News from around the web on Popdust's raise of $4.5 Million to fund operations. This new music service that marries musc news with fashion merchandising. It's a lot like I did as VP of Music at StarStyle.com from '05 to '07. Remains to be seen whether they can really drive commerce with music fans.
Venerable Chicago dance music producer, Mark Picchotti, continues dominating the Billboard Dance Charts with this Top 10 chart hit; a pop-dance stomper for the clubs by FOSTER THE PEOPLE entitled “Don’t Stop.” It’s also a FREE DOWNLOAD from Mark’s SoundCloud page.
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Movement 2012 kicked off sans some of the bigger names in its history, but according to TellUsDetroit.com, attendance was up this year over last year, which proves you don't have to have the biggest names to attract electronic dance music fans for this popular, long running festival.
Migratory Music have launched what could be revolutionary technology for the concert industry. The company’s new Ovation Tower sits in-venue. A live performance is mixed down by professional sound engineers from Aderra and the concert is made available as a download either during or after the event.
Concert fans can walk up tot the Ovation Tower kiosk and either download the concert to their mobile device or onto a USB stick. They also have the option to send an email link and download from home.
What is interesting about the service is the large screens also double as video displays for HD-quality advertising messages, which give advertisers the ability to market to concertgoers. Seems like a smart way to double-dip on revenues.
It remains to be seen whether this technology will catch on, but Migratory’s recently announced partnerships with Nederlander Concerts, MediaNet, Abbey Road Live, SeePoint Technology, Aderra Media Technologies and YCD Multimedia, they seem to be well on their way. We wonder if the cost of production and the technology will be supported by music fans who line up to download the concert before they leave the venue.
It probably makes sense to download an app for iPhone or Android, allow the concert goers to check-in from a show, and then provide them with the ability to purchase the concert and download it immediately (only on Android as Apple does not allow downloads), stream it again (could work on iOS) or send a link to download it later.
Why go through all the trouble of putting kiosks in venues? Seems like a control issue, but we’d still like to see it available via an app. Wouldn’t you? For more on this story, check out the Migratory Music press release on Mi2n.
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DJ Tony Z is back with another slammin’ Netmix Global House Podcast for November 2011. This mix strays from the underground, with a more uptempo popular flavor defined by a big room sound and anthemic, female and male vocals. This is one of the best Netmix podcasts to date. We know you’ll love it.
Tiesto’s marches into the U.S. mainstream, appearing on the cover of Billboard and headlining Electric Zoo.
DJ Tech Tools interviews pioneering Techno DJ producer, Richie Hawtin, on the future of DJing and the standardization of digital DJ tools.
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Back in the New Year with a new attitude, here’s the latest Netmix Global House Podcast, mixed by DJ Tony Z.
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We loved watching Atomic Tom jam on the subway using nothing but an iPhone to record vocals and play synths and a drum machine.
Justin Timberlake appeared on Jimmy Fallon's show to plug the movie, Social Network. After reminiscing a bit about Timberlake's knowledge of Hip Hop, Fallon and the former NSYNC star turned actor, took to the stage with the show's house band, The Root's providing the beats as a backdrop to a Fallon/Timberlake rendition of classic Hip Hop songs.
