By Ryan Van Etten on 02/16/2011
Usually when you see the words ‘greatest hits’ you get scared, right? You crunch up in a ball and think why, why, why? Don’t worry—it’s not what you think! With every new article I try to outdo myself and with that in mind I wanted to come up with something strong to follow my 2010 [...]
Posted in Editor Notes, Music, Narrative | Tagged acoustic rock, greatest hits, indie, It's The Heat, lyrics, most popular articles, music video, punk, rock music, Ryan Van Etten, song, video |
By Ryan Van Etten on 01/26/2011
For years I joked that my New Year’s resolution was to get into hard drugs, and have good posture. Well, luckily for my health I never followed through with the former. Actually it might be luckier for your sanity too. I have to say though that my posture has stayed pretty straight. Hell, I think I’m still getting taller at 31. I know it’s already a month in. It felt like a 25-day jet lag »
Posted in Boundless, Editor Notes, Editorial, Narrative, Randomness | Tagged be edgier, challenge the status quo, choose life, edgy, inspiration, life, mantras, New Year's resolution, push the envelope, resolutions, Ryan Van Etten |
By Ryan Van Etten on 06/22/2010
The story of the new mobile music startup, Sound Around, starts in 2009, in a little place called Raleigh, North Carolina, where brothers Scott and Steve Klein had been brainstorming tech startup ideas. Both were students at NC State, but with opposite majors—nearly yin and yang. Add entrepreneurial DNA, and they’re Pinky and The Brain.
Posted in Apps, Editorial, iPhone Apps, Music, Music Flux, Narrative, News, Popular | Tagged acquisition, app services, business, development, entrepreneurs, indie, interaction, iPhone, Lauchbox Digital, MobBase, mobile, mobile dev, mobile music, music apps, music startup, NC State, Pinky and The Brain, platform, resources, ReverbNation, service, smartphones, social music, Sound Around, startup story, startups, story-driven, TechStars |
By Ryan Van Etten on 06/20/2010
For the last few months I’d occasionally been hearing mini-explosion sounds like those bang snaps that I remember from my semi-pyromaniac youth. I finally figured out they were coming from my computer—a custom PC that I built in 2007. After another explosive pop yesterday, the graphics on my screen started to look like they were drunk. I opened up the PC case and my 2 SLI graphics cards were literally like a million degrees!
Posted in Editor Notes, Narrative, Randomness | Tagged blown capacitors, custom PC, donate, electronics, EVGA, exploded, GeForce, GeForce 7300 GT, graphics card, help, NVIDIA, overheating, photos, video card |
By Ryan Van Etten on 08/06/2009
Open remixing will put more diverse and imaginative music into scene than ever before. Alkaline Trio—the punk-rock band that inspired me to start my music career—recently held an open remix contest via Indaba Music. Audio remixes give songs alternate lives, they break barriers, and they transcend genres.
Posted in Editorial, Music, Narrative, Remixed | Tagged Alkaline Trio, collaboration, dub, entertainment, imagination, Indaba Music, innovation, interpretation, Matt Skiba, punk, remixing, social music |