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Hot Trailer: ‘Europa Report’
Magnet picked up the found footage thriller set in space back in February and will release the pic on VOD June 27 and in theaters August 2. Europa Report marks Sebastián Cordero’s English-language debut and follows the crew of a spaceship exploring alien life on Jupiter’s fourth moon. Show More Summary
Hot Cannes Clip: ‘We Are What We Are’
EXCLUSIVE: This year’s Directors’ Fortnight lineup features a familiar tale in We Are What We Are, the American remake of Jorge Michel Grau’s 2010 Directors’ Fortnight selection Somos Lo Que Hay. Ambyr Childers and Julia Garner star in Mickle’s version as sisters forced to take on their family’s gruesome tradition after their mother’s death. Show More Summary
Adrian Grenier's Wreckroom Bubbles Along In Brooklyn
Wreckroom is getting close to a year old and it seems to have settled into a pleasant groove. Adrian Grenier and friends open their basement recording studio to record a song and shoot a video. The audio and video are distributed on the project's channels and via participating acts. Show More Summary
The Rise of the Musicpreneur (Part 3/3)
Written by Tommy Darker.
This is the last part of the 3-part series about the Musicpreneur. A link to the complete essay with all the parts and extra resources can be found at the end of the article.
III For the future
Somebody could say that we’re done. Show More Summary
TV Teaser: ‘Arrested Development’
Here’s your first look at the reborn Arrested Development, which debuts 15 new episodes on Netflix on Sunday, May 26 and this week launches a viral Bluth’s Frozen Banana Stand campaign on the streets of New York. Check it out:
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Why Complain? Spotify And Playmysong Gave Everybody Free Jukeboxes!
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Comedian Louis CK made a great point that’s worth revisiting (transcript), even if you’ve seen it before: that “everything is amazing and nobody is happy.” The disruptive funnyman was referring toShow More Summary
YouTube Stars Crossover: Lennon & Maisy At Grand Ole Opry, Lindsey Stirling Signs w/Troy Carter
An increasingly wide range of musicians are building their initial audiences on YouTube. Some are video studio musicians while other perform live. But few labeled YouTube Stars have crossed over into the world beyond the web. LennonShow More Summary
Soundrop Introduces Charts Based On Listener Likes
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Soundrop, which builds group listening rooms that can exist all over the internet at the same time, offers plenty of rooms where you can hear someone’s idea of good music. Now, it’s harvesting charts...Show More Summary
Hip Hop Chess Federation Drops Mike Relm Video, Heads To St. Louis For Community Events
The Hip Hop Chess Federation is a unique organization based in the SF Bay Area that brings together young people for events featuring hip hop, chess and martial arts. It sounds like an unlikely combo until you take a closer look at the...Show More Summary
Dance Your Remixes With Crossfader Move & Mix
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Spacemen 3 released an album in 1994 called Taking Drugs To Make Music To Take Drugs To, which you can hear on YouTube, if you use it like a music service. In similarly recursive fashion, a new iOS app called Crossfader Move & Mix (free for now) lets you dance to remix music to dance to. Show More Summary
Rhapsody Offers Sage Advice To Rival Upstarts
By Jon Maples of Rhapsody for sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. One of the wonderful and humbling aspects of being in the streaming music business for over 10 years is that we’ve seen lots of strategies and ideas over time....Show More Summary
Writing Room With Dave Days Pairs YouTubers With Pro Songwriter/Producers
Writing Room is a new YouTube series hosted by YouTube musician Dave Days who's built a huge following online. The series pairs popular YouTubers with professional songwriter/producers and suggests some interesting dynamics as the two worlds crossover. Show More Summary
Testing Music ID Apps: Shazam, Soundhound & MusixMatch
By Aarti Kelapure of Evolver.fm. Out of all the great things music apps do for us, music identification is one of the most helpful, not to mention amazing. No matter where you are, if you hear a song you like but don’t know, a click and some taps will usually solve your problem. Show More Summary
Ninja Jamm Makes Ninja Tune Tracks Easy To Remix
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. The legendary electronica label Ninja Tune has done what many have contemplated, but no one has crushed: It launched an app, Ninja Jamm, that lets anyone remix music with (relative) ease, using a variety of high-quality releases from world-renowned DJs, producers, and other artists. Show More Summary
CinemaCon: Theater Concessions Tailored To Rising Hispanic Audience
Exhibitors are scrambling for ways to draw in ticket buyers with enticements including diversified concessions offerings, they tell me. The more unique the snack product the better. So here’s one of the smartest new vendors to hit the CinemaCon floor in 2013: Barcel USA, purveyors of the popular Mexican corn chip snacks called Takis. Show More Summary
Red Bull stole my music! 3 important lessons for indie artists.
It was towards the end of a long, cold, 2 month tour around Europe promoting my new album, just about to head to Portugal to finish off and enjoy a bit of sun. I got an email from a fan in Switzerland saying something like “Hey, check...Show More Summary
10 Reasons Why Macklemore Should Throw His Own Festival
By indie rapper Kosha Dillz (@koshadillz). So…the other day I thought to myself..MACKLEFEST. Actually. It didn't happen just like that. I was flying from San Francisco to Minneapolis first class. I asked the lady if I could sit up front and she printed me a ticket and poof, I was there. Show More Summary
Hot Trailer: ‘The Hangover Part III’
Warner Bros has just dropped the full trailer for The Hangover Part III. Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis star in the third and final film in the comedy franchise. This time, there’s no wedding. No bachelor party. What could go wrong, right? But when the Wolfpack hits the road, all bets are off. Show More Summary
Musical Instruments You Can Play From A Distance Via The Internet
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. They say the internet of things is coming. When it does, everyday objects will go online, many with IP addresses. It’s already happening, in particular with personal area network (PAN) devices. These...Show More Summary
Alamo Drafthouse LA Expansion In Works?
The upstart exhibitor has expanded its reach since launching in 1997, going from a single theater in Austin, Texas to a mini indie empire with 10 locations in Texas and additional outposts in Winchester, VA, Kansas City, MO, and Littleton, CO. Show More Summary
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