Startup Spotlight Special: Soundwave 2.0!
Try saying that five times fast! Today I’m featuring and highlighting, the hard work of some exceptionally creative friends from across the pond, in a way…
Music: The middle ground amidst the arrival of (more) emotional data mining?
The hot topic as of late seems to revolve around further inclusion and analysis of human emotion and that information from such being applied to…
Human vs. Machine: Big Data and the Artificial Recommendation Engine
This article was originally posted at SoundCTRL.com on June 11, 2014 I’m sure there’s hardly an active internet user today who if asked, would actively elect…
Status is only shelf deep: Stay focused on the search
The end of last week saw the “Blog on the Huffington Post” publish a piece on why J.K. Rowling should step aside so other writers don’t…
It’s…ALIVE! Wait, is it?: Defining “live” with 2013 tech
Just under a week ago, a conference based out of London, titled “Music 4.5,” held an event subtitled “The Rise of Video.” A major talking point…
“Just beCAUSE” isn’t reason for alarm. Or is it?
During the past week or so, news of communal lyric site Rap Genius‘s pile of legal troubles with the National Music Publishers Association, has re-lit the wick…
Moderation around music modernization
Lately, the topic of tech evolution seemed to pop up on my news radar a lot and it got me to thinking about and pondering some…
Convoluted conferences (and how we can get AAMPP’ed for a change)
Note to my readers: Before I get into the usual contemplations on another arts related quandary, I want to talk to you, my readers, about some…
“Jetpack Blues, Disney Gets Sued[?]”
Credit for tonight’s special edition post title goes to Facebook user, Thor Jokie, who commented on a still increasing thread under a post made by one band…
Behind the Musicplayr: A Conversation with Thorsten Lüttger
Recently, I had come across and written a general overview of one music startup based out of Germany that is becoming of rapidly growing interest among…