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I checked my email this morning and found an invite to join Eye Music Network for free…and I remembered these folks at the Atlantis Conference. So I went and signed up.
Impressions:
1. The streaming is really fast! I’m on my office connection (at a university) and have been used to waiting 15-30 seconds for the average stream to begin. These videos load almost instantly! A nice surprise, but would it continue at these speeds once 100,000 more people joined?
2. Interesting variety. Here’s a Ozzy video…
http://musicroom.eyemusicnetwork.com/video/b0ade2d026/I+Don%27t+Wanna+Stop
Let me know if you have any playback issues!
3. It is ad-supported. As a member you can select your favorite videos and embed them into your facebook page or blog; i.e. a personal “video boombox”. I could see how some folks would really enjoy this if: (1) they could upload their own media, and (2) more artist videos were available. Their player is supposed to be embedded below (after the jump), but apparently they have some technical issues with my blog host or the wordpress GUI.
*UPDATE* - They contacted me and said a fix for this was in progress! YAY!! How’s that for good customer service!
I took a moment today to check out a CD business card someone gave me at the Atlantis Music Conference. As it turns out, you can access the EYEMUSIC Network for FREE and watch music videos from their cable channel from your computer by simply registering at http://eyemusicnetwork.com/LiveStreaming.php
I watched for a couple of hours today and enjoyed it; quite a good change from Hypem.com!
It’s free for a limited time, so check it out.
From the website:
Today we reach over 5 million viewers throughout the world. Our partner relationships continue to develop weekly opening a window for projection of 10 million viewers by the end of 2007. EMN™ entered 2007 with new technologies in order include the demand for future IPTV and Wireless mobile devices. In order to help support all programming EMN™ has developed a 2.0 website to allow viewers and members to connect with others on a global bases. Arriving Fall 2007 is a second all new 24/7 music video channel which will be known as EMN/True Latin. EMN™ is truly becoming the music video channel of choice with demands to reach international markets.
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.”
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…
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.
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”.
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!
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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
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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