Posts Tagged ‘community’

9 Crimes White People Have Committed Against Hip-Hop

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

These nine acts of musical crime literally brought hip-hop to the brink of death, and now we must learn from the past to ensure history never repeats itself. Why only 9? Because the man wouldnt let us have 10.

I debated whether or not Kevin Federlines disastrous 2006 foray into hip-hop even qualified to make this list since it was universally panned and did not make any impact what-so-ever on the world. I think he sold a grand total of…

Swap Tube

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Video Exchange and Social Networking *Tube* Site

Easily share your videos with everyone, public or private

Welcome to the Mutopia Project

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

The Mutopia Project offers sheet music editions of classical music for free download. These are based on editions in the public domain, and include works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Handel, Mozart, and many others…All of the music on Mutopia may be freely downloaded, printed, copied, distributed, modified, performed and recorded.

2008/07/17 - BWV 1006a - Gigue, by BachJS - BWV 1006a for Piano 2008/07/17 - BWV 1006a - Bourre, by BachJS - BWV 1006a for Piano 2008/07/17 - BWV 1006a - Menuet II, by BachJS - BWV 1006a for Piano 2008/07/17…

Ubuntu community head tests music economics with open conten

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Ubuntu community manager Jono Bacon has launched a new musical experiment to help artists discover the value of open content distribution. His upcoming solo album will be distributed under a Creative Commons license.

Open source software—which grants users the ability to freely study, adapt, repurpose, and redistribute source code—has disrupted traditional software industry business models, brought unprecedented empowerment to end users,…

Jamendo : Open your ears

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

All the music produced here is under the Creative Commons license. They have a moderately sized library. Great alternative if you are A: Tired of the crap coming out of big name studios and B: Looknig for free and good alterntiaves. C: You can post your own music if you are a musician. Can't get much better than that. This is the future of music.

10000 published albums 60077 album reviews 358757 active members

JapanFiles.com Takes On LiveJournal Music Sharing Community

Sunday, June 15th, 2008

JapanFiles.com, an American based Japanese music distributor, is currently working with a popular LiveJournal music sharing community to stop members from illegally downloading their music. The LJ members aren’t exactly happy about it.

About Japanfiles.com:We want to inform your users that our staff works directly, face-to-face, with almost every label on our website. In some cases, we spend weeks with them on tour here in the USA. JapanFiles.com was formed and is…

The Art of Playing Guitar Slowly

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

Life is full of surprises. Many people have experienced that they somehow have run away from life by hurrying all the time. Well, what has this to do with you as a guitarist!

3. Learn to be aware of tensions in your entire body and especially in your hands. Be careful never to play faster on your guitar than your technical skills allows you to without building up tensions in your hands and the rest of your body. The…

Wikipedia’s List of Internet phenomena

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

This is a list of phenomena[1] specific to the Internet, such as popular themes and catchphrases, viral videos, amateur celebrities and more. Such fads and sensations grow rapidly on the Internet because its instant communication facilitates word of mouth.

These websites play a significant part in the creation of internet phenomena or are a phenomenon in their own right.

12 Year Old arrested for “attacking” Soulja Boy

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

Why? The kid told arresting officers, “I hate Soulja Boy.”

Pre-teen arrested for rock throwing at Soulja Boy tour bus 03/22/2008 08:53:52

Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour

Friday, March 21st, 2008

David Gilmour and Roger ‘Syd’ Barrett met as children in Cambridge and later, whilst studying at the Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology, began playing guitar together.

David assumed control of Pink Floyd in 1985, after Roger Waters' departure, creating the new Floyd album A Momentary Lapse of Reason with Nick Mason and Rick Wright. The Division Bell followed in 1994. Both albums charted at number one on both…