Category Archives: music blog

KlankBeeld Raaphorst: Like a child

August 7, 2008 – 12:21 pm

I like this moody klankbeeld by Marco Raaphorst.

KlankBeeld Raaphorst: Like a child
Friday, 16 May 2008

Ik heb mijzelf een opdracht gegeven: elke vrijdag een nieuwe compositie op basis van een foto ter inspiratie. Vandaag voor de vierentwintigste keer. KlankBeeld Raaphorst.

Marco_Raaphorst_-_likeachild.mp3
Credits:

Compositie en opname: Marco Raaphorst
soundtransit CC-BY sample: ‘Children playing in park’ - Olivier Nijs

CC-BY-NC-ND foto: thephotoholic

By Lucas Gonze | Also posted in participatory music | Comments (3)

hybrid label+blog economics

July 23, 2008 – 1:57 pm

After I thought more about RCRD LBL’s economics, I came to a couple conclusions.

I don’t think they’re selling their spots at the listed rates. I think the ads they are selling might be part of package deals with other sites that I don’t know about, because they can’t deliver enough traffic for major brands [...]

By Lucas Gonze | Also posted in ad-sponsored music, business, labels, mp3 blog | Comments (1)

no singles, please #2

May 10, 2008 – 12:21 am

Good bloggers have a warmer and more intimate voice than writers in publications like the New York Times. This applies to musicians as well.

So let’s say that, per yesterday’s post here, we’re moving from a world of albums containing singles to a world where musicians release a series of songs that accumulate like posts [...]

By Lucas Gonze | Also posted in business, music, musician blog, musician sites | Comments (0)

squashed on standard layout of playlist blogs

April 11, 2007 – 3:32 pm

In the comments on my blog entry about the standard layout of playlist blogs, squashed from Motel deMoka stopped by:

Kahlo is posting for MdM and feedmegoodtune is MdM friend as well. (ie. the format you talk is distinct of a tight group of people)

There are few more playlist blogs. But overall a regular playlist [...]

By Lucas Gonze | Also posted in mp3 blog, playlist, playlist blog | Comments (0)

standard layout of playlist blogs

April 10, 2007 – 5:39 pm

Playlist blogs are emerging as a distinct subgenre of MP3 blogs. As part of this they are taking on a common layout.

This blog entry catalogs layout patterns in these four playlists:

I love the java jive and it loves me
Robot+Proud
Remix Sunday 58
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For example:

The following is the standard form of these playlists, in order from [...]

By Lucas Gonze | Also posted in mp3 blog, playlist | Comments (4)