Author: Tony Zeoli

Tony Zeoli is Founder and CEO of Netmix.com and Radio Station by netmix.® Originally launched in 1995, Netmix was was considered by Billboard Magazine to be the "innovation and advancement of dance music on the Internet." Tony had launched the world's first Internet mix show website featuring the most influential DJs from around the globe. After two-and-a-half decades, Netmix has since evolved into an online station directory and powerful WordPress plugin, Radio Station, for broadcasters and webcasters to manage their statioon's show schedule in WordPress. Tony has been an innovator at the intersection of music and the Internet for the past thirty years in project management, product development, and digital strategy,. He is also the founder and CEO of Digital Strategy Works, a WordPress web design and digital marketing agency. And, Executive Producer of the Asheville House Music Society, an online House Music mix show. Tony is located in Asheville, NC where he loves to mountain bike, hike, and play golf with his son.

December 28, 2007

Netmix Global House Sessions Podcast (December 2007)

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After a few starts and stops, I’ve finally gotten around to finishing up my latest 3-hour mix show. Things have been hectic over the last few months and I just didn’t have the time to focus on it. But, it’s finally done!

I love the 3-hour format, because you can really stretch out and program a variety of tunes into the set. So, download to your desktop and transfer to your portable device, or simply just listen to it here.

I’ve also provided links to download each individual track from Beatport.com when available [UPDATE – June 6, 2012 – Beatport’s affilate program with Linkshare is no longer active and the links have been removed]. I know I was hard on Beatport in the past, but the service finally got around to building out a text linking program through their partnerships with Linkshare, an affiliate network that provides companies with the tools to build out affiliate programs. I found most of the tracks, but there were a few I couldn’t track down. It might be because they are new and haven’t pushed an update to Linkshare yet. Beatport have also created an API through LinkShare, which I hope to use in the future. But for now, we’ll just keep it simple.

Would love to know what you think, so please come back and post your comments. Enjoy!

Track Listing:

December 22, 2007

David Byrne's Survival Strategies for Emerging Artists

Former Talking Head's frontman gives his take on how emerging artists should look at the music industry situation.

December 20, 2007

Mac users more likely to buy music online

The NPD Group's quarterly Digital Music Monitor reveals in its latest issue that Mac users are much more likely than PC users to pay to download music online. What's more, Mac users are more likely to buy CDs and are more likely to watch videos and listen to music on their computers and MP3 players.

December 20, 2007

Michael Robertson shares thoughts on Imeem deal

On his blog, Michael Robertson, founder of MP3tunes.com shares his thoughts on the recent Imeem deal with UMG and why that is bad for Imeem and bad for digital music web companies in general.

December 11, 2007

Lupe Fiasco

This posting isn't meant to be timely in any way, shape or form. I'm not late on Lupe, I was just thinking and felt like writing about how I see a guy like Lupe Fiasco changing the game. Changing the face of hip hop. I don't remember what day it was. It was probably sometime in the early the summer. I was on the living room couch, MacBook Pro propped on my lap, answering work emails and checking my Facebook. The television was on.

December 3, 2007

Live Nation rocks the music industry

Michael Rapino, CEO of Live Nation, is turning the music business on its head. The new company, a spin-off from Clear Channel Communications, plans to generate revenues from all aspects of an artist’s career. Rapino recently acquired Signatures Network and is planning to fire Ticketmaster, then build a network to sell tickets direct to fans.

Facebook Users Protest Online Tracking

The New York Times reports Facebook users have mounted another major campaign against the popular Web site. Over 50,000 users have rallied to sign an online petition against an advertising program Facebook recently implemented to track purchases Facebook users made from external Web sites. Those purchases would subsequently be published into publicly accesible news feeds viewable by anyone connected to that purchaser. Those against the program cited their concerns over privacy and the lack of a one-button click to opt out of the program.

As Facebook continues on its path to becoming one of the most powerful social networks online, it must continually weigh the balance between user privacy and programs to generate revenue. Although the Web site is considered similar to other social networks, it has led the user-generated genre in creating a more socially and politically active environment. Although the other social networks are copying Facebook’s features, Mark Zuckerburg’s network is considered superior in a way Google is considered superior to Yahoo!

Fortunately, Facebook is a private company able to react quickly to user concerns. The company has taken immediate steps to resolve the issue. You can read more at NYTimes.com by clicking the link below.

Universal's CEO Once Called iPod Users Thieves. Now He's Giving Songs Away

Wired writer Seth Mnookin chronicles the upset Universal Music Group CEO Doug Morris feels today about the digital revolution and the iTunes stranglehold Apple holds on the download music market. In an era of new technology, Morris is old school, and he shows it.

From the outside looking in, record labels helmed by men in their 70s (i.e. Morris, Davis) seem like foreign countries led by oligarchs. Crotchety old men yelling in the halls, "they must pay for everything," yet they once instructed their promo departments to ship hundreds of boxes of free CD's to mom & pop retail as a bribe so those stores would sell more and pocket the difference.

November 17, 2007

Get The Look of Lupe Fiasco's Superstar Video

MTV.com's Buzzworthy blog folks posted our StarStyle.com "Get The Look" widget of the styles from Lupe Fiasco's "Superstar" video. Visit MTV.com's blog or just select the styles from the widget below. You can also take the code and post it on your page by using the Get Code button. Enjoy!

November 14, 2007

The Selling of An Album: Jay-Z's American Gangster

Def Jam President and popular rap star, Jay-Z’s decision to sell his album in its entirety through various online outlets with the exception of iTunes sparks controversy. He claims he does not want his concept album downloaded as singles. Customers who pre-ordered the album on iTunes got the download, but that left others out in the cold on release day. Fast Company takes a look at the consequences.