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10 Reasons gTar, the iPhone-Powered Guitar, Justifies the Crazy Hype

Eliot Van Buskirk — Sat, 26 May 2012 16:57:30 +0000

In a nutshell, the gTar is a $450 guitar with an iPhone for a brain. We reported earlier this week on how it has raised lots of money. Many early supporters agree that this thing looks awesome, and it’s not even the first instance of a learning guitar, or even one that runs on MIDI [...]

Here’s Looking At You: Facebook’s New Camera Sees Artists and Fans

Knar Bedian — Fri, 25 May 2012 16:58:03 +0000

Buzz enveloped Facebook’s $1 billion acquisition of Instagram even before its big IPO. Now, part of Facebook’s plan for its recent acquisition is unfolding. Facebook released an Instagram-like camera app on Thursday. Photographers and musicians like me as well as plenty of other Facebook regulars could end up using. It carries different ramifications for music, given how much fans’ impression [...]

How Kylie Minogue Fans Blew Up Twitter to Unlock a Video

James Martin — Fri, 25 May 2012 15:25:41 +0000

This is a guest post from regular Evolver.fm contributor James Martin of midemblog. This morning, Kylie Minogue‘s new video was unlocked by her fans, who had been asked to generate 25,000 #KylieTimeBomb tweets in order to access her new song, “Timebomb.” They did so in less than an hour. At the campaign’s peak, it reached 10 tweets per second, making [...]

This Week In Music Apps: Soundboards, Beethoven, Seaquence, and More

Knar Bedian and Wren Leader — Thu, 24 May 2012 19:57:20 +0000

Between Google’s Moog-inspired playable doodle (Moogle?) and our editor’s nomination for MTV’s NILF award, it’s safe to say it’s been an exciting week for the music nerds at Evolver.fm. In other, less-nerdy music news, American Idol just finished up its eleventh season. I don’t know about you, but I had almost forgotten about that show; apparently it [...]

Rdio Wants To Pay Artists for Turning Fans into Subscribers

Eliot Van Buskirk — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:48:09 +0000

The music middlemen have another reason to be nervous. Rdio, the music subscription service whose redesign we applauded at SXSW, plans to pay recording artists who drive fans to its subscription service. “They’re basically offering a bounty for everybody you bring them,” said an anonymous Rdio source, according to Billboard’s report. Another said they were [...]

More Guys Would Like These ‘Women’s’ Earbuds, in Brooklyn Anyway

Eliot Van Buskirk — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:35:47 +0000

We have a slew of music apps in the queue for you to chew over, but first, these headphones for women. A public relations person representing a company called chicblvd send us word this morning of the “first-ever designer printed cords on earbuds,” chicBuds’ Arts Inner Earbuds. “Women today want everything to be a reflection of their [...]

Developer Explains Why Android Sucks for Some Audio Apps

Eliot Van Buskirk — Wed, 23 May 2012 19:59:41 +0000

Oh, how we wish we could divulge the source of this information, because A) It comes from the developer of a pretty nice app; B) It’s fairly juicy information, if music apps are your thing; and C) We hate quoting anonymous sources. Nonetheless, we’re going to publish this anyway, because it’s so interesting, and the [...]

Venerable Tivoli Audio Joins Music App Revolution via Bluetooth

Eliot Van Buskirk — Wed, 23 May 2012 18:50:02 +0000

For those of us who fondly recall seeing the legendary Tivoli (then called KLH) radio on the kitchen counter-top of our childhood, it’s nice to know that not only is Tivoli Audio still around, but it’s on-board with the music app revolution. At a press luncheon in Manhattan on Wednesday, Tivoli Audio unveiled their newest products [...]

Evolver.fm Editor Nominated for MTV O Music Award… in the ‘NILF’ Category

Eliot Van Buskirk — Wed, 23 May 2012 04:15:26 +0000

I’ve won several things over the years, from a Maggie Award for Best Online Column to heated ping-pong and foosball matches at various dotcoms over the years, but this is the oddest nomination yet. MTV’s O Music Awards announced its nominees tonight, and what do you know, yours truly makes an appearance in the NILF category. [...]

Pacemaker Founder Explains Odd Decision to Port Hardware DJ Machine to BlackBerry Tablet

Eliot Van Buskirk — Tue, 22 May 2012 21:08:58 +0000

In Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show in January 2008, I spotted an interesting piece of hardware called Pacemaker, featuring two circular controls for remixing and DJing music, with the option to add all sorts of effects, and generally tweak the sound. In that video, which I posted on Wired.com back then (note: I only [...]