On Aug 9, 2008, Bongo Beat will officially be a Montreal based record label. We will be a part of the fabric of one of the most exciting musical centres on the planet. I am originally from Montreal and our new office will actually be in the house where I grew up; where my parents [...]
Well, at least the indoor events were a guaranteed good time!
Certainly the worst weather for a MUTEK in recent memory, this year’s fest was still up to the same standards as previous years in other ways.
Panel 1: When Promotion Becomes Distribution
Starting halfway through the first panel, entitled When Promotion Becomes Distribution, there were a few [...]
Today, our CD Distracting Strangers (Fixture Records, Feb 2008) was added to the iTunes catalogue for digital download. Have a listen! You can download the tracks for 99 cents each.
Distracting Strangers by Brave Radar
>>Listen on iTunes
We set it up through CD Baby. For $35, plus $15 for a barcode, CD Baby lets you sell your [...]
Ok, so as James Finnerty mentioned, he, Tristan and I trundled down in the 1am to talk on the for-reals, air-waves-styles radio. Elran didn’t come because that’s the middle of his work day. Still, I think we held it down ok without our codeland wrangler, but you tell us what you think - That podcast [...]
Well, we blogged a lot of these Canadian ideas about music licensing during POP and Policy and they seem to be making their way into the mainstream debates down south, if only as a foil to the hamfisted madness of current sue-the-music-lover practices. Not usually one to be dubious about utopia (I’m pro-utopia!) I have [...]
If you’re like me, you can see the advantages of open source development in the digital media age and how we can all benefit, but some of the core ideas might still escape you. Perhaps they are the economic concepts or they’re legal stuff. This might only be evident when you try to explain open [...]