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Music Blogs: Taste or Waste?

By Ryan Van Etten on 08/17/2010

Is The Hype Machine the Lonely Planet of music blogging? “I just feel like everyone tries to do something different, but you always wind up doing the same damn thing.” Our world is a paradox without a crash course. The streets are filled with drivers who supposedly ‘can’t drive’ and writers who supposedly ‘can’t write.’ Perception is all you have. Run with it.

Posted in Discussion, Editorial, Media/Journalism, Music, Music Flux | Tagged 140conf, blog aggregators, bloggers, blogging, blogosphere, change, Chris Weingarten, curating music, denial, drones, Elbo.ws, Hype Machine, meaning/purpose, mediacracy, MOG, MOG Music Network, music bloggers, music criticism, music math, perception, poll, progress, rock journalism, rock/pop, taste, The Beach, The Ramones, travel, traveler vs. tourist, Twitter, unique experience, writing | 6 Responses

How To Find The Best Music Blogs

By Ryan Van Etten on 06/03/2010

In the sea of music blogs, best means most relevant to the reader. How can bands or listeners find blogs in their genre? How can they find blogs in a specific city? Google is an obvious search tool for most topics, but to really get in the trenches and find smaller indie blogs, here are five super-effective search techniques. Includes live music photos.

Posted in Music, Music Flux, News, Popular | Tagged blog aggregators, bloggers, Cymbals Eats Guitars, Delicious, Elbo.ws, genres, Google, Hype Machine, indie, Japandroids, last.fm, live music, location, music blog search, music bloggers, MusicBiz, No Age, noise pop, photos, resources, rock/pop, search relevance, search trends, similar artists, social media, stumbleupon, tips, Titus Andronicus, Twitter | 7 Responses

Music Blogging Throwdown—Evading DMCA Takedowns

By Ryan Van Etten on 02/11/2010

Dubbed musicblogocide2k10 Google deleted at least six known music blogs from its Blogger platform. Google posted an official response highlighting their current procedures for handling DMCA complaints that were last updated last summer—Google implies that they warn offending bloggers but cite difficulty contacting offenders in the past. They also include the link for filing a DMCA counter claim.

Posted in Activism, Discussion, Editorial, Infoculture, Media/Journalism, Music, News | Tagged backup, bandcamp, blog shutdowns, blogger, bloggers, blogging, blogspot, change, copyright law, Creative Commons, digital, DMCA, domains, dreamhost, DRM, EFF, embedding, export, Google, Grooveshark, hosting, how to, import, internet, jamendo, legal, musicblogocide, musicblogocide2k10, platform, posterous, promo code, resources, rights, SoundCloud, squarespace, tips, transfer, transferring, tumblr, widgets, WordPress, writers, YouTube | 2 Responses

Censorship and Media In An Expanding Internet Population—Do You Feel Censored On The ‘Net?

By Ryan Van Etten on 01/20/2010

Blocking sites = blocking progress. I’m American. It’s hard to imagine über-restricted Internet surfing. In the U.S. internet censorship does exist in workplaces, libraries, and schools but U.S. censorship is minimal compared to Chinese censorship. Censored sites in China include wikipedia.org, amnesty.org, nasa.gov, digg.com, bbc.co.uk, cnn.com, guardian.co.uk, facebook.com, flickr.com, tumblr.com, wordpress.com, youtube.com, and—WTF—even disney.com is censored.

Posted in Activism, Discussion, Editorial, Media/Journalism, News, Popular, Visual | Tagged access vs. ownership, blocked sites, bloggers, business, censorship, China, communication, comparison, content, cyberattacks, data, digg, Facebook, fear, Google, government, how to, human rights, information, innovation, internet, media, moral values, new media, NYT, population, privacy, reality, security, stats, technology, Twitter, US, usage, Wikipedia, workplace, world | 3 Responses

bloggers

Music Blogs: Taste or Waste?

How To Find The Best Music Blogs

Music Blogging Throwdown—Evading DMCA Takedowns

Censorship and Media In An Expanding Internet Population—Do You Feel Censored On The ‘Net?

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