ARCHIVE: October 2006

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October 31, 2006

Calling All Fiends - Indie Music Created For Halloween

In case yesterday's pumpkin carving wasn't enough, there's a ton of indie artist-produced halloween music created to "frighten, damage and disturb" as part of the Calling All Fiends program at Oddio Overplay.You can stream or download the 16 soundscapes and 15... Read More

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October 30, 2006

Happy Halloween - Carve a Pumpkin

If you're like me, actually cleaning out and emptying an entire pumpkin seems a bit labor intensive.The solution: carve one online here, then place your computer monitor on your front door step.  Poof!  You've got a pumpkin.  Hopefully no kids destroy it while trick... Read More

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October 27, 2006

Instruments and Gear Used in Spinning Daydream

Thanks so much for all the feedback I've received, everyone!  Most of it came through email, some of it was through the HomeRecording.com mp3 mixing clinic, and some came through the comments in the post with the song.  It's all... Read More

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October 24, 2006

My First Recording...Spinning Daydream

Ok, here it is...my first recording draft.  Let me tell you, my respect for audio engineers exploded while trying to make this ditty sound decent...and it still needs a lot of help.  Maybe bloggers should just stick to blogging?In any... Read More

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October 23, 2006

Recording Studios Adapt to Home Recording

While some big-time recording studios fall in the wake of do-it-yourself home recording project studios, others have begun to adapt, and even cater to, the home recording artist.Check out Talmage Music, a recording facility which positions itself as an extension to... Read More

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October 19, 2006

Favicons, PageRank, and DreamSpin

I can hardly contain myself.First, I successfully changed by Favicon from   to .  (i.e. "Favorite icon", an icon that is tied to your URL, that can be seen in Firefox or 'Favorite Page' lists)  Sweet, huh?Second, GarageSpin jumped from... Read More

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October 17, 2006

My M-Audio BX5a Monitor Speaker Issues

So, I've been tweaking my first home studio project lately, getting closer to a final run.  I'm still unhappy with the mix, but it's time to move on to another project...that's another matter.What's annoying me right now is that I... Read More

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October 16, 2006

Tea Partay Rap Video

"Yo, yo, where ah ma WASPS aaaaaatt!!" It's certainly no Chronicles of Narnia rap, but Smirnoff did a decent job with their Tea Partay rap video. You can check out the high res video here, or just play the YouTube-scooped... Read More

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October 12, 2006

Tower Records is Kaput, Sold to Liquidator

Ya hate to see it happen.  Tower Records was sold last week to Great American Group for $134.3 million dollars, beating out Trans World Entertainment by a puny $500,000.  What's the difference?  Great American Group will liquidate all Tower Records... Read More

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October 10, 2006

Google, YouTube, Sony, BMG, and Universal Tie a Knot

So, news that Google bought YouTube for $1.65 billion in stock seems to be all over the place.  Not bad for a 19-month-old company, ay?Also interesting, is the series of announcements concerning the major record labels and GooTube (or is... Read More

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NextCat - Entertainment Industry Focused Social Network

Like me, I'm sure you were thinking, "There just aren't enough social networking sites."  We're all in luck.  Fortunately, some manage to differentiate somehwat to offer a little more value than just a "me too" ripoff.NextCat is a professional network focusing on the... Read More

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October 09, 2006

MySpace and New Ways to Sell Your Music

There's a good article in the Chicago Tribune by Kathryn Masterton discussing the many new distribution tools that enable artists to sell their music directly to music fans that takes a more realistic view of what's possible, what's not, why... Read More

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October 06, 2006

Teleportation is REAL???

Get this -- people are already teleporting light and matter all over the place. Professor Eugene Polzik and the crew at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen totally rock my world: "... Until now scientists have teleported similar objects such... Read More

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October 05, 2006

Free Hug Campaign Music Video

This music video by the Sick Puppies is simply exploding with the warm and fuzzies. It's a nice little story that's sure to gain a good deal of 'air' time on YouTube. (Thanks, Tara!)... Read More

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October 02, 2006

Battle of Bands at PhilaFunk.com Pays $10,000

PhilaFunk, an independent music hosting, selling, and networking site, is hosting a national battle of the bands where the winning band gets $10,000 in cold, hard cash.  Basically, bands submit music, listeners vote on the posted music, and finalists are... Read More

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