Results for "Michael Ricci"

Sound Around: New iPhone Music App Builder

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: ...

Video: The Future of Publishing And....

July 2, 2010

Google Me: Another Next Social Network

July 2, 2010

We know very little about it, but it has been said that Google has intentions of launching their own social network called Google Me as a head on rival to Facebook. Blogger Noe Pacheco framed some rather important questions, “Will it be artist friendly?" “Is there going to be a music player for bands and artists?" ...

Jed Carlson: Why You Need a Social Media Strategy

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 ...

Pitchfork Creates Altered Zones Uniting Music Blogs

July 2, 2010

Next Wednesday July 7th, Pitchfork will launch Altered Zones, a new sister site uniting an international team of niche blogger focused on leftfield pop, experimental, and home-recorded sounds. Weekly Tape Deck and Gorilla vs. Bear are among the collectives most well known contributors. Under the direction of co-editors Emilie Friedlander (Visitation Rites) and Sahil ...

Jeff Lofton Electric Thang Does Miles Davis' "Bitches Brew"

July 2, 2010

Jeff Lofton Electric Thang does Miles Davis' “Bitches Brew" at Lamberts plus sets at Antone's Austin - In the tradition of Miles Davis, jazz trumpeter Jeff Lofton expands his sound and takes on a new challenge with his side project, the Jeff Lofton Electric Thang, presenting Miles Davis' Bitches Brew at Lamberts, 401 W. 2nd Street, ...

Phil Spector Documentary to Screen in Hollywood

July 2, 2010

A new British documentary, The Agony and Ecstasy of Phil Spector, will screen for a week in August at the American Cinematheques Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, where the films director and co-producer, Vikram Jayanti, will be on hand for the opening night on Aug. 19. Jayanti interviewed Spector in depth during his first trial in the ...

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

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 ...

A Plank Slate for an Oral Surfing History

July 2, 2010

Hawaiian legend Duke Kahanamoku and other wave riders relax on the beach at San Onofre in the 1940s. Surfings roots are in Polynesia, but the lifestyle of modern surfing was born in Southern California. The Surfing Heritage Foundation is undertaking an effort to collect the oral histories of wave riders from California and elsewhere. 'We're running ...

Fireworks over Southern California

July 2, 2010

Where to watch fireworks in Southern California. A list of Fourth of July events in Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Some Southern California communities have scaled back or canceled their July 4 celebrations this year, but the skies over L.A. will still bloom with plenty of colorful explosions when dusk hits Sunday. ...