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Music Photography: Quality vs. Memory [Poll]

By Ryan Van Etten on 04/16/2010

Last week, with the help of photographer Adam Jackson, I posted a photoset from the Ultra Music Festival in Miami. UMF was a sellout event, but only a few photographers seemed to capture it. Adam voiced his frustration that for such a huge event like UMF, only a relatively small amount of decent media makes it to Flickr and YouTube.

Posted in Editorial, Infoculture, Media/Journalism, Music | Tagged culture, flickr, Internet Generation, live music, media, mobile, motivation, music photography, Paramore, photojournalism, poll, quality, sentimental value, tips, youth, 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

VEVO Launch Tonight—Do You Viva or Veto?

By Ryan Van Etten on 12/08/2009

The major labels’ new video site Vevo is due to launch tonight. A potential upside is that Vevo’s backend is powered by Google and YouTube technology, which may make it easier to integrate social features. It might also fuse somehow with the Google music search. The potential downside is that it could be fueled by greed more than music.

Posted in Discussion, Music, Music Flux, News | Tagged Abu Dhabi Media, advertising, CBS Radio, content, deals, EMI, entertainment, Fatboy Slim, Google, last.fm, launch, major labels, media, money, music industry, music sites, partnerships, Sony, streaming, Universal, veto or viva, Vevo, video, YouTube | 7 Responses

Music Consumption in a 180°—Terry McBride Interviews.

By Ryan Van Etten on 12/01/2009

The interviews below featuring Terry McBride—CEO of Nettwerk—offer terrific insight to the digital era of music. Terry points out that the ways in which we consume music are changing rapidly—largely due to smartphones—and that the “emotional glue” between fans and musicians is the essence of music business.

Posted in Interviews, Music, Music Flux | Tagged access vs. ownership, app stores, Apps, artist labels, behavior, brands, business, cloud, cloud computing, consumers, consumption, content, context, copyright law, culture, digital, direct-to-fan, DIY, entertainment, fans, future, interview, iPhone, kids, marketplace, media, mobile, mobility, music industry, MusicBiz, musicians, Nettwerk, P2P, partnerships, positivity, service, smartphones, social music, streaming, TED, Terry McBride, trends, video, virtuality | 4 Responses

Music Dopeness and Bands as Brands (Part 1)

By Ryan Van Etten on 11/19/2009

So you consider music as your profession? Then whether you like it or not, your band is your brand. You may think you are defined by your style and sound, but nowadays your are ultimately defined by your fans and their perception of you. When you look in the social-media mirror your public face should be a reflection of your private face.

Posted in Editorial, Music, Music Flux | Tagged bands, brands, business, communication, community, dopeness, economics, engagement, entertainment, Gary Vaynerchuk, identity, interaction, internet, media, music industry, MusicBiz, musicians, revenue, service, social media, thank you economy, tips, wackness | Leave a response

On The Horizon For Google Music?

By Ryan Van Etten on 11/13/2009

If you often use Google to lookup artists then you’ve no doubt already seen the new Google Music Search that includes playable audio right in the search results. The streaming audio is served via iLike or Lala. Links to other streaming music sites are shown as well—namely Rhapsody, Pandora, Imeem, and Lala.

Posted in Discussion, Music, Music Flux | Tagged crowdsourcing, data, Google, iLike, Imeem, information, integration, iTunes, Lala, media, music industry, MusicBiz, MySpace, OneBox, pandora, Rhapsody, search, social music, streaming, The Cardigans, trends, Wikipedia, YouTube | Leave a response

3 iPhone App Creation Platforms For Musicians

By Ryan Van Etten on 11/03/2009

Enter the mobile music frontier—the age of the app is here—and you don’t need to be a developer to create your own iPhone app anymore. Here are ~~three~~ four platforms that enable artists to build their own custom mobile applications.

Posted in Apps, Editorial, iPhone Apps, Music, Music Flux, Popular, Reviews | Tagged Android, app review, app services, Apple, Apps, bands, Blackberry, development, Facebook, framework, geotagging, iLike, integration, IODA, iPhone, iTunes, Kyte, localized, location, m-commerce, media, MixMatchMusic, MobBase, mobile, mobile music, Mobile Roadie, mobility, musicians, MySpace, Nokia, platform, promo code, revenue, services, social media, social music, streaming, Twitter, YouTube | 9 Responses