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Get Your Site Highlighted
Posted on 19. Jan, 2011 by Lost.
… if it’s worth it. Feel free to let LostAudio take a look at your site and review it. Just leave a comment below, and we’ll get back to you. If your site is a subscription based, be sure to leave correct contact information when posting the comment. As you likely know you can type [...]
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Music Production Downloads: Free Rap Beats
Posted on 21. Jun, 2010 by Lost.
I particularly like when audio is put right in front of you. No strings attached. This is exactly what iBeat is doing on their free rap beats page.
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Tom Yorke: Music Business models are dying, quickly
Posted on 15. Jun, 2010 by Lost.
Radiohead front man Tom Yorke gives the traditional music industry months, not years, before extinction.
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I don’t remember when…
Posted on 25. Apr, 2010 by Lost.
This wasn’t considered awesome. Gnarls Barkley covered by electrowaves … and what a job.
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Subscription music on ISP level
Posted on 01. Mar, 2010 by Lost.
Two major ISPs each offer 6+ mio singles on a subscription. Download, stream and loads of DRM.
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How to make money as a musician
Posted on 23. Feb, 2010 by Lost.
Be great – and be heard. Good advice doesn’t always have to be that complex. It simply isn’t enough having a label push you onto radio (or MTV) for that matter. It could be part of it, though. The be heard half is about getting attention. No matter how good you are, you need attention. [...]
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Pretty amazing overlooked beats
Posted on 18. Feb, 2010 by Lost.
I’ll come clean; I may have uploaded a few bits on into the beat archive at iBeat.org. Never the less – it’s seems as one of the best and most overlooked sample resources on the net. They have been publishing high quality audio for years. It’s still a completely free site – except for a [...]
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Go Ahead: Build that Studio
Posted on 15. Jan, 2010 by Lost.
Surrender yourself to Instructables.com. A page where you will find loads upon loads of DIY stuff. There is even a music category, in which you can find all the advice you need in order to build your very own recording studio (without wanting to aim a gun at yourself). Seriously. A great way to make [...]
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Links Nov 09
Posted on 26. Nov, 2009 by Lost.
Business Matters: Last.fm, Xbox, SXSW More p2p – Sweden grows music purchasing (because p2p downloads stopped?). Denmark has succes with ISP music subscription – musicians make money… Where is the traction – either way – and why do the labels insist on dying. Sigh. Oh, and other fun stuff in the ‘we dont have a [...]
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What Not To Do: A Musicians Guide
Posted on 16. Nov, 2009 by Lost.
Just as important as spamming social networks with your god given musical talent, relentless drive and generally feeling important – there are things not to do. Some might even include you not feeling important… … anyway, seven of those things (let’s make it clear: you shouldn’t do) made a list on MusicThinkTank. Go read: How [...]
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Mastering Help
Posted on 16. Nov, 2009 by Lost.
Modernbeats have posted quite a few tips and tutorials in the Hit Talk category. Thumbs up for that. One thing that music producers keep seeking information about is mastering. So check it out, they have a run through of basic techniques using the pervasive (and easy to use) T-Racks. Mastering Audio: Pro Techniques
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ccMixter transtions from Creative Commons to ArtisTech: No business model, no thoughts – thumbs up.
Posted on 03. Nov, 2009 by Lost.
What’s this ccMixter? ccMixter a remix community. Celebrating mashup and free culture. It’s also a promotional tool for Creative Commons, and the software powering the site, is an open source option for connecting progressive licensing on media sites. What’s this ArtisTech? A new music label, that says it tries to benifit from and develop models [...]
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BlueBeat streaming: Shutting Down … ?
Posted on 03. Nov, 2009 by Lost.
0,25 a track for downloads. Or simply use high quality streams. While it seems like the US based company behind BlueBeat has a noble and meanfull vision: stopping the insanity overpriced online music, it just can’t keep going this way. Itunes won’t be happy, the labels won’t be happy. Even the crybaby artists, that don’t [...]