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βœ–οΈ The long tail doesn't matter πŸ™… Playlist edit as the new radio edit πŸ“» Amazon Alexa & a new golden age πŸ“―

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βœ–οΈ The long tail doesn't matter πŸ™… Playlist edit as the new radio edit πŸ“» Amazon Alexa & a new golden age πŸ“―

Bas Grasmayer
Feb 13, 2017
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βœ–οΈ The long tail doesn't matter πŸ™… Playlist edit as the new radio edit πŸ“» Amazon Alexa & a new golden age πŸ“―

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A few days in bed with flu allowed me to do some thinking. πŸ€”

I’d love for recommendations of good mics for podcasts / vlogs. Should be somewhat portable and under $50. Nothing fancy. πŸŽ™οΈ

Also looking for a website where you can upload designs for all-over prints for sweaters. I’ve found a bunch, but none give me control over the back of the sweater (just copies the front). πŸ‘•

Inbox me! πŸ“₯

Shout out to the students at PXL Hasselt in Belgium - welcome to the list, hope you enjoyed the lecture on Tuesday. πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺ

Love,

Bas

From me, for you

The β€œF*ck the long tail” manifesto

The β€œF*ck the long tail” manifesto

Don’t spend your time on something broken, when you can do something that works even better. Seriously.

medium.com β€’ Share

Digital music space

Bonobo track was cut down to boost its Spotify playlist chances

Was alluding to this in my recent piece about the playlist economy – the reality of optimizing content to perform well on streaming services.

musically.com β€’ Share

Why indie rock band Glass Animals gamified its latest album

From interactive Tumblr blogs and Facebook ads to collaborations with a Snapchat visual designer, the UK band has turned their album β€œHow To Be a Human Being” into an expansive world-building experiment. (by way of Whitestone’s newsletter)

www.forbes.com β€’ Share

How to have a number one song on Spotify, the easy way

Throwback to the KLF’s The Manual.

thump.vice.com β€’ Share

Beyond digital

How knock-off rap productions became a legit career path

Cool article about the digital hiphop underground. Even mentions Songclick, which was legendary back in the days when I was still a ’netcee’.

thump.vice.com β€’ Share

The man who broke Ticketmaster

The most infamous ticket scalper of all time used bots to buy millions of tickets. Now he wants to stop them.

motherboard.vice.com β€’ Share

How the Hype Machine has persisted and endured

Good to get the founder’s perspective on the music blogosphere. Hype Machine, live since 2005, predates Soundcloud, Twitter, Google’s YouTube purchase, and also Spotify.

technical.ly β€’ Share

Wide view

Amazon's Jeff Bezos & Steve Boom on starting a new 'golden age' for music

Interviewed by the author of How Music Got Free, they discuss music in the age of conversational interfaces (Alexa), also referred to as Zero UI.

www.billboard.com β€’ Share

The meaning of decentralization

Vitalik Buterin, founder of the Ethereum Project, wrote a great read on decentralization and all the variations thereof. You may have heard of Ethereum, a blockchain-based distributed computing platform, from Imogen Heap’s blockchain distribution of her music with Ujo.

medium.com β€’ Share

YouTube’s Super Chat is a guerrilla marketing gift to advertisers

Examining Super Chat prompts further thinking about some potentially unanticipated consequences for Youtube, as it may have created its ad revenue cannibal.

www.midiaresearch.com β€’ Share

Fun

Time to plug an artist I’m working with. Quibus describes itself as the warm downtempo close to Bonobo and Four Tet, the soundscapes from Bibio and the dark melancholic danceability from Trentemoller.

Click image to listen.

Click image to listen.

We have 3 more videos for the other tracks on the EP and are currently looking for release partners (eg. YouTube channels, blogs) for them. Get in touch if you’re interested.

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