Posted on - February 14, 2008 [at] 5:50 pm by Brad
Tagged in - boston, business, celebrity, harvard, links, music
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In hanging around Cambridge and Harvard this week I spoke to a lot of people. Here are some of the links I remember referring to:
- Kevin Kelly’s Better Than Free article. A great, great article breaking down what artists can still charge for when the art itself is given away for free.
- Scott Adams’ How To Become A Cartoonist. I read this years and years ago and the idea of the “copy test” was hugely influential — though I applied it to music.
- thesixtyone – community voted music site.
- Magnatune – “We’re not evil”, creative-commons based record label. Doing variable pricing long before Radiohead’s In Rainbows.
- RCRDLBL – Advertising supported record label.
- Eminem sues Apple for using song – when talking about what would happen if Apple used one of my songs in their ads without permission. (I believe I said it would be “hilarious” and great for me.)
- The Superficial. When talking about the escalating trend of dismantling celebrities who “artificially” elevate themselves.
- Daft Punk’s Live Show – I described their (awesome) masked, pyramided largely pre-recorded performances as blurring the lines of what people expect or want from live shows and what people will pay for.
- ccMixter.org – Creative commons based remix site.
Self-links:
- Brad Sucks Digital Download Store – the open source digital download store I wrote. Referenced when defending myself that I don’t care about “the money” enough.
- Gimme Some Money – the open source icon donation thing on the right side of this page. Also reference when defending myself that I don’t care about “the money” enough.
- Source – where to get all the source files for my album.
- Out of It community backup vocals – call for vocals for the title track on my next album (results soon, it’s sounding good!)
- Toy Story 2: Requiem – the Toy Story 2 / Requiem for a Dream mashup featuring an Israeli remix of my song Dirtbag which led William Gibson to my music, later inspiring a character in his novel Spook Country.
I’ll add more if I can remember any.
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5 Comments on this post
Gordon on Brad’s social linkdump
February 15, 2008 at 6:29 am
Heh, maybe I’ll eventually get them to put me on the Gimme Some Candy group.
Dan-o on Brad’s social linkdump
February 15, 2008 at 6:50 pm
The Daft Punk Alive 2007 cd is so awesome. I wish i could see them live some time.
jamie on Brad’s social linkdump
February 18, 2008 at 4:59 pm
that’s cool, i’ve been reading The Superficial for years now…. check out the sister sites too, Geekologie and I Watch Stuff, and for more celebrity trash, dlisted.com as well..
ahh guilty pleasures.
Pierre M on Brad’s social linkdump
April 30, 2008 at 9:34 am
Since you liked Kevin Kelly’s Better Than Free article, have you been reading his “1000 True Fans” series of articles published lately? If not, I think you would like it.
Regarding his last article “The Case Against 1000 True Fans” I was wondering if you are the kind of musicians they are looking for: “a musician with no ties to old media models, now making 100% of their living in the open media environment”?