Events

Just a quick note out to everyone interested in good music for free private use, licensed under Creative Commons.

For all2gethernow 2010 (a2n), I contacted a few guys from the German netlabel community plus some artists and teamed up compiling this sampler. It includes various styles of music, from electronics to singer/songwriter stuff. But, you should take a listen for yourself. It’s a treat.

Download from Finetunes by filling in the code a2ncc2010 - and there you go. Available at Finetunes until 30th September only.

In case you encounter any problems, download the zip file here for free! (zip file, 144,3 MB, all tracks 320 kbit/s, incl. cover picture) - temporary host… no code, direct link.



Right now, it’s only available at Free Music Archive - and what a great host THAT is. (Thanks to Jason!)

Here’s the tracklist:

1. Shlohmo - Socks [CC BY-NC-SA 3.0]
   
2. Bitbasic - The Lack Of Anything Good [CC BY-NC-SA 3.0]
   
3. Entertainment For The Braindead - Relapse [CC BY-NC-SA 3.0]
   
4. Pixelord - Cybernator [CC BY-NC-SA 3.0]
   
5. Small Radio - Excellenti [CC BY-NC-SA 3.0]
   
6. Raziel Jamaerah - Flow 4 Ever / 1Time2TheBeat [CC BY-SA 3.0]
   
7. Giraffe - 4am [CC BY-NC-SA 3.0]
   
8. The Inventors Of Aircraft - The Tower [CC BY-NC-ND 3.0]
   
9. Emilie Lund - Sad Blue Mountain [CC BY-NC 3.0]
   
10. Damian Valles - A Wake Pattern [CC BY-NC-ND 3.0]
    
11. Derrick Hart - You’re Winning So I Quit [CC BY-NC-SA 3.0]
    
12. /’angstalt/ - wie weich [CC BY-NC-SA 3.0]
    
13. Zoe.LeelA - U.G.L.Y. [CC BY-NC-SA 3.0]

Involved (net)labels: 12rec., aaahh records, Error Broadcast, Resting Bell, P-Pack Records, rec72, Weisser Herbst.

Many thanks to the label owners, artists and people who supported the project - in alphabetical order: Danny Bruder (P-Pack Records), Christian Giering (Finetunes), Oke Göttlich (Finetunes), Christian Grasse (aaahh records), Zoe.LeelA, Marco Medkour (rec72), meik michalke (/’angstalt/, Open Music Contest), Matthias Quellmann (Finetunes), Roland (Machtdose Podcast), Christian Roth (Resting Bell), Moritz “mo.” Sauer (Phlow.net), Sim Sullen (12rec.), Sven Swift (12rec./Error Broadcast), Thomas Ternes (tompigs.com).

This week, I’ve been to c/o pop conference, or, precisely put, I’ve been to c’n’b conference at Cologne. I absolutely have no clue why re-branding something established. Would you consider changing your domain name? Which is quite similar, I think.

It’s true, they changed focus. But it’s much easier for your audience to stick with the same name although it might not entirely match the topics you present.

The result: Yes, I found a number of topics from different branches tackled at c’n’b. Design, advertising, social media - whatever. It was a nice event, and I met a whole bunch of cool people. Yet it was like… where are the musicians from last year’s event? The number of panels dealing with music didn’t decrease much (though definitely there were more non-music people on the panels than before).

But for some reason, musicians were hardly to be found. Actually, a2n experienced that in last year’s event too. I couldn’t help to find that c’n’b extremely suffered from missing attendees active in music creation.

Continue reading "c/o pop Cologne Goes c'n'b - Lessons To Be Learned" »

Hey… thought it might be a nice idea to post the sessions I’m most probably to attend. Though, there are some German hosted events I will have to be present. Also, you might never know who you are going to meet.

Wednesday

• 11:00 AM - Derek Sivers - Successful SXSW: The Tao of the Conference
  
• 02:00 PM - 1,000 Digital Tools & Strategies: Which 3 Work?
  
• 02:30 PM - Martin Atkins interviewed by Whitney Francis
  
• 03:30 PM - Yancey Strickler (Kickstarter), Ian Rogers (Topspin) - Crowdfunding Music: Raising Money from Your Fans
  
• 05:00 PM - What Comes Next in the World of Marketing Music?

Thursday

• 12:30 PM - Martin Atkins - Welcome to the Music Business - You’re Fucked
  
• 03:30 PM - Simon Wheeler (Beggars) - Promotional Value vs. Licensing Revenue

Friday

• 11:00 AM - DIY or Sign with a Label
  
• 11:00 AM - Rumors of My Demise: Do Artists Need Labels Anymore?
  
• 12:30 PM - Evaluating the New Business Models: Benefit or B.S.?
  
• 02:00 PM - Lou Plaia (ReverbNation), Zoe Keating - Effective Online Marketing Platforms
  
• 05:00 PM - Five Possible Futures for the Music Industry

Saturday

• 11:00 AM - Tim Palmer, Hugh Pdgham - Producers Adapt and Survive
  
• 11:00 AM - Clive Gardiner (We7) - Sustainable Ad-Funded Music Is Not a Pipe Dream
  
• 12:30 PM - Paul Dalen, John Doe - The Cultural Significance of Direct-to-Fan Marketing
  
• 03:30 PM - Suzanne Vega - Artists: Getting a Digital Ass-Kicking?

… also I think I’m going to see the gigs of Zoe Keating, The Crystal Method, The Like - maybe even The Stone Temple Pilots or Street Sweeper Social Club.