From WNYC - “The video-sharing site YouTube is a reliable source of homemade comedy, political manifestos and quirky confessionals. It could also put some music teachers out of a job. Today we examine the pros and cons of music lessons offered through the popular online destination.”
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You might be listening to us streaming live right now over your smartphone. KUOW from Seattle discusses the future of mobile radio, including the implications of streaming content for the major US carriers, third party developers, and mobile hosting masters, like gravlab.
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One of the great things about the music business right now is that the door is wide open for talent with vision, particularly if they already have a fan base. Celia Hirschman with On the Beat for KCRW discusses how innovative musicians are bypassing the traditional model of music distribution to reach their listeners.
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For years, DJs and MCs fended off declarations of hip hop’s demise with innovative beats and chart-busting albums. But these days, hip hop is stuck in a deep funk. From WNYC’s Soundcheck, we look at hip hop’s soul-searching journey into the future.
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The record industry decline actually began the day the Sony Walkman was released.
Up until the Walkman’s innovation, people shared the experience of music. They bought records and played them for their friends. But once they had a portable player, with earphones firmly nestled in their ears, sharing music was no longer important. And by the time downloading was introduced, listening on your own was well established.
Let’s face facts. Americans want to be entertained. The average American family is watching American Idol, Hannah Montana, and buying Guitar Hero and Grand Theft Auto. The record business is being given a real run for its money. Those shiny music discs are just no competition for what is considered entertainment these days.
Many in the business are trying to solve this difficult problem. But to solve it, you need to understand what the problem really is.
From KCRW’s On The Beat, find out why the music business needs to adjust to meet the market rather than hoping the market will come and meet them.
Tom Brokaw speaks passionately about the transformative power of technology at MIT.
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For the past month, we’ve been working on a new stats application that makes checking disk usage and log files easier than ever. We’re proud to announce that version 1.0 is now public. The new statistics application is integrated into the GravityLab Member Center, under the “Snap-Ins” menu button. Current features are:
We’ve already got more features planned for our next version, which will be coming soon! So stay tuned for more updates, and enjoy the new feature!
Mention this deal after signing up for one of our video hosting, audio hosting, or live broadcasting plans and we’ll convert any two-hour DVD into a streaming format optimized for use with your new GravityLab Multimedia account. This deal is good through May 31st, 2008.
This panel discussion took place at the RSA regarding the future of radio.
The UChannel, Princeton’s eclectic education video blog, has a great summary:
Radio as a medium of culture and information is about to undertake a paradigm shift. It’s not that radio needs a new story, it has one already. The question is how are we going to adapt to it?
Future radio offers radical new ways of engagement. The opportunities offered by high speed connectivity between portable handheld devices, the wide take up of wi-fi internet broadband, the nascent vitality of social networking sites and the inevitable process of human viral networking will increasingly define the future radio landscape.
Future radio will be a multi-media, downloadable, time-switchable, podcastable, portable, interactive, international and consumer-led process.
Are we ready for it? Can we afford it? Can we afford not to afford it? Do we have to let go of all we hold dear? And how do we ensure that a remarkable radio heritage is not lost in the process?
The internet puts control back in the hands of the people. For solo artist Modcam, the internet has become the primary means of distributing his music worldwide. His latest creation is a mixture of ambient, glitch, and dub sounds, titled “Six Minute City“. Creating everything on his own was the most satisfying aspect of creating the album. Realizing that the music industry is shifting towards a more independent-friendly environment, Modcam decided to pursue his own musical career without being signed to a label. Instead, he created his own net label, Spectral Onyx Records, where all of his music is on display for free downloads and for purchase, at www.spectralonyx.com.
Our 01/30/2008 free bandwidth and storage promotion is now over! Thanks to everyone who signed up and took advantage of the free bandwidth and storage allocation in the new year. We’re running one more promotion in early 2008, and then all our prices are increasing.
Our final promotion for Winter 2008 is 10GB of bandwidth and 100MB of storage allocation free with any plan, from video hosting personal to dedicated streaming server tier 5. This is your absolute last chance to take advantage of the current prices.
Due to increased global demand and the decreasing value of the american dollar relative to the Euro and asian currencies, all our hosting and live broadcasting prices will be increasing on 4/1/2008.
Mention this offer upon signup and we’ll apply the free storage space or bandwidth to your account.
A sincere thank you to all our new clients who have made 2008 the best year in our company’s 7 year history.
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We reach the world: Design to audience.
We’re pleased to announce that business is doing well, and to thank our customers, we’d like to offer 250MB of free storage or 15GB of bandwidth to all new signups through February 15th.
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Bob Marley’s music has never died and his influence on reggae musicians continues. Jamaica’s 2nd most favorite export would have been 60 on 02/06/2008.
In his heydey, some hard core fans and Jamaicans felt Bob had sold out with his new western influenced style, hanging out with Mick Jagger and living in the United Kingdom.
American reggae star Shaggy compares himself with Bob Marley, and said that you have to dilute the music to go mainstream but your core audience should never ignore you.
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The streaming audio features a broadcast of the former Beatles’ recent live gig at Amoeba Records on the radio show Morning Becomes Eclectic. Sir Paul McCartney also talks with Nic Harcourt at LA’s KCRW.
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