Results for "AAJ Staff"

ReDigi Details How They'll Sell Used MP3's Legally

March 10, 2011

Our recent post that startup ReDigi would be launching what they say is the first service to offer used MP3's legally set off quite a debate. As we pointed out then, rightsholders have viewed MP3 re-sale as an illegal additional use and most Hypebot readers, including at least one lawyer, agreed. Late yesterday, ReDigi responded that, ...

How Hyperlocal Blogs Impact Music [interview]

March 10, 2011

Recently I spoke to Jason, who is the Founder and Editor of The Pop Cop, a Glasgow based music blog, which focuses on the Scottish music scene, with daily updated news, reviews, features, and interviews. He also founded and runs the Music Alliance Pact, which sees around 35 music blogs from around the world (one per ...

Like.FM - Track All Your Music Listening Sessions

March 10, 2011

If you took Last.fm, removed the radio feature, and kept the scobbling, you'd get Like.fm. The app lets you track your music listening sessions across iTunes, YouTube, Pandora, and Grooveshark, among others, and lets you create playlists of your favorites and share them with friends. Once you install the web and desktop apps, they run in ...

Using Music (and Fun) to Modify Consumer Behavior

March 10, 2011

We all know that taking the stairs is in our better interest, yet we're drawn to the escalator. So how do you convince patrons to opt for the stairs instead? According to The Fun Theory, a Volkswagen-sponsored effort, all you need to add is a little music and lots of fun. In Sweden subway, the group ...

Want to Make $50,000 a Year in Music? Start with One Dollar a Day

March 10, 2011

On Music Think Tank, Chris Seth discusses how musicians can make additional income just by starting out with one dollar a day. It is as simple as playing the guitar on a street corner. Throughout his post, he adds additional sources of income and explains that individuals can make more money than an entire band. Chris gives ...

D.I.Y. Bootcamp: Sonoma Wire Works Guitarjack

March 10, 2011

EXCLUSIVE: Scion A/V produced a series that provides a tour of tools that make a D.I.Y. music career work. We'll feature one a day; and today Doug Wright of Sonoma Wire Works shows off GuitarJack a simple device that connects instruments and mics to the iPod touch. When used with iOS apps like FourTrack, it offers ...

Jazz Singer Billie Holiday Being Inducted into National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, New York

March 10, 2011

Billie Holiday, famed American jazz vocalist, is one of eleven women being inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame later this year, on September 30-October 1, 2011 in Seneca Falls, NY, the birthplace of the American Women's Rights Movement. Holiday (1915-1959) was considered one of the greatest jazz vocalists of all time, noted the press ...

Cannonball Adderley - "Jive Samba" (1963)

March 10, 2011

Would You Buy Warner Now if You Could?

March 10, 2011

Between Warner and EMI on the selling block you're about to see several billion more dollars injected into our supposedly diminishing industry. An opportunity for anyone to make money with music in the next few months is upon us. Do you know the best part of having integrity? You don't have to back-peddle when your hidden ...

A "Yo Miles!" (Henry Kaiser and Wadada Leo Smith) Two-Fer! - Shinjuku and Lightning (2010)

March 10, 2011

By S. Victor Aaron Since very early on we've eagerly pounced on records that re-image that dense, impenetrable period of Miles Davis between about 1969 and 1975 when he first defined fusion jazz and then kept redefining it again and again. This is music that doesn't come easily to most people; they must go to it, ...