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Remix 2.0: Mixmatchmusic Acquires Mix2r
MixMatchMusic has acquired Mix2r. MixMatchMusic enables musicians and fans to collaborate on music and features a library of 2500 songs stems. Mix2r adds a large community of electronica artists who have uploaded songs and stems and allowed others to create derivative works. Encouraging outsiders to ivolved in the creative process is perhaps the deepest form of ...
MP3 Format Moving to 5.1-Channel Sound
While electronics titans like Sony and Samsung have massive booths and endless product lines to flaunt at CES, Fraunhofer's booth was tucked away modestly into the North Hall. There is nothing modest about the company's technological achievements, however – the Fraunhofer Institute is responsible for developing the now ubiquitous MP3 codec, as well as the AAC ...
Wireless 4G Coming to Europe in 2010
Even as telecom carriers in North America work on rolling out their 3G networks nationwide, Europe seems to be ready to take the next step. European wireless service provider TeliaSonera says its plans to have commercial roll out of 4G in Stockholm and Oslo in 2010. TeliaSoneras goal is to be one of the first operators ...
Steve Jobs Probably Won't Come Back to Apple
In a letter to Apple staff on Wednesday, Jobs said he was taking a five-month medical leave because his health issues are “more complex than I originally thought." In the note, Jobs promised to return to Apple in the summer, which many are hoping is true. “Apple won't be the same w/o his creative leadership," tweeted ...
Steve Jobs Taking Medical Leave from Apple
Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs said today that he would take a medical leave from the company after learning that his “health-related issues are more complex" than first believed. Tim Cook, Apple's chief operating officer, will take over Jobs' duties until the end of June, when Jobs expects to return from his leave. Jobs, 53, disclosed ...
Disc Shelf: A Place to Release Albums Online
Recently a service for musicians was opened. The service is called Disc Shelf and allows musicians to upload their music and present it to their listeners in form of albums: singles, EPs, LPs, promo discs and WIPs (work in progress). Each album receives a unique URL for distribution. The whole idea of the project is to ...
Slicethepie Launches Anonymous Song Test
UPDATE: SoundOut is now live. Fan to band financing site Slicethepie is launching a new service aimed at labels and artists that want to a test a song prior to release. Dubbed SoundOut, for $20 to $50 users can upload a song and have it rated anonymously by Slicethepie users. “The way it works now is ...
3 Free Tools to Track Your Buzz
People are talking about you. Your email list is growing. More people are coming to shows. It's starting to feel like you've got buzz. But how do you know who is talking about you and what they are saying? Measuring band buzz and all the data that surrounds an artist will be a top issue for ...
10 Music Industry Trends and Questions for 2009
Guest post by Kyle Bylin 1. Falling Behind - Ten years ago, The Record Industry had The CD Release Complex and knew exactly what to do. Now everyone else is taking fans to the future that they used to determine. Instead of leading the way, they're left holding the hands of innovators and squeezing tightly when ...
Microsoft May Abandon the Zune
Recent by comments by Microsoft executives have led to speculation that Microsoft may abandon the Zune. Microsoft CEO Ballmer declared at CES that consumers increasingly were moving away from one task devices like the Zune towards smart phones while at the same time stating flatly that no Zune phone was in the works. My ugly brown ...
