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By Ryan Van Etten on 02/21/2010
These people are awesome: South African rap-ravers Die Antwoord (translation: The Answer) have dazzled the interwebs in a matter of weeks with their latest music video Enter The Ninja. A literal butterfly effect is happening here—Die Antwoord is rippling the music world with Zef flow.
Posted in Band Radar, Editorial, Music, News | Tagged arts, awesomeness, butterfly effect, counterculture, culture, Die Antwoord, diversity, enter the ninja, hip hop, next level, rap, review, south africa, video, zef
By Ryan Van Etten on 02/10/2010
Paramore + Hulu = Awesomeness. A hi-fi artist channel that rocks. Paramore outperforms both on and off the stage. Why do I like Paramore? They are kick-ass live performers. But I’ve never seen them in person. Hulu delivered them to me last year and now again with the brand new Paramore channel at hulu.com/paramore
Posted in Band Radar, Editorial, Music, Music Flux, News | Tagged access, Andrew Kendall, artist channels, artist-fan relationship, awesomeness, band, bands, brand new eyes, content, deals, EMI, energy, engagement, fans, generation, hulu, hulu channel, Internet Generation, live music, MusicBiz, musicians, paramore, partnerships, performers, performing, pop-punk, punk, review, rock/pop, social media, social music, storytelling, streaming, television, The Final Riot!, timeline, ustream, Vevo, video, WMG, youth, YouTube
By Ryan Van Etten on 01/24/2010
Bill Burton: “Sometimes we limit ourselves by what we believe we can do. We don’t even start. We don’t even try.” Burton delivered this powerful point in his TEDx talk last week, called How To Have A Christmas Number One Single, where, citing RATM’s rise to UK Xmas no. 1, he exemplified the boundless force of social media, and, through a storytelling memorization activity, he demonstrated the limitless—but often unrealized—potential of the human mind.
Posted in Band Radar, Boundless, Editorial, Music, Music Flux, News | Tagged belief, Bill Burton, christmas number one, counterculture, culture, defiance, empowerment, facebook, fans, interview, jon morter, killing in the name, memorization, MusicBiz, no limits, nu metal, number one, people, photos, pop, pop charts, psychology, radio, RATM, ratm4xmas, Simon Cowell, social media, social music, storytelling, TED, TEDx, tracy morter, UK, X Factor, xmas
By Ryan Van Etten on 11/17/2009
I saw this interview of Dhani Harrison on Conan O’Brien the night before The Beatles Rock Band’s debut in September, and until then I had not realized that George’s son, Dhani Harrison, had played such a major role in the development of the game. In the interview Dhani describes how he ended up working on creation of The Beatles Rock Band, which started with his 5-year-long Guitar Hero obsession.
Posted in Band Radar, Design, Editorial, Gaming, Music, News, Rock Band | Tagged alternative, band, band websites, Conan O'Brien, development, Dhani Harrison, facebook, Gaming, interaction, interview, musicians, MySpace, rock/pop, social media, social music, stickam, The Beatles, The Beatles Rock Band, thenewno2, video, videogame
By Ryan Van Etten on 11/01/2009
Music Site of The Month is a series where we spotlight an awesome music website based on its interactive content, fan engagement, and mobility. This month the spotlight is on Depeche Mode. DepecheMode.com brings us the expected features of a band website, and then some. The site is photo-rich and packaged in layers of sleek design.
Posted in Band Radar, Design, Music, Music Site of The Month | Tagged alternative, Apps, band, band websites, Depeche Mode, fans, geotagging, integration, interaction, iPhone, mobile, mobility, mosaic, MusicBiz, photos, review
By Tanya Robertson on 10/09/2009
On September 18th SpaceJunky Island reopened with a floating city made of crystals. It was a great show with a big turnout. Crystals have some effects over our energy balance and you can feel them here in Crystal City. All of the designers have opened up new, modern stores from Bare Rose to Solanges and BDD.
Posted in Band Radar, Events, News, Second Life, SL Events, VirtualArt | Tagged event, fashion, Izzy Cole, live music, photos, review, Second Life, social music, spacejunky, virtual bands
By Ryan Van Etten on 10/01/2009
Music Site of The Month is a new series where we spotlight an awesome music website based on its interactive content, fan engagement, and overall design. This month the spotlight is on Paramore. Paramore.net is more than a website—it is a community and social network for Paramore fans. We need to see more music sites like this.
Posted in Band Radar, Design, Music, Music Site of The Month | Tagged alternative, band, band websites, Conan O'Brien, Design, direct-to-fan, fans, interaction, MusicBiz, paramore, pop-punk, rock/pop, social music
By Tanya Robertson on 09/30/2009
Metaverse TV (MBC) is opening its beautiful sim at Metverse Island on October 3rd and you are all invited. Events start at 3pm SLT and carry on right through until 8.30pm SLT with SpaceJunky coming on stage at 7.30pm SLT for their concert and pyrotechnics show that includes giveaways during the performance.
Posted in Band Radar, Design, Events, Gaming, Music, Second Life, SL Events | Tagged architecture, bands, Design, event, island, live music, Lumiere Noir, metaverse, metaverse-tv, opening, party, photos, Second Life, sim, spacejunky, video, virtual bands