#music (595 links)
- Westbury Music westburymusic.net
An independent publisher of contemporary British music.
Spotify playlist of Ghostly's 110 albums of the decade. If Warp were on Spotify this would be even better (can't blame them for not being, though).
- LJ’s albums of the decade - LJ Kruzer ljkruzer.co.uk
- 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.
Open Knowledge Foundation spoke with Robert about the history of the MusicBrainz project, about the role of community, about the way open licensing helps MusicBrainz work, and about the future he sees for music meta data.
- T61 Place • Index page t61place.freeforums.org
Unofficial thesixtyone forum.
- DELTA 9 « Site relaunch: The tech stuff delta-9.net
A good/useful moan about Wordpress. Plus, Delta 9 is back. Yay!
- Physical & Digital, Together at Last! « Bandcamp Blog blog.bandcamp.com
This makes me so happy. Bandcamp rock.
- Do music artists fare better in a world with illegal file-sharing? — Times Labs Blog labs.timesonline.co.uk
- Remixing Via iPhone: 5 Tools for the Pocket DJ - ReadWriteStart readwriteweb.com
- Julie's Bicycle juliesbicycle.com
A not-for-profit company helping the music industry cut its greenhouse gas emissions and create a low carbon creative future.
- Independent musicians set for windfall after YouTube deal | Business | guardian.co.uk guardian.co.uk
The PIAS Entertainment Group, which represents 200 independent labels, has signed a global licensing and marketing deal with the online video giant that will mean artists and their record companies get a share of revenues from adverts shown alongside their works. The deal covers both official audio and video releases as well as user-generated content.
- Chiptune Marching Band chiptunemarchingband.com
A workshop and performance. It involves people from all walks of life making electronic sounds with one another, out in the world and in the open air.
- Aleatoric music - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org
Aleatoric music (also aleatory music or chance music; from the Latin word alea, meaning "dice") is music in which some element of the composition is left to chance, and/or some primary element of a composed work's realization is left to the determination of its performer(s). The term is most often associated with procedures in which the chance element involves a relatively limited number of possibilities."
"In 1996 Brian Eno released the title "Generative Music 1" with SSEYO Koan Software. In so doing he popularised the term "generative music", describing music that is ever-different & changing, created by a system."
- Generative Music - Brian Eno - In Motion Magazine inmotionmagazine.com
A talk delivered in San Francisco, June 8, 1996
- BENGE: Twenty Systems (Expanding Records) | themilkfactory themilkfactory.co.uk
With Twenty Systems, Edwards creates twenty tracks, one for each of the years between 1968 and 1987, and each built using just one synthesizer. The list of makes, Moog, ARP, Roland, Serge, Korg, Yamaha, Oberheim, and models used is likely to send shivers down the spines of many aficionados, and the accompanying liner notes provide much needed information on each machine.
- :: 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.
- Make: Online : How-to: Hacking RjDj with PD blog.makezine.com
The British Library launches new traditional and world music collections online at http://sounds.bl.uk. Featuring unique field recordings, live performances and out-of-print commercial releases, this latest addition to the JISC-funded Archival Sound Recordings website provides a sample of musical traditions across the globe - offering a glimpse of cultural experience around the world.
- Moodstream™ by Getty Images moodstream.gettyimages.com
- Pitchfork: Articles: Kompakt 10 pitchfork.com
"If there were fewer labels and releases everyone would be happier, but that's difficult to accomplish. I am hoping for a loud voice of reason talking to everybody: producers, labels, distributors, and shops. Like hey, "Think it over, think twice before you release a record." Maybe things can get better again. The main problem isn't that people download or don't buy records anymore, the main problem is that there's just too many releases."
- YouTube - RjDuino youtube.com
Using a custom RjDj patch to control an Arduino. Made possible via the "netsend" and "netreceive" objects in PD, which are also usable in RjDj. The interface with the Arduino is made through the Firmata firmware in combination with the PDuino library.
- 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."
- Rock Band® creators.rockband.com
Use our tools to author playable tracks. Upload and submit your tracks for review by the Rock Band Creators community. Approved tracks become available in the Rock Band Store and on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace*, and you get a cut of every purchase.
- Rock Band game platform opens to indie music | Digital Noise: Music and Tech - CNET News news.cnet.com
To program songs for the game, you or your developer friend first needs a membership to Microsoft's XNA Creators' Club, which was launched a couple years ago to let independent developers create casual games to sell through the Xbox Live Marketplace; a membership costs $49.99 for four months or $99.99 for a year. You'll then be able to get free tools and instructions from the Rock Band Creators Web site to convert your master recordings to the MIDI charts used by the game.
- Share Spotify Playlists at ShareMyPlaylists.com sharemyplaylists.com
Share your Spotify playlists with the world and discover new music
At no. 1, "Max Tundra’s Limited Edition Kosher Chicken Soup". Ah, Ben.
- Playdar - Music Content Resolver playdar.org
A music content resolver service - run it on every computer you use, and you'll be able to listen to all the songs you would otherwise be able to find manually by searching though all your computers, hard disks, online services, and more.
- When I Enter the Office, the Imperial March Plays — GIANT ROBOTS SMASHING INTO OTHER GIANT ROBOTS giantrobots.thoughtbot.com
Wish more people did stuff like this.
- Obscene Strategies obscenestrategies.co.uk
An independent radio promotions company based in East London.
- Type | A record label typerecords.com
New Type Records site. Nice.
- Rock, Paper, Shotgun: Dr Who’s new toy » RPS At E3: APB - The Most Important Game At E3 rockpapershotgun.com
"Jones said how most open city games tend to come with about 100 licensed tracks, but that they realised that most players would far rather listen to their own mp3 collection. But this is an online game. So they’ve done a deal with Last.FM to use their technology in such a brilliantly imaginative way. If you’re listening to a favourite track in your car, and drive past some other players, should they have the same track on their hard drive the game will find it, and they’ll hear it from your car as you go by. Should they not have it, the game will find a track that’s similar and play that instead." Pipped.
- 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.
- Intelligent Audio - Home intelligentaudio.net
IA is a brand new London based label, owned and run by Clare Thwaites; DJ Clare Large.
- Six goals for your social media strategy | citizensound citizensound.net
Centered around music.