The idea behind livemusicmyway.com is to bring the power of live music back to the consumer, and with the help of a community of online fans create unique, intimate live music events with a strong emphasis on what the consumer desires. In their own words: “So the idea is, people pre-register online now to show there interest and guarantee there […]

Springwise: Although video games and laser tag are a popular choice for kids’ parties, getting the kids to venues can be more hassle than it’s worth. Back in January, Texas-based Games2u stepped in to solve this problem with its mobile video game theatres—self-powered, climate controlled trailers that house X-Box 360, Wii and PS3 systems, enabling up to 24 players to […]

The Earth Times: MixMatchMusic announced today the launch of its beta music service and dynamic music community, www.mixmatchmusic.com. MixMatchMusic enables musicians to collaborate on, profit from and engage fans with their music. The company is introducing its service at the DEMOfall 08 conference, one of the premier venues for launching new companies and services. MixMatchMusic is part of a music […]

High-tech music is emerging as a new trend in the sound industry. The laser harp, by Stephen Hobley, gives us music created by using laser beams. The home-built DIY system allows for playing a harp by using your hands to disrupt the various laser beams. Hobley designed the system so that the sensor detects only the laser beams (and not […]

Springwise: 3VOOR12, a multimedia platform for music that’s run by Dutch broadcaster VPRO, is piloting a new heat-mapping system at this year’s Lowlands music festival, which takes place next weekend. Using familiar web terminology—Hot or Not—the festival’s visitors will be able to let others know which of twelve venues is hosting the hottest show at any particular moment. The voting […]

BrandChannel: Ask 10-year-old kids about their favorite movie or cartoon character—be it the Incredible Hulk or Bratz—and they can identify every brand extension leveraging the character’s likeness. However, as both the toy and branding industries expand into virtual worlds, new dimensions of entertainment and branding are emerging—realms that are full of both pitfalls and profits. While the press has focused […]

Every artist has the same problem of obtaining capital for their next recording. Tune Your World provides the solution of applying micro-financing to the music industry. Tune Your World is an Open Source music project that enables artists and fans to co-produce new works of art and share in the creative process. Its groundbreaking approach is the creation of peer-to-peer […]

Guardian.co.uk: In a barn on Oxfordshire Park Farm, Finnish musician Kimmo Pohjonen is holding up a microphone to a six-tonne tractor. “Turn the engine over again, please,” he asks the farmer. The barn fills with sound. “Beautiful,” he says. “Fabulous.” Pohjonen is Finland’s most internationally celebrated contemporary musician and, arguably, the world’s only avant-garde accordionist. Pohjonen’s current project, Earth Machine […]

Iconoculture: For anyone who has ever said, “If I had a dollar for every time I turned a friend on to a new band … ” — well, now you can cash in, thanks to Surrge. Publicly launched at this year’s South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas, Surrge is an iTunes for populists, empowering its listeners, dubbed “scouts,” […]

Iconoculture: Millennial and Gen X parents are changing child-rearing expectations to remain as close to pre-kid life as possible — so much so that meeting up with friends for drinks is low-key enough to bring the kids. Not everyone thinks it’s so sweet, though. In Park Slope, Brooklyn, Union Hall bar posted a “Please, No Strollers” sign, causing the neighborhood […]