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The First Ipad Street Musician?
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Well, this is a case of 'it was bound to happen.' Yet the idea of a street musician playing a sitar on an iPad is still very intriguing. According to Alex Shpil, the publisher of the video, she used the Seline HD app and was also recording the sound using binaural microphones. Does the fact that the girl is playing on a relatively expensive device—a new iPod—change people's perceptions of how much they're willing to drop in her 'instrument' case? ...
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Cool Alert: Nic Harcourt's Back with Livebuzz
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Former KCRW “Morning Becomes Eclectic" host Nick Harcourt is back as curator of The LiveBuzz. It's Buzzmedia's new addition to an music and celebrity blog empire that includes Stereogum, Idolator, Absolute Punk and more. Once dubbed the “Star Maker of the Semipopular," Harcourt and his bosses ar Buzzmedia are promising to offer a curated alternative to the clutter of Vevo, YouTube and MTV. Missing from most video sites is “a sense of intimacy," Hartcourt told Fast Company. “The stuff that ...
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Do Search Inquiries Indicate Hit or Miss Albums?
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Say you're a new artist or have signed one to your roster. Months have gone by, the recording process is over, the CDs are ready to be shipped, and the marketing push has long since been underway. What data would be most helpful in determining how successful the new song or album is going to be? There are a number of traditional routes, however, a recent line of research is suggesting that search inquiries predict the success for films, games, and ...
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80% Of American Public Does Not Support Government Mandated FM Tuners in Cell Phones
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In retaliation to the survey that the National Association of Broadcasters conducted—that showed 78% of the American public would consider paying a one-time fee of 30¢ to gain access to local radio stations through the built-in cell phone chip—the Consumer Electronics Association has carried out their own survey. In it, they report that 70% of cell and smart phone users are not interested in receiving FM radio broadcasts on their phones. More damning still, CEA survey found that 80% does ...
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BitTorrent Asks Artists to Get in Bed with the Devil
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BitTorrent has created a pilot program that encourages musicians to submit their creative works for the chance to be spotlighted on their site, which reaches over 80 million music enthusiasts around the world. Course, for all you know, your works might already be in their promotional network that distributes music globally at baffling speeds. With their Featured Artists pilot program the tech company is striving to “bridge the relationship between creators and consumers, and help artists embrace the digital age ...
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Want More Fans? Buy a Twitter "Promoted Account"
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(UPDATED) Want more fans? At a tech conference today, Twitter will reportedly announce an approved and sanctioned way to collect. Just buy a newly created Promoted Account, and Twitter will try to help increase your Twitter following. Their method is to insert you alongside other Twitter users it suggests in its “Who to Follow" feature. Just think, your band's name will be right next to Tila Tequila! “Twitter will try to make the promotions palatable to users by serving up ...
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An Audience with an Audience: What Digital Technologies Are Changing About Live Music
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Traditionally, when journalists write about the widening of the digital divide, what they're talking about is the gap between those who have access to digital technologies and those that don't. As a recent article in The Wall Street Journal points out, that's no longer the case. In this context, the rift that they're speaking of relates to the growing disconnect between attendees of live concerts who feel entitled to brandish their cell phones, digital cameras, and, in a rising number ...
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Enter Your Musical Narrative: What Song is Playing?
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This is a guest post byAlex Mann (@alexjmann). You are greeted with a smile and repetitive hello by the stewardess as you roll your bag out of the flimsy, makeshift tunnel and onto the plane. Approaching your seat, you force your piece of luggage into the overhead bin closest to your row. You glance at your ticket, reminding yourself for the last time what seat number you'll occupy. Spotting your seat, you climb over the knees of two others, and position ...
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