βοΈ The long tail doesn't matter π Playlist edit as the new radio edit π» Amazon Alexa & a new golden age π―
A few days in bed with flu allowed me to do some thinking. π€
Iβd love for recommendations of good mics for podcasts / vlogs. Should be somewhat portable and under $50. Nothing fancy. ποΈ
Also looking for a website where you can upload designs for all-over prints for sweaters. Iβve found a bunch, but none give me control over the back of the sweater (just copies the front). π
Inbox me! π₯
Shout out to the students at PXL Hasselt in Belgium - welcome to the list, hope you enjoyed the lecture on Tuesday. π§πͺ
Love,
Bas
From me, for you
The βF*ck the long tailβ manifesto
Donβt 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 β 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 βHow To Be a Human Beingβ into an expansive world-building experiment. (by way of Whitestoneβs newsletter)
www.forbes.com β’ Share
How to have a number one song on Spotify, the easy way
Throwback to the KLFβs 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 βnetceeβ.
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 founderβs perspective on the music blogosphere. Hype Machine, live since 2005, predates Soundcloud, Twitter, Googleβs 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.
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 Heapβs blockchain distribution of her music with Ujo.
medium.com β’ Share
YouTubeβs 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 Iβm 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.
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 youβre interested.
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