By Ryan Van Etten on 07/14/2010
VideoSong is medium defined by Jack Conte with two rules: 1. What you see is what you hear (no lip-syncing for instruments or voice). 2. If you hear it, at some point you see it (no hidden sounds). Jack is one half of the indie music duo Pomplamoose, who chose video as their social medium of choice largely due to the magnetic attraction emitted by YouTube.
Posted in Interviews, Music, Music Flux | Tagged anti videosong, band, CDBaby, direct-to-fan, DIY, DIY Musician Podcast, engagement, indie, inspiration, interview, Jack Conte, Kevin Breuner, mp3 sales, music industry, MusicBiz, podcast, Pomplamoose, production, rock/pop, shortform content, social music, video, videosong, viral video, YouTube
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 06/03/2010
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
By Ryan Van Etten on 05/28/2010
Think Death From Above 1979 meets The Knife. Call it noise pop…breakbeat rock…or dance punk. Sleigh Bells mixes heavy dance beats and lo-fi distorted guitars, produced/performed by Derek Miller, with the hi-energy vocals of female singer Alexis Krauss. This Brooklyn-based duo is blasting earbuds with their debut album, Treats.
Posted in Music, News, Reviews | Tagged album review, alternative, dance punk, dream crunk, electro rock, loudness, Music, N.E.E.T., noise pop, review, rock/pop, Sleigh Bells
By Ryan Van Etten on 03/23/2010
SXSW is an annual music/film/media/design conference—a.k.a. week-long party—held in downtown Austin, Texas and hyped for featuring fresh music from many genres. Crowdsurf these 27 photos and tour this year’s live music events.
Posted in Events, Music, News, Photo Journal, Popular | Tagged alternative, arts, Austin, bands, crowds, crowdsurfing, dance pop, Dum Dum Girls, electropop, fans, Freeway, Fungi Girls, indie, Japandroids, live music, Meiko, music photography, musicians, noise pop, party, Pearl Harbor, Peelander-Z, photos, playlist, punk, Red Bacteria Vacuum, rock/pop, Sharon Van Etten, Sleigh Bells, Superchunk, SXSW, SXSW 2010, Texas music scene, The Beets, The Flaming Lips, The Lovely Feathers, The Octopus Project, The Very Best, The xx, Thee Oh Sees
By Ryan Van Etten on 02/10/2010
Paramore + Hulu = Awesomeness. A hi-fi artist channel that rocks. Paramore outperforms both on and off the stage. Why do I like Paramore? They are kick-ass live performers. But I’ve never seen them in person. Hulu delivered them to me last year and now again with the brand new Paramore channel at hulu.com/paramore
Posted in Editorial, Music, Music Flux, News, Reviews | Tagged access vs. ownership, Andrew Kendall, artist channels, artist-fan relationship, awesomeness, band, bands, brand new eyes, content, deals, EMI, energy, engagement, fans, generation, hulu, hulu channel, Internet Generation, live music, music review, MusicBiz, musicians, paramore, partnerships, performers, performing, pop-punk, punk, rock/pop, social media, social music, storytelling, streaming, television, The Final Riot!, timeline, ustream, Vevo, video, WMG, youth, YouTube
