digital music strategies
RockMe.dium.com
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With…..
September 18 – 22, 2007
w/ world premier content from Rose Hill Drive…
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NYC-based lo-fi folk and sci-fi punk band led by comic book fanatic and illustrator Jeffrey Lewis.
NME calls Jeffrey Lewis, “The Big Apple’s Best Kept Secret.” This video for “Posters” was not filmed with permission and almost got them arrested…
The Associated Press
Tuesday, August 21, 2007; 2:17 PM
SEATTLE — Viacom Inc.’s MTV Networks and digital media company RealNetworks announced Tuesday a digital music joint venture that will compete with Apple’s dominant trinity of the iTunes store, iPod player and iPhone.
MTV will merge its Urge music service into the Rhapsody offering from RealNetworks Inc. The new offering will be accessible on computers and music players and integrated with Verizon Wireless’s VCast multimedia service for cell phones.
It will be run by a new company, Rhapsody America, and MTV will heavily market the service starting in September and will provide music playlists and other programming.
read the rest at The Washington Post
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If you and i are friends on facebook, there’s a chance you may have seen part of a video project that my amazing friend Melissa Gira (sexerati.com) and I are tossing around. We are girlfriends, and we pour coffee, call each other to touch base, put each other on speaker and videotape it. It’s all real. And yes, we talk about sex – which isn’t shocking considering that Melissa is a Sex Worker Advocate, and has even travelled to Columbia advocating health, safety, rights, and solutions such as webcams, blogs, and schematics for cyberdildonics. Yes…cyberdildonics. And of course, i also have an aptitude for conversation which induces a blushing or two.
the open source movement doesn’t limit itself to the average american comfort zone. The last two times Melissa and i have engaged in our conversation project, sexually related content was a part of the dialogue because we are who we are, engaging in a communication project. Focusing on content, mode, or the resulting media is the voyeur’s choice. I realize that judgement is an inherent result in the participation of any viewer and do not perceive it as risk but rather as default outcome in the minority of possible resulting scenarios. By engaging in social media I am subject to cases of judgement based purely on one’s own perceptions about content and therefore less on concept. Under the canopy of heuristics, digital psychology, sexual freedom and information science, the project persists… Regardless of the subject matter, the facebook conversations may not merely be about sex, and do not even reveal that much about my own sexual choices or dating habits of my own, but are little moments of media left open to the evolution of the project itself.
it’s been a summer of open source conversation.
Open Dialogue: evolving conversation which grows beyond it’s original form when re-experienced by either the parties involved and/ or the observer (who is immediately exposed to the deficits of information resulting from the observation of lost words, phrases or misinterpretations) resulting in a shift of semantic perception among participants and voyeurs.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 20, 2007
RockMe. Online Music Festival Connects Bands and Fans in Real-Time
Me.dium Technology Enhances Fan Experience
Boulder, CO, Aug 20, 2007 – RockMe. (RockMe.dium.com), a five-day online music festival taking place from September 18 – 22, brings five well-known rock bands together to meet and interact with their fans in a unique online social setting. Hosted by Rose Hill Drive, RockMe. facilitates innovative, compelling connections between bands and fans, while enabling fans to interact among themselves and discover new music together in real-time. RockMe. takes place within Me.dium, a free Web browser add-on compatible with Internet Explorer 7, Firefox, and Flock.
“Me.dium makes it possible for us to hang with our fans online in real-time,” says Jake Sproul, lead singer of Rose Hill Drive. “We’re excited to take them on a modern day magical mystery tour.”
During RockMe., bands, artists and music mavens will lead participants on a tour of Web destinations where unique content is revealed, fans can surf with their friends and discover new music through the interaction among the audience members. The final day will include live streaming video of Rose Hill Drive’s show direct from the Fox Theatre in Boulder, CO. Visit RockMe.dium.com for a complete schedule of events.
Participating bands:
Rose Hill Drive – A Boulder, CO-based rock band recently chosen by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the “Ten Artists to Watch in 2007.” Rose Hill Drive are a young, uncommonly talented, real-deal power trio with a not to be missed live show.
rosehilldrive.com and myspace.com/rosehilldrive
The Fiery Furnaces – NYC based sibling rockers. “The Greatest musicians of 2050. Noisemakers of the now who are destined for future rankings.” – Time Out New York
thefieryfurnaces.com and myspace.com/thefieryfurnacesJeffrey Lewis Band – NYC-based lo-fi folk and sci-fi punk band led by comic book fanatic and illustrator Jeffrey Lewis. NME calls Jeffrey Lewis, “The Big Apple’s Best Kept Secret.”
thejeffreylewissite.com and myspace.com/jefflewisbandGosling – LA Based indie rock group. “Modern rock hasn’t sounded this fresh or energetic in ages…”
-The Stranger
goslingmusic.com and myspace.com/goslingThe Willowz – Southern California Garage Rockers. Rolling Stone magazine says, “The Willowz are the only thing in the O.C cooler than Walt Disney’s Cryogenic Chamber.”
thewillowz.com and
To experience RockMe., fans must download Me.dium and register at RockMe.dium.com.
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ha – it just got a little more evil. celeb death match time?
the Compare app in facebook is an evil, evil app. i can’t choose. can you?
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