Some Useful Info Of General Interest...

[mojobone]

How to gig with a cheap Windows laptop and a bunch of freeware synths:

http://keyboardmag.com/article/windows- ... 010/110693

The 25 top free VST instruments is a PDF file, but not too huge for dialup users.

Some of the links to the VSTs in the PDF appear to be broken, but you can still find most of these plugins with a little googling and maybe a trip to KVR audio's forum.

UPDATE: now with video! http://keyboardmag.com/article/windows- ... 010/110693
(but I think some links are still busted)

[mojobone]

Some useful home mastering techniques:

http://eqmag.com/article/roundup--proje ... 010/110781

[mojobone]

Online music retailing is the future.*

http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2 ... rn-online/















*for independently wealthy musicians

[jfraizer]

Some useful home mastering techniques:

http://eqmag.com/article/roundup--proje ... 010/110781

Thanks for all these Mojo, this is a very resourceful thread you got going on here.
Appreciate all your updates. I especially liked this one on mastering.

[mojobone]

And speaking of Last. FM: http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/04/ ... +(hypebot)

Considering the pittance generated by Last.FM plays, it hardly seems much of a loss.

[mojobone]

Tweeters and Facebookers are gonna lurv this:

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/04/ ... ools-.html

These are in beta, and not yet as user-friendly as they may get; you'll need to know how to wrangle a little code.

[mojobone]

Is your town competing for Google Fiber, yet?

http://techdirt.com/articles/20100422/1422189144.shtml

[mojobone]

Ariel Hyatt on communities:

http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/your ... art-1.html

[mojobone]

Read this only if phrases like "disintermediation of the value chain" don't make you cringe:


http://www.techdirt.com/articles/201004 ... 9232.shtml

[mojobone]

The future: online collaboration in realtime.

http://www.webmonkey.com/2010/05/new-ht ... and-dance/