Awakened Voice

About two and a half years ago I featured an artist called JayMay on my Alley Cuts music podcast. That podcast is on hiatus but the shows are still available and they also run from time to time on KYOU Radio.
I happened upon a news item yesterday that indicated JayMay has since taken her career [...]

A couple of days back I went to see The Police in concert at Giants Stadium. The show was great. I wish I could say the same for my experience with The Police Online Community.
Shortly after I forked over $95 per ticket plus special fees on the Ticketmaster website I started receiving emails inviting me [...]

Alexa Ray Joel, that’s who? I keep finding more good music there every day. The key to making this work is that users need to be generous and reward artists they like by sharing music, recommending tracks and spending a few $$$ a month to support the artists.
[tags]Social Media, Music, Commerce[/tags]

If you combined MySpace with a DRM-free online music store and throw in a Darwinist market philosophy you end up with Amie St.
Amie St. has provided a place where independent musicians can find new fans, network and sell their music. There’s a catch though. New songs start out free and rise in price depending on [...]

I’m a big advocate of companies starting their own communities in order to spur interest in their products and services. Well Napster, yes Napster, has made a very smart move and done just that with Narchive.
From the looks of it, Narchive is a Wikipedia style encyclopedia of music that’s created by the users of the [...]

According to TechCrunch, a new music collaboration called eJamming has launched. The goal of the service is to connect musicians from all over the world so they can collaborate on projects.
The concept makes a lot of sense to me. I’m always hearing from my musician friends who are looking for a bass player, a drummer, [...]