Karaoke Site January 31, 2007
Posted by greentreadmill in Fun, Music, web 2.0.add a comment
I’m reluctant to recommend karaoke in any form, but Singshot is an addictive song-recording and sharing site with a growing following. Don’t look for any recordings by me. It’s not my thing, but I do have a friend who is hooked.
Like many web 2.0 applications, singshot.com is focused on creating a community. The site provides an opportunity to record personal versions of thousands of popular songs. The recordings are rated by other members of the community and there are contests.
A little rehearsal might help. And if people get an idea what they sound like, well…that could be a good thing.
Soundtrack Your Blog with SongSpot December 13, 2006
Posted by greentreadmill in Blogs and Blogging, Fun, mashups, Music, web 2.0.1 comment so far
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WordPress.com, the service that hosts this blog, has added support for Sonific SongSpot. The service alows you to add a music player to a posting or the blog’s sidebar. A variety of music can be selected from Sonific’s library, which, I must admit, I found disappointing and lacking in familiar music. The library does feature a lot of classical selections, however.
Learn more at sonific.com.
WordPress users may find this recent posting from WordPress.com helpful. Sonific supports many other popular blog publishing services, including blogger.
Air guitar technology advances November 14, 2006
Posted by greentreadmill in Just Plain Goofy, Music, Technology, YouTube.add a comment
File under goofy technology from down under!
It seems this guy from Austraila has developed an air guitar t-shirt. Fibers in the shirt interpret arm movements and send signals to a computer that plays the audio. Cool!
Create a personal radio station November 6, 2006
Posted by greentreadmill in Fun, Music, web 2.0.1 comment so far
Pandora, created by the Music Genome Project, provides access to a huge library of music and the ability to create multiple “Internet radio stations.” It promises to help you discover more music you’ll like. In my opinion, it lives up to that promise. I’m listening to my personal Dire Staits station as I write and I’m hearing several artist I haven’t been exposed to before, including some very good blues acts.
You begin by requesting an account at pandora.com. Then create a station by entering an artist or song title. Pandora serves up a song by the requested artist or a song with musical characteristics that are similar to your request. You have the option to give each song a “thumbs up” or “thumbs down” rating, and you can skip a limited number of selections by clicking a fast forward button. Over time, Pandora uses you input to fine tune your station.
You can drill down for more information and purchase music by following sponsor links to Amazon.com and iTunes. That’s how it’s funded, I guess.
The service does have some quirks because of its licensing agreements. For example, you can’t request a specific song and the service limits the number of songs you can skip.
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