ARCHIVE: September 2006

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September 30, 2006

Jonathan Coulton Finishes 52nd Weekly Song

A huge congrats to Jonathan Coulton for completing his 52nd, and final, "Thing A Week" song.  For his final recording, Jonathan produced a cover of We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions, using his fans' handclap recordings in the production. ... Read More

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September 21, 2006

YouTube to Launch Unsigned Band Music Video Contest

Yet another music video contest for unsigned bands.  As if recording a few decent songs wasn't challenging enough.  But hey, that's something to be grateful for, ay?YouTube is launching the YouTube UnderGround contest, which will accept submissions between Oct. 2nd... Read More

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September 20, 2006

SpliceMusic Offers Free Online Music Mixing Software

I'm impressed.  SpliceMusic has created a free, online music mixing program that enables any user to mashup loops of music and sounds licensed by Creative Commons.The interface is smooth and clean; every track has volume, pan, mute and solo control. ... Read More

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September 19, 2006

Get Your Music Video Played on Fuse TV

The Fuse TV show, Steven's Untitled Rock Show, is launching Steven's Unsigned Band Search, which will be selecting and playing a new unsigned band music video every week. On November 30th, some big prize will be awarded to the best... Read More

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September 18, 2006

Fans Fund Band Album Production Through Sell-A-Band

I love novel business ideas like this one. SellABand has developed a model allowing fans to finance the production of a band's album, and benefit from the album's (hopeful) success thereafter. It works like this: 1) Band creates a profile... Read More

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September 11, 2006

Mixing With My New M-Audio BX5a Monitors

I finally started mixing with my brand spanking new M-Audio BX5a Monitor speakers last week. ($220 on eBay, baby.) Actually, I've had them for about 3-4 months, but just hadn't gotten around to hooking them up. That, plus I was... Read More

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September 07, 2006

Cakewalk Sonar 6 Producer Edition Available

Man, I'm starting to feel a little behind the software times. Cakewalk just released the most recent version of its flagship product, Sonar 6 Producer Edition. I'm still using Sonar 3, and can't help but feel like I might be... Read More

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September 06, 2006

Instant Album Cover Art

You've got a band. You've got an album. You're all set to go, but your collective creativity has failed to produce cover art that you can be happy with. You're in luck -- check out the handy, dandy Jackson Pollock... Read More

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