Meta

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M E T A Songwriter, singer and percussionist, meta writes spontaneous and sensitive music. He defines his work as world songs. "Songs" stands for the form he uses, "world" for the sounds and subsaharian rhythmic backbone as well as the large space he dedicates to improvisation. In order to give shape to his repertoire, Meta called upon accomplished jazz musicians ready to enter in resonance with his singular universe. Meta’s music is a magical blend of musical cultures that introduces a collection of songs charged with emotional depth and infused with the energy of his performances. CD "Epigram" Meta

Meta Trends That Will Shape Music Industry In 2019

Source: HypeBot
November 28, 2018

As the music industry closes the door on 2018, some of the promised technologies of the year, like blockchain and AI, hit the world of music with more of a fizzle than a bang, but 2018 did deliver some indicators for what meta trends will likely have the most impact as we move forward into 2019. Guest post by Mark Mulligan from the Music Industry Blog MIDiA has just published its annual predictions report. Here are a few highlights. 2018 ...
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Music Industry

Meta-Metadata: Turning Three Text Fields Into Millions of Dollars

Source: HypeBot
November 2, 2017

As the number of data records music companies continues to grow, the value of efficiency has continued to increase, particularly given that each record contains only a few points of data. To a keen observer, there are deep, financially beneficial possibilities in this track-related information. Guest post by Jesse Buddington, Director of Licensing Operations at Loudr Leaping from a few hundred thousand to trillions of lines in a few short years, the number of data records music companies must process has grown exponentially. ...
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Event

Metá Metá Set To Rock Button Factory, Dublin, 7 December

Source: All About Jazz
November 28, 2014

“An extraordinary style – the music echoes everything from punk rock to freeform jazz and samba” —The Guardian “Metá Metá are a raucous trio intent on shattering images of Brazilian music” —The Wire Over a squalling chaos of improvised guitar and squealing sax, a primal female voice cries out to out to Exu, the gatekeeper of the Afro-Brazilian religion Candomblé. This is the sound of Metá Metá - vocalist Juçara Marçal, saxophonist Thiago França and guitarist Kiko Dinucci – a ...
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Recording

Adam Rudolph and Ralph Jones - Ya Ya- (Meta)

Source: Master of a Small House
April 20, 2010

Subtitled “A Psalm of Prototypical Vibrations", Adam Rudolph's latest project for percussion and partner is firmly ensconced in the guiding spiritual philosophy that has long informed his playing. Under his conception, rhythms are a conduit and connective tissue for life. Percussive instruments, referred to here as membranophones and idiophones, are but one family of vessels through which these healing and sustaining vibrations travel. Rudolph's partner Ralph Jones handles a variety of reed and wind instruments, referred to collectively as aerophones, ...
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Technology

Rovi's AMG + Muze = Music Mega Meta Data

Source: HypeBot
March 10, 2010

Rovi Corporation (the corporation formerly know as Macrovision) has added a new music data offering that combines music metadata from its AMG and Muze services, creating a superset of data from both acquisitions.The combined database includes more than 1.8 million pop and classical music albums and 16 million tracks,

The new database, Rovi Music, provides a single data source that provides multiple forms of data to support variety of devices and services across a broad array of platforms ...
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