe Dubstep vs Brostep Why it doesn’t actually suck

How are these genres conflicting?

The Legend of Korra It will blow your mind

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Features

It’s Knight Time Note by Note Interview with Shane Cook A light at the end of the tunnel Interview with author Ernest Cline

Alternative How to create actual mixtapes What shows are people watching?

Chillstep The Serpents Shadow Review Top 9 PC mulitplayer games

Opinions

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A R M A N D O

THE CREW

He’s a lover, not a fighter, but he’s also a fighter, so don’t get any ideas.

L U K E

He lives vicariously through himself.

J U S T I N

He always rounds to five decimal points.

S E V E R I N

His cereal never gets soggy. It sits there, staying crispy, just for him.

S O P H I A

Her reputation is expanding faster than the universe itself.

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A Letter From the Editors Welcome to the first ever issue of Captivate. Created in the winter of 2012, Captivate was founded by a group of 5 high schoolers, grouped together by fate and bound by dependence. We will stop at nothing to bring our readers the newest, best and freshest news for their entertainment needs. We put the needs of our audience first, no matter what. In fact, I skipped my Grandmother’s funeral just to write this letter. Don’t feel too bad, I’m pretty sure she was a Nazi. No matter our personal struggles, the magazine will always come first. We cannot let the government or the CIA or Fox news rule the media. Captivate exists to bring out the truth in today’s movies, books, games and music. We will not give up until we breathe our last breath.

Hugs and Kisses, The Captivate Team

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any people quickly disregard sequels for being inferior to their predecessors. Often additional movies are shunned for not being as good as the original, and many people argue that “sequels are never good”, much less trilogies.Take, for example, The Matrix Reloaded, The Next Karate Kid, Jaws: The Revenge, or Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason takes Manhattan. With these movies only reinforcing the stereotype, how could one expect anything different? However, The Dark Knight Rises is the third film in the most recent Batman trilogy, and is one of the most anticipated movies of 2012.

Directed by Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight Rises will have its worldwide premiere on July 20th, 2012. With the nearing of the movie’s release, fans have been analyzing Nolan’s decisions on the film and are trying to predict its outcome, or, more specifically, how it will compare to its wildly successful predecessor, The Dark Knight.

“The Batman movies have been some of [Nolan’s] best movies yet,” says avid Nolan fan Nick Empson. “The Dark Knight Rises may very well be his greatest film of all.”

The Dark Knight,

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the second film in the trilogy, is considered to be one of the greatest movies of all time. Needless to say, The Dark Knight Rises has a pretty great act to follow. With such a phenomenal success under his belt, many critics believe that Nolan should have quit his Batman series while he was ahead.

“The Dark Knight Rises may very well be the greatest of all.”

Fans like Nick would argue the contrary. “The Dark Knight ended with Batman taking the fall for what Two-Face did and running

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away with the police chasing him. That definitely needs a sequel because you still need to find out what happens the Batman and how he will protect Gotham city if people think that he’s a bad guy.”

Other movie goers, like highschool student Zach Wall, would argue the necessity of a third film for radically different reasons.

“The Dark Knight Rises was definitely needed. The more television the better.”

Regardless of their rational, the general consensus among public audiences has a positive outlook on The Dark Knight Rises. Some of this was most likely spurred by the showing of a six minute prologue

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for The Dark Knight Rises that was shown in select theatres across the country. The promo was shown before 500 screenings of Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol and was later leaked onto the internet for those who did not see it in theatres. Fans seemed to have a positive reaction to the prologue, but had trouble resisting the urge to compare it to the beginning of The Dark Knight.

“I thought that it was very good. Not quite as good as The Dark Knight beginning, with the bank robbery. That was an excel-

“The effect on Bane’s voice gives is really good.” lent scene,” said Nick. “But it does give you a good sense of how Bane works as a supervillain.”

Others seemed to have a similar feeling.

“Comparatively speaking it seemed pretty similar. I mean you

can definitely tell that it was Nolan’s work,” said Zach. “I definitely liked the tone of the prologue. I think it transition nicely from The Dark Knight.”

The reason behind this teaser and the semi-frequent photo releases of The Dark Knight Rises is obvious: to build hype. For Nick it clearly worked.

“The opening scene really affected my anticipation. It made me really excited to see how it would turn out.”

In addition to all of the Batman propaganda, rumors have been circling the internet for months.

While they may have excited some people, like Nick, others are more skeptical. Some followers seems to think that the real reason behind the hype is leftover from The Dark Knight, and that the success of The Dark Knight will be the real driving force for the success of The Dark Knight Rises.

“Any community that are obsessed with the second movie because of the first one... they don’t know [anything]. What decides

how good a movie is for you could be a number of factors. I’m not

Along with the release of the prologue there was much controversy over the audibility of Bane’s voice. Some viewers claim that Bane’s mask distorts his voice and makes him harder to understand. However, those who are more familiar with Nolan’s work tend to have a different perspective.

“The effect that Bane’s voice gives is really good so I think taking it away would be a bad idea. I trust Nolan when he says that it won’t be a problem,” said Nick.

This conclusion seemed to be shared by many.

“It doesn’t matter what his voice is like, the only thing relevant is his motions,” said Zach. “It’s not about your voice or about what you’re born with, it’s about what you do. It’s about talent.”

After the concerns of the audience were raised, Warner Brothers made a statement that Nolan would not alter Bane’s voice, saying that it would not be a major issue and that

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audiences would still understand what was going on. Regardless of his voice, those who are familiar with the Batman comics know Bane as the villain who broke Batman’s back. Many have been curious as to how this will come into play in the movie, especially because that is what Bane is famous for. Although this incident is key for the development between Batman and Bane, it seems unlikely that it will be included.

Nick realizes the importance of Batman’s injury, but also acknowledges the fact that, “There would have to be a recovery time.

In the comics [Batman’s] injury caused him to surrender the title of Batman for months while he was recuperating. So, something drastic may happen, but maybe not quite as drastic as getting his back broken.”

Zach on the other hand sees the issue differently. “You don’t want to be a bitch or a slave to the comics. You wanna be your own man when you’re making movies, especially if they’re based off of comics or books. But, at the same time you have to think, is it necessary? And I don’t think it is.

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I mean there’re so many Batman comics, so many trilogies, that you can’t fit everything in.”

One of the driving forces behind The Dark Knight’s success was Heath Ledger’s performance of the Joker. Many are questioning whether or not Tom Hardy will be able to live up to Ledger’s new standards.

“Tom Hardy will do a really good job with Bane because, although he’s not like... a crazy actor, Bane isn’t a really crazy villain either,” explains Nick.

“He’s an intelligent, sophisticated, strong person and I think that that’s just the type of role for Tom Hardy.”

Unfortunately Ledger died before the release of The Dark Knight Rises. Still, the question remains of how The Dark Knight Rises would have changed had he been alive during the filming process.

“It would probably show the Joker breaking out of prison at some point, and then entering the film. Although he most likely wouldn’t be a main character just because having two movies with the same super villain would be

kind of tiring,” said Nick. “[The Joker] will probably be dropped because The Dark Knight Rises eight years after The Dark Knight.”

To replace the Joker as the lead villain role, Nolan cast Tom Hardy as Bane. But he also included Catwoman, played by Anne Hathaway. Hathaway previously played mainly romantic comedy roles, and was a surprising choice

“Tom Hardy will do a really good job with Bane.”

by Nolan, who is known for his serious roles.

“I don’t really think that she’ll do a very good job, although we’ll just have to wait and see. I mean, [Nolan’s] done a great job casting his other movies. So, it might turn out well, but... I don’t really think it will,” said Nick.

Other fans felt a bit more strongly about the casting choice.

“First off, Anne Hathaway is a prissy little bitch,” said the heavily opinionated Zach. “She is not an action woman. I mean, her best performance was Devil Wears Prada, by far. I think that if they were to cast anyone as Catwoman, they should cast someone who is actually crazy. Let’s get Jennifer Aniston in there, just to reek havoc.”

Catwoman isn’t the only villain other than Bane who will be making an appearance. Rumors about the return of the Batman Begins villain, Ra’s al Ghul, have recently been confirmed, guaranteeing the inclusion of Batman’s teacher in the newest film.

I mean, Robin would just make the whole film childish. With Batman it’s the whole adult Batman thing but when you introduce Robin it’s like... why do I have this? The only time Robin was cool was in Teen Titans,” said Zach.

Other fans of the Batman movies seem to concur.

“I don’t particularly like Robin, I never thought he was very necessary. And they are also always changing his identity in the comics,” said Nick. “I think it was a good decision, I wouldn’t have put him in either.”

Along with his vow against Robin, Nolan also planned to make his Batman films a trilogy from the beginning. Now that the final movie is about to come out, fans are coping with the conclusion of their favorite Batman series.

“I’m gonna be sad. I mean, I love the Batman movies; the two Batman movies that he’s made and also Batman as a superhero. I’ll be sad to see it go,” said Nick with a tear in his eye.

“Every good thing must come to an end. Arrested Development had to stop,” said Zach while reminiscing on past TV shows. “You like your shows but you know they’re never going to go on forever. And the sooner you

break the bond, it’s just good to be able to watch them over and over again. I just want this movie to be the kind that you can watch over and over again a thousand times, like Zoolander or something like that.

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“Yeah, Liam Neeson is a badass. Also, just his character, Ra’s al Ghul, is a badass. The mystique of his character is badass. It’s going to make for a good film,” said Zach.

While most fans look forward to another role involving Liam Neeson, it seems unlikely that he will play a major part.

“I don’t think he will be a very major character. I don’t think it will affect the story that much,” said Nick.

To add to the large cast of new characters, Nolan also casted Marion Cotillard to play the role of Miranda Tate. A love affair with Tate will most likely be used as a replacement for Batman’s late flame Rachel Dawes, who was killed by the Joker in The Dark Knight, although it is not guaranteed.

“In the comics Batman did have several romances with different women, including Catwoman and Ra’s al Ghul’s daughter,” said Nick. “So, either of those could appear in the Dark Knight Rises.”

It has been speculated that Tate may actually be Ra’s al Ghul’s daughter, Talia al Ghul, simply under a fake identity.

“This could be a very real possibility,” said Zach. “Christopher Nolan is no stranger to double identities. Take The Prestige, for example. That’s basically what the entire movie is about.”

Although Nolan has his new movie filled to the brim with new characters, there is one that Nolan vowed will never be included. Since the creation of his trilogy, Nolan swore never to add Robin to the plot of his Batman adaptation.

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Composer Joe Rogers is creating worlds: with music.

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he sun outside has nearly set. But composer Joe Rogers has just begun what his true work. Sitting at his computer, he weaves melodies and tunes, a song slowly taking shape. “I really enjoy music too much,” he says.

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Rogers loves games as much as he loves music, covering game songs on the piano from a young age. Five years ago, he began composing music as a hobby, creating music for user made RPG games and rewriting many well-known game songs.Rogers has since gotten contracts with the likes of Ubisoft and many smaller indie game developers.

Rogers writes the music that enlivens your emotions in a game or movie. “The music for games and movies is what really sets the stage for the audience,” he says. Music for these mediums takes a skilled musician to make, having to know when “to be sublte,” but also “when to put energy into a piece.”

Humble Beginnings

“It all started with the RPGmaker VX forums,” says Rogers. RPGmaker, a software used by indie developers and fans of RPG game has many fan projects that are often in need of scoring. It was here thatRogersfirst began to compose seriously. After composing a handful songs for the community, he was quickly recognized as a talented musician by staff of the site, being promoted to a Resource Staff member, creating music for site wide releases. “The rpgmaker forums are one catalyst that helped drive and motivate me to compose more.”Rogers said. “Requests from the forums gave me a change to get more hands-on practice and gauge thre responce to different types of music I could compose.”

Around the time Rogers began requests, he started looking into more powerful software. Previously using the instruments that came with his composition software, Rogers moved onto VST, or virtual studio technology. “These bascially allowed me to create music

that sounded acoustically recorded in a studio at my home. It was a pretty big investment at how young I was, but allowed me to create much better sounding music.” Using a midi keyboard and his VSTs,Rogerscan create epic orchestral pieces, ethnic tunes and more.

After his success on the RPGmaker forums, Rogers began recieve small contracts from members on the site, reciving small amounts of money to compose songs for their games.

“It really boosted my self esteem to see others willing to pay for my work,”Rogers said.

“I was so young that it was well worth my time.”

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AsRogers continued his work on the forums, contracts slowly started churning in. “When the first small movie director contacted me, I was really surprised,”Rogers said. It was also around this point Rogers stopped composing for the RPGmaker forums. “The site is a great place, but I simply don’t have as much time for it anymore, and I think the site members respected that.

I had completed more than fifty song requests at that point, and moderated the site for almost a year.”

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With his departure from RPGmaker, Rogers began focusing more on his contractual work.

Recently,Rogershas recieved contracts from projects like Orion: Dino Breakdown, Mr. Forgettable, and more. “I never feel too much pressure,”Rogers says, “The music can be rewrit-

ten until the contractor is satisfied, and it’s enough fun to keep going and finish without really crunching for time.” These projects have another benefit, “Working on these [larger] projects is great because you can meet new people who are just as enthusiastic about what they do as I am.”

“Brainstorming is really hit or miss,” says Rogers.

“Sometimes sitting and a computer and just experimenting is the way to go. Other times, the ideas pop up at odd times. Music is a fleeting feeling” Juggling projects and school hasn’t proved difficult forRogers yet, and he continues to attend school while completing contracts.

Working on a new song in his dimly lit living room, Rogersintently taps on the small piano lying on his lap, painting out a picture of a medieval fair. “I can pass hours like this,” he says, leaning back. And as long as games continue to be created, Rogerswill continue to have music to create.

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Shane Cook: Music Revolutionary By: Armando Rodriguez

Shane has become a pretty successful DJ and now teaches the art of DJing to other people at the Dub Academy. Unfortunately DJ wasn’t always his original plan to become successful, but as a back up plan DJ seems to have worked out for him.

“I was always trying to start bands, but it’s to get people on the same page,” he explained, “so I kind of fell back on DJing because I don’t really have to really rely on other people.”

Shane explained that even people like him that seem completely relaxed when performing can have a shaky start to the world

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of performing and still look to other people for help and inspiration whether it is from friends or famous artists that he didn’t know at the time.

“When I first got into [dubstep and DJing] I was like into Benga and Mark One and Mala and like a lot of the originators that started the genre,” he said, but, “it wasn’t until I had my turn tables in my room and I wasn’t worried about other people listening so I wouldn’t be nervous, that’s when I started getting good.”

DJ are always in high demand from performing at parties, to bars and many more places. Unfortunately starting of DJ don’t always get the most desirable gigs and often have to work their way up to Image courtesy of Houstonbeats.com

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rom outside the old, weathered, sky blue building standing on 906 East 5th Street appears to be nothing more than an old abandoned warehouse, but the inside tells another story.

The front door acts like a time machine from the old exterior to the high-tech and modern interior.

Thousands of dollars of equipment and computers shine in the dim lit room, leaving anyone who steps inside wondering what kind of research facility this is. Surprisingly it’s the Dub Academy, Shane Cook’s domain of heavy bass and crazy remixes. From working in an ice cream shop to performing with Rusko, Doctor P, Zed’s Dead and many more great DJs Shane Cook has created quite a successful career as a DJ.

performing at the most prestigious events and places. Shane for example didn’t start performing with Rusko, Flux Pavilion, and Doctor P, he had to work his way to the top in the DJing world. Shane started of not being known by too many people, but a few people know that there’s a good DJ around the word will spread and there will hopefully just be an exponential amount of success that comes.

“When [my friends and I] got our first residency, which is at Barcelona on Sunday, it was almost immediate, it snowballed from there. We took the slowest night at the bar and turned it into one of the most consistently profitable night at the bar on a Sunday night of all nights,” Shane explained, “So once that happened it kind of

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“So once that happened it kind of like picked up and we started getting booked, me and a couple buddies I DJ with, all over the place as far as Texas is concerned.”

With all of his success Shane has become even more influential to the DJ world when he began teaching the art of being a DJ to other people at the Dub Academy.

Each person he teaches brings new ideas to the world of DJing and mixes up new concoctions. As other genres of music are evolving so is dubstep because of the remixes of many songs of different genres and trying to create new sound that work well with the new music.

“Teaching [at the Dub Academy] I have people coming in with all different kinds of music all the time,” explained Shane, “so it forces me to think about it in a different way.

So when you have to force yourself to learn new tactics with other

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genres and you take those and apply them to what you’re doing regularly, it pushes your limits as far as taking a simple concept and making it interesting.”

Over the past few years there has been a giant boom with the number of people that are aware of what the dubstep genre of music is and has caused for a massive expansion of the people producing dubstep and the people listening.

A large portion of the newcomers are inspired by big names such as Skrillex, Shane has noticed both good and bad changes in dubstep because of this sudden boom of dubstep’s popularity, but acknowledges that as long as there are people going out to dubstep events Shane gets more gigs and his career gets to keep on growing and being successful.

other kids they’ve got a computer and they think they can do the same thing. They aren’t that good at what they’re doing so there a whole bunch of garbage out there,” he said, “but at the same time, it is pretty cool because, like I’m more interested in the fringe aspects of the genre as far as personal interest goes, and the backlash that Skrillex has caused is causing a lot of really cool music to come out as well,” Shane explained, “so the more people that are aware of dubstep the more gigs I get and the more I’m going to get paid so it’s not all bad and it works really well.”

“[Skrillex] is a good producer, the problem with that is now all these

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The Light at the By: Luke Ayers

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ou’re in a club, it’s getting later at night, and the music’s great. It’s a mix of pop and... Electronic? It’s more enjoyable than it sounds, and it’s called “app rock” courtesy of the band Dim Lit Daylight.

On tour around the entire country since 2006, Josh Free and Anthony Montanino, the band’s 2 members, don’t have a shortage of work, and they’re still going strong.

Josh and Anthony met in California, while playing with the

[Dim Lit Daylight], we had been friends and playing together for so long, it just made sense. Like, in a band, its more about the person you’re playing with for the experience, the rest kind of just makes sense for itself.”

Even though they knew they were starting a band together, there was still a lot of work to be done.

A name for themselves, type of music, songs. Having a memorable name can help quite a bit, especially in a town like Austin, with new

starting a band, it can feel like once you have the name down, the rest just comes naturally. However, this is very wrong. Even if you’re only playing music for the sake of playing music, not to make money, there’s still the songs you’re going to play. In fact, for some people, the only thing that stops them from going farther in their musical careers is their lack of original songs.

Josh writes most of the songs, and sometimes he just has to say to

“You know, like there’s some kind of hope at the end.” band Thr3. Josh had been playing with them for a while, but Anthony didn’t start playing bass guitar until later, before that, he owned an independent label, A. D. Records.

“Josh said, play these notes, you’re playing in a show next week,” Anthony recalls. “At my grandfather’s funeral, he said, you’re playing bass in 5 days.”

Even though Josh had much more experience playing music (he had been playing guitar since he was 4 years old), he still wanted to start a band with his friend Anthony.

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bands springing up all the time, who knows how long before someone else took the name they wanted?

Josh remembers “we had this list of rules, like it has to be this many syllables, it has to have repeating consonant sounds, whatever,” then, “I kept saying, this band feels like we’re trying to reach the light at the end of the tunnel.

You know, like there’s some kind of hope at the end.”

It’s good to have a reason behind everything, especially in music, and DLD is no exception.

When aspiring musicians are

himself “What are you going to do today, you’re gonna write a song today.”

Once you get into the groove of doing anything, it gets easier to do, but also easier to make similar, especially with music. This is one of the main reasons that the 2 friends are so excited for the next album, tentatively titled DLD 5.0. “We sort of want it to evolve from our original sound.”

The band isn’t split about many things, but one of them is one song, which seems to be overwhelmingly a fan favorite. The song is Okay, and is a great song to

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listen to at the end of a hard day.

Mr. Free, however, has a different opinon. “When I’m on stage playing it, sometimes I’m just thinking, oh my gosh, why am I playing this.”

On the other hand, Mr. Montanino likes it. They both agree to some extent though that it might be the cheesiness of the song though that gets on Josh’s nerves. “People like to be told that, at the end of the day, everything’s going to be Okay.”

It’s undeniable; Dim Lit Day-

light is a unique group, shown one of the best ways in their imitation movie posters. “We always wanted to be in movies,” laughs Anthony.

Josh has some experience in graphic design, so making the posters was a practice graphic design “without any deadlines, or agenda, no clients, and then we realized, ‘people like seeing things that are familiar,’ If you can associate your name or your brand with whatever you’re trying to advertise with

Want to hear some of Josh and Anthony’s music? Go to www.DimLitDaylight. com! All songs are free to download.

Photo courtesy of www.Facebook.com/dimlitdaylight

something people know, whether it’s a logo or a concept, or an image, it triggers something.”

The band doesn’t have many regrets; the only things they would have done differently are “more strategy.”

Josh only wishes he had done one thing differently: “I would have never toured with a dog. I brought a Jack Russell Terrier. I would not do that,” he says, “maybe if it was stuffed.”

The band has some advice for rising musicians. “Just be yourself, don’t let anyone tell you that you should play something different. If you like it, that’s good enough.”

The band plays a song, complete with iPad

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An Interview with Author Ernest Cline By: Sophia M.

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hen Ernest Cline wrote his best-selling memorable, but Wade is my favorite, since the whole novel, Ready Player One, he “wrote the story is told from his perspective,” he says. “But I story for [him]self.” Cline says of the think Halliday is also a really interesting and memobook, “I thought the book might eventually garner a rable character.” cult following, if I was lucky. I never imagined that it No enterprise was ever without its problems, would debut on the New York Times Bestseller list however. Mr. Cline states that “Condensing a 400 and be option for the movies by Warner Bros.” page book into a 2-hour movie means that a lot of de The main character of Ready Player One is tails and scenes have to be edited out, and it’s always Wade Watts, a man who spends his time hunting for really difficult to have to make those changes to your clues to the treasure hidden in the own story.” He states further, game/alternate reality called OA“Warner Bros. has a great track SIS. The only thing known about record for making great adapthe creator of OASIS, James Hallitions, like the Harry Potter day, is that his riddles were based series. I feel like my book is in off of his late twentieth century good hands.” obsessions – obsessions that came from Ernest Cline. “ All of my hobbies and interests played a role in inspiring the story, including my favorite music, movies, video games, and books,” he says.

A new hobby may be writing. Cline says he always dreamed of writing, and that writing is “a dream come true.” Readers can expect more from him in the future, though, as he says he’s working on his next novel right now.

Cline’s first book is chockfull of interesting characters, like The cover as published in the UK the aforementioned Wade Watts, and the eccentric creator of OASIS. “I tried to make [the characters] all Ernest Cline owns a Delorean and he plans on “tricking it out to be a time-traveling Ghostbusting Knight Riding Jet Car. It’s going to have both a Flux Capacitor and an Oscillation Overthruster in it, so that my Delorean can travel through time AND solid matter.

My personalized plates are ECTO88, just like a DeLorean that appears in my book.”

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How to Create By: Luke Ayers

Actual

Mixtapes

1. Double cassette deck with a play slot and a recording slot

What you’ll need:

2. Source tapes, usually around 20, but it can vary

3. A blank tape to record onto

How to do it: 1. Figure out what songs you want to put on the tape. Write down the name of the songs, the length of the songs, and where the songs are on their source tapes.

2. Prep all the tapes- that is, get them to the very beginning of each song you’re going to put on the tape.

3. Put your soon-to-be mixtape in the recording slot (usually the “B” deck, though it varies). Put your first source tape in the play slot, and press play.

4. Repeat step #3 until both sides of the tape are filled

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The Walking Dead is one of AMC’s most successfull cult TV shows. Following the popular trend of the zombie apocolypse, The Walking Dead chronicles the survival of a band of misfits during the end of days. This show, while amazing, is incredibley gorey and is not for the faint of stomach.

Community is NBC’s hit TV show about the under acheiving students in a study group at their local community college. Wtih frequent pop culture references and movie/TV parodies, Community is most popular among teenagers and young adults. This hillarious comedy is sure to tickle you silly.

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ChillStep By: Armando Rodriguez

Chillstep is subgenre of Dubstep that differs mainly differs with more chill undertones. Throw in some bass, slow beats and many times a womans voice and you just got yourself some chillstep. Chill is a nice break from the crazy bass, beats and intensity of songs such as First of the Year (Equinox) by Skrillex or Basscannon, a filthy creation from Flux Pavilion. Any great dubstep producer also has their occasional chillstep creation such as Skrillex, Flux Pavilion, Zed Dead, Doctor P, Rusko and many more, some even mostly only do this subgenre of dubstep such as Nero and Gemini. Odds are that your favorite dubstep producers also have a few chillstep masterpieces that you have never even heard of.

For both anyone who is already aboard this chill train or are still chill virgins heres a few tracks that are bound to spark your interest.

With You Friends (Skrillex)

In the Middle (Nero)

This song has very little understandable lyrics because the voices have been sped up and raised in pitch, but it is still very entertaining. The song has a stady beat and incoporates a lot of keyboard breaks that work perfectly with the voices in here.

In the Middle, by the Streets is like a rollercoaster. For the first minute and a half the song is bass free until it starts to build up towards a bass drop that gives way to the fairly good rapping of the Streets.

Kickstarts (Bar 9)

Kids (Dagga)

Kickstarts is just anotherr example of Example’s talent.

This remix by Bar 9 showcases some of Example’s rapping abilities but keeps the bass deep and soothing.

The singing from MGMT was matched perfectly by Dagga to the controlled burst of bass with a keyboard break in the middle to bring the song together.

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Shot Yourself in the Foot Again

Eyes on Fire (Zed’s Dead)

This is a true master piece from Dubstep master Skream and British rapper and singer Example. The slowbeat paired frequent heavy but controlled bass breaks make this song just incredible.

An amizing voice provided by The Blue Foundation draws you in and then your hooked once the bass drops with variation in quick and slow fluxtuations of sound within each individual mini-drop.

Born to Die (Gemini)

Changed the Way You Kiss Me

Born to Die, originaly by Lana del Rey, is another great example of luring the listener in with a beautiful voice and hooking them in once the bass drops.

The Mensah Remix of this already great song by Example shows his pretty good singing but still has nice bass breaks with most of the orignal song still beign shown.

Neopolitan Dreams (Nilow)

Last One Standing (Doctor P)

This is the only song I’ve hear from Nilow but it is still a great example of chillstep. Lisa Mitchell’s soothing voice complements the chill tones and deep bass of the remix.

This is another one of the many songs from Example that have been remix showing of both his singing and rapping towards that end with decent bass in between.

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The Serpent’s Shadow Review by Sophia M.

Image courtesy of Monica Li

Sadie and Carter Kane

The third installment of the Kane Chronicles is finally here.

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WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD Read at your own risk.

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she doesn’t have to choose any more. But she gets upset, and by this time, the drama is getting a bit annoying.

Even though the book is all Mary Sues (Mary Sue: A character who is idealistic, lacking flaws, unrealistic, or characterized by several clichéd and archetypical traits, including physical appearance and personality), the fact that it was written by Rick Riordan makes it an interesting and hilarious read. There is even a reference to Doctor Who included, which fits perfectly with Sadie’s British background.

Although the book in itself was great, and the characters were flawless, the fact that so many ends were resolved made for a rushed ending. Since Rick Riordan is also writing the next book in his Heroes of Olympus series, he’s multitasking over two completely different mythologies, and that affects the writing somewhat. It’s barely noticable, but it’s there.

Even though the book was great and the sereies was superb, I found the ending of the last book to be a little disappointing, which brings the book down to three stars.

Image courtesy of rickriordan.com

ick Riordan’s newest book, The Serpent’s Shadow, has finally come out. This long awaited addition to the Kane Chronicles ends this trilogy with a series of twists. When we left Sadie and Carter at the end of The Throne of Fire, Ra had been rescued from his exile (as a senile old man) and Apophis was rising.

Now, Sadie and Carter have three days to find a way to defeat Apophis and restore Ma’at (order) to the world. To make things just that bit trickier, the magicians of the House of Life are divided, the gods are disappearing, Walt is dying, and Zia is stuck babysitting Ra every day. And the only way they can think of to defeat Apophis may kill them.

The Kane Chronicles were intended from the very beginning to be just a trilogy. Even though this was planned, the ending of the book seems to go by way too fast; it’s jammed with events and it gets a little disorienting. Although the fact that almost all loose ends are tied up by this time is impressive, especially considering the fact that Rick Riordan is writing two books a year.

In the midst of having to fight Apophis, Sadie is undergoing major boy drama. Walt is dying and Anubis is off limits; who does she choose? And you’d expect her to be happy when Walt starts hosting Anubis;

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Top 9: PC Multiplayer Games By: Justin Zhang

9. Worms: Armageddon

8. Tribes 2

7. Unreal Tournament 2004

6. Diablo 2

5. League of Legends

4. Minecraft

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3. Counterstrike 1.6

9. Worms: Armageddon. Popularized the 2D turn based

shooter. Teleporting, sheep with dynamite and worms with rocket launchers all part of the package.

8. Tribes 2. Jet packs and frenzied team based fights on

large maps what more do you want? With base assults and strategy key, Tribes is one of the most exhilerating games to play.

7. Unreal Tournament 2K4. Arena shooters at their best,

this game put a newfount emphasis on speed and accuracy.

Arena based shooters have fallen off in the past few years, but this game remains a great entry in ther series.

6. Diablo II had a great single player, but when you joined

servers with your friends to take down huge bosses, it made it that much better. Great support from Blizzard rounded out the fun.

5. League of Legends, also known as LoL, has shown true

expantion of the strategy MOBA genre. Free to play with millions of players, LoL has as a great variety of champions and is updated and balanced constantly.

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1. Team Fortress 2

2. Starcraft

4. Minecraft. Another game with great single player,

Minecraft’s multiplayer is extremely fun. Creating massive buildings, PVP, team survival and a plethora of mods ensures nearly endless replay value.

3. Counterstrike 1.6. Originally a mod, CS is one of the best examples of a game becoming more popular than what it is based off of. The currency system, enclosed maps and cultural impact makes this game one of the best.

2. Starcraft is considered perfection in the RTS genre.

A professional sport in South Korea, this game has endless possiblities and people continue to play it to this day, more than ten years after release.

1. Team Fortress 2. Originally thought to be vaporware, TF2 is the best online multiplayer PC game. Now free to play, Valve constantly releases new weapons, maps, and updates. With nine unique classes, and unique teamwork, TF2 is the definitive example of fun online multiplayer.

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Why sites like Soundcloud are being unfairly equated to sites like Pirate’s Bay

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ecently, the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect Intellectual Property Act were both overturned. These bills were intended to protect intellectual property and stop piracy.

While I agree these are good intentions, they could get out of hand. I mean, who thinks that sites like Soundcloud are more bad than good? Sure, these sites can be abused, but any website that has almost all of its content user-posted will end up having some illegal aspects. But as a whole, these sites are a good way for musicians to share their music as they wish.

Many people arguing against music sharing on the internet use examples such as Pirate’s Bay. However, these sites are blatantly illegal, and therefore should not be used as an example representative of all other sites.

For example, some people would group services such as Pandora and Spotify under the same catergory as Pirate’s Bay. But, this is unreasonable and not fair at all, as these companies are operating completely within the law. And

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again, back to the example of Soundcloud: the site was not intended to be used for distributing bigger name artists’ music, or for people to illegally download bigger name artists’ music, but for people to post their own, original music (and a smaller variety of other audio files, ranging from speeches to sound effects to narrarations) for people to listen to and download. It was not the intention of the site, when it first was launched, that people would post illegal files.

When I searched ‘The Beatles’ on Soundcloud, I got a variety of results (See sidebox, opposite page).

Of course, this is just one music group, and more recent and popular musicians are more likely to have their music illegaly posted. However, the host sites should not be held responsible for the users. And, as a whole, sites like this are widely liked. According to Soundcloud user Mikkael, on review website Xmarks.com, “It’s like Myspace music in the idea but made by musicians for musicians (and they don’t try to

sell you something every page you go [to].”

Another thing to keep in mind is that not that long ago, in the age of cassettes, mix tapes were common. According to DailyIllini.com, people would exchange them, trade them, and no one thought anything of it. People would trade these tapes back and forth, keeping the original album tapes, and no one thought there was anything wrong with that.

Again, according to DailyIllini. com, mixtapes are equated to music sharing websites, and I agree with this sentiment. The only difference is the size of the audience reached, and the fact that it requires more work to make a mixtape than to upload some songs onto the internet.

In conclusion, people should make their own decisions about whether or not to share music over the internet. Mixtape sharing, which was accepted in the past is exceedingly similar to music sharing over the internet, so people need to take into account whether or not that should

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have been illegal or not. Yes, it is illegal now, but that doesn’t stop it from being available, and people should make their own decisions as whether to partake.

Souncloud is a useful tool for a huge number of different needs, of which sharing music is only one. It should not be punished for immoral users.

“The Beatles” Soundcloud.com search results: 1. An illegal file, 17 minutes long, with 5 different Beatles songs 2. A Dubstep style remix of some Beatles songs 3/ 4. 2 different covers of Beatles songs 5. One song that doesn’t have anything to do with the Beatles.

Only one of the first five results was an illegal, original Beatles song.

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G.I Joe: Not the worst movie in the world By: Severin Odland

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our teeth chatter from excitement as you enter the crowded theatre. The room buzzes with anticipation from the crowd who has been camping outside of the movie theatre for days. Along with these people, you have been waiting for this day for months. You settle down into the crusty red theatre chairs with your bowl of ultra-buttered popcorn, too nervous to eat it. A wave of silence sweeps the crowd as the lights dim, and the movie begins. Before your eyes you see massive explosions, laser guns shooting helicopters from the sky, leather clad women wrestling over a suitcase containing nanomite warheads capable of destroying an entire city. You forget everything you ever learned in film class about proper cinematography, mise en sen, or the rule of thirds. The awesome action you are witnessing wipes your mind of any conscious thought, leaving only the movie to focus on. You are reduced to a mindless zom-

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bie, unwilling to do anything other than to remain completely still and engrossed in the marathon of action scenes before you. Finally, the credits roll and the lights are restored to their natural brightness. As you look around, nobody seems willing to accept the fact that it’s over. Nobody wants it to be over. Grudgingly accepting the conclusion of the divine movie that you just experienced, you pick yourself up, trudge out of the theatre and return home to count down the days until it is released on DVD.

This is basically a shortened version of my first experience watching G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra. Ever since its release in August of 2009, G.I. Joe has received far more criticism than it deserves. A review by Rolling Stone said that G.I. Joe was, “mercilessly incoherent, galactically stupid,” My rebuttal is this: not all movies are made to be thought provoking, artsy, Oscar winning films.

photo courtesy of burgsimpson.com An explosion similar to the hundreds of explosions featured in G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra

Some movies, like G.I. Joe, are made to keep audiences from thinking for two straight hours. The reason so many Americans watch movies instead of reading books is because it’s easier; you don’t have to think as much. Films like G.I. Joe are made to satisfy the need to veg, not to raise deep, meaningful questions about politics or morality.

One of the things that bothers me the most about G.I. Joe’s criticism is how many people regard this movie as lower than dirt. It obviously wasn’t that bad of a movie if it grossed more than 150 million dollars, according to the Internet Movie Database (IMDb). Obviously there were a lot of people who saw and enjoyed this movie, or it wouldn’t have done this well in theatres. Being one of those people, I take it upon myself to expose the beauty of this film to others. To fully appreciate this movie you must look past the admittedly subpar acting and focus on what it does right. You must realize that this two hour montage of tight leather suits, plot twists, explosions and boobies solely exists to bring in it’s demographic: lovers of trashy, mindless movies. It learned what it’s audience wanted, and then it just blew their brains out

with their greatest dream on mega-steroids.

“It just blew their brains

out with their greatest

dream on mega-steroids.”

In conclusion, G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra is not a terrible movie simply because it was never supposed to be good. It was supposed be good in the sense that it would attract viewers and gross millions of dollars, and that is exactly what it did.

It did so better than the majority of movies with the same goal, which is why it is the 220th most grossing movie of all time, according to the IMDb. So, was G.I. Joe great? No. Was it successful? Yes. What was the entire reason behind making the movie? To make a successful film. And G.I. Joe did just that.

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Sorry Dubstep, Why Brostep is here to stay photo courtesy of 2720cherokee.com

By: Justin Zhang

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ights flash in the club as music blares from the speakers. The DJ at the front of the room mixes intently. The crowd screams with excitement as a drop approaches.

The air, filled with energy erupts into cheers.This scene is one of normality in the world of brostep. But before we talk about the money, fame and fans that are now associated with the genre, we’ll have to take a step back and look at it’s origins, in dubstep. In fact, many people still confuse the two unique but similar genres with each other. There is,

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however, a growing animosity between artists and fans of the genre.

Dubstep began in the underground British scene in the late 90’s and early 00’s.The genre was originally characterized by low registers and deep, wobbling bass. As the genre developed it moved more and more into the public eye. In the mid 2000’s the music moved over to American soil, with early artists such as Skream and Benga following the in footsteps of their British counterparts. However, as the genre progressed, an interesting branch of the music formed.

Brostep was formed in the wake of the popularization of dubstep. Opposed to the deep, grungy sound of dubstep, brostep opted for a more tinny sound with higher registers. Songs were more focused around “drops,” where the percussion will pause, often reducing the track to silence, and then resume with more intensity, accompanied by a more dominant subbass.

Originally created by British artist Rusko, the style quickly became popular in the American markets.

In 2008, the artist Skrillex became

somewhat of a poster boy for the genre, increasing its popularity further. In the recent years, the genre has become something of a cultural phenomenon, with examples of brostep style music appearing in many pop tracks, including those of Britney Spears.

It was around this time that naysayers began popping out. Normally, this is nothing to worry about. All music has its fair share of people that like and dislike the music. The hate garnered towards brostep was interesting because it included many fans and artists of dubstep itself, including Rusko, who claimed, “brostep is sort of my fault, but now I’ve started to hate it in a way...It’s like someone screaming in your face for an hour...you don’t want that.”

There are many different arguments against brostep, from its “lack of soul” to the high registers; many people feel that the music has become commercialized.

It was described by Mixmag as “a viciously harsh, yet brilliantly produced sound that appealed more to Marilyn Manson and Nine Inch Nails fans than it did to lovers of UK garage.” Other attacks target the fans of the music, where brostep itself got its name. It is said that at college parties (where the music is commonly played) that when brostep songs came on, the sound was too harsh for most to dance to, leaving only fraternity boys or “bros” on the floor. This is not to say that brostep has no supporters from within the dubstep world.

Dubstep forerunner Skream is happy about the increased support for both genres as a whole, but admits that fans of dubstep are a different demographic, usually older than their brostep counterparts. He likes the popularity of brostep and in turn, the renewed popularity of dubstep.

He is happy to embrace the new

times of larger crowds and energetic venues.“The energy there is off the hook,” he says. “I can play to 30,000 people and they’ll be going completely mental. How can you not like that?”

I want to come out and say that I absolutely agree with Skream. The reasons that fans of dubstep claim to dislike brostep are all reasons that they enjoy dubstep.

Each genre has its own merit. While they can classify brostep as generic and easy to make, there are many tracks on each side that are original and have high production value.

Skrillex, one of the most criticized brostep artists has enjoyed increased

take a look at that statement. Music should not be characterized by what kind of fans it has. The music should be looked at for its own merit. No matter how annoying its fans may be, I’m sure there are equally obnoxious people on both sides. I am sure the “annoying fan” accusations are being put forth by the “annoying fans” of dubstep as well.

Dubstep and brostep will always have a tumultuous relationship, but both genres have their strengths and the popularity of both benefits the other.

“Dubstep is sort of my fault, but now I’ve started to hate it in a way.

It’s like someone screaming in your face for an hour”

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fame, and it’s hard to say that most of his songs are not masterpieces in production, no matter your stance on the music itself. In another interview in the Quietus magazine in response to Skrillex’s popularity, Skream said “You haven’t got to like his music, you don’t particularly have to like him, but there’s no reason you can’t like what he’s done.” And the dubstep fans claims of so called “annoying fans” of brostep need to

DUBSTEP - Music around 140bpm in tempo, the unifying sounds within dubstep are always bass and sub-bass. The music ranges in style from melodious instrumentals to dark, techy and distorted numbers.

BROSTEP - Brostep is a relatively new sub-genre of music (born out of Dubstep micro-genre) which has no emphasis on soul. Unlike Dubstep where sub bass is key, Brostep places more emphasis on ratty high frequency samples and oscillators that aren’t even low frequency.

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The Legend Of Korra: Why the Sequel to Avatar: The Last Airbender Will Blow Your Mind

By Sophia M. Photo Courtesy of Nickelodeon

Korra looking at Republic City

The Legend of Korra: the astounding new sequel to Avatar: The Last Airbender

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hat could a small, bald 12-year-old Air Nomad monk with blue arrow tattoos on his head, hands, and feet and a fierce 17-year-old Water Tribe girl with her hair in three ponytails ever have in common? For one thing, they are the Avatar, past and future. They are also characters in the Avatar series from Nickelodeon. The monk is Aang, the Avatar and main character in the series Avatar: The Last Airbender, while the Water Tribe girl is the Avatar and the main character in Avatar: The Legend Of Korra. The series came out on April 14, 2012, to the excitement of many Avatar fans, which are sometimes referred to as Avatards.

Many Avatards have high expectations

in the future. As such, the technology must have advanced, and would have been centered on the power sources the people had: namely, their bending. (For those of you that are a little behind: some people in the Avatarverse are born able to manipulate a certain element; either water, earth, fire, or air. The Avatar can manipulate all four.) Personally, I have nothing against the technology advances. It will be interesting to see what kind of fantastical contraptions the creators come up with.

Because the original series was so amazing, for The Legend of Korra. As Pia Sen, an avid Avatard Avatards expect Legend of Korra to be just as good, and LASA student, says “The new [series] will have but on the next level. The fans that originally watched potential. It is being written with much history and the show have grown, but they will still want to culture behind it, and with a female heroine.” watch a series as great as the original. Since the fans

However, there are some Avatar fans that have grown up, however, the creators are going for a have reason to be suspicious of the success of Legend more mature cast of characters and a more realistic of Korra. Since the spin-off series is taking place sev- series of events, to match the growth and expectaenty years after the tions of fans. I believe end of series Avatar: that the new maThe Last Airbender, turity in the series the creators have will make it great, gone for a more inbecause it deals with dustrialized setting. subjects that fans The series is set in a will be experiencing more modernized, in their real lives on a st eam - pu n k e s q ue day to day basis.

Avatarverse.

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According Legend of Korra is to Nickelodeon’s going to be an amazLegend of Korra ing new sequel to press site, the coAvatar: The Last creators, Michael Airbender, because Dante DiMartino it is a new tale cenand Bryan Konietzko tering on the events of Nickelodeon, have that came to pass in also decided to have Avatar: The Last Airone major setting bender. throughout the series instead of the world Avatar Korra touring adventures of the original series. As Legend of Korra is only supposed to be a mini-series, the confined setting is ideal for the length of the series.

The steam-punk style technology could alienate the fans that liked the simpler technology of the original series. However, the series is set seventy years

“The [Legend of Korra] will have potential.”

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Best of Both iTunes and Pandora By: Armando Rodriguez

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ow a days when almost any song from any artist can easily found be and downloaded for free within a few seconds Spotify has amazingly achieved getting 2.5 million users to pay for music again. Spotify was released on the 10th of February 2009 and later on in the United States on the 14th of July 2011. Since then Spotify has gained a massive wave of support from music lovers with access to its massive music library. Spotify has a library consisting of more than 10 million songs as of September of 2010 (Wired).

Spotify is an amazing up and coming music streaming program because it lets you play the song you want, unlike other musics

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streaming programs like Pandora which only make play music similar to your selection. This coupled with the millions of songs to choose from helps explain the success that has attained Spotify 2.5 million paying subscribers as of November 23, 2011 (Spotify). Spotify is available as free and premium versions.

For those who don’t want to pay monthly for premium both the mobile version and the offline mode are disabled but still get unlimited streaming from Spotify for the first six months.

You might still be wondering why pay 10 dollars a month to stream music when it can be downloaded permanently for free almost anywhere on the Internet. There are a few rea-

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A screenshot of the main Spotify interface. anywhere on the Internet. There are a few reason and the first one is that it isn’t illegal like pirating songs and it comes without a risk of downloading a file with a virus, spy ware or any other of the potentially dangerous stuff that is floating around all over the Internet. Spotify also allows for music on the go without a Internet connection with a downloadable song feature that comes with premium membership that is accessible at any time.

If you are going to spend any money on music you might as well get Spotify. Even for free all members get access to over 10 million songs. There is unlimited streaming for six months for free users, for $4.99 you get unlimited streaming without advertisements and for only 9.99$ a month you get premium features like mobile access, offline mode and getting to look through your friends playlists and song history. Getting this much music on Itunes is impossible, it would take forever to try and find all these songs on pirating websites like the Pirate Bay and Spotify’s massive music library completely annihilates Pandora’s library of only 800 thousand songs plus Spotify allows you to play the exact song you want.

Considering the Spotify is relatively new it is producing new features at an amazing rate leaving fans like me waiting for what

is next to come. It hasn’t been long since they introduced their radio function that makes stations similar to music you play or makes a station bases on genre. With a library that grows by 10,000 new songs a day and that its producers are pumping out new add-ons constantly it’s no wonder Spotify has grown so much and will continue to expand and get better in the very near future.

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