By Ryan Van Etten on 01/17/2011
Mashup City: 10 miles. Modern music infrastructure is built on APIs. Developers are programming the future as we speak. We can bet they’re using some of these 30 music APIs to do it. view list »
Posted in Apps, Music, Music Flux, News, Visual | Tagged 2010-2011 blizzard series, 7digital, 7digital API, API, APIShark, bandcamp, Bandcamp API, Bandsintown, Bandsintown API, Billboard, Billboard API, blip.fm, blip.fm API, concert apps, concert listing APIs, development, Discogs, Discogs API, documentation, emusic, eMusic API, event APIs, Eventful, Eventful API, Grooveshark, Grooveshark API, iLike, iLike API, internet, Jambase, Jambase API, jamendo, Jamendo API, last.fm, last.fm API, list, location-based music, mashups, mobile dev, music APIs, music apps, music infrastructure, music mashup, Napster, Napster API, platform, programming, public APIs, radio, radio apps, RealRadios, RealRadios API, resources, RESTful, Rhapsody, Rhapsody API, services, SHOUTcast, social media, social music, Songkick, Songkick API, SoundCloud, SoundCloud API, Spotify, Spotify API, Stream Networks, streaming, Streampad, The Echo Nest, Ticketfly, Ticketfly API, ticketing, tinysong, Tinysong API, Topspin, Topspin API, touring, We Are Hunted, We Are Hunted API, Yahoo, Yahoo Music, Yahoo Music API, YouTube, YouTube API |
By Ryan Van Etten on 08/29/2010
Communication is a drug. Active ingredients: Force, Information, Relevance, Entertainment. Across any medium, from email to blog, newsletter, tweet, text, status, song, or video, when you communicate you want to deliver verbal Valium. Three elements of F.I.R.E. is a gateway drug. Four is mainline euphoria. Full molecular composition and drug facts are detailed within. Warning: F.I.R.E. triggers action.
Posted in Music, Music Flux, Popular, Visual | Tagged action, art, arts, big media, communication, creativity, drugs, email, emotion, emotional attachment, empathic communication, empathy, entertainment, F.I.R.E., fluorescent colors, force, ideas, infographic, information, interaction, mailing lists, relevance, resources, social media, story, street value, timing, tips, value-added communication, viral communication, writing |
By Ryan Van Etten on 07/27/2010
“Decide an important action + encourage fans to do the action.” There are three phases according to Vinson: Attract fans from social networks a.k.a. “outposts.” Engage them with a “compelling fan experience.” Sell through simple calls to action. Have one concept per page—one call to action. “Artist websites emphasize an artist’s own brand.”
Posted in Design, Music, Music Flux | Tagged action, Ariel Hyatt, attract, band websites, bandzoogle, brands, call to action, Chris Vinson, communication, direct-to-fan, Disc Makers, engagement, interaction, Liz Leahy, mailing lists, music web design, New Music Seminar, NMS NYC 2010, personal brands, resources, retain mindshare, Section 101, service, social media, social music, tips, Tony Van Veen, UX, value-added communication, web design, What I Learned at NMS10 |
By Ryan Van Etten on 07/02/2010
Last month I wrote about five tactics for finding music blogs. Let’s revisit this addiction with three more massive resources and a hit of punk rock. 1. MOG Music Network is a network of music blogs integrated with the social music community MOG. An estimated 800+ external music blogs are now part of MMN—including ours—so MOG it up.
Posted in Music, Music Flux, News, Reviews | Tagged album review, Alkaline Trio, blog aggregators, captaincrawl, Chicago, Matt Allison, Matt Skiba, MOG, MOG Music Network, music blog search, music review, punk, resources, rock/pop, search, This Addiction, video |
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 |
