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 ArtistServer  Friday, Dec 14, 2007 8:14:43 AM
ArtistServer News and a new site: FreeMusicLicensing.com Hi all, it's been awhile since I've posted any news about ArtistServer, so here we go...1. As you can see, the forums have slowed down again over the holiday season. This seems to happen every year, and usually picks back up near the end of January. 2. We now host 7,600 mp3s! While we did not get to the 10,000 I was hoping for, we've definately grown this year and have attracted many new artists with great material. 3. WTF is with the Video section at ArtistServer? Well - unfortunately, the situation isn't looking good. I had signed up with VideoEgg to be a site that uses their video hosting services. They have this amazing upload tool that will convert video from files, your cam, even your digital video camera. I have it 'working' in the Admin area, I even added genres/categories, a comment and rating system, send to friend option, and a means to add the videos to your favorites... It's all done. So what's the problem? The problem, is that I've emailed VideoEgg 3 times now to two different email addresses to request an approval for the integration, and they haven't replied. The video section is 'done' - it's ready to go live - it would take me 2 minutes to turn it on for the public... but, if VideoEgg never replies, the video section can't open. I'm not sure what their deal is - maybe they changed their policies, maybe they are having troubles staying in business - who knows. I'm looking for alternate solutions, but so far, nothing out there works like Video Egg (free integration and video hosting). The only services I've found would have a fee, and since ArtistServer doesn't generate enough revenue to cover the audio streaming, I can't afford to add to that and cover the video hosting fees too. I'm going to try and contact them for another week or two, if nothing comes of it, I'll remove the "Video" button from the site's main menu. I'm sorry this hasn't worked out. 4. What about some good news? Yes! I always have some good news for you :) As you know, one of my main goals with ArtistServer is to help all of you gain more exposure. I want your music to be heard - I want people to email their friends and point them to your music - I want your music on peoples MP3 players - and... I want your music to be used in places where commercial music has traditionally been used. What I'm getting at hear, is that there's a LOT of music that is licensed for all kinds of productions, including: company demos, commercials, personal videos, wedding videos, presentations, films/videos, flash websites, and more. Ever since the Creative Commons Licensing options were released on the world, we've had a set of license options which actually 'define' how a piece of work can be used. If you had not noticed, we use Creative Commons Licensing on the music and the photos here at ArtistServer (but you can pick the vague 'copyright' option still). Each of these different license options defines a different type of 'use scenario' - for example - one of them allows for use if you give credit, but you can't use the work in a commercial manner. Another license requires credit, but does allow commercial uses, etc. So, now we have this big catalog of music - and there's this big population of people who want to use music in their productions - the goal, is to bring both parties together so they can mutally benefit. We could expect that population to find us by searching at ArtstiServer, and they can, but I'm about to make things MUCH easier for these people... I'm launching a site designed specifically for people who are looking for Creative Commons/Free music to use in their productions. The site is about 2/3 done and is in 'beta' - you can browse to it here: http://www.freemusiclicensing.com/ This is my first site coded/designed in Flex, so it's been a bit of a learning experience :) The site is not complete - the popup artist info dialog isn't working yet, and the side panel information needs to be added. BUT - the search, streaming and downloading work. Once the site is done, I'll work a bit on the promotion of the site and see if we can get some press. I'm not sure when the site will be 100% done, as I'm having to learn a new language to code the site, but I hope to have it completed next month. This opportunity is open to everyone - but I hope that if you appreciate this, that you'll consider upgrading your account - we NEED PAYING MEMBERS! ;) Certainly, the music here is worth money - and it is your choice to make your music available for free use or not. If you are concerned about your music - sign into the site and check your songs and see what license you've selected. When you edit a song, the license 'wizard' is at the bottom of the screen. Don't be afraid of giving your music away - each song you release becomes an agent working for you - promoting you and your music. If you don't believe this, we can look at it from another angle - several artists from our own community are/were featured on the "Making of the Matrix" DVD - which sold quite a few copies... and each artist was paid something insanely low, like $100 - in the end, what has more value, the exposure, or the $100? Just think if you were one of those artists - and you had decided you wouldn't take less than $250 - you would have missed out on all that exposure. By all means - each deal stands on it's own, and if you 'can' get paid, perfect! If you can't make much but can get exposure... see the value in the exposure. In closing, I just wanted to say Happy Holidays to all of you, to say thank you to all those who have been with us all these years, and to say welcome to those who have recently started using the site. Thank you for being a part of this, and Happy New Years to everyone. :) - Gideon / ArtistServer Admin ========================================== For those wanting more info on Creative Commons licensing: http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/meet-the-licenses 
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Mobile - Web - Media Tuesday, Oct 03, 2006 11:23:52 AM
Songbird MediaPlayer Raised $1 Million Back in February of this year, I posted a question about "Songbird," asking if it was the "ideal media player."Now, just seven months later, the team behind songbird has built enough traction and progress to attract venture capitalists. The San Francisco-based start-up has raised $1 million in funding, from Atlas Ventures and Sequoia Capital. Songbird is more of a music browser, where you can browse web sites and find music to play, stream online radio, or listen to your own music collection. As you browse sites with music files, Songbird pulls out the links to these files and organizes them in a frame within the application. If you have Songbird installed, browse over to ArtistServer.com - then click on "Site Skins" from the menu (top right corner). Then click on "Dark Tech." This will change the site skin to match the Songbird interface. If you are someone who spends a fair amount of time browsing music sites and blogs, Songbird does have some features you should try out. For example - you can subscribe to a URL, which will download all the media from the given URL, and check for new media based on the schedule you give it. In a way, this feature is like podcasting, except we aren't using RSS feeds as the means of passing media URLs. Songbird works more like a 'scraper' which lifts relevant URLs based on file extensions (I assume). The end result is a simple music subscription, which is great for music fans. Unfortunately, this just pulls down files, I'd like for the application to be able to sniff for an RSS feed on the page, and if found, use that. This way an artist or site owner could include meta-data about the media. Certainly, there's a lot more to Songbird than subscribing to music on Web pages, so take a look. I suggest subscribing to their blog's RSS feed too - the illustrations of their mascot are great! 
http://songbirdnest.com/ Want more info? check out their Screencast: http://www.songbirdnest.com/screencast/ News found here: paidcontent.org More Info Here: venturebeat.com
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ArtistServer Friday, May 20, 2005 2:26:11 PM
Do you know a rock band, or a rap artist, or a jazz group? Do you know a rock band, or a rap artist, or a jazz group?Please - help us out by telling them about http://www.ArtistServer.com We REALLY need to get some good music in other genres than electronic. There's so much excellent electronic music to be found - but as soon as you venture out into the other root genres, you'll find they are still empty. All new artist singups are placed in a Freeware account - this account gives an artist/band a lot to work with: File/Image/Photo Storage: 25 MB Songs: 3 [ea. up to 20MB] Offer an MP3 Ringtone Per Song: yes Offer a LoFi MP3 Per Song: yes Music Stats: yes Blog: yes Artist Web Site: yes Additional Web Pages: yes Customizable Contact Form: yes Bit Rates: Basic (96, 128) As you can see, the Freeware accounts have a lot of value. ArtistServer provides a platform for all artists and bands to take their music where they want. Do you want to just share your music? Are you looking to promote and become known? Are you promoting your new album? Do you have a tour you want to promote or support from the Web? Maybe you are looking to start a label? Or maybe you are looking to get signed? These are all things that artists use ArtistServer.com for. You can take it as far as you want - or you can chill out and give your tunes away and take it easy. We have all kinds of tools and means for artists to promote themselves and use the site to their advantage. This year, with only a single google ad running plus word-of-mouth, we will have approximately 1 Million Unique Visitors to the site. Just image how much larger that number will be if we all make an effort to invite a few bands and artists to the site? If they need to see numbers - they are on the site - under the "About" section. So... do you know a rock band, or a rap artist, or a jazz group? Help them and help us - turn them on to the site - show it to them - maybe even help them get started. Or maybe the next time you go out and see a band you really like - tell them to check out ArtistServer. Thank you!
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