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How Google Music Works: Somebody Tell Jimmy Iovine They Don't Just Rely on Algorithms!
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As it turns out even Google, possibly the company most associated with removing humans from decision making systems, is using human curation in its development of the Google Play Music All Access streaming subscription service. Insiders recently explained how Google combines algorithmic decision making and human insights to power its music experience. It's a good thing nobody really cared that Jimmy Iovine misrepresented objective reality in his early hype tour for Daisy, the digital music flower that has yet to ...
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Watch Demo of iTunes Radio: How Apple is Transforming Music Consumption
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When Apple launched Siri in 2011, Kyle Bylin wrote that, as it evolved, the iPhone operating system would likely transform how we interact with music. Now, a new video that provides a first look at iTunes Radio, iOS7 and how Siri powers the music experience, shows that Bylin's predictions are coming true. VIDEO & ANALYSIS “Most music apps fail because they solve problems that not enough people have, or are sufficiently aware of," wrote Bylin in Billboard in October of 2011. “With ...
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Controlling Your Music Via WI-Fi and Movement Without a Motion Sensor
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By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. We are fascinated with new ways to control our tunes, because smartphones get in the way of music apps. We've already been mightily impressed by the way Leap Motion's neat little cameras can let music fans control Spotify by waving their hands around in front of their computers, and also by apps that let you remix or otherwise affect music as it is playing, using gesture controls. But nothing prepared us for the knowledge ...
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'Back to Vinyl: The Office Turntable' Merges Analogue and Digital, Wins Cannes Lions Gold
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Last week, at Cannes Lions Festival, Diddy pitched Revolt TV and Damian Kulash went in search of sponsors. But a huge part of the marketing and advertising Festival involves awards, one of which went to a unique project designed to take vinyl cool and create a hybrid analogue/digital marketing campaign for Germany's Kontor Records. Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity is a major event for marketing and ad agencies with a wide range of awards. This year's competition received 35,765 ...
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6 Point Guide to Live Broadcasting on YouTube
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By Matt Schlicht of Hipset Network. You may have been uploading videos to YouTube for years - hell you may even have been able to build up a decent fan base. You know the tips, the best practices, the best camera angles, how the audio equipment works, how to promote your videos, how to respond to the comments. That's great. Live broadcasting is completely different. YouTube just gave the ability to live broadcast to every channel with over 1,000 subscribers. ...
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2013 Winners of the SF MusicTech Summit Startup Showcase Challenge
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The SF MusicTech Summit Startup Showcase Challenge provides startups the opportunity to demo their services at the Summit. Last week a new batch of interesting startups took the honors and shared their work. Definitely worth a look to see who's making moves often before they're making news Not all the startups who present at SF MusicTech Summit are strictly music-related, though the Thinkplay team pictured in the thumbnail above certainly are, but those that aren't are clearly relevant to music ...
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Music Tech Exec Roundtable: Who Does Music Discovery Appeal To?
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By Kyle Bylin of sidewinder.fm Twitter #Music is a music discovery tool. You can lean back and listen to each music chart like a radio station, but you often need to pull out your iPhone and skip past undesirable songs. Given the low ranking of Twitter #Music in the App Store charts a month after its launch, some industry pundits are calling the app a flop. It may be that the appeal of music discovery is limited to a niche audience. Below ...
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Special Music Event? Splash Offers a Solid Free Combo of Promo Website, Email and Ticketing
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Splash is an events website that provides serve yourself event pages, email and ticketing services for special events. It looks great, but at first I considered it overkill for most musicians' needs until reading some of Solveig Whittle's comments about using Splash for a special CD release party. Yesterday I spoke with her a bit more about her experience of using Splash and why it was particularly appropriate for supporting a unique event. What is Splash? Splash is a multifaceted ...
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