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Analyzing Music Taste to Improve Group Learning at Play with Your Music
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HypeBot
From The Echo Nest Blog. The folks at MIT Media Lab, NYU, and Peer 2 Peer University recently set out to teach the world how to manipulate music with a computer and a browser through interactive classes on PlayWithYourMusic.org. When 5,282 people registered for the course, their suspicion that people would be interested in this were confirmed. Then, they had a new problem: how to split all of these people into groups, so that the people in each group would ...
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U.S. Court Strikes Down Net Neutrality: What It Means for Music, FOMC Reacts
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HypeBot
A U.S. federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down key parts of the FCC's Open Internet rules, saying that the agency does not have the power to require internet service providers to treat all traffic equally. If upheld, the ruling could have a major effect on innovation in music online. Most music tech startups deliver bandwidth heavy content including streaming video and music. If the ruling is upheld, ISP's, like Verizon who brought the suit, could charge for priority access. That would ...
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How Soundcloud Can Move Beyond Music to be the Sound Sharing Platform It Wishes It Was
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Yesterday SoundCloud launched a new messaging system but while it adds some communication options it's not the collaborative move forward I imagined. In fact, my own initial confusion caused me to step back and consider how SoundCloud's user interface connects to their bigger vision. It strikes me as being at an in-between place, which makes sense, but one that's moving towards more superficial social sharing and away from collaboration. My limited take is that this move is part of a ...
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Trending into 2014: Music and Tech Trends
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2013 was an eventful year in which a lot of things happened but only a few of my expectations and predictions were fulfilled. So rather than predicting things I'm going to share some specific trends related to music and tech that I think are worth keeping in mind as one evaluates the New Year. In addition I'll include comments about their relevance to DIY and indie music as appropriate. Video, Global, Mobile Year of YouTube Despite obvious piracy YouTube has ...
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The Internet of Things Could Bring Music to Your Home Appliances
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By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. The personal tech revolution that encouraged many of us to look at screens for the past 15 years or so is shifting. As we enter the internet of things, apps will no longer be bound to computers and smartphones. As it turns out, putative enemies, futurists and Luddites are actually united: Neither camp wants people looking at screens all day. The “internet of things” premise seems fantastical to some people but it is real. Speakers, ...
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Muzeek Receives Seed Investment to Disrupt the Gig Booking Process [updated]
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HypeBot
Muzeek is a music tech startup headquartered in Australia that provides a platform for managing the gig booking process for all involved from artists to venues. Launched back in February, Muzeek recently completed an undisclosed seed investment round with The Sydney Angels and was also recognized for growth momentum by business data company SIGNL. I spoke yesterday with Founder and Creative Director Danny Fiorentini about their first year in business. I previously wrote about Muzeek back in May as a ...
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Dickens Of A Twitter Torrent From An Ancient Future Present Starring Etherseizer Scrooogle
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Matthew Montfort
The week of December 9, the twitter account of the world fusion music band Ancient Future is hosting a twitter torrent from Ancient Future leader Matthew Montfort's spooky little spoof, “Dickens of an Ancient Future Present." Based on Charles Dickens’ classic “A Christmas Carole," the spoof follows Etherseizer Scrooogle as he is haunted by four phantoms: his deceased search partner Torrent Pirate, the Ghost of the Ancient Future Past, the Ghost of the Ancient Future Present, and the Ghost of ...
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Sonicbids to Go Offline for "Re-Launch" This Weekend
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HypeBot
Sonicbids is “re-launching" it's platform, according to an email sent to users yesterday afternoon. The music gig and opportunity platform will go offline temporarily starting Sunday, December 8th at 11:59PM EST. There was no word as to how long the outage was scheduled to last. “You can expect an enhanced user experience with new tools and some awesome advancements to your EPK and the find gigs page," according to the email. Here is the full text: EXCITING NEWS! We're re-launching Sonicbids.com very soon. ...
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