New York nightlife will be getting another shot in the arm with the arrival of Pacha, a European-style venue swinging open its doors soon after a top down renovation of the old Sound Factory space on West 46th, between 11th and 12th.
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.
Grokster Ceases Operations
You may have heard today that file-sharing service, Grokster, who recently lost a Supreme Court ruling finding the company infringed on copyrights for allowing the sharing of movies via its p2p software, shuttered its web site today. More news on the story can be found at Yahoo: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051107/music_nm/media_grokster_dc
and an intersting comment about the effects of this decision on software developers can be found at the Ohio Free Culture blog.
Madsol, Herby F. and DJ Tap Live on Netmix.com
Check it out now...Madsol-Desar with Herby F. and DJ Tap is Live on Netmix this morning. Even though he's in the middle of moving, Madsol found the time to get some of his friends down here from Boston to co-host the radio show today. JussListenToTheRadio is on right now til 12 noon!
My Top 10 DJ Web Site Picks for November
I've been doing a lot of surfing of DJ and dance music culture Web sites lately. I guess I got the buzz again. It's been a long time coming.
I haven't done much talking about Web sites here, so I thought I'd better put together a preliminary Top 10 DJ sites I'm feeling pretty good about. These are robust, content driven sites that have really transcended the early days of static HTML pages. They are self-sufficient, running on open-source platforms in .asp, .jsp or .php/mySql.
Speaking at Rockland Community College
The Corporate Monster, a New Media Trajedy
Lot's going on with Netmix and me personally. I've been looking for a new employment opportunity. The Associated Press just wasn't the place for me. I met some really great people (and some not so great, but nothings perfect in this world). They seem to be on this huge hiring binge, and I quickly discovered they are going through growing pains in the Services & Technology division that just aren't right for someone with my extensive new media development experience.
Streaming Your Mix Online
Hey DJs...what if I told you there's a way to go from mixing it up in your bedroom to broadcasting your mix-sets worldwide in a matter of hours? Call me crazy, right? Hey...hey...hey...not so fast! As many of you already know, there are numerous ways to host your own streaming radio shows right from the comfort and sanctity of your bedroom. Or, at least pre-produced and uploaded to any number of services that handle the either technology for you or you can encode your mix and upload it yourself.
MySpace, Your Problems
Microsoft and Real Networks Settle Lawsuit, Collaborate on Digital Music
1Today, mightly Goliath finally gave in to pesky little David, who's been knawing at its ankles for some time with an anti-trust lawsuit charging Microsoft with anit-competitive practices in using its dominance in PC operating system software to impact Real's efforts to sell their streaming software.
Missy
No big news today. Hung out with my friend Missy on Sunday.