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CC Salon LA TONIGHT: Dublab and Lucas Gonze

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A reminder that TONIGHT CC Salon LA returns with a fantastic combination of presenters – joining us will be web radio collective Dublab and Lucas Gonze, net-label theorist and XSPF developer. Both presentations will discuss how CC, and ‘openness’ in general, is affecting web radio and net labels, both from an economic and artistic vantage,…

CC Salon LA (11/11/08): Dublab and Lucas Gonze

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In a little under two weeks, CC Salon LA returns (11/11/08) with a fantastic combination of presenters – joining us will be web radio collective Dublab and Lucas Gonze, net-label theorist and XSPF developer. Both presentations will discuss how CC, and ‘openness’ in general, is affecting web radio and net labels, both from an economic…

ccMixter: Using our Imaginashun with CC0, an Upgrade and Podcast

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The Creative Commons’ sponsored music community, ccMixter, has had a busy week. Imaginashun Remixes DJ Vadim, featured and interviewed last week, put out a Call for Remixes for his new album U Can’t Lurn Imaginashun and the remixes are the community has responded in kind and some amazing remixes are starting to come in. CC0…

Fresh Hot Radio

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Net music innovator and philosopher Lucas Gonze (mentioned on this blog many times, e.g., about net native music) writes in about his new thing: Hey CC guys, this is a note to announce that my new app is live. The app: http://freshhotradio.com The FAQ: http://freshhotradio.com/help What’s special about this is that it’s a mainstream-friendly experience…

CC Salon LA 11/11/08 recap

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Last night, we hosted another edition of our CC Salon series in Los Angeles. Dublab‘s Mark McNeill and Ale Cohen discussed their endeavors in Web radio, art, and film – as well as Into Infinity, the art and music exhibition they’re producing in collaboration with Creative Commons. Lucas Gonze gave a presentation about the economics…

CASH Music

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CASH Music, an acronym for ‘Coalition of Artists and Stakeholders’, has been an impressive member of the CC community since they debuted late last year. Part music label, part creative community, CASH Music has major plans to change the landscape of contemporary artistic output with a particular focus on the dialogue between content creators and…

Jamendo and MP3tunes: Free music for free lockers

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Jamendo, a music site with over 10,000 CC-licensed albums, has teamed up with MP3tunes: Give it a try at www.mp3tunes.com/jamendo – you’ll find 10 exclusive playlists of the best in rock, hip hop, jazz and more from Jamendo. Sign up for a Music Locker – it’s free to try – and then with a single…

Deerhoof & CASH Music team up for "Fresh Born" experiment

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One of my favorite bands, Deerhoof, has teamed up with innovative media company CASH Music (we’ve talked about CASH’s great work here, here, and here) for a very interesting project. In a sly nod to the ubiquity of pre-release music leaks, the group has issued the sheet music for its upcoming single “Fresh Born” under…

Empowering economics of 'net native' music

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Lucas Gonze: Now consider that internet music businesses have to compete for investment capital with internet businesses that don’t pay royalties. Craigslist, Google search, and Twitter do nothing but move bits around! Lastly, returning to the conversation about netlabels the other day, I want to point out that netlabel and other net-native music doesn’t have…

The future music label is…

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Lucas Gonze, engaged in a blogversation about what music labels really are and what they can be in the future, doesn’t know, but has a suggestion for how a label might figure it out (emphasis added): Mo bettah, Mr. Hands Clustering is something labels are already doing. Blue Note is for jazz. Warp is for…