Viacom steps up their game to be the next MySpace. vLES (virtual Lower East Side) is a 3D world for bands to promote themselves. You know, MySpace + Second Life. Why not just MySpace and Second Life? Find out for yourself:
What is VLES?VLES is an online music community supported by a 3D world. Designed to support artists, fans and local music. It is a single point of contact for discovery of new music and simulating the music scene of the LESWe have two goals:1. make it incredibly easy for bands to self-publish music, and find their audience.2. make it incredibly easy for fans to find music they love and support the artists that make it.How much does it cost to join VLES?Nothing, and there are no levels or special features that cost more. Everything is available to every artist and fan that joins.
This sums up their mission:
What are the future plans for VLES?It will become the realization of all your dreams and desires and will fulfill all who touch it and bring peace to the world and cure cancer and stop the sun from going out and the ice caps from melting.
While that may or may not be true, it’s clear that virtual worlds are here to stay.
From PopMatters:
“Remastered for the 25th anniversary of its original release, Laurie Anderson’s debut remains a uniquely compelling and surprisingly timeless statement on life in the modern world.”
Put on the headphones, click on the sample links, close your eyes and imagine you’re a senior in college, laying on the couch in a roach infested 3rd floor rooming house on a Saturday night with no money and the last few crumbs from the 1/4 oz. you’ve been hoarding for a week smoldering in the one-hitter on the cable spool coffee table and you’ll know why this album made flunking out of school bearable.
My daughter just turned 3. Like all young kids, she loves music. They Might Be Giants and The Wiggles are her favorites. She’s also got an ear for techno, which isn’t much of a stretch really, given it’s “dance” music. Dancing is primeval, no doubt.
Another current favorite of hers is “Down Song”, a.k.a. “Download this Song” (website or MySpace) by MC Lars. The gist is, as you might expect, that the world has changed and that labels need to get with it.
People talk about how artists get screwed by the Labels, and that the best way to support your favorites are to go shows and buy t-shirts.
So I intend to teach my kid(s…) how to rip, download, and share music. I hope they can teach me how to remix it. I will also show them how to buy music directly from artists, and foster a love of live music and snarky t-shirts.
see, i was out to dinner this evening in paris and i was talking about the records that i had brought with me for my dj’ing gig later on. i was greeted with looks and words of incredulity.
‘you still play records?’
‘why, yes, of course i do. doesn’t everybody?’
well, imagine my surprise when i found out that most(if not all)dj’s currently playing music for the young people no longer play vinyl records.
Granted, I don’t exactly spend a lot of time in dance clubs, but I have to admit being surprised. I thought the pro’s would never give up vinyl.
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