Fripperies on Friday – The Boombox
My first boombox was called a Tensai Rhytm Machine. It looked like a standard boombox but it also allowed you to split the stereo into two recordable mono tracks and included five or six pre-set rhythms, which if you held two of the buttons down together allowed to ‘mix’ the rhythms. Prior to the invention...
What a bunch of Twitters…
Many artists seem to have taken to Twitter like ducks to water. While some musicians found the idea of keeping a blog going too daunting, Twitter provided an easy way to connect with their fans. Even Nine Inch Nails Trent Reznor, who recently claimed he was giving up on social media, just couldn’t stay away...
Last.fm+Youtube = the coolest music channel in the world
I love mashups when they do something really simple and really smart. Tim Bowman’s clear little mashup takes the technology behind Last.fm to recommend a whole load of videos for you to watch from You Tube. You simply type in an artist or a last.fm username and you get an instant video channel, rather than...
Vox Pop Record Store and more in Manchester UK
Nick and I took a trip to Manchester UK to meet up with a number of people. First stop Gary McClarnan. We met up at his great record store Vox Pop. Also sells the best cup of coffee in Manchester plus some great Tees. Then headed off for an evening listening to people discuss the...
Napster gives customers free music
Napster has struck a deal to allow AT&T wireless customers to download music for free, to do with what they want, for a year. This may not sound like much — but it harkens back to all those mistakes that the music industry made in dealing with the Internet a few years back. Music execs...
Death By Powerpoint?
Last week I spent two days at Marketing Week’s Interactive Summit in London. Part of the reason for attending is that New Media Age and Marketing Week have kindly asked to be programme director at this years Online Marketing Show, and I wanted to check out some potential speakers. As with most conferences I seem...
Just hum a little tune…
I like this idea. You hum a tune into the computer microphone for 10-15 seconds, a clever bit of software from Nayio.com will match your attempt to Napster’s library of music. They will get a free listen to the song and will also be able to buy the tune from Napster. I am off to...
