Comments on: How to add lyrics to your iPhone, iPod touch songs

By: Tommy

Tommy — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:41:46 +0000

“I am not sure I have enough time in my day to actually write to the owner of that site and make comments”

you do & you did.

By: Marc Saltzman

Marc Saltzman — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:59:09 +0000

Thanks, Phil. Appreciate the kind words.

The “Slacker” music app is supposed to come to Canada soon and it supports the BlackBerry. You can choose to read lyrics while listening to music with this app.

Happy new year,

Marc

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By: Phil

Phil — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:18:44 +0000

Sorry lost the context of the blog, great tip works supper as I can watch the lyrics while running on the treadmill.

Thx tons Marc this is a great tip too bad it will not sync with my BB Storm.

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By: Phil

Phil — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:14:54 +0000

Well, Bells Hells, I might as well add to this love hate fest. I am usually a stickler for proper writing especially using Canadian spelling as opposed to American spelling. As one born long before the 70’s I fully understood the intention of the written blog right through. Also noting along the way that vinyl is coming back into vogue, as it is a much better listening medium in that it records all the high and low ranges of the music as originally played.

“Happy New Year Marc, and keep up the great work.”

Not Always Perfect,
Phil

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By: Marc Saltzman

Marc Saltzman — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:51:32 +0000

Thanks, Marc! Appreciate the kudos.

Love the spelling of your name, too!

Best,

Marc

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By: Marc C.

Marc C. — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:39:24 +0000

Wow… and I thought I was tough on writers for their poor understanding and use of the English language. Still, Lindsay is correct. Just for the record Mr. Saltzman is one of the better bloggers I’ve read, with a light, breezy style and, on the whole, he makes few ‘ENGRISH’ mistakes.

Moving along… On my desktop system I use Winamp as my music player of choice. Among the many (thousands of) plugins available are a few used to display lyrics and even to sync them to the music, almost Karaoke-style.

Happy New Year to all,

Marc C.

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By: Marc Saltzman

Marc Saltzman — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:32:35 +0000

Thanks Patti and Twitch,

While I welcome constructive criticism, calling this blog post “drivel” because of a minor grammatical mistake is a little over-the-top, no? Maybe if Fedup and Lindsay spent a nice New Year’s Eve together they’d have something better to do than write such comments (and slam Symaptico) over a small error. Hopefully, most readers of this blog post will find this tech tip a useful one!

Happy new year, guys!

Best,

Marc

P.S. Patti, I just tested this on an iPod touch (by following the step-by-step instructions) and it worked the same as my iPhone. If it doesn’t work for you, please let me know.

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By: Twitch

Twitch — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 13:47:59 +0000

“So vinyl was out walking about with shipping, and together they lost some magic.”

This, on the other hand, I could not decipher.

Could you explain please Lindsay? Perhaps English majors are the only ones who can understand such grammatical similes.

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By: Twitch

Twitch — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 13:41:52 +0000

““While CD’s often shipped with booklets, it lost some of the magic with vinyl” Shipped is a past participle, not a transitive verb, and it needs an auxiliary. “it” has no clear antecedent. The structure of the sentence suggests that “it” refers to the act of shipping. “lost some of the magic with vinyl” – So vinyl was out walking about with shipping, and together they lost some magic. I think that qualifies as drivel.”

Wow, some English prof just sounded smart on the interweb! While technically correct in an overzealous forensic analysis of the case, I would have to respectfully disagree that such minuscule grammar mistakes (only obvious to a language elitist) would qualify as drivel.

I understood the content. Perhaps the English professor should read the lyrics of a song some time for a clear example of what drivel might be.

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By: Patti

Patti — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 13:11:43 +0000

By the way Marc, I have to comment that I enjoy reading your articles, and if I was to ever find it to be filled with “useless drivel” I would merely move on to another site. I am not sure I have enough time in my day to actually write to the owner of that site and make comments as Fedup did. The expression “Keep your comments to yourself” would apply here.

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