Deadact.com: Embarassing Electronic Artists Who Fake It

http://www.deadact.com/

I think I may have just found our Doppelganger site. DeadAct is an online blog geared solely at showcasing electronic LivePA acts who blatantly fake their liveset. Love the idea, name and concept

“DeadAct.com is an online archive of videos found in the public domain that show electronic performers blatantly faking their "live set". To qualify as a Dead Act, the performer must have pre set out their performance in such a way that if they were to drop dead, the set would keep playing on as normal. Bonus points for fake knob tweaking, failed attempts to play real instruments , and good orgasm faces. ....Do they think we're stupid?”

Soundcloud.com: Twitter for Musicians?

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So tonight at 6:00 PM Eastern Soundcloud.com officially launched to the public. I jumped at the chance and signed up to it right away to give it a quick run down and find out what it is all about. After exploring the site for an hour or so I think the simplest explanation of what it is, is Twitter for music sharing. The core of the site exists around musicians being able to upload their music (of any size and length) and then share it with followers. It has a similar followers system to what Twitter uses and you can subscribe to artists on the site.




Sounds pretty basic right? Well it is, but there are a whole slew of other cool features on the site that make it really cool. For example, one such featured is what they called a timed comment. While you are listening to a track an user and insert a comment on the timeline of the track right where they want. They can for example say "That was a great buildup" and insert it right at the point of the track where it occurred.





Also on the site there appears to be some excellent sharing features to embed your music externally. But, one of the coolest features is the dropbox feature. Soundcloud provides you a link to to allow anyone to drop music off for your to listen to. Feel free to drop music at the link below

Dynamic Interplay's Dropbox

So, overall this site is very cool and has a huge potential to allow for musicians to interact with each other. If anyone else out there is using the site or signs up, send me a request on the site and we can get to sharing some music. My username is DInterplay. Let me also point out that there are no file size limits to the music you upload!!!!

CNET: Hands on with Tenori-On

.:CNET: Hands on with Tenori-On:.

While we have seen plenty of news and review about the Tenori-On coming from Europe, the news on the device from the US media and artists has been rather mum. Perhaps we might be seeing a little bit of a change in that CNET.com has gotten their hands on the Tenori-On and offers up some preview insight. While the article does not go into much detail about the device that we do not know already, there is a rather tasty interview with the Tenori-On creator which outlines some of the design concepts behind the device along with the hinting of it officially coming to the US in 2008.

Be sure check out the link along with the accompanying CNET video on their site.

Interesting LivePA Picture

via LivePA.org

Grooveshark.com: Another way to share your music

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Looking for another way to get your music online and perhaps make a little money? A new startup called Grooveshark will do just that, but it also seems to reward users and artists for reviewing other people's work.

The approach here is a little different then others however, with the interface acting as more as an application rather then a webpage.

Overall an interesting approach and perhaps worth a look in the sea of music sharing sites.


via ProAudioNews.net

Soundsnap.com: Find Free Loops/Samples

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Looking for another avenue to find free loops and samples on the net? Well looks like there is a new sample search engine in town and it is called Soundsnap.com, and it is supported by Digidesign.

At first glance It looks to be your standard search and find database, but after digging a little deeper it looks like the site actually is going for the web 2.0 community approach, allowing users to upload and share their samples. At the moment the sample library is a little sparse, being as new as it is, but give it some time and some eager users and I think it could take off.

Give it a check, I know you are always looking for that next good movie quote to throw over your techno.

via ProAudioNews.net

Modulate.org.uk: United Kingdom Experimental Collective

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Modulate is a UK collective of artists exploring experimental sound and visuals. The group creates everything from music to visuals to multi-speaker installations. They will event setup and help with organizing events.

They also have a new 5.1 surround sound DVD featuring visuals and music for sale now on their website. They appear extremely open to communication and collaboration with other artists and event organizers of all sorts, so if you are interested give them a shout.

Has Korg Discontinued the Electribe Series?

Now here is an interesting one. I popped onto a couple of my frequently visited online music stores and noticed that none of them seem to have the Korg Electribes for sale any longer. Now it does appear that the ESX-1 and the EMX-1 are still available, but the good ole' "classic" EA-1, ER-1 and ES-1 are no longer available.

It also appears that the EA-1 and the ER-1 have been removed from the Korg website as you can see in the image below. I mentioned that earlier in the year, but at the time all of the electribes were still available in stores. Now it appears they truly are gone.

The Electronic Musician Podcast - LivePA Episode

In the latest episode of The Electronic Musician Podcast, I covered as my topic for discussion LivePA. Essentially my discussion is an outline of my LivePA Getting Started Guide posted here on the boards. If you are interested in hearing it, or if you are just interested in checking out a great (wink, wink) podcast for electronic music producers head on over to http://www.tem.podshow.com to check it out.

ProAudioNews.net: The Digg.com for Audio!!!!!!

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Here is a cool website. Do you like Digg.com, but find that audio related articles get lost in the mix? Well it looks like someone out there has made a Digg clone designed just for audio production news and information. Right now the site still looks young, in a sort of BETA mode, but help it out by sending in traffic and hits. While your at it submit some of your own news, like.....lets say the LivePA Blog.

Daniel Hansson: Founding Member of Elektron Killed in Car Crash

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More tragic news in the world of music makers. It appears that one of the founding members of Elektron, makers of the uber cool Machinedrum, Monomachine and Sidstation, has been killed in a car accident.

It really is too bad when great music minds are struck down short. Elektron gear is absolutely amazing and some of the best hardware still being produced.

To express your condolences to the Elektron team and Daniel's family you can send an email to condolences (at) elektron.se.

via LivePA.org

Ripple9: Free Service to Deliver Gig/Concert Info via SMS.

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There is a new startup service out there called Ripple9. Ripple9 is a free service that allows artists and bands to deliver information to people such as their concert announcements and more. Very cool if you ask me.

Quote:

Ripple9 is a free service that broadens your fan base by delivering your music, pictures and reminders of your upcoming gigs directly into the mobile phones of your fans.

Ripple9 allows you to promote your music in a new way by putting your music where it should be, in the hands of your fans.

Mobile flyer - Deliver a text message “mobile-flyer” leading your fans to band info, gig alerts, ring tones, wall paper, & more...

Gig alerts - Fans receive a text message automatically reminding them to show up to your next gig. They'll forward along to their friends!

Mobile posts - You and your fans post pictures & videos from their mobile phones to a "mobile billboard" on your MySpace page and web site.

Friends - Grow your fan list while you're on the road! Get fans to join your fan list via text messaging. Reach fans on mobile, IM, and email in a single blast!

So is there a catch? Probably some advertising for the company in there, but I don't know myself. If anyone out there gives it a try, let us know in the comments section how it works for you.

GetGigs.com

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Looking for another resource to find some gigs? Well someone out there was bright enough to aptly great a place called getgigs, where you can list yourself, find auditions, and also find people who are looking for musicians.

Music Software Reviews

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So ages ago I started this music software review page on the social creation tool known as Ning. This was way back when Ning first started. Unfortunately the project just sort of trailed off without me ever following up on it.

Well I just happened to stumble across the site again, and I thought, why not try to get it back up and running again. So I thought I would go ahead and post this on the blog here to encourage anyone out there to sort of post up your review and description of music software.

Feel free to add new software or post a review of software that you are using.

Rules to Take the Stage By - I Haven't Had My Coffee Yet

Rules to Take the Stage By - I Haven't Had My Coffee Yet

I found this interesting post today on Digital Bear's blog, that outlines some of his rules every artist should think about when taking the stage. Just some more positive reinforcement for people out there preparing a show.

I particularly like his points of making sure the audience knows who you are by announcing yourself, and knowing the other acts that you are performing with.

Singing Tesla Coil: The Ultimate Light and Sound Show?

This sweet video of a Tesla coil playing music is going around the internet. The Tesla coil vibrates are an approximately 44.1Khz frequency and the operators modulate the pitch to create this music.

Awesome!!!!!

Tech Support Showdown 2007 - LAPTOP Magazine

Tech Support Showdown 2007 - LAPTOP Magazine

We have discussed on this blog several times about this laptop brand and that laptop brand. Price, build quality, etc. etc., but one of the things that is perhaps most often overlooked in the laptop purchase is the customer service and tech support lines.

What is the experience like when you have a problem with your laptop? Can you contact them from the road, and how punctual are they about getting it back to you.

All of these questions are extremely important, but often times overlooked in the laptop purchase.

Laptop Magazine has posted its second annual tech support showdown comparing all of the major manufacturers from Sony to Apple. The magazine ranks the warranty, the tech support and more.

So head on over there and read up and find out where your laptop brand stacks up, or read up on what to look for in your next laptop purchase.

via Engadget.com

Ableton Live Wiki

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New to Ableton Live, or are you just looking for a good place for info? Perhaps you are the Ableton master and wish to share your info.

Then head on over to the Ableton Live Wiki for a great alternative resource to the Ableton Manual and messageboards.

BARCamp Chicago 2007: June 23-24

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Hey everyone out there. BARCamp, the uber tech and geek get together is happening in Chicago on June 23-24. I will be attending myself with any luck, doing some recording to podcast the event.

If you are unfamiliar with BARCamp, BARcamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants.

Generally the topics focus on technology, the web and things along that nature, but general geeks are welcome.

For more information head on over to the website. I hope to see everyone there.

EndDRM.info

DRM is one of the hottest internet topics out right now, and it is certainly applicable to musicians. On the one hand musicians and writers of all types have the right to protect their creative properties. On the other hand, DRM certainly alienates the music fans, and in some cases the artists themselves.

.:EndDRM.info:. is a nice site that was started to dish out info on the bad side of DRM. With that is also links to learning more about DRM, its purpose, as well as music storess (that we can sell our music at) which will sell DRM free music