Tubalr is a simple, yet awesome, service that lets you listen to and discover new music, via curated YouTube playlists. They explain, “Tubalr allows you to effortlessly listen to a band’s or artist’s top YouTube videos without all the clutter YouTube brings.” I’d take it one step further and say that Tubalr is like Pandora for YouTube music videos.
YouTube offering music publishers and songwriters the opportunity to make money from the use of their music in YouTube videos uploaded by their fans. The deadline to sign up for this offer is January 16.
As more and more creators look for music that they can legally use in their videos, independent musicians are taking full advantage. I found out about three independent artists that have used the Vimeo Music Store to get discovered, and even make some money to boot.
There’s nothing like a good old-fashioned compilation video to help you relive the past year, remember all the major trends, popular movies, viral videos, music and more. That’s why we’ve put together a list of 11 of the best 2011 year in review videos so that you can look back on the last year, remember all the good times (and the not-so-pleasant ones) as you prepare to ring in 2012.
In Spring 2012 the second annual DigiTour kicks off, complete with a group of headlining YouTube artists including Dave Days, Ricky Ficarelli, Alex Goot, Asher Monroe, Nice Peter and The Key of Awesome.
Last week the Google Music store opened, and as I wrote then, the Android Market app needed an update in order to provide the Music section of the store on smartphones. The update is now on my Nexus S and here is a quick look at the music store on an Android phone.
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My earliest memories about listening to music involve my favorite local radio stations and disc jockeys. Each DJ had their own style that they showed with the songs they selected to play on air. I remember creating my own mix tapes in high school and college, which were the first way one could create their own playlists like the radio DJs. It is now very easy to create your own playlists and several music apps like Spotify are oriented around playlists. Songza is an app for Android and iPhone smartphones that provides access to thousands of playlists of free streaming music organized in a variety of different ways.
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It has been a long time in coming, but today the Google Music store officially launched. Previously, the beta of Google Music was primarily a music storage service for users to upload their music catalogs to make available on the web and mobile devices , although Google has been providing free tracks from independent musicians. The Google Music store is a section of the Android Market, which you can directly access at market.android.com/music.
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Myxer Social Radio is a free app for the iPhone and iPad that lets you listen to music with your friends over the network. You can create music listening rooms to share with friends or join a friend’s listening room. Simultaneous music listening and chat is available. However, you can listen to the streaming music alone too. There are featured rooms to get you started. Some of the rooms I see listed are: Return to 54 (disco), 80′s Rewind, Pure Rock, Me and My 10 Gallon Hat and Laugh Lounge (comedy).
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If you think you’re a meme expert than, boy oh boy, do we have the video for you. The GAG Quartet has put together a veritable meme-fest—a 4-minute song featuring over 40 memes, from Nyan Cat to Troll Face, Trololo Guy, Numa Numa, Rebecca Black’s Friday and more.
