About once a month I find myself looking through the Amazon MP3 Store. If you aren’t familiar with it, Amazon sells MP3 that are DRM free and they sell them at a very reasonable price.  It integrates with iTunes; the Amazon music downloader simply imports songs directly into iTunes if that is what you use.  If you are not an iTunes/iPod user, you have MP3s on your hard drive that can be imported into any audio program or player on the planet.

While perusing the Amazon Store I recently stumbled across a guitarist named Devin Townsend (Amazon Page).  I downloaded his album Terria, which is a heavy metal effort.  I was impressed with his music.  Last night I downloaded his album Ki, which is closer to Pink Floyd.  It is the first album of a 4 album project in which he is exploring various music styles.  The next is due out soon.  I really, really like Ki.  It is a fantastic album to program to or to blog to for that matter, as I am listening to it now.

Townsend is a talented musician and I am impressed with his range.  If you are looking for something a little different that still has a familiar rock sound, he is your man.