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I'm a communication consultant, blogger and futurist. I also know a lot about the new music business.

My music taste: 1 Tune a Day blog.

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Apathy and refunds are more dangerous than Piracy.

I think I can safely say that Super Meat Boy has been pirated at least 200,000 times. We are...

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Echo Run Takes Jogging Apps to the Next Level

Tufts had a Music Hack Day last weekend, and The Echo Nest head of developer community Paul...

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Apple and Twitter

My friend and co-worker Tom has a thesis about Apple’s biggest problem: Google is getting better at design faster than Apple is...

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Posts tagged "Music"

TOMAHAWK | blog: Rock is Dead... and non-portability of music data killed it →

tomahawkplayer:

Our not-so-humble goal with Tomahawk is to fundamentally change the way music is consumed and shared. Instead of sharing links to specific and unique instances of a particular copy of a song, Tomahawk abstracts away all that complexity so the info about songs is shared. By using the…

The MP3 is essentially a trick— specific sounds are removed with the intention of fooling your ears into thinking they are still there— and when your brain has to work too hard to fill in the blanks, it gets tired of listening.

Doe anyone know of any research which backs up this exact claim (esp. the latter part of it)?

#johnb #dnb #music (Taken with instagram)

It held 12 songs. If you wanted more songs, you put in a cassette that held a different 12 songs. 1 cassette was as big as 4 iPod nano’s. And if you wanted to listen to a specific song, it could take you 10 minutes to find a 3 minute song. There was no shuffle.

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From Jack to Juke: 25 Years of Ghetto House

Must not forget to watch this…

My column 'Ownership, Access, Availability' →

Hit the link for full article. Excerpt:

At the turn of the last century, the availability of your favorite music depended mainly on your own ability to play an instrument or that of those around you. When performing live, they could ‘sell’ music as a temporary experience. Then came the copy and people started paying for sheet music, records and later CDs and MP3s.

A new type of availability has arrived recently and has mushroomed in the last 2 years; on-demand music streaming. One reason for its popularity is that for many people, it’s more convenient than having to store their music collection somewhere. This creates a big chance to finally effectively compete with unlicensed services, while making it easier for artists to connect with their fans.

Notorious B.I.G. calms down crying baby

A Minecraft Parody of Daft Punk’s Harder Better Faster Stronger

Well done, internets.

The crowd at a rock show.

Check out my newest DJ set. It’s moombahton! :)

1tuneaday:

EvilAngle - MoombahMeGusta (#Moombahton Summer Mix)

Check out my newest mix folks! Enjoy!

Oh yeah, unlimited downloads, so share away!