Bombtune

Four Tet - Love Cry (Jay Orbison Remix)

2009-11-11T20:36:51-05:00

Robert Baum

Madlib and Guilty Simpson - The Paper

2009-11-11T08:00:52-05:00

Robert Baum

TweetDeck App Update

2009-11-11T07:56:18-05:00

TweetDeck updated its app.

Some main updates include:
-Facebook integration
-Video uploads
-Cross post across Twitter and Facebook accounts
-Landscape keyboard mode
-Save draft message
-Twitter trends

Shazam Premium App

2009-11-10T07:31:36-05:00

Image by frashier via Flickr

Popular music mobile application Shazam plans to charge $4.99 for a premium app that includes faster searching, music recommendations, charts, and car mode to identify all songs played on the radio.

Nicknamed Shazam "Encore," the service offers much more value than the free Shazam app. But I don't think music listeners will take the bait.

The free Shazam app already accomplishes what many people have problems doing, identifying tracks. With over 8 million tracks, Shazam is capable of identifying the song you're looking for. The beautify is in Shazam's simplicity.

However, I do think the free app could be a little faster. Right now it takes about a minute for the app to identity the song. That's too long. We need instantaneous. Of course Shazam doesn't have every song, particularly remixes. Even if it closely spotted the original track based on the song algorithm that would be a success.

The Shazam app should remain free. Instead of charging for the app, it should monetize by taking a finder's fee, perhaps 10% of each downloaded track. That would absolve the business from worrying about making money.

Knocking

2009-11-09T07:22:30-05:00

Again, another manifestation of cloud computing personal sharing except this time on the mobile.

This application would do well for music, particularly if you could share albums and playlists.

Libox

2009-11-09T07:12:21-05:00

Libox is a browser-based application used for sharing content such as music, pictures, and videos.

It used to be that if you wanted to share something you'd have to send via email but cloud computing is reversing the trend and enabling massive private file sharing.

Let the revolution begin.

J Dilla - Diamonds

2009-11-08T19:25:20-05:00

Robert Baum

Airport Wireless

2009-11-08T09:39:00-05:00

I'm sitting at DFW airport Dallas, Texas.

They say DFW is as large as the island of manhattan.

Being that it's a US hub, one would think there'd be more Internet connectivity.

I see a girl paying for the Internet. Establish wifi, make the Internet fast and free. It should be a government mandate.

Airport Internet connectivity creates a need to consume. For example, one may want to buy tracks for the upcoming flight. The only way to do is through high speed Internet. The 3g networks aren't fast enough yet to handle this type of bandwidth.

I hope the day comes when I can connect effortlessly and get on my way to downlading music, apps, and Rss feeds.

Do you share the same frustration at the airport? Let us know.

The Great Wall To Music

2009-11-06T07:29:30-05:00

Another roadblock in the quest for music ubiquity is China's massive crackdown on social networking sites.

A lot of the social networking sites in the US and in Europe now include music as a valuable asset to growth. Music is a tool social networks use to keep users entertained on their site.

But a Chinese blockade prevents the free and flowing music industry from blossoming in the world's heaviest Internet using base. This is something the WTO should address as Internet connectivity is vital to global trade.

By blocking the free flowing exchange of ideas and commerce, Chinese officials are keeping its people in the dark.

There's a whole consumer base in China with new money. All that needs to be done is break down the barriers and offer the Chinese the same unfiltered access.

Quote on Music Explosion

2009-11-05T04:29:04-05:00

“Nearly everything about the music industry today is better. More music is being made than ever before. More people are making music than ever before. More people are listening to new music than ever before. More musicians are making money from music than ever before. Even more musical instruments are being sold than ever before. The only thing suffering is the sale of plastic discs.”- Mike Masnick, TechDirt