Tag Archives: music
Rhapsody Agrees to Purchase Napster from Best Buy
Seattle-based online music service Rhapsody has announced today that it’s in the process of purchasing the once dominant music file sharing company Napster. Under the terms of the deal, Rhapsody will take over Napster’s subscriber base and other assets, and … Continue reading
MCDM-Inspired Music Panel at SXSW 2010
Every year, thousands of bands, bloggers, filmmakers, social media gurus and entrepreneurs come to the South By Southwest Music, Film and Interactive festival in Austin, Texas. When I joined the MCDM program in 2008 and heard about SXSW, I started … Continue reading
New Income Streams for the Digital D-I-Y Musician
The digital revolution has brought about the age of the DIY musician, or as Sonicbids.com founder Panos Panay calls it, the “artistic middle class.” With technology, artists are able to produce and distribute their work easily while maintaining creative control. … Continue reading
The (Virtual) British Invasion: The Beatles in Your Living Room
On Sept. 9, the Beatles finally entered the world of digital music. This was an inevitable move, but what’s truly interesting is how they chose to do it. Well-known Beatles fan Steve Jobs has yet to secure the world-famous music … Continue reading
The Potential of the Crowd – The Case of Kutiman
What you are about to see here is a week-old, mind-blowing example of data mining and passion. A talented young man by the name of Ophir Kutiel, a.k.a Kutiman, poured through the countably many videos on YouTube of people playing music, practicing instruments, jamming, or showing off their mad skills and love of music and created beautifully lyrical mash-ups that musically surpass most of these performances by a few miles.
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We all want to feel a sense of connectedness and belonging. Even when we are singing loud in the shower, we are hoping someone is listening. What Kutiman created here is an extraordinary moment of someone from the apartment next door joining in your shower-singing in a duet across the walls the separates you. Continue reading
The Search for the Elusive CC Music (Part 3/3)
Foley and soundseffects for noncommercial use in film. Resources for storytelling and film students. Continue reading
The Search for the Elusive CC Music (Part 2/3)
SoulTube is home to a small, but a unqiue and beautifully-produced collection of artists. They have licensed music to commercials, TV, and films before so they are not new to the game. Check out their site, go to the “Songs For Film” section and choose the advanced search feature. You can explore from their list of artists, pick a mood, or search for specific words in the lyrics database (kudos!). Continue reading
