Scott at Bitnotic sent us word about their new generative ambient music application, chill. The concept of generative music – popularized by Brian Eno – is that complex music can be created by setting relatively simple processes into motion. You can think of chill as a royalty-free music generator. It uses generative music processes to […]

The audience for podcasts is way up, according to the latest research by Arbitron/Edison Media Research. Their study, The Podcast Consumer Revealed, found that: The audience for audio podcasts grew 38% in the last year; The audience for video podcasts grew 45% in the last year; About 30% of regular Internet users have downloaded a […]

When we were checking out Nine Inch Nails’ site for their new release, Ghosts I-IV, we noticed that they are doing some really interesting things with podcasting, remixing and Creative Commons. Many of their tracks are available with Remix-ready Garageband files. Ghosts I-IV is made available with a Creative Commons license and with multi-track stems […]

iPhones are great for listening to music – you can rip and copy over your CDs, you can get music off of iTunes and you can subscribe to one of the many free music podcasts. But iPhones aren’t just for listening to music. There’s a growing number of applications for jailbroken iPhones that let you […]

Sessions from last fall’s Podcast and New Media Expo (PNME) continue to be released via Gigavox Media’s Podcast Academy site. The latest session is of interest to any podcaster who wants or needs to include music in their episodes. “Music Licensing for Podcasts and New Media” covers a lot of ground in under an hour. […]

Forgive the pun, but we have a love/hate relationship with February 14. For some people, Valentine’s Day it is an agonizing “holiday” of choosing the right romantic gift, that conveys the right message. It can be even more traumatic to see everyone around you starry-eyed with love, when you find yourself, through circumstance or choice, […]

According to a new new NYU research report – Does Chatter Matter? – user-generated content, including blogs and social networking sites, should be considered an important tool for promoting music and predicting sales. Researchers looked at the usefulness of user-generated content in predicting sales in the music industry. They tracked the changes in online chatter […]

DRM’d music is dead. DRM’d video will be next. As CD sales plummet, the record labels have realized that they have to get with the 21st century. They have to have a place on your iPod, if they expect you to listen to them, and they have to get rid of DRM if they want […]

The new Zune portable media players come preloaded with content, including several podcasts. Here’s what buyers will find: Music: Ceu- Ave Cruz The Handsome Furs- Cannot Get Started Junkie XL- Dark Territory Pacha Massive- Don‚Äôt let go Barenaked Ladies- Easy Mexican Institute of Sound- El Microfono Datarock- Fa-Fa-Fa John Doe- Golden State Rosey- It‚Äôs a […]

In the midwestern (US) city where we live, there is a sixty-year, very goofy tradition of not sending the children out to beg for treats on Halloween. Fearful of what might happen if 1940’s era trick or treaters mixed with older “hooligans” on October 31, our community decided to sugar-ize the little ones on “Beggars’ […]