Jan 28 2009
This Week in Linktown [Jan 18 to Jan 25]
Opentape
Opentape is a free, open-source package that lets you make and host your own mixtapes on the web.
Blog Links Archive
Jan 21 2009
This Week in Linktown [Jan 11 to Jan 18]
Why give music away for free?
1) You’re not giving away music, you’re giving away RECORDINGS of your music;
2) Don’t try to make money from your music, make money BECAUSE of your music;
2) Don’t try to make money from your music, make money BECAUSE of your music;
Roger Riley & Teddy Troutman – Death of Autotune
What if these classic hip hop tracks had been recorded using AutoTune on the vocals? They would sound like this.
Dec 24 2008
This Week in Linktown [Dec 14 to Dec 21]
“Wow Rock Stars Ask For Some Stupid Crap”
A Foo Fighters tour rider from earlier this year. On red and/or blue Solo cups: “I WILL CALL OUT A CATERING JIHAD IF WE DO NOT HAVE THESE CUPS”
A Shitload of Gig Posters
It’s uhh… a shitload of gig posters.
Dec 17 2008
This Week in Linktown [Dec 07 to Dec 14]
Music Licensing Fee Included In Your Tuition?
U.S. universities are getting a glimpse at a plan that would build a small music-royalty fee into the tuition payments they receive from students.
Nettwerk CEO Terry McBride Puts Fans in Charge of Bands
The people formerly known as the audience (TPFKATA) are doing more than just fact-checking newspaper stories, time-shifting TV shows and capturing breaking news on their cameraphones. They are also helping run their favorite bands, designing and voting on concert T-shirts, mixing studio albums and even voting on which cities should be included in a band’s tour.
Dec 10 2008
This Week in Linktown [Nov 30 to Dec 07]
Beep-it optical theremin synthesizer
Beep-it is an optical theremin synthesizer. It outputs a square wave signal whose pitch is modified by the amount of light detected. The sound resembles that of early 8-bit video games.
phrequency | hear philly first
Community music site specifically for Philly (and surrounding area) artists. I guess I should probably sign up for this.
Vector Drums
A drum kit application for Microsoft Surface (http://www.microsoft.com/surface/)
Nov 26 2008
This Week in Linktown [Nov 16 to Nov 23]
The 20 Things You Must Know About Music Online
A free e-book (PDF) from the New Music Strategies blog.
How to destroy the music business
This will only take a second.
The Alternative Nation Podcast Show
The Alternative Nation Podcast is the only and best place to find the music stars of tomorrow today along with todays best top talent.
Rise Of The Musical Middle Class
The digital music revolution has fractured media consumption into niches, shifted creation and distribution from the few to the many and nearly leveled the playing field between the powerful labels and the committed individual….
Nov 23 2008
The Sixty One
thesixtyone makes music culture more democratic: artists upload their work for review, but, rather than allow a stuffy suit in a boardroom to decide what’s good, thousands of listeners do. The best music automagically bubbles up on our homepage where you can listen to the most popular songs for any genre. It’s a quick way to find new music for your iPod powered by pure excitement as opposed to some contrived marketing budget.
I haven’t totally figured this site out yet. It’s like a mix of a social music site and a role playing game. Artists get points when people listen to their music. After a certain amount of points, the artist “levels up” allowing them to add more music. Listeners also get points for rating artists, and can level up as well.
It’s an approach to a music site that I haven’t seen before. We’re already at level 3 and will be adding more music soon. In the meantime, head over and sign up and help us level up some more (and hopefully find some other good music at the same time).
Nov 5 2008
This Week in Linktown [Oct 26 to Nov 02]
MTV MUSIC – I Want My MTV
Remember that channel from the 80s that played all those music videos? I think it was called MTV. They have a website now where you can watch thousands of videos for free.
Oct 22 2008
This Week in Linktown [Oct 12 to Oct 19]
Radiohead’s Numbers Are in, and Yes, the Experiment Worked – Mashable
Remember Radiohead’s experiment, in which they let people choose how much they wanted to pay for their latest album, In Rainbows? Call it a publicity stunt or an innovative business model, but the initial numbers show that the experiment was a success.
Oct 8 2008
This Week in Linktown [Sep 28 to Oct 05]
Behind the Scenes of The Demise of Muxtape – Webmonkey
Although no lawsuit was every formally filed, the threat of one was enough to convince Muxtape’s founder Justin Ouellette to shut the service down.
