I just deployed a new update to Brasee.com, and it includes a couple of big changes. First off, all of my songs are now available as free MP3 downloads! I figured that since the best things on the internet are free, these songs should also be free. You get free songs, my site meets best-things-on-the-internet eligibility requirements, everyone wins! Plus, PayPal never let me set up a micropayment account (despite me calling them multiple times), so they charge a 30-cent fee for a 50-cent song, LOL.
So you can now download the MP3s directly from the album pages. I had to cut the bitrate down slightly to make bandwidth more manageable, but they still sound pretty good IMHO. I still have the CDs for sale too, so if you'd prefer to listen to the songs in pristine quality, that's the way to go.
I've also started working on a new ragtime album entitled 'Dusty Keys'. Ragtime is so amazingly fun to play, especially Scott Joplin's pieces, so I thought it would be fun to put together the songs I have played over the years. I have also written a couple of rags, so when I get a chance I'll record those too.

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Posted by JAKUB on Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 at 05:41 PM
Posted by JAKUB on Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 at 05:42 PM
Posted by JAKUB on Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 at 05:43 PM
Posted by Kaleb Brasee on Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 at 06:33 PM
I would pay 30 cents for a Fiddy Cent song.
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Right after I typed the words "50-cent song" I thought to myself, "How many days until someone interprets this as the gangsta 50 Cent himself?" The answer: LESS THAN 1 DAY! This is much sooner than even I had hoped for.
Posted by Ranjit on Sunday, July 19th, 2009 at 01:57 PM
Posted by Kaleb Brasee on Sunday, July 19th, 2009 at 10:41 PM
I have never signed up for a Twitter account, I will have to check it out. But like my Facebook status, I would probably always forget to update it, haha.
Yeah, the CAPTCHA is VERY quick and dirty, LOL. I had bots posting on my site about 300 times a day, so I had to do something. RoseIndia had some good example code for working with the Java AWT graphics classes, so I used that. Once I finish my chess web app I'll take your advice and make a better CAPTCHA (or maybe just find a good 3rd party library one).