Dec 15

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Everything Is Better At anythingbutmyspace.com

Author: drew
POSTED AT 11:12 PM
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Potential fans today are more fragmented than ever. At Oniracom we believe that great content in as many places online as possible is important to provide little friction to any fans out there looking.

Everything is Better at johnvanderslice.com

If there is anyone that could change my mind about this it is John Vanderslice. Mr. Vanderslice had an Mp3 blog back when pitchfork was still a tool used on a farms. As he puts it himself his eviscerated myspace is probably my favorite designed myspace page out there.

This got me thinking about two things.

 

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Dec 15

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New Oniric Records Splash Page

Author: jacobtell
POSTED AT 10:12 PM
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Today, Oniracom launched a new splash page for our record label Oniric Records.  If you click the “Tweet This” Twitter bird in the upper right of the site, you will be able to download 3 free mp3s, one from each of our artists: Matthew McAvene, Marc B and Danny Riley.

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Dec 09

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My Favorite Vevo Features

Author: jacobtell
POSTED AT 11:12 PM
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Obviously Vevo is still working out the kinks as seen by some recent #vevofail tweets.  Today I was lucky enough to get a .NET error screen upon first attempting to browse the site:

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But I finally successfully loaded Vevo.com and hoped to enjoy this rebirth of the music industry as Bono put it:

But friends, we’re also here to celebrate new shoots, new life, and the birth of a new model for our industry. (Read More…)

One fun feature I discovered while enjoying 50 Cent’s new music video is when clicking the Amazon link, I am taken to iTunes instead.  At least they are using link sharing to further monetize this site.

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On a serious note, I am quite excited to watch the music industry rally around this viable digital content distribution outlet.  Only time will tell how the “Hulu of Music Videos” will help artists…

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Dec 03

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Time Inc’s Sports Illustrated Tablet Magazine Demo

Author: jimmy
POSTED AT 08:12 PM
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Apple, Tablet, Demo, Magazine, Time, Sports Illustrated

Although the Apple Tablet reality still remains to be confirmed, some of the big name magazines are already dreaming of the possibilities.  In this case, Time Inc recently unveiled a tablet magazine demo for one of their most popular publications: Sports Illustrated.

The demo is actually pretty impressive and leaves you eager to know “what else will they think of doing”.  It definitely gets the cogs in the head turning on what all can be accomplished with the marriage of tablets and magazines.

The field of sports is a great example but what about the possibilities for music?  Clips of live shows, thousands of songs to play, exclusive interviews, etc. all at our fingertips and condensed in a nice little package.

Is this the future of magazines?  It certainly looks to be an improvement but there are a few areas of concern.  It’s doubtful that all of the current avid magazine readers will put down their trusty paper security blankets.  Additionally, websites are already pretty much doing the same thing.

If the tab mags market it right and put their focus on user-experience and ease of accessing content, I think they might have something on their digital hands.

 

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Dec 01

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Oniracom Featured in Bobby Owsinski’s “Music 3.0” Book!

Author: jacobtell
POSTED AT 03:12 AM
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Oniracom, New Media, Social Marketing, Jacob Tell, Interview, Web 2.0

imageAuthor Bobby Owsinski’s “Music 3.0: A Survival Guide for Making Music in the Internet Age” features an interview with me (Jacob Tell) about Web 2.0, new media and social marketing. 

The paradigm has shifted and everything you knew about the music business has completely changed. Who are the new players in the music business? Why are traditional record labels, television, and radio no longer factors in an artist’s success? How do you market and distribute your music in the new music world - and how do you make money?

Intro to Jacob Tell’s Interview:

Jacob Tell’s Oniracom is a new breed of company that provides a full line of digital services to artists, labels, and management.  Starting his career running the computer systems on the road and coordinating the merch for Jack Johnson, Tell put the big picture into context by watching the interaction between artist, management, and promoter in different venues around the world.  Helping artists in the digital space before there was a YouTube, MySpace, or Facebook, Jacob has watched the development of Web 2.0 and learned how an artist can best take advantage of it along the way.

Pick up a copy at Amazon today!

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Dec 01

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iPhone Video: Marc B

Author: specialed
POSTED AT 12:12 AM
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Check out this video of Marc B performing with Maxx Farris at the Sandbar in Santa Barbara.

They jam out a medley of Sublime and Bob Marley and The Wailers.

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Nov 24

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50 Greatest Voices: Help NPR Choose!

Author: jacobtell
POSTED AT 10:11 PM
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Music, NPR, Vocalists

This new NPR series is absolutely incredible, and essential for any music lover, especially those of you who appreciate beautiful voices.  Take a few moments to not only scroll through the list and listen to samples, but also vote for your favorite 5.  Some of these vocalists are truly treasures, and many I had never heard before now…

In January 2010, NPR will launch a year-long exploration of 50 great voices in recorded history. The series isn’t an attempt to catalog the so-called “greatest” singers. Instead, we hope to discover and re-discover awe-inspiring vocalists from around the world and across time. We asked you to nominate artists for the series and we received thousands of options. NPR and a panel of experts are in the process of whittling them down to about 100 singers — a mix of familiar names and surprising discoveries. Explore some of the nominated voices below, choose five favorites you think should be included in the final 50 and tell us why.

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Nov 21

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Ahoy Matey!  Ther’ be Pirates on Facebook.

Author: intern
POSTED AT 12:11 AM
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Facebook, Pirate Language, Awesomeness

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Best discovery o’ me life.  You can set your language on Facebook to Pirate.

That’s right, just a few clicks and facebook becomes a whole lot more piratey.  No more of this you have an event invitation.  NO!  Now you can have “grog fests sighted from the crow’s nest”  And no facebook won’t ask you “what are you doing?”  It’ll ask, “what Arrrr you doing?”  or “what be troubling ye?”  So there ye go. It’s awesome.  If you want to enjoy the awesomeness, just go ahead and log into facebook, head to the bottom of the page click language and switch it to “English (Pirate).”  Ye won’t be disappointed.


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Nov 18

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First Impressions Working With Expression Engine

Author: drew
POSTED AT 01:11 AM
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Oniracom, Development, Expression Engine

If you haven’t had a chance to come visit Oniracom, you should know that we can get pretty nerdy here. Even during our daily lunchtime gatherings where we tend to talk about other topics, we still end up talking about content management systems and the value of open source. This just happened the other day. The White House has just transferred whitehouse.gov to the drupal content management system. Sean mentioned that it is highly customized version of it, created with a lot of internal development. Hopefully they release a lot of their changes to help the community. We are a smaller shop though, and are better suited to outsourcing that work to a third party. We chose Expression Engine as our main content management platform. It is not a matter of which CMS is better, but what fits the needs of the project….

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Nov 17

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Electric Didgeridoo

Author: intern
POSTED AT 12:11 AM
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Electric Guitars are cool, and everyone knows it.  Now check out the electric didgeridoo!  Creator Kyle Evans explains how he created this incredible instrument:

I created this instrument to experiment in the combination of the organic sound qualities of a didgeridoo with the advanced signal processing capabilities of modern computer programming and sound synthesis. This custom built didgeridoo features externally mounted modules that allow the performer to process and manipulate the sound of the instrument in real time. All control data is transmitted wirelessly via blue tooth and is controlling several audio processes created in a custom-built software environment. If you have any questions about the instrument please feel free to ask.

Read the full blog post here.

http://www.myspace.com/kyleevansmusic
http://yaktronix.blogspot.com/

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