Category Archives: sound
What Kind of Music Website Do You Have?
By dan on 15 December 2009 under sound, the internet
I went through the websites of 152 Artists in the test tube catalogue to see the different ways artists are utilizing the internet. I was pleased to see a wide variety of looks&feels, as to be expected, but also found some general patterns as to how people are choosing to present themselves.
It is important to have a website, that much can be agreed upon. After that, people vary widely in what they feel belongs and doesn’t belong in a website. It doesn’t seem enough to just Have a website, but if that’s the only thing that is agreed upon…
Let’s check out a couple of different “types” of musician websites and some of the similarities between them.
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Making Websites Do What They Are Supposed To Do
By dan on 07 December 2009 under sound, the internet
A professional acquaintance made a comment a while back. He checked out Starschreck / Dan Schreck and later told me that he had trouble listening to my music. At the time I disregarded the comment, I filed it under the category of Not My Problem.
I realized that this is My Problem. One of the most important functions of this website is that people can access my work. If someone does put in the time to access the website and cannot listen to my music then there is a fundamental problem with the website. The website doesn’t work right.
The problem of making music easier to listen to online is a bit strange. In my case, I do not release my own music. I may have offered a few tracks here and there to Starschreck subscribers, but everything else has been released through test tube. My “music page” has almost no music on it. It directs people to test tube. Then each song can be individually clicked…
It seems like a lot of clicks doesn’t it?
Max for Live: Now Available
By dan on 25 November 2009 under sound
This was just emailed to me:
Max for Live is now available at the Ableton webshop.
Co-developed by Ableton and Cycling ‘74, Max for Live is a new Ableton product that puts the power and potential of Max/MSP inside Ableton Live. With Max for Live, you can create all the instruments, effects and extensions you’ve ever wanted: unique synths and effects, algorithmic composition tools, even hybrid hardware/software music machines. If you want to go beyond the conventional and predictable, Max for Live is for you.
Please note: Max for Live requires Ableton Live 8 or Suite 8.
