February 2012
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Grooveshark blocked in Denmark by copyright...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/wPDBGb on February 23, 2012 at 03:02AM DNS-level barrier appeal expected A Danish copyright group has won a court order to block music streaming site Grooveshark from the nation’s pastry-munching pirates.…
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Tomahawk Combines Your Local Music with Spotify,...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/wOnBVI on February 22, 2012 at 06:00PM
Windows/Mac/Linux: Tomahawk is a free desktop music player that combines your local library with the libraries of our favorite streaming music services, like Spotify, Grooveshark, and more, so you don’t need to open a multitude of separate players to listen to your music....
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The Latest: Beatles, Orchard, Eventbrite, Rdio,...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/zEMWgl on February 23, 2012 at 12:05AM
These are the stories we’re tracking late in the day. Please check back for ongoing evening and early-morning updates. And be sure to send tips to news@digitalmusicnews.com!
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Jason Crabb Tops 2012 Dove Awards Nominees |...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/AwpmhW on February 22, 2012 at 12:15PM
Southern gospel singer Jason Crabb leads the 43rd annual Gospel Music Association Dove Awards, set for April 19 at Atlanta’s Fox Theater, with eight nominations, including nods in the artist, male vocalist, country recorded song and Southern gospel album of the year categories.
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Beatles Songs Released As Ringtones on iTunes |...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/yxkK1v on February 22, 2012 at 09:18AM
iTunes today announced that the 27 no. 1 singles on the Beatles’ compilation album 1 would be available as 30 second ringtones through the iTunes Store.
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A2IM To Produce First Ever Independent Music...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/zxaYEw on February 22, 2012 at 08:02AM
The A2IM Libera Awards, or “Libbies,” are the first awards to be for independents as voted by independents, and will cap off the organization’s Indie Week 2012 June 21 with honors such as the Indie Light Bulb and Road Warrior of the Year.
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Video: PlayStation Vita's AR game trio | Engadget
Reposted from http://bit.ly/yzHJcD on February 22, 2012 at 04:13PM With the retail launch of the Vita hardware comes the arrival of three augmented reality games, using a set of six cards that look an awful lot like the ESP test cards Dr. Venkman used in Ghostbusters. I downloaded them all from the PlayStation Store today, carefully set up a camera between my face and Vita (keeping the table in...
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Vegas RAIN conference to feature Brian Benedik,...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/yxvq3Q on February 22, 2012 at 12:15PM
February 22, 2012 - 11:00am - February 23, 2012 - 4:00pm
Today RAIN announces the addition of three more industry executives to the agenda of RAIN Summit West 2012: Katz 360 Sales President Brian Benedik, Spotify VP of U.S. Adsales Jon Mitchell and Michael Papish, Rovi...
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Songbird for Android – v1.5.6 Now Available! |...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/wCkupK on February 22, 2012 at 09:32PM Hey there fellow birders,
We’ve just posted a new update to the Android market that includes a number of issues, including:
Stability improvements
Enhanced SD card handling
Various bug fixes
Your feedback, as always, is welcome. Anyone experiencing bugs is encouraged to contact us at android-support@songbirdnest.com
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Asher Monroe On The Future Of Indie Music | Forbes
Reposted from http://onforb.es/wepADd on February 22, 2012 at 07:09AM
Asher Monroe has been in show business since he was seven years old, when he played the role of Chip in the Broadway production of Beauty and the Beast. Since then, he’s never stopped working. He’s been a singer, an actor, and more. He has a recurring role in NBC’s Parenthood, and starred in MGM’s remake Fame, but his...
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La La La La La: The Internet Routes Around...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/xdSUWj on February 22, 2012 at 04:56PM
One of the things I’ve never liked about copyright is its potential to be the functional equivalent of censorship. Sometimes this censorship comes about because an author didn’t get permission to create his work in the first place (see: Richard Prince, JD California). While this unfortunately turns judges into cultural...
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Find Great Kickstarter Projects With Kickstumbler:...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/zUE88q on February 22, 2012 at 06:04PM
With two Kickstarter projects breaking the $800,000 barrier in the same day, the mothership of crowdfunding sites is having its moment. We had a hunch this was coming when investors on recent panel about women in venture capital called out, unprompted, to Perry Chen, hoping he might be in the market for funding. But that...
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Mass-BitTorrent Lawsuits Stopped Over Unlicensed...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/y91JPe on February 22, 2012 at 05:43PM The ongoing mass-BitTorrent lawsuits in the U.S. continue to keep the United States judicial system busy. More than 250,000 people have been sued over the last two years and new lawsuits are being filed every week.
Through these mass lawsuits the copyright holders are trying to obtain the personal details of BitTorrent users who...
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WTF Wednesday: Miracles of Modern Science Sing...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/xeie0V on February 22, 2012 at 12:34PM Lucky, lucky O Music Blog readers — this week you get not one, but two editions of WTF Wednesday, our glorious, informative video feature in which bands reveal all the weird shizz that they’re looking at online. In this episode, “orchestral space-pop” band Miracles of Modern Science gift us with a few videos of adorable pups, as...
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WTF Wednesday: MNDR Likes Dirty Dudes & KARP |...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/xGJvcD on February 22, 2012 at 11:43AM Welcome to another edition of WTF Wednesday, in which bands tell us what the f**k they’re looking at online. This week, we hit up Amanda Warner — a.ka. MNDR — who told us all about her obsession with her friend’s super random Tumblr, as well as a documentary about KARP (the band, not the swimmy kind). MNDR — who was nominated for...
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La La La La La: The Internet Routes Around...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/xdSUWj on February 22, 2012 at 04:56PM
One of the things I’ve never liked about copyright is its potential to be the functional equivalent of censorship. Sometimes this censorship comes about because an author didn’t get permission to create his work in the first place (see: Richard Prince, JD California). While this unfortunately turns judges into cultural...
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Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris, tech giants agree on...
Reposted from http://lat.ms/zb9B3B on February 22, 2012 at 05:06PM
California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris announced Wednesday an agreement between her office and six tech giants — Apple, Amazon, Google, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft and Research In Motion — to mandate that apps sold in their digital app stores and running on their mobile operating systems have clear privacy policies.
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Study: Facebook profile beats IQ test in...
Reposted from http://lat.ms/yQOv9K on February 22, 2012 at 03:54PM
Can a person’s Facebook profile reveal what kind of employee he or she might be?
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Facebook says Paul Ceglia concealed 'Get Zuck'...
Reposted from http://lat.ms/xjuDtT on February 22, 2012 at 01:01PM
More fireworks, this time set off by Facebook in the case of the New York man who would own Facebook.
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Google to pass Facebook in U.S. display ad...
Reposted from http://lat.ms/wvtqMK on February 22, 2012 at 01:19PM
Watch out, Facebook, Google is gaining.
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Google 'smart glasses' reportedly launching this...
Reposted from http://lat.ms/A2KRqC on February 22, 2012 at 12:35PM
Just as an Internet connection has made our phones smarter and is in the process of making our TVs smarter, soon your glasses may be smarter too, thanks to a project from Google that could be a breakthrough in wearable computing.
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Artistic Recap of Social Media Week Nightlife...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/xdfnnK on February 22, 2012 at 05:15PM
Last week, SoundCtrl hosted the Music Hub at Social Media Week. We had a collection of panels and discussions about social media and how it pertains to the music industry. One of our panels, “Nightlife Disrupt: Social Media’s Impact,” was moderated by DJ Vikas Sapra and featured panelists Michael Gogel (Nightlife Week, PPX World...
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Google Doodle celebrates German physicist Heinrich...
Reposted from http://lat.ms/yEmvEl on February 22, 2012 at 07:00AM
German physicist Heinrich Hertz has been honored with his very own wavy Google Doodle on what would have been his 155th birthday.
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The Brits | Lefsetz Letter
Reposted from http://bit.ly/AkFfov on February 22, 2012 at 04:53PM
Enough with the self-congratulatory backslapping. Despite the stratospheric ratings, the Grammys were positively antiquated, with a ton of duets/medleys and staging that was state of the art ten years ago.
Look at this:
2012 - Ed Sheeran ‘Lego House’ (live)
The special effects blow everything at the Grammys away. This performance...
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How Celebrities ‘Game’ Twitter with Data Analytics...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/zajdCu on February 22, 2012 at 04:31PM
The worst thing about Twitter, according to Mike More of Headliner.fm, is that people — including famous recording artists — have to think of something to say. All on their own. “The white box is Twitter’s biggest problem,” he said at the Digital Music Forum East conference on Wednesday in Manhattan. Headliner.fm, which also...
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Introducing the 'Libbies,' an Award Show for Indie...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/yTZTxH on February 22, 2012 at 04:09PM
It’s not that indies aren’t winning at the Grammys - they are, in a huge way. But it always happens with Rihanna and Katy Perry dancing on the stage.
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Four Spotify DJing Tips From Miniature Tigers |...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/A1SzPY on February 22, 2012 at 03:39PM Image courtesy of Miniature Tigers/Facebook
The denizens of the upcoming Modern Art Tour– Miniature Tigers, Geographer, The Chain Gang of 1974 and Speak and Pretty & Nice — are on the hunt for a passel of DJs to open for them on the road, and instead of putting out a digital Want Ad for qualified spinners, they’re taking to...
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Introducing Michael Black: The Orchard’s New SVP,...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/wsxmdi on February 22, 2012 at 03:59PM
Michael Black first started at The Orchard as a consultant in August last year, and it was only a matter of time before he had won everyone over with his rugged charm and his impressive know-how. Therefore, it is with great excitement that our CEO Brad Navin announced today that Michael …
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Keen On… Gracenote: How To Make Data Pay In The...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/AFv4Lw on February 22, 2012 at 01:51PM While the early history of the Internet is littered with the corpses of music start-ups, not all digital music companies have failed. Take, for example, Gracenote. Founded in 1998, the Berkeley based company was sold to Sony in 2008 for $260 million and is one of the real pioneers of the evolving digital economy. Gracenote has...
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Music Tech @ SXSW: Backplane Hackathon, Music...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/wQafbI on February 22, 2012 at 02:17PM
Hypebot put together a nice list of Music Tech parties going on at SXSW this March. SoundCtrl will be there. Will you? Sunday 11 – Mashable SXSWi House Tuesday 13 – BandPage HQ Tuesday 13 – EFF MASHUP PARTY: Music+Tech+Policy Makers Unite Tuesday 13 – Interactive Closing Party Presented by (mt) Media Temple Wednesday 14
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Hey, Entrepreneurs, Check Out All The Wacky Names...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/AdjYbM on February 22, 2012 at 02:12PM
Hey, entrepreneurs and inventors, can’t figure out what to call that cool new thing you made?
Not sure what it might be used for?
No worries. You’re in good company.
Courtesy of Shaun Usher at Lists Of Note, who transcribed Thomas Edison’s original brainstorm notes (see them here), here’s a list of...
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How To Get 60 Million Users Without Using Any...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/AyTPEa on February 22, 2012 at 10:11AM
Most viral online content relies heavily on social media to spread the word.
Flash sale design site Fab, for example, reached 1 million users in five months thanks to a social sign up scheme.
How did sites become popular before Twitter or Facebook existed? And how do you spread the word if your target demographic doesn’t...
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Megaupload Faces New Charges in US Case | P2P...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/wZAirJ on February 22, 2012 at 02:45PM Megaupload’s founder, Kim Dotcom
In addition to a new series of criminal copyright infringement counts, the infamous case against file-sharing site Megaupload has also received wire fraud counts by US prosecutors, BBC reports.
New details have been brought to the attention of the press, as officials filed an ample...
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Canada’s Stance on Copyright vs.US’s | P2P News!
Reposted from http://bit.ly/xVFeAa on February 22, 2012 at 02:16PM Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore Endorses the Country’s New Copyright Law
Canada copyright legislation envisions a new different approach to copyright infringement, as opposed to the stringent and controversial U.S. legislation model, Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore said Wednesday.
In an interview with CBC News,...
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Digital Notes: Beatles Songs Finally Sold as...
Reposted from http://nyti.ms/zw98Fb on February 22, 2012 at 12:07PM
Very late to the party, songs from the Beatles’ album “1” will now be sold as mobile ringtones at iTunes for $1.29; Kim Dotcom is released on bail, with no Internet use allowed; and more.
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Study: Consumers Overwhelmingly Prefer Ownership...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/xpsvya on February 22, 2012 at 01:42PM
The simple version is that physical is going digital, and digital is going towards access. The real version, however, seems to be infinitely more complicated.
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Tomahawk: The Most Important Music App Nobody’s...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/wioshk on February 22, 2012 at 01:35PM
Eliot van Buskirk of evolver.fm wrote an in-depth piece on the media player.
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Innovation in Radio is Stupid | Mark Ramsey Media...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/y8xU60 on February 22, 2012 at 01:45PM
It was a company district manager in Southern California who first observed the strange beverage that Starbucks’ competitors were offering – it was cold and frothy almost like a milkshake, but spiked with coffee.
“We should have something like this,” she told Starbucks’ International President Howard Behar, who agreed.
So...
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Katy Perry's 'Part of Me' Debuts Atop...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/wlfF6Y on February 22, 2012 at 07:21AM
Katy Perry’s ‘Part of Me’ debuts atop Hot 100 while Adele, Whitney Houston, Nicki Minaj and Chris Brown add to an action-packed top 10.
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TuneCore Offers Royalty Collection Service in...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/wczCKI on February 22, 2012 at 07:05AM
Online distribution service TuneCore is offering Canadian songwriters and music publishers an administrative service to collect any unpaid royalties from online sales and streaming, yet publishers like Peermusic are skeptical.
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Whitney Houston Has No. 2 Album, Grammys Push Big...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/zFWgIU on February 22, 2012 at 06:30AM
Whitney Houston’s “Whitney: The Greatest Hits,” climbs from No. 6 to No. 2 on the Billboard 200 in the first full week after the singer’s death on Feb. 11. The album sold 175,000 for a 174% gain.
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EU Suspends ACTA Copyright Treaty Ratification |...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/y0x4KX on February 22, 2012 at 03:40AM
The European Commission, facing steep opposition, is suspending efforts to ratify an international anti-counterfeiting agreement and instead referring it to Europe’s highest court to see whether it violates EU rights.
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Apple Defends Use of iPad Trademark in China...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/A5Zj4O on February 22, 2012 at 02:54AM
Apple defended its right to use the iPad trademark in China in a heated court hearing Wednesday that pitted the electronics giant against a struggling company that denies it sold the mainland China rights to the tablet’s name.
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Megaupload Founder Kim Dotcom Released on Bail |...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/zXlPBt on February 22, 2012 at 02:46AM
The founder of the file-sharing website Megaupload was released on bail Wednesday after a New Zealand judge decided Kim Dotcom lacked means to flee because his funds had been seized.
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Entertainment, Other Stocks End Flat After Dow...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/ADxWgA on February 22, 2012 at 02:30AM
U.S. stocks, including shares of entertainment conglomerates, finished Tuesday’s trading day flattish after initial gains pushed the Dow Jones Industrial Average index above 13,000 for the first time since May 2008.
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Gadgetwise Blog: Tip of the Week: Audiobook...
Reposted from http://nyti.ms/zvUKxF on February 22, 2012 at 06:05AM
What all the ancillary controls mean and can do when you are using an iPhone to listen to the spoken word instead of music.
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Are You Contributing To Internet Addiction? |...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/yCUsua on February 22, 2012 at 12:57PM
If you check your social stats more than a couple of times a day, you might be addicted to the internet, In fact, as music marketers some of you are contributing to the addiciton of others. Internet addiction was dubbed a “clinical disorder” in 1996 is a study for CyberPsychology and Behavior. Are You Contributing To...
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The Most Important Music App Nobody’s Talking...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/yiKXVe on February 22, 2012 at 01:20PM
In order for a technology to take off these days, it has to be simple. Twitter, Facebook, iTunes, Spotify — each can be summed up in a sentence or so and readily understood from the very first time you use it. Tomahawk is more complicated, but if you’re a music fan who listens to music […]
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Attorney Caught Red-Handed as Florida Judge...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/xQIDIX on February 22, 2012 at 01:01PM On February 16, the Northern District Court of Florida suspended 27 copyright troll lawsuits against more than 3,500 Doe defendants on suspicion that the copyright trolls’ lawyer, Tarik Hashmi of the Transnational Law Group, may not be properly allowed to practice law in the state of Florida. Some of the plaintiffs represented by...
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Ethan Kaplan: Culture Is A Product | hypebot
Reposted from http://bit.ly/A5sPTV on February 22, 2012 at 11:56AM
Guest post by former Warner Bros. Records digital exec Ethan Kaplan of Live Nation Labs. He blogs at Black Rim Glasses.
A year ago I walked out of the Warner Bros. Records building, put a box in my car and drove home. I left with a collection of memories, but also a sense of unfinished business that I intended to keep in...