February 2009
30 posts
WatchDepeche Mode - Wrong, this video is all kinds of badass, whoa
“Off Notes: Online Music's Bad Record of Investor...
betaworks: This analysis seeks to bring some historical perspective to the continuing failure of the online music space to generate meaningful investor returns. Read
This is very on-point
What's up with the text-in-video aesthetic?
Tons of video I’ve seen in the past month features artfully inserted words that run along with the dialog or lyrics showing off the director’s typographical might. Who started this?
Watch this clip on album leaks from Current TV for an example (also good to watch this in general).
“I don’t think we can wave a wand and put a bunch of techies in the driver’s...”
– David Kusek, in an interview with R & G about the music industry and hot issues like file sharing, DRM and etc.
“The music market is down not due to P2P “piracy,” but for four...”
– Terry McBride, more here. He is such a badass humble thinker and observer, was incredible to meet him. (via Taylor)
“If you pair mobile phones with FM radio, you’ve got most of the interesting...”
– -Ethan Zuckerman
Ethan let this one fly during his open remarks at Mobile Tech for Social Change. He was speaking mainly in the context of activism in the developing world and combining SMS with FM Radio. I think what he meant is that FM radio serves as a mass broadcast mechanism and most social...
“The lack of retention lends itself to having fresh content. The joke is that...”
– moot talks about 4chan’s content dynamics and more
The Story of FF DIN →
laureola:mattmcinerney:
DIN is up there on the list of my favorite typefaces and I always love the history of type.
“The Hype Machine”? In DIN.
Pitchfork's Ryan Schreiber on ABC News, talks... →
This is so cool! Must have been a thrilling day in that office!
WatchVideo of the My Brightest Diamond show from December, superbly recorded and produced by Baeble Music (via Irene T)
How we pick blogs (at the Hype Machine) →
Hype Machine's Virginity →
(via zoya, gtmcknight)
Yahoo Answers rocks
PR Critical Fail
The logic here is incredible.
————— Forwarded message ————— Date: Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 1:56 PM Subject: With the news of Chris Brown, are independent artists more serious about their work? Hi [—-] - When the news that Chris Brown had been arrested for alleged assault, I couldn’t help but think that independent music artists...
Speaking, where and when, future
2009
02/26/2009: Digital Music Forum East, New York, US: Music Blogs: The Ultimate Digital Tastemakers with Anthony Batt, CEO & Co-Founder, Buzznet, Adam Farrell, Head of Marketing, The Beggars Group & Matador Records, Jim Merlis, President, Big Hassle Media / former Head of Publicity, Geffen Records, Matthew Perpetua, Founder, Fluxblog
03/17/2009: SXSW 2009, Austin, US:...
Speaking, where and when, past
Keeping a log of this is tough, but here are some recent ones:
2007
09/27/2007: The NY Millenials Conference, New York, US: Millenial Q&A
10/16/2007: Music 2.0 Meetup (Organized this with Art Chang), New York, US: 6 startups working with music on the web presented for 5 minutes each leaving another 5 for questions from a standing room-only music industry audience. Elias Roman of Amie...
