Archive for the 'Music' Category

Très Awesome Aussie Music Start-up

Monday, May 4th, 2009

It’s been exciting seeing a Brisbane music technology start-up by Nick Crocker / Ben Johnston and Wotnews getting a colossal amount of attention on Tumblr, Twitter, TechCrunch, Mumbrella, Wired and news.com.au as well as hundreds of blogs. We Are Hunted is a daily music chart that generates a list of the 99 most popular songs [...]

 

Get your fans to fund your album

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

Using the internet to allow fans to help fund a musician’s album making process so they can avoid having a record label is easy with sites like Slicethepie and Sellaband. But Australian singer Clint Crighton is providing more incentive for people to invest in his music project. One of the one thousand people who put [...]

 

London black cab + band = superb

Monday, May 19th, 2008

We love any idea that is simple, cheap, subverts the norm and produces outstanding results. The Black Cab Sessions ticks every box by recording a band performing one song in the back of a London black cab. ‘We offer a lift to a touring band from their hotel to the venue, so they can always [...]

 

Brilliant music videos on the cheap

Friday, May 16th, 2008

With so much powerful hardware and software sitting on people’s desks it is cool seeing it being put to creative use by musicians when they are putting together their videos. Here are two tops examples: CCTV Music Video Unsigned UK band The Get Out Clause know you don’t need a to have a proper camera [...]