SoundCloud for the win!

SoundCloud for the win!
iTunes versus Safari for playing music. Offline versus streaming.
The browser can be used as a musical instrument, as a DAW, as an effects unit and so on. It’s just a matter of generating and processing audio by using javascript, HTML and CSS code.
Radiotoday writes: SoundCloud has made some changes to the way links are displayed on Facebook, meaning an end to embedded audio on the social network. So instead of offering a cool inline player for Facebook, like YouTube, Vimeo, BandCamp and every other web-service on the planet is doing, SoundCloud wants the user to click away from Facebook just to listen to […]
Yesterday the upcoming 808 documentary was announced. Produced by Arthur Baker featuring contributions by Afrika Bambaataa, Pharell, Questlove, Phil Collins, Rick Rubin, New Order, Fatboy Slim and many more. Because I’ve made a documentary about Marvin Gaye and Sexual Healing in which the TR-808 plays an important role, I was interviewed on Radio 6 about […]
SoundCloud has announced their new On SoundCloud service today. It lays the foundation for creators to make money from their work. That’s good news or what?
A lot of music journalists write about Spotify like it’s the future of music. Bob Lefsetz for example. Sure, they are right, but only a little bit because the thing is: Spotify doesn’t have many listeners.
The slim player now shows the waveform as an arrangement of vertical lines instead of the old large black bubble. Love it! Check this: And what about the new large player which is superb if your album/cover art (great for audio & visual storytellers too!) is tasty: Did you notice that you can now start […]