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- Desert discs: how mobile phones are at the root of Saharan music | Music | guardian.co.uk guardian.co.uk
However eclectic your music collection, it would still need to go some way to match the sheer range of tracks shared by villagers swapping songs via Bluetooth and Sim card in the Sahara. Bollywood classics, Algerian Rai, Kuduro, French ballads – this is just a sample grab of the kind of sounds doing the rounds there, many of which can be found on Music from Saharan Cellphones, a mixtape put together by Portland-based blogger Christopher Kirkley.
The first comprehensive collection of Numbers Stations recordings released to the public.
- How Much Do Music Artists Earn Online? | Information Is Beautiful informationisbeautiful.net
How Much Do Music Artists Earn Online?
- TuneChecker - Compare Cheap MP3 Single and Album Prices tunechecker.com
New tool from MSE; checks digital prices across a range of digital stores. Shame it doesn't query more independents, though.
- :: DiscRevolt :: discrevolt.com
Provides digital distribution for artists, labels and organizations through custom download cards and personalized web platforms.
- FizzKicks™ - Create Your Own Music Download Cards and Sell Songs, Videos & Albums Online. fizzkicks.com
Downloady music card thingummies. Still haven't found a way of getting them into the shrinkwrap without tremendous expense.
- Adactio: Journal—Re-finding five numbers adactio.com
Simon Singh’s Five Numbers radio series on huffduffer
- Si Begg :: 24 Bit Error Collection sibegg.com
Si Begg's next release out for free. "Don't get me wrong I'm all for me making money out of my music. But as I say, i'm not exactly churning out platinum hit singles here. I'm thinking its more likely I'll make my money a) from possibly licensing the tracks to compilations b) PRS royalties from radio play etc c) maybe getting the tracks used in film and TV d) gig, remix and production work encouraged by generally raising my profile. All of which is more likely to happen the more people that get to hear and hopefully enjoy my music."
- Kiddie Records Weekly kiddierecords.com
Kiddie Records Weekly began in 2005 as a one year project devoted to the golden age of children's records. This period spanned from the mid forties through the early fifties and produced a wealth of all-time classics. Many of these recordings were extravagant Hollywood productions on major record labels and featured big time celebrities and composers. Over the years, these forgotten treasures slipped off the radar and it became our mission to give them a new lease on life by sharing them with today's generation of online listeners.
- Max from sbooth.org sbooth.org
Mac audio ripper with Musicbrainz integration.
- Tam Variations | LJ Kruzer audio.ljkruzer.co.uk
LJ Kruzer and Uncharted Audio present the Tam Variations, eight engaging experimental versions of Tam, a piece which features on Kruzer's forthcoming album Manhood & Electronics. Each variation is the end result of methodical sequences of sound processing exploring all the possibilities of computer manipulation of digitised sound data.
- Bumps | Stones Throw Records stonesthrow.com
The three percussion experts behind the seminal indie rock / post rock band Tortoise showcase their rhythmical prowess, coming together for Bumps, the self-titled concept break beat record.
- A Mixtape entitled ‘On sleeves’ | Line anytwopoints.com
Been waiting for this to drop for ages. Tim Hecker, Fennesz, Gastr del Sol, Bjork, Speedy J; very good.
- » That Sony Meeting Song, by Toad songbytoad.com
"Columbia Records, part of Sony BMG, [...] invited [Winston's Zen] in to talk to them and suggested he bring along a couple of other bloggers and make something of a meeting out of it. So last Thursday [some MP3 bloggers] went along, the Sony people booked a table in a pub and we talked about stuff and drank ourselves into a stupour. And what did we achieve? Well honestly, I’d say not an awful lot, really." Worth reading despite that, though.
- Free Music Archive freemusicarchive.org
"A social music website built around a curated library of free, legal audio" from WFMU, KEXP, Cash Music, Dublab and others.
- Line: Q&A :::Proper Songs::: propersongs.blogspot.com
What I'm tried to do is combine the things I love about electronic music, especially proper techno and electro, with... proper songs.
- The FADER - Freeload: Harmonic 313 Mix thefader.com
- BLEEP - Special 5th Birthday feature beta.bleep.com
To celebrate Bleep’s 5th birthday, we asked a select cast of people working in music to pick their 5 favourite releases or tracks from the entire Bleep catalogue.
- Open Source Flash MP3 Player webresourcesdepot.com
"An open source flash MP3 player which can be customized and integrated into websites easily. It has 5 different versions that lets you only use a "play button" or a player which lets users to choose tracks from multiple files."
- Rumblefish | Sonic Branding and Music Licensing rumblefish.com
Find and license music for any project—TV shows and advertisements, movies, websites, video games, podcasts, and more."
- cherrypeel.com - the democratic music revolution cherrypeel.com
"Every band starts out at the bottom of the charts and if the community likes what they hear, they vote the band up. This works well for lesser known bands as the community votes on the quality of the song, not media hype or name recognition." Looks similar to thesixtyone...
- People’s Music Store | New Music Ideas newmusicideas.com
"Is this the next killer site - or a bit of a dead duck? Let’s have your thoughts in the comments please." Look forward to the comments on this. Haven't spent enough time using PMS but like the concept and the people behind it are very friendly.
- Avant Garde Project - 20th Century Classical, Electroacoustic, Avant Garde Music Downloads avantgardeproject.org
A series of recordings of 20th-century classical-experimental-electroacoustic music digitized from LPs whose music has in most cases never been released on CD, and so is effectively inaccessible to the vast majority of music listeners today.
- :: soundtransit :: home soundtransit.nl
A collaborative, online community dedicated to field recording and phonography. On this site, you can plan a sonic journey through various locations recorded around the world, or you can search the database for specific sounds by different artists from certain places.
- Welcome - SoundCloud soundcloud.com
We got fed up with the crappy tools available for sending and receiving music and felt we’d do things a little different. This is our version of how things should be.
- How can I sell mp3s from my website? | New Music Strategies newmusicstrategies.com
- Opentape opentape.fm
"A free, open-source package that lets you make and host your own mixtapes on the web. Upload songs (via web or FTP), reorder, rename, customize the style, and share what you like on other sites with an embeddable player.
- track locker brainwashed.com
Hard to find Luke Vibert tracks.
- Minotaur Shock minotaurshock.com
New Minotaur Shock album on 4AD: "Instead of doing a Radiohead and asking you to pay what you think the music is worth, I have decided to try and explain what I feel the music is worth, and explain my reasoning. Of course, in an ideal world I would charge you £20.00 per track, but I’m a realist."
- People's Music Store peoplesmusicstore.com
New mp3 shop with a twist; users set up their own shopfronts using site's catalogue. Ex-Bleep people involved, apparently.
- What's the best way to include album art? | Ask Metafilter ask.metafilter.com
If I'm making an album available on the web, whats the best album art file names and dimensions to include with the download? Is it worth it to include a playlist file?
- Lo Recordings Music Licensing loeditions.com
Lo Recordings' production/library music site.
"What you’ll be creating is an automated music tumblelog." with Last.fm, Pipes and Tumblr. Very cool.
- SoundManager 2: Javascript Sound for the Web schillmania.com
SM2 is an attempt at providing the sound API which Javascript has been missing. It's a library which wraps and extends Flash's sound capabilities, bringing cross-platform audio functionality to Javascript.
- FATdrop - digital music services for record labels fatdrop.co.uk
Improve the way you send promos and get your pre-release music heard by the right people faster. Create, manage and deliver low-cost, high response, email marketing for each of your releases.
- Yahoo! Media Player developer.yahoo.com
Enhances your web site or blog by creating an embedded player for each audio link. All the links can be played with one click, turning the page into a playlist.
- Hohoho - Merry Christmas Earthlings! files.doubledotdash.org
Free (mildly festive in places) album from the doubledotdash!? people. Good stuff.