6:30 – 10 PM in Crystal City: Free Registration on Eventbrite The Metro Music Source will partner with Artomatic 2012 to host its monthly music industry meet-up event. The event takes place on Thursday, May 31st at Artomatic and features a panel discussion on social media marketing for musicians (part of Artomatic’s professional development workshop [...]
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DC Music Industry Meet-Up at Artomatic 5/31/2012
An Evening of New Music: Zoe Keating, Noveller & LESQ
An interview with Jonathan Matis On Saturday, April 14, 2012 Zoe Keating, Noveller, and the Low End String Quartet (LESQ) came together at the CenterStage in Reston, Virginia for an evening of new music. LESQ started the night with compositions from founder Jonathan Matis, and closed their set with premieres of new works commissioned from [...]
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Fab Faux at GW Lisner in DC 5/4/12: Promo Code FAB
From the Cavern to the Rooftop: This Friday in Washington, DC In their 6th annual visit to DC, the five core band members of the Fab Faux will perform the rock and roll music of the Beatles from the early days at the Cavern Club to their very last show on the rooftop. The band [...]
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Erin McKeown and Slung-lo: Whose hit is it anyway?
Where does inspiration stop and infringement begin? Erin McKeown is a two-time MMT Fammy winner, featured performer, and former Free Friday pick. And she writes hit songs. Allegedly. You’ll see. Her essay below originally appeared in Techdirt, where it garnered over 140 comments, split between supporters and detractors of her copyright suit. Over on Gearslutz.com, [...]
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Guernica 2012 (127 Months in Afghanistan)
via explore-blog: ”Guernica 2012”
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Getting the most out of iTunes Match: Part 1
Get started: Set up iTunes Match and upgrade your audio files Wondering whether iTunes Match is worth $24.99 a year? Assuming you have iTunes on your computer and a music library of several hundred or thousands of songs, ask yourself two questions: 1. Do you own an Android or iOS device (iPhone, iPad, or iPod [...]
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MOG for iPad: best streaming music app for the new iPad?
MOG released their first iPad app today, and it’s a good one. Purpose-built for the iPad and the new Retina display, it features smooth scrolling, intuitive navigation and controls, and dazzling full-screen album art. Combine all this with Wi-Fi and AirPlay streaming at 320 kbps, and it’s easy to see why Josh Constine at TechCrunch [...]
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SXSW debrief at DC Music Industry Meetup on 3/29/2012
The Metro Music Source & DC Setlist will be hosting a SXSW debrief panel discussion this Thursday, March 29th at The Dunes as part of their monthly music industry meet-up event. Fresh from their return from Austin, Texas, Ryan Holladay of BLUEBRAIN, the Listen Local First team, and promoter Sasha Lord will be sharing their [...]
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Bleu: MMT Featured Artist
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SXSW: Showcase > Panel > House Concert – All Bleu, All the Time It’s all about the songs. Forget The Voice, American Idol, X Factor. There are plenty of talented singers out there, but can any of them write a song that will be remembered fifteen minutes from now? That’s where Bleu comes in. A [...]
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Free Friday: SXSW – 2nd Edition
SXSW® starts today with long lines, pouring rain, and a trademarked nickname for those officially in the know: SOUTH BY™ (seriously). The music portion of the festival doesn’t begin until March 13th, and badges are still available. If you can’t make it to Austin this year, MMT℠ has several no cost, no hassle, no passport [...]
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BAMM.tv and the future of music
Free HD video production and global distribution for your music If you’re making music the world needs to hear, and your best concert footage was captured on a flip-phone, you should check out BAMM.tv. Founded by brothers Chris and Nick Hansen, BAMM.tv works with emerging artists to capture performances in HD video and high-quality audio [...]
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Cover My World: Super Sunday Spectacular!
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Walk off the Earth covers Goyte & a special Madonna cover from Jane Lui It’s been a while since we’ve seen a cover that was mind-trippingly good enough to warrant a new installment of Cover My World. Well here it is. Five players (L-R): percussion, rhythm guitar, lead guitar, bass, and effects. One instrument: Epiphone [...]
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Free Friday: Superbowl Sunday Edition
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One car, 288 guitars, 55 pianos, 1157 homemade instruments, and OK Go Musically speaking, the Superbowl is generally a disaster. Will Kelly Clarkson be slain by the Star-Spangled curse? Will Her Madgesty be chewed up by the monster that ate the Black Eyed Peas? Maybe, but at least we can count on some entertainment from [...]
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Neil Young and living in the low-rez world
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"We can't control the back end of the donkey." In this clip from the D: Dive Into Media conference, Neil Young begins by saying "My goal is to try to rescue the art form that I've been practicing for the past 50 years." He goes on to talk about preserving the album format, how piracy is [...]
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Andrew York solo flight: a Kickstarter Classical Music Project
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MMT featured artist Andrew York wants to release his next recording without a label, and is using Kickstarter to make it happen. He set a modest goal, and after one day is more than half way there. Get a preview of the music below, where Andy explains his preparations and plans for the project.
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Zoë Keating: MMT Featured Artist
An Alt-Classical Artist for the 21st Century We first featured Zoë Keating as a Free Friday pick in 2010. Last year she received more mentions in MMT than any other artist — largely due to a guest post she wrote for us: “Zoe Keating on Spotify, Apple and Independents (and lettuce).” In addition to being [...]
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Want Logic Pro for $160? (or any app for 20% off…)
Best Buy is offering iTunes gift card at a 20% discount for a limited time (i.e., hurry up!). In addition to music, videos, books, movies, and rentals, the digitally delivered cards can be used for software purchases in the Mac App Store. Since Apple rarely discounts its products, here’s a chance to save some money. [...]
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MMT: Top Eleven Things from 2011
The year of Apple, artists, and unanswered questions As we reflect on 2011 through the lens of MMT statistics, it’s not surprising to see that Apple dominated the year from multiple angles. Apple’s iCloud service was the subject of this year’s most popular post, and 6 of the top 11 stories had ties to Apple [...]
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Animoog: Editor’s Choice – Best Synthesizer App for the iPad
Capsule Review: Buy it — NOW! originally posted 10/19/2011 Christmas 2011 Update: Moog Music Inc. now offers Animoog for iPhone at an introductory price of $0.99, and has put the iPad version on sale for $9.99 (regularly $29.99). A year ago, we wrote about the mixed reviews for Moog’s first iOS app: Filtatron. Our main [...]
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2011 Holiday gift guide for music & audio geeks (part 4)
The 1% Edition
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