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How I Used Twitter to Live-Blog the Opera

Source: All About Jazz
July 3, 2010

Opera and Twitter: Could any two vehicles for human expression be more diametrically opposed? And yet they kind of go together, as I found out this week while live-tweeting the San Francisco Opera's performance of Wagner's Die Walkre, a four- and-half-hour epic noted for its ambitious staging, bravura solos, massively overwhelming orchestration and ladies with pointy Viking hats.

Yes, I was the annoying guy sitting amid a sea of evening wear in a T-shirt and sneakers, holding an iPhone as ...

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Apple's iAds: Imagine the Possibilities

Source: HypeBot
July 3, 2010

This first look at Apple's new iPhone iAds advertising platform comes courtesy of ad giant Chiat/Day and it has nothing to do with music.  But as you watch this pitch for Nissan's Leaf electric car, imagine how it could be used for music promotion.

The iAd pushes a rich and interactive app-like experience onto the phone--no download required.  It's doubtful that any music company will be buying iAds soon--early marketers are said to have paid $1 million for the priviledge. ...

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Data: How Do Major Acts Use Social Media?

Source: HypeBot
July 3, 2010

Famecount publishes charts of the top music artists on social networking sites based on their friend and follower counts on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.  Sandbox has done a great job of turning the data in to charts that offer a glimpse at  how each of these major artists uses social networks and how their fans want to interact with them.

The Top Artists on Social Networks # 7-14:

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ASCAP Bows Online Invoice

Source: All About Jazz
July 2, 2010

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers announced the launch of cue sheet access on its Member Access online portal, allowing its almost 400,000 members to monitor data on music performed in audio-visual programming.

Cue sheets, which act as a kind of invoice, are the most reliable source for keeping track of musical content in a particular film or television program, and determine royalty payments to composers, lyricists and publishers. “America is the leading source of film and television ...

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Sound Around: New iPhone Music App Builder

Source: HypeBot
July 2, 2010

Sound Aroundlaunched today as a platform for musicians to build their own iPhone Apps. You can check outan app they madeforthe Riverboat Gamblers here. In the nearfuture, they plan to extend their service to include Android, but for now, here's a great demo of how it works and 3 chances to with a free app:

Also: Retweet this post and the guys from Sound Around will select 3 people at random ...

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Google Me: Another Next Social Network

Source: HypeBot
July 2, 2010

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Jed Carlson: Why You Need a Social Media Strategy

Source: HypeBot
July 2, 2010

On Hypebot's Social Media Day, we missed posting this piece by ReverbNation's Jed Carlson. (Sorry Jed!) But it it's a good one that deserves your time--just like the other great pieces of advice and philosophy that were shared yesterday.

What's special about Social Media is that it has incredible marketing leverage when compared to other mediums. Campaigns are less expensive to execute and can reach exponentially more people when done right. Done wrong, Social Media can spread bad brand ...

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Apple to iPhone 4 Users: It's the Bars, Stupid

Source: Michael Ricci
July 2, 2010

Apple says iPhones have been displaying too many signal bars because of a software glitch.

After going back to the lab and doing some retesting, Apple Inc. says it's not a defective antenna causing an apparent drop in reception in its newest iPhone, it's the bars showing signal strength. Apple issued a press release addressed to its iPhone 4 users Friday in response to complaints that the device drops four or five bars of reception when holding it in such ...

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