Julio d'Escriván :: Music

Wired Music

• Songpier Lets Anyone Make a Music App in Minutes February 22, 2012
  Every song can and should be an app. Songpier makes it incredibly easy for musicians to turn tunes into web apps optimized for iOS and Android smartphones, with no designers required. […]
• Amon Tobin's ISAM Merges Music, Meat, Machines in 3-D Show, Creepy Hardcover February 22, 2012
  The veteran electronic musician launches a formidable one-two punch with his new full-length, ISAM, and a visually ambitious tour that pairs the record's sonically challenging music with shape-shifting 3-D animation. […]
• The National Mall: A Location-Aware App-Album February 22, 2012
  A pair of musicians from Washington, D.C., who go by the name Bluebrain have put together a location-aware album called The National Mall. […]

Create Digital Music

• FRACT, 3D Adventure Game Played with Synths and Sequencers: Myst Meets Music Making February 22, 2012
  FRACT is a curious combination of music studio and puzzle game, merging elements of games like Myst with the sorts of synths and pattern editors you’d expect somewhere like Ableton Live. You have to make sounds and melodies to solve puzzles; by the end of the game, say the creators, you’re even producing original music. … Continue → […]
• Slap That Desk: Turn Any Surface into an Instrument, with a Plug-and-Play Accessory February 22, 2012
  You know the type. The drummer who, even robbed of drum sticks, is tapping on the walls, the car door, the desk… and maybe you are that person. When rhythms and musical gestures are bouncing around your head, the whole world just feels like something you want to play. It seems as natural as breathing. … Continue → […]
• InvisiBall: Play Tennis with Sound, Blindfolded – or Blind February 22, 2012
  Trust your ears. It seems a simple instruction, in the teaser video for this project by Stockholm-based producer/composer Håkan Libdo. But for those of us used to having vision, focusing in on one sense – even the sense on which we rely for music and sound – can be an extraordinary experience. If digital interface … Continue → […]

Wired: Gaming

• Apache Web Server Gets First Facelift in 6 Years February 22, 2012
  The world's most popular web server just got a facelift. On Tuesday, for the first time in over six years, the Apache Software Foundation unveiled a new version of its eponymous web server, which runs an estimated 398 million sites across the net. […]
• Q&A: Sony's Game Design Chief Talks PlayStation Vita February 22, 2012
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Wired Listening Post

• Eliot Van Buskirk's Listening Post: Put Your Money Where Your Indie Rock Is February 22, 2012
  Investing in a rock 'n' roll band might not seem like the world's most savvy business move. But new services hope to muster music fans' muscle to find, record and promote new groups. Commentary by Eliot Van Buskirk. […]
• Eliot Van Buskirk's Listening Post: Major Label Fights Google-ization of Music With SeeqPod Lawsuit February 22, 2012
  Rather than attacking SeeqPod, a popular music search engine, the major labels should view it as a template for how to make money on the internet, which isn't going away any time soon. […]
• Listening Post: Want Better Music? Don't Stiff the Songwriters February 22, 2012
  As new digital-distribution plans gain traction, an inevitable fight over publishing royalties breaks out. If songwriters lose, your ears will suffer. Commentary by Eliot Van Buskirk. […]
• Listening Post: 'U2 3D' Brings Hyperreal Arena Rock to the Multiplex February 22, 2012
  A stunning new concert film captures the Irish rockers in all their stadium-filling glory. The film might be even better than the real thing. Commentary by Eliot Van Buskirk. […]
• Live Music Webcasting Starts Making Sense in 2008 February 22, 2012
  After a disappointing start, live online music is poised for success. With new technology and Web 2.0 networks in place to fuel the boom, record labels become the last remaining sticking point between you and some rockin' web shows. Commentary by Eliot Van Buskirk. […]
• Listening Post: Radiohead Makes Business Plans the New Punk Rock February 22, 2012
  A simple, "pay what you like" offering breaks all the rules and helps set the stage for the splintered future of the music biz. Bands need to treat marketing and management decisions as a valid part of the creative process. Commentary by Eliot Van Buskirk. […]
• MC Hammer Hops Onto Dance Craze With DanceJam February 22, 2012
  The rapper is ready to launch a unique new social networking site with a twist (and an "Aunt Jackie"): It caters to the world's fascination with dancing. Commentary by Eliot Van Buskirk. […]
• Vinyl May Be Final Nail in CD's Coffin February 22, 2012
  The old-school audiophile's format of choice is making a quiet comeback. Record sales are climbing as fans turn to vinyl for high-end home listening while continuing to buy MP3s for portability. Commentary by Eliot Van Buskirk. […]
• Dying DRM Means More Freedom for Music Fans February 22, 2012
  In a DRM-free environment, software developers that have wasted time trying to lock down audio files will undoubtedly create the fabled celestial jukebox that lets users listen to their music whenever, and wherever, they want. […]
• Herbie Hancock Talks Math, Music and Mastering the Tech Toolbox February 22, 2012
  Experimenting with synths, software and other high-tech gear can distract musicians from what arguably should be their main goal: making great music. The jazz cat who rode "Rockit" to fame tells how he keeps current while plugging in to the soul of music. […]

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