By Ryan Van Etten on 04/07/2011
Ultra Music Festival 13 hit Miami on March 25–27, 2011 and if you attended, then chances are you got shot by the lens of Adam Jackson, corresponding photographer, at least once. Jackson is a prolific lifestreamer and photographer who’s made his way to UMF every year since 2004. Researchers have clocked him at 60 photos per minute. 40.
Posted in Music, Photo Journal, Popular | Tagged Adam Jackson, Armin van Buuren, ASOT 500, big media, BT, crowds, crowdsurfing, culture, Dance, dance music, dancing, Deadmau5, Deadmau5 costumes, electronica, Erasure, fans, festival, Kaskade, live music, Miami, music photography, people, photos, techno, The Chemical Brothers, UMF (Ultra Music Festival), UMF 2011, UMF photos, Underworld |
By Ryan Van Etten on 03/27/2011
I love loved email. Now I think it may be the death of me. IMO email has gone out of fashion. Lately when I look in my Gmail inbox I’m a deer in the headlights. I try to reply to everyone who writes me, but, at the same time I don’t want to spend my whole life writing emails.
Posted in Editor Notes, Editorial, Media/Journalism, Randomness, Visual | Tagged communication, culture, email, gmail, gmail search operators, infographic, life, openness, productivity, Ryan Van Etten, stats, story, time, tips, transparency |
By Ryan Van Etten on 02/21/2011
Tom Silverman has made his entire career in the music industry. Circa the early 80s he founded Dance Music Report, the New Music Seminar (NMS) and Tommy Boy Records, now Tommy Boy Entertainment, whose roster includes hip hop staples De La Soul, Naughty by Nature, House of Pain, and more. [...]
Posted in Discussion, Interviews, Music, Music Flux | Tagged advertising, Afrika Bambaataa, album sales, albums vs. singles, arts, change, complete my album, culture, De La Soul, digital, Facebook, hip hop, history, hobbyists, innovation, iTunes, mp3 sales, music industry, music value, New Music Seminar, NMS LA 2011, Pablo Picasso, podcast, Tom Silverman, Tommy Boy Records |
By Ryan Van Etten on 01/27/2011
Get the app…Get on bits…Cover it…Check the remix. Cut the intro…Launch campaigns…Connect with fans…WTF is SoundExchange? These were the war cries of musicians in 2010. Get On Bits. Digital is the bomb. When I say ‘get on bits’ I mean get digital. Get on YouTube. Get on Facebook. Get indexed. Become bits. Bits outlive memories. [...]
Posted in Apps, Editorial, Music, Music Flux, News, Popular | Tagged 2010 year in review, 2010-2011 blizzard series, Aderra, Android, arts, Austin Powers, Bandsintown, brain, brain activity, Chris Anderson, cover songs, creativity, crowdsourcing, culture, Dance, dance moves, emotion, engagement, engaging the senses, exfm, Facebook, Facebook growth, fluorescent colors, free, free culture, get on bits, human nature, Ian Rogers, Indaba Music, industry news, influencers, innovation, internet, internet art, Internet Generation, iPhone, Jon Chu, Kyle Bylin, legacy, Live Music Machine, living it, Martin Atkins, mobile, mobile music, mobility, music APIs, music discovery, music industry, MusicBiz, Oli Sykes, Pablo Picasso, predictions, quote, quotes, radio, sensory overload, social media, social music, SoundCloud, SoundCloud API, Spotify, stats, Steve Klein, The Chemical Brothers, The Echo Nest, The Echo Nest API, touchscreens, trends, Vans Warped Tour 2010, Vevo, Vevo growth, viral promotion, Wired, year in review, YouTube |
By Ryan Van Etten on 05/26/2010
“You’ve just got to be open and free, because that’s the way people want to get content on the web”, says Dallas Penn. “Don’t be afraid of someone stealing your work so much, just have more work to give, and, if people are stealing it, you know what you’re onto something. You’re moving in the right direction.” continued Penn. Frank Talk summarized it in poetic terms, “If they’re stealing from you, [then] you’re on the right track.”
Posted in Discussion, Infoculture, Media/Journalism, Music, Music Flux | Tagged bandcamp, blogging, blogosphere, blogspot, circular promotion, community, content, copyright law, counterculture, culture, curating music, hip hop, internet, music bloggers, MusicBiz, net neutrality, new media, Oddisee, open, openness, personal brands, video |
By Ryan Van Etten on 04/21/2010
Game designer/researcher Jane McGonigal asserts that collaborative videogames are the key to solving our real-world problems. In the video here, she outlines why she considers World of Warcraft to be an “ideal collaborative problem-solving environment.” She discusses four key factors in gaming culture that give gamers an edge at problem-solving—urgent optimism, social fabric, blissful productivity, and epic meaning.
Posted in Activism, Education, Gaming, Infoculture | Tagged collaboration, counterculture, creativity, culture, game design, gaming culture, innovation, Jane McGonigal, mindset, MMO, MMORPG, motivation, problem-solving, psychology, social gaming, social intelligence, TED, trust, urgent evoke, video, videogame, virtual worlds, WoW |