i’m going to forego significant analysis, but did want to draw your attention to some things that have been cluttering up my backfile.<\/p>\n
for the musicians<\/strong><\/p>\n garageband<\/a> from apple. turn every mac into a recording studio… which opens a flood of new content, with the associated “goods” (like more choice) and “bads” (like the discrimination problem).<\/p>\n so apple lets you become a recording artist, now you need to get that record deal. artistopia<\/a> promises to streamline your introduction to the music industry. i’d love to hear some feedback from people who’ve been through this adventure.<\/p>\n Although talent cannot be uniformed, however, what can be standardized is the approach process artists take to professionalizing and formalizing their respective music careers.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n yikes. the people at artistopia need to get some english help. it’ll be very interesting to learn if the real experience for the “talent” is positive with them.<\/p>\n for the audience<\/strong><\/p>\n worth noting again, professor lessig applies some thought to the walmart terms<\/a>. now you can decide if saving those 11 cents is worth it.<\/p>\n bbspot reviews the online music stores<\/a>.<\/p>\n destra music<\/a> brings the online track sales to australia. slashdot covered it<\/a>. pretty much the same deal<\/a> (except, of course, for the exchange rate).<\/p>\n sitting in the to-post queue entirely too long (and with a nod to crys), transpose<\/a> launched goombah<\/a>. i’m not going to get to play with this one much, so i’ll be watching for the comments from real people.<\/p>\n in a similar vein, i should drop a link to echocloud<\/a>. echocloud also wants to help you find new music, and they got started way back in spring 2003. then it seems to have fizzled.<\/p>\n for the toolmakers<\/strong><\/p>\n ‘meta-files’ proposed for legal music sharing<\/a> brought to you by universal (big label) and microsoft (big software) among others, under the operating name of the content reference forum (crf). musicbrainz<\/a> could be an alternative, particularly with the recent developments<\/a><\/p>\n\n