ARCHIVE: January 2008

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January 30, 2008

Riffworld - Song Collaboration and Social Networking

Riffworld.com is Somona Wire Works' entry into the music collaboration and social networking space.  Rather than re-phrase, I'll quote from the press release: Using the RiffWorks desktop recording application, up to four musicians can connect and collaborate on a song... Read More

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January 28, 2008

Gibson Les Paul Bails $10,000 Contest Prize

There seems to be a lot of band contests these days, and you'd think a company like Gibson Les Paul would be one whose terms you could trust.  Apparently, Tonedeff won the Lalapolooza Last Band Standing contest in 2006, and... Read More

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January 25, 2008

Last.FM: New Subscription & Artist Royalty Programs Launch

Pretty big news from Last.FM, the social music site.  (If you haven't used it, try it, it's awesome.)  First, they're enabling full song and full album plays for major artists for the first time -- EMI, Sony BMG, Universal, and... Read More

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January 23, 2008

FreeMusic: Napster vs. Real Rhapsody vs. Yahoo Music vs. eMusic - A Free Trial Showdown

While searching for free music one day, I compared the main features of competing subscription-driven music download sites Napster, Real Rhapsody, Yahoo! Music Unlimited, and eMusic, and specifically, their free music trials.  Free trials cost nothing, are fun, and provide... Read More

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Samsung Battle of the Unsigned Bands

Samsung is holding an online Battle of the Unsigned Bands where the winner gets to tour with The Used in the ROCKSTAR Get A Life Tour happening this spring.  Bands sign up free, upload bio, photos, music...then wait until Friday,... Read More

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January 22, 2008

The Youngest Mandolin Player, Ever

It's never too early too start learning to play the Mandolyn. Case and point, Morgan Olivia, who at 2 weeks, is rocking like it's nobody's business.Congrats to Jay and Natalia!... Read More

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Hooray, My M-Audio Monitors Are on Their Way

I got a happy call this weekend telling me that my M-Audio BX5a monitors will be repaired, and sent to me within the week.  As I suspected, the tweeter was out, hence the HORRible sound quality emanating forth during playback... Read More

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January 21, 2008

Celebrity Apprentice: Trump Fires Gene Simmons??

Is anyone else bummed that Donald Trump fired Gene Simmons last week?  Am I the only guy around here that watches too much reality TV?  Help me here, folks.I was never a Kiss fan, but Gene was downright entertaining -- and... Read More

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January 20, 2008

Battle of the Sexes: Making the Band 4 - Diddy Wins

UPDATE:  Diddy announced the name of the new boy band -- it's Day26!Diddy is a marketing genius.  I type as I watch MTV's "Battle of the Sexes: A First Look" which is basically a show to hype the series' next... Read More

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January 14, 2008

DAW and Girl Crusade Project Update

Some good news - the new DAW workstation arrived over the holidays, and seems to be running smoothly with some tweak help from StudioCat.  We had some problems with audio drivers.  I use a Delta 1010LT soundcard, and StudioCat appropriately... Read More

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January 13, 2008

VH1 Rock of Love 2 Premiere - Brett Michaels at His Best

Did anyone else watch VH1's Rock of Love 2 season premiere tonight?  Bret Michaels is such an inspiration to us all, but not as much as the Rock of Love girls themselves.  Yikes.  No offence to any exotic dancers in... Read More

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January 12, 2008

List of College Radio Stations

I was recently wondering if there was any kind of free list of college radio stations available online.  There are probably several, but I just happened upon the Indie Friendly Radio Database which lets you filter by several categories, including... Read More

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January 08, 2008

2007: Top Songs, Bands, 'Bums

Well, it's time.  Time to continue the tradition of ripping off other people's indie 2007 top song, band and album picks for the past year.  (See 2006 top songs, bands, bums and 2005 top songs, bands, bums for blasts from... Read More

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January 07, 2008

Music Lessons from Seth Godin

Another one of my favorite authors, Seth Godin, wrote a fantabulous post today of music lessons for the music industry (i.e. for major labels).  Definitely a great read -- here's a lesson summary, but be sure to check out the full... Read More

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January 06, 2008

Andrew Dubber and Online Media Ecology

Andrew Dubber's New Music Strategies blog is one of my favorite reads in the music space, especially when I need a philosophical infusion of online media ecology (his term, not mine). Well, he's decided to start 2008 by transforming the... Read More

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January 03, 2008

Guitar Hero 4? No, Rock Band by Harmonix

If you can't be in a rock band, or your band just plain stinks, the game Rock Band is for you.  I had a chance to play it during the Christmas break, and it was totally awesome. Harmonix, maker of... Read More

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