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 08/25/2010
Bob Marley: “My music fights against the system that teaches to live and die.” Seth Godin: “Art is a personal gift that changes the recipient. The medium doesn’t matter. The intent does. … Art is unique, new, and challenging to the status quo. It’s not a decoration, it’s something that causes change. If there is no change, there is no art. If no one experiences it, there can be no change.” Has art changed you?
Posted in Music, Music Flux | Tagged art, arts, Bob Marley, change, definition, emotion, emotional labor, free, graffiti, Haight Street, impact, Linchpin, photos, purpose, San Francisco, Seth Godin, what is art? |
By Ryan Van Etten on 07/27/2010
Mr. Owl, How many clicks does it take to get to the rock n’ roll center of a retail mp3? Let’s find out. A One… A two-HOO…too many! Mr. Owl just BitTorrented right in because it was easier than buying it on iTunes. It took less clicks. It took less clicks. Are you testing your fans’ user experience?
Posted in Design, Music, Music Flux | Tagged Ariel Hyatt, clicks to content, consumers, consumption, content, digital sharing, Disc Makers, Eric Garland, fans, free, Futurehit.DNA, Google, iTunes, Jay Frank, Mr. Owl, New Music Seminar, NMS NYC 2010, OneBox, P2P, package deals, ripping and burning, strategy, streaming, tips, Tom Silverman, Tony Van Veen, UX, What I Learned at NMS10 |
By Ryan Van Etten on 06/25/2010
When it comes to music, value is in the ear of the listener. Value is always decided by the market. It’s a fundamental economics principle that Universal Music Group and the RIAA can’t seem to grasp—at least based on their latest propaganda initiative against music piracy in the US called Music Rights Now, which would be more appropriately named Denying Reality Now. Do they think they can change human nature?
Posted in Discussion, Editorial, Music, Music Flux, News, Popular | Tagged behavior, change, denial, economics, free, human nature, internet, ISP, legal, legalize it, music industry, music value, P2P, P2P legalize us, P2P movement, RIAA, rights, Universal, wackness |
By Ryan Van Etten on 04/27/2010
On the road of sound, there are players, and there are consumessengers. Due to the increase in communication mediums, consumers—the fans—are spreading the message now more than ever. Hence, the consumessenger has emerged. These modern fans are still fueled by the music, but what we’ve seen is a shift to an era where musicians are the engine, and their fans are the only fuel that matters. Gassing up your car isn’t free, but hybrid music fuel can be.
Posted in Boundless, Discussion, Editorial, Music, Music Flux | Tagged advertising, business, CDBaby, Chris Anderson, consumessengers, content, DIY Musician Podcast, economics, free, freeconomics, influencers, Kevin Breuner, like button, marketing, music industry, MusicBiz, MySpace, obscurity, photos, podcast, recommendation engine, resources, social media, social music, VW, word of mouth, your friends are your filter |
By Ryan Van Etten on 12/21/2009
Syntonetic has launched Moodagent—a recommendation/playlisting app based on a user’s mood and emotion—for iPhone/iPod Touch. They have a Nokia smartphone version too, dubbed Playlist DJ. Moodagent syncs with an existing music library and users adjust moods with five sliders—sensual, tender, joy, aggressive and tempo.
Posted in Apps, iPhone Apps, Music, News, Nokia Apps, Reviews | Tagged app review, Apps, audio, data, emotion, free, iPhone, iTunes, launch, library, listeners, mobile music, mood, moodagent, music apps, music discovery, Nokia, Playlist DJ, playlists, preview, profiling, recommendation engine, science, social music, syntonetic, technology, tempo, video |
