Another Social Media Week announced for September

Hopefully everyone remembers our Social Media Week event in February featuring Ahmir “?uestlove” Thompson with moderator James “The Key Influencer” Andrews. If not, check my recap here.
Welllll the fine folks at Social Media Week are psyched to announce a second conference for 2010 in Bogotá, Buenos Aires, Los Angeles, Mexico City, and Milan during September 20-24. However, even [...]

Guest Post — “The Evolution of Sound” by Alex Mann

Part I
Discussions surrounding the current relationship between music and emerging technology typically revolve around changes in media distribution, consumption and monetization. Rarely is there a focus on music evolving as a technology itself.
At the current speed of the digital marketplace, music must evolve at an equivalent rate to listeners’ tastes in order to prosper, [...]

Is Foursquare the next move for music?

Almost every time I see Jesse Kay, he asks me if I have signed up for Foursquare yet and every time I keep telling him no. It’s not that I’m a hater. I think Foursquare is a very catchy and slightly addictive concept. I try to avoid spending time on a social network [...]

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