All Aboard Audiobus 2
By Kira Grunenberg December 2012 was the last time the Audiobus app made a big splash on the iOS scene, when this amazing, connective tool first appeared in the iTunes App Store. Amateur and experienced musicians alike benefitted from the app, which changed mobile music creation on a fundamental but significant level. Audiobus was recently
Unsound Festival Opens Tomorrow in New York
Unsound Festival began in 2009 in Krakow, largely known as the vibrant cultural hub of Poland. The festival, organized by the non-profit Tone Foundation For Music & New Art Forms, focuses on electronic, experimental, independent, and club music, and the intersection between and beyond all of those forms. Now in its fourth year running, Unsound has created
Billboard and Twitter Join Forces
By Jason Epstein Billboard and Twitter have joined forces to create “Billboard Twitter Real-Time Charts.” The ranking system will join Billboard’s 200+ Official Billboard Charts to track the top Tweeted songs and artists. Though there’s no solid release date, the charts are due to launch within the coming weeks on Billboard.com. Twitter’s blog announcement provides
Samsung Milks the Streaming Market
By Carolyn Heneghan Yes, we have yet another streaming music service infiltrating the online listening landscape. Will this one be any different, and will if offer new features that the other services haven’t already? Samsung set out to specifically “address consumer pain points” with its new music streaming service, Milk Music: a “fresh” take on
Thicket Transforms Your Apple Device into an Abstract Instrument and Visualizer
By Kira Grunenberg Not long into the Music Tech Fest’s final day in Cambridge, all serious work came to a temporary standstill with a single presentation, and not just due to sound cutting through a silent room. “Thicket,” an interactive app for iPod, iPhone, and iPad, is the brainchild of “creative technologist and artist,” Joshue
Patatap Brings Joyous Visual Music to Your Browser
Press any key, A to Z or spacebar, and turn up speakers. We like instructions like this, but little did we know the next 15 minutes would be a captivating sensory overload of sound, color, and graphics. Patatap is a visual music browser application controlled by pressing alphabetical characters on a computer keyboard, which trigger