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Hypebot links a NYTimes blog that claims YahooMusic is entering the throes of restructuring:
Yahoo was one of the first music browsing sites I can remember on the Internet. It’s sad to think we could be losing the old crew…
Gerd’s blog links to an interesting article on “internet obsolescence”. Anyone remember Friendster? It was replaced by Myspace…which may be replaced by Secondlife or Facebook…who knows? My point is that like so many other virtual malls, Yahoo must either connect to the bell curve of demand or be banished to the fringes. Where does one go to find that magic fashion spot that every virtual artist wants to be in?
I remember Jane Healy’s book “Endangered Minds” warned us about the internet’s effect on the mind. After a brief search, I found this quote:
Maybe this explains the market behavior of the internet clique…
and there’s not too much to share. But I liked this:
Top 5 Places to buy DRM-free Downloads…
(from the Our Digital Music Site). TGIF!
A member of the NARAS and I were talking last week about the plight some of the poor souls wandering around at Atlantis and the comments he made were very interesting to me. I thought I’d share them with you and I’d welcome your comments if you have any insights or a different point of view…
According to him, every producer at the Atlantis Conference last week was a “farm leaguer” or “hanger” who was connected (sometimes very loosely) with a 1st-rate producer. These 1st-rate producers surround themselves with “hangers” and use them to help sort through the myriad of folks who want to be produced. When he finds something he wants, he may throw a mention in the credits to the hanger who brought him the act, but hardly ever will he share the single or album credits. So everyone who is a “hanger” has very little chance of ever getting their own big break, yet they continue to work hard for the “man.”
Not only do we get insightful commentary on the new Amazon MP3 store,
we also get: 100 Free & Affordable High & Low Tech Music Promotion Tips
- Free and affordable!
”Thank You” for caring enough to create content like that!!
Folks, if you’ve never tried to remix something, please don’t start here! When I heard the original track…I thought “you’ve got to be kidding!” It’s solid proof that French music and jazz destroys brain cells.
http://www.acidplanet.com/testshotstarfish
Yes, I took this pic. Sorry, Aric!
Aric Berquist is the founder of Synchronicity Live. As an independent artist, you need all the exposure you can get. Aric’s company has an amazing website that allows you to connect artist with audience, both live and asynchronously. You set up an account (it’s free) and download an adobe flash media encoder, then hook up your camera and get ready to rock!
I haven’t figured out how he makes money yet, or how he keeps groups from broadcasting cover tunes (wouldn’t they owe someone some royalty?)…but from a fan’s point of view, this is really cool. His site is still in BETA, but they already have over 200 shows and over 3000 fans signed up. You should sign up too, before he decides to start charging for this…
It’s truly a joy to see natural musical talent with quality material connecting the past with the future…
No change in musical style will survive unless it is accompanied by a change in clothing style. Rock is to dress up to.
Frank Zappa
If you want to be the next big star, you’d better wear the right shoes. That’s the message I heard from one panelist at Atlantis this past week. I’m personally not much of a slave to fashion, but I’m not looking to be the next John Mayer, either. It was interesting to study the panel audience at the conference; the rappers looked like rappers, the heavy metal bands looked like metal band members, and the singer/songwriters looked like regular people.
Video remixing intrigues me, but I don’t think I’ll be able to buy any equipment anytime soon…the startup cost is just too high! Luckily, we can all use simple video editing programs like Windows Movie Maker or I-Movie to mix and mash bits of a/v.
I’m catching up on my reading this weekend and will be adding to the Atlantis Music Conference and Remix Hotel stories soon, but in the meantime, check out-
The Freakanomics guys investigate the future of the music industry (digital audio insider)
P&E Wing deals with the rise of the unsigned artist
Interesting stuff from Digital Music News
Earfarm’s “80s TV Show Covers”
“Screwing with Bandmates” at Harmony Central Forums
Did Digi cook the results of “Can you hear a difference?” at HarmonyCentral Forums
NBC dumps Itunes and goes direct at Ad-supported Music Blog
I can’t believe I used to sell these guitars
I was excited to attend a session about getting jobs in the music industry featuring the president of MusicRowSearch.com. Imagine my surprise when the most qualified speaker on the panel remained eerily silent while the other panelists told the audience to “just hang out and make yourself available”, “use good quality paper for your resume”, “go pick up his dog from the groomer” and ”…P.Diddy let me pack his suitcases for a trip…and that’s how I got to where I am today”.
This is big news if you’ve ever wondered what that track would sound like a few BPM faster but you know that you’d never play that riff that well again. Digi’s “Elastic Audio” algorithm is ready to hit the market in the next ProTools version! We’re talking about the power to change the tempo of any audio track in real time with NO ARTIFACTS! REALTIME!
They’ve been talking about this for “down the road” (check out Dave Lebolt’s message in the latest DIGIZINE) but my inside source says it’s really close to the street date!
It was funny, ’cause he didn’t inhale anything…he was sort of a human smoke machine. I thought the Amish were against this sort of thing… What some people do for art’s sake!
Download Kids; –don’t try this at home!
I can’t remember how many groups we saw in the past 24 hours, but I’m about to say too many! Here are some clips assembled in no particular order to show a bit of the variety at the Midtown complex; –there were venues all around town, but in interest of seeing as many as possible we stayed at the complex (3 stages there). All I can say is that I know one sound man who might be to blame for axing the hopes and chances of about 12 groups to get signed. This guy would start off alright after sound check but kept boosting the bass frequencies once the groups started playing. People were actually moving away from the stage to escape the high SPL’s… Some great bands were drowning in bass mud and I watched some of the producer-types head for the bar to escape the roar. I was impervious to the pain due to my Kryptonite earplugs…and Mrs. J lost a lot of her heavy metal frequencies long ago.
Anyway, you’ll get the idea… Did I mention it was still fun?
Download Hard Rock to Hip Hop Collage
The alternative way to sell music… this plastic card can be sold to fans for 25% of the price of traditional cds. The fan gets all the artwork and material of a traditional cd plus the artist is able to count the product as a Neilson Sound Scan sale of 1 record when the consumer logs on and downloads the product. This video was made in the worst lighting conditions and I’m sorry I didn’t realize it was so noisy when we were recording this.
Download visit www.soundloadmusic.com
Yes, this is Trey Wilson of Superkalastudios.com; he and Kosha are back at it in BollWeevil Town!
Ever wanted to control 2 things at once? How about a practical use for all that X-Y axis stuff they taught you about in Algebra? Well, Korg has the gear for you!
Download Rodney demonstrates the KAOS controller..
I think these guys were trying to test the precision of the RANE faders coupled with serato Scratch…and were apparently pleased!
Download Synced DJs
The guys from Panasonic brought a 12K rig and loaded all kinds of media into the decks (which held multiple DVDs, CDs AND SDMedia cards. It was amazing; –stereo video output!
I edited the VJ’s demo ’cause it was about 15 minutes long!
Download DVDJay
The Digidesign gang was in great form as they tailored a session for MIDI production and remixing…
First we remember the old beat producers…while working on deconstructing a hihat sound…
Download Lofi Hihatz
Discrevolt.com
Download Discrevolt
Here’s a quick pic for ya! These guys are using the ICON Studio at the SAE training center to teach folks how to make beats using ProTools. This guy from LA is using a PC Laptop and an Mbox2 while the Icon board sits idle. Love the 3rd party Mellotron Plugin!
I’ll have a few interviews from the morning to post when I get a breather…too many folks and lots of great gear people this afternoon!
Here’s a video of Shawn from discrevolt.com playing some Chet Atkins for you guys!
Download Shaun Hopper at Atlantis Music Conference
In the interest of bandwidth, I’ve compressed them and put them on another page…
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Well, in all the excitement, I forgot to get a pic of the limo roll… Mrs. Dragon and I arrived fashionably late and proceeded to the NARAS table to ask where the members were hanging. The first person we met was Thomas of State of Man. Needless to say, I had to take the pic while Mrs. J got all the glory. Visit them at www.stateofmanmusic.com .
It’s time! I’m packing the Nova for the big conference trip and will be trying to make my first post tonight after the limo roll at the NARAS party. I’m guessing it will be too loud and too crazy to make any meaningful interview happen, but we’ll see how it goes…
In the meantime, Faithful Reader, check out these two excellent resources for the mix artist here and here.
Remix TV here.
Atlantis Showcase Artists Music Player here.
Peace,
-j
Today we did Ex. 1P from the old Pro Tools curriculum. I’ve included a sample, in case anyone wants a chuckle or two.
Download New dialog by AB
Kosha showed me this in Nashville a couple of years ago; –I can hear your neighbors calling the police now…
Regardless of your gender, I think you’ll appreciate this…
Atlanta, Georgia – Here’s the lowdown on the REMIX HOTEL from their website (www.remixhotel.com/atlanta/) :
REMIX HOTEL ATLANTA 2007
Sept. 20-22, 2007SAE Institute of Technology - Atlanta
Registration Details
This video blog is for sharing with my students all the musicians, engineers and technology I’ll encounter at the upcoming Atlantis Music Conference and Remix Hotel Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Don’t expect a lot to happen until Sept. 19th, but then watch out!
Check out http://remixhotel.com and http://www.atlantismusic.com/
2007 Accepted Artists:
(S)he
13 Stories
23 Jinx
3 Bad Brothaz
Adrianne Gonzales
Airspace
All In Click
All The Saints
Altered
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