We're not there - yet. Though I feel we're getting close. There was a point in Q&A when Lyor almost argued for DRM. The tech crowd winced. What does the music industry get for shedding drm? They are quick to point to things they may lose in the short run without it.

I think the creative solutions and an incredible ecosystem thriving around non-drm music is exactly what will soon come to be the salvation of the music industry.

The amount of music remixing and mashing up going on online can overwhelm me today. But a lot of terrific tracks are coming from the process... if you can only find your way to them.

In that vein, my friend and favorite blip.fm dj, @retiredprodigy, just gave the world a killer mixtape of independent music matched to great beats. Here's a grab of the what's packed into Pam's Indie Loves Beats 2010. Grab it and load it up, and you will be dancing on the F train mañana.

Spreading great music and remixes like this drive people to discover artists, go to performances, and spend. We will figure out sales so that it works for artists, fans, and even for record companies that evolve past their RIAA stage. It's not too far off when people will gladly pay a little for a bit of curation that's valuable to them and to their friends.

The Third & The Seventh is a gorgeous FULL-CG animated piece “that tries to illustrate architecture art across a photographic point of view where main subjects are already-built spaces. Sometimes in an abstract way. Sometimes surreal.”

It’s CG that you don’t always think is CG, and it’s super well done. This is a win for independent, inventive creation of moving pictures. Watch on internetvision. Hat tip to Epic FU (and welcome back!) for pointing this one out

For a long time now, I only visit MySpace for music and artist pages. And that’s a big enough strength for them to work from. I am rooting for them in the realm of music. And this start, with a hand from BBH, is a great one.  

Ironically, though, their embed turns my blog into something like an old intrusive MySpace profile where sounds just start playing on their own. MySpace - you ought to fix the embedded player to start only after a user initiates. Haven’t you learned this lesson?

Click the image to watch the MySpace Fan Video created for me.

The crowd is decidedly more fun, less packed, less stressed, and they have a dj and a cash bar going to boot. I'm gonna try to make a few in a row to start Twenty Ten, and I recommend you do, too.

February 4, 2010 (links are all to the program page)
March 4, 2010
April 1, 2010
May 6, 2010
June 3, 2010

Hulu's commercial in front of the excerpt is old, though. This points out how less invasive Youtube's advertising solutions are from Hulu's. Most ads are unwelcome most of the time. When you want to watch a short clip, they are even more unwelcome. What can we do to make it easier on viewers?

Hulu: We want to share you, but you make it hurt. Innovate. Make it hurt less.

Viacom: Let users watch where they want to watch. Let go of some control.

The design on this thing is just spectacular.

I love it.

That is all.

P.S. How do I throw a swf into a post? Do I need to wrap it in html embed code? Blogo does not like swfs :/

I saw the original while in university and visiting Madrid. I thought it was powerful then. I think this adds a layer that is valuable, and perhaps enables more novice art viewers to dive deeper into a piece.

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