ARCHIVE: January 2007

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January 30, 2007

LightSpeed Audio Labs Launching at Less Than LightSpeed

What can I say, I'm impatient.  How can you not be excited about a technology that claims to enable real-time audio collaboration (not MIDI, which is what most real-time technologies offer...which is still pretty cool, mind you)?  In May of... Read More

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January 29, 2007

iJigg, A Cool Digg-Like Popularity-Based Music Site

If you've ever used Digg (note the little Digg button under this post), you'll get iJigg, but for those who haven't -- songs are uploaded by indie and unsigned artists into a mega-pool of music.  Surfers check out the new... Read More

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January 25, 2007

An Actual Contest to Create a Terminator

So, this is a little scary.  Haven't any of these guys seen the Terminator movies?From NewScientistTech: "A contest to build a robot that can operate autonomously in urban warfare conditions, moving in and out of buildings to search and destroy targets... Read More

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January 24, 2007

Amie Street and its Popularity-Based Mp3 Pricing Model

There are a million digital music stores out there, and Amie Street has successfully broken through with an incredibly unique concept that seriously rocks.Get this:New songs uploaded by unsigned & indie artists start out at a price of $0.00.  (Thereby... Read More

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January 23, 2007

First Kazaa, Then Skype, Now Joost

Larry Page and Sergey Brin of Google are facing serious rivalry in the realm of "ultimate cool entrepreneur dudes".  Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis are simply on fire, volcanically speaking.  First they launched Kazaa, a de-centralized file sharing service that... Read More

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January 18, 2007

2007 NAMM Show Kicks Off Today - Loads of Gear

The 2007 NAMM Show kicks off today in Aneheim, CA with funky music gear galore designed to suction funds out of poor suckers like us.  Check out the coverage at Create Digital Music.Speaking of gear, Brad created a modified version... Read More

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January 16, 2007

Yunyu Music Video Uses 16,000 Digital Photos

Cool. Enchanter, a production company in Sydney, Australia, produced a stop animation music video for Bjork-like artist Yunyu.  16,000 digital photographs were used, making for a somewhat creepy, but visually impressive work, that was awarded the 2006 ACS NSW &... Read More

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Netflix Starts Streaming Movies

I'm a big Netflix fan, and now even more so.  Mike at Hacking Netflix reports that Netflix started offering streamed movies (to a PC) to a selected number of customers.  Hopefully I'm one of them...I'll have to check when I... Read More

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January 14, 2007

Updates to GarageSpin.com

This weekend may have been one of the most active and surprisingly productive in a while for me: Worked on my next song, "Take a Stand", and now have the chord progression for a pre-chorus and chorus.  Chorus lyrics are... Read More

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January 11, 2007

The FameCast Unsigned Band Competition

There's a new unsigned band competition whose submission deadline is right around the corner.  FameCast is extending an open call for bands to upload videos of themselves performing.  Fans vote for their favorites, the top 25 are reviewed by 'industry... Read More

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January 10, 2007

Nerdcore Rising, the Movie, and the Trailer

Hey, remember when I interviewed MC Frontalot, the indie "nerdcore hiphop" artist?  Well, film production company Vaguely Qualified Productions followed him around during a tour and created the documentary Nerdcore Rising.  Wierd Al is in it, nice.  It looks like... Read More

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Acapella Music is Dangerous

Or rather, being in an acapella group is.  The Baker's Dozen, an acapella group from Yale, was jumped on New Year's Eve in San Francisco after singing the Star Spangled Banner.  It's a nasty world out there...I mean, who doesn't... Read More

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January 09, 2007

I Want an Apple iPhone

The most anticipated event of the MacWorld conference took place today, in which Steve Jobs announced the launch of the Apple iPhone.  Holy cow.  This thing is UNBELIEVABLE -- iPod, phone, and internet browser combined.  (more iphone extras here) There's... Read More

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January 07, 2007

I Love Tron 2.0

Tron 2.0 totally rocks.  I've always been a fan of the movie, in a geeky sort of way, and had seen the PC game when it came out in 2003.  This Christmas, I snagged a copy, thanks to my bro-in-law. ... Read More

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January 04, 2007

Finally Created a MySpace Band Profile...Be My Friend

I was finally able to create a MySpace profile for my music -- If you're on MySpace, feel free to add me as a friend:    http://myspace.com/DreamSpin After having no luck converting my accidental Myspace "personal profile" into a "band profile", I... Read More

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January 02, 2007

Best Indie Music of 2006

Last year, I pointed out a few Best Indie Music of 2005 lists to help tie the year's indie music scene into a neat little bow for you.  Well, it's time for the best indie music of 2006.  (No, there's... Read More

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