#music (617 links)
- TrackGrouping - MusicBrainz musicbrainz.org
Musicbrainz Pie in the Sky page makes my head hurt. "This page describes (or contains discussions about) major new evolutions that will likely require dramatic changes to the server codebase (what we usually refer to as NGS), or an important additional quantity of development work. "
- Avant Garde Project - 20th Century Classical, Electroacoustic, Avant Garde Music Downloads avantgardeproject.org
A series of recordings of 20th-century classical-experimental-electroacoustic music digitized from LPs whose music has in most cases never been released on CD, and so is effectively inaccessible to the vast majority of music listeners today.
- EMI's £700k taxi bill • The Register theregister.co.uk
The report says that costs at EMI Music were out of control, and that reporting structures were so dysfunctional, management struggled to find out the true picture.
- Band Metrics - Private Beta bandmetrics.com
Sounds dead handy. In beta. "Band Metrics helps musicians and bands analyze and measure the success of their music."
- Dropcards | Create your own digital download cards dropcards.com
Very glad someone is doing this. Looks like a good service, but quite pricey and doesn't help satisfying instant gratification urge with online sales.
- But if they steal it - how can I make money? | New Music Strategies newmusicstrategies.com · Archived on
Some sensible arguments here.
An international music marketing collective offering sonic strategies for brands and their agencies, along with brand strategies for musicians, managers and labels.
- 10 Mistakes Bands and Musicians Make - Music Think Tank - Music Think Tank musicthinktank.com · Archived on
Surprisingly good article.
According to reports most fans chose to pay nothing to download the album. However, it still generated more money before it was physically released (on December 31) than the total money generated by sales of the band's previous album, 2003's 'Hail To The Thief'.
- Radar Music Videos | connecting filmmakers with music video opportunities radarmusicvideos.com
Radar was set up in 2006 to inspire, empower and connect people worldwide through music video filmmaking.
I recently stumbled across Radar Music Videos. It’s a site that connects independent video producers with musicians, with some quite spectacular results. For quite realistic budgets, there are some very impressive music promo clips.
An open collective of electronic musicians and visual artists who use the internet as their main means of communication. It is a network of groups and individuals who come together to make live electronic music events happen.
- x0xb0x: Transistorize the World ladyada.net
A full reproduction of the original Roland TB-303 [...] The x0xb0x will never become 'discontinued,' because it is fully documented and released (under an appropriate open-source license). The PCB files (schematic, board, BOM and gerbers), firmware, software and panel DXFs are available for download.
Social media strategy suggestions from Dubber.
- THE FEATURED ARTISTS COALITION featuredartistscoalition.com
The Featured Artists' Coalition campaigns for the protection of performers' and musicians' rights. We want all artists to have more control of their music and a much fairer share of the profits it generates in the digital age.
- MySpace Music Puts The Industry On The Right Track techcrunch.com
"So why is the experience just an 8/10? For now only U.S. users can access the new music content [...] there’s lots of work to do on the product itself. There’s no way to share public playlists, for example. And unlike iMeem, MySpace Music doesn’t yet offer the ability to embed the music player into other sites. Also, my browser crashed repeatedly tonight while I was testing the service." 8/10? Talk about ratings inflation.
- Xfm Uploaded xfmuploaded.co.uk
Xfm's unsigned band network. Bands can create a homepage, upload songs, post gig info, build a gallery and receive a unique Xfm Uploaded web address. They might even get played on Xfm itself.
- Bandcamp bandcamp.mu
Looks nice. "Bandcamp isn’t Yet Another Place to Put Your Music. We power a site that’s yours. So instead of our logo plastered between banner ads for Sexy Singles Chat, your fans see your design, your music, your name, your URL."
- SoundUnwound soundunwound.com
New music site from IMDb and Amazon; pulls data from Musicbrainz, Wikipedia and various other places.
- Welcome - SoundCloud soundcloud.com
We got fed up with the crappy tools available for sending and receiving music and felt we’d do things a little different. This is our version of how things should be.
"Synthpop, wonky techno and electronica from a selection of Uncharted Audio artists and their friends." I made this.
Impressed by Ghostly International; how a record label site should work.
A freshly launched elective payment music site. Artists upload their music and listeners electively pay the artist what they want to download their albums.
- What’s the best way to manage a fan list? | New Music Strategies newmusicstrategies.com
"Inside the CrowdFire pavilion, event attendees could upload their photos, video, and text to a new site that made it possible for people not in attendance to experience the event." Not entirely convinced.
- Opentape opentape.fm
"A free, open-source package that lets you make and host your own mixtapes on the web. Upload songs (via web or FTP), reorder, rename, customize the style, and share what you like on other sites with an embeddable player.
Driven by iTunes and the iPod, Gen Y has a voracious appetite for digital music, ring tones and all things mobile.
- track locker brainwashed.com
Hard to find Luke Vibert tracks.
- Orange RockCorps orangerockcorps.co.uk
You give 4 hours of your time to your community, and you Get Given 1 ticket to a gig featuring the best acts around. You can't buy a ticket. You have to earn this ticket.
- Minotaur Shock minotaurshock.com
New Minotaur Shock album on 4AD: "Instead of doing a Radiohead and asking you to pay what you think the music is worth, I have decided to try and explain what I feel the music is worth, and explain my reasoning. Of course, in an ideal world I would charge you £20.00 per track, but I’m a realist."
Imeem is the third-largest social network in the United States after MySpace and Facebook; and it's now the No. 1 streaming music site in the US. That puts it above one of our favorites, CBS-owned last.fm.
- People's Music Store peoplesmusicstore.com
New mp3 shop with a twist; users set up their own shopfronts using site's catalogue. Ex-Bleep people involved, apparently.
- Revamped Last.fm boasts 'smartest' ads on the web - Times Online technology.timesonline.co.uk
Last.fm, which announces a major relaunch today, will start showing advertising that can tap into the community features of the site, making adverts more engaging, the site said.
- What's the best way to include album art? | Ask Metafilter ask.metafilter.com
If I'm making an album available on the web, whats the best album art file names and dimensions to include with the download? Is it worth it to include a playlist file?
- Big Six UK ISPs Capitulate To Music Industry slashdot.org
Fantastic comment on music industry/illegal downloads/self-promotion on Slashdot.
"Maybe building a street team of trusted individuals who are tapped into powerful networks, and enabling and rewarding them to evangelise in quiet, enthusiastic tones on your behalf is better than gathering as many random MySpace accounts as you can find
- Slashdot | Big Six UK ISPs Capitulate To Music Industry tech.slashdot.org
"Britain's six leading internet providers have signed a Government-led agreement to stamp out illegal music file sharing." Bah.
- Jonathan Coulton » Blog Archive » How I Did It jonathancoulton.com
Since the big NY Times Magazine article a lot of just-starting indie musicians have been writing to ask about how I made all of this happen.