New Concept – AudioPorting - Updated Concept
• Just added what technology is going to be used.
• Added some more advantages for the venues involved.
• Improved the terminology.
• Described what the main hub would resemble.
• Not limited the idea to be linked with iTunes
• Added some lastfm.com links
Updated Concept
What about the possibility of a devise installed at participating music venues which could read and store (through acoustic fingerprinting) audio track information (its ID3 metadata) and when requested pass that information on through Bluetooth to a mobile devise.
The devise would not send the complete audio file just the ID3 metadata info. Acoustic censers would be placed where music could be easily identified and feed back to a main hub/ or kiosk (this would resemble a mobile credit top up machine or old school jukebox. Once the mobile Bluetooth user downloaded the track info, the user would be asked or directed to a database website e.g. site similar to iTunes or MySpace. Once logged into their account the user could download the complete audio track plus optional additional information on the selected artist and the particular music venue.
For example
• Selected Artist’s Previous Work
• Where the Artist is next touring/ performing.
• Similar artists*
• If the selected music falls under an electronic music genre, info on what DJ’s might be likely to play this track. This would then lead to info on that list of DJs or radio show.
*lastfm.com is a good example of how a similar artist option.
e.g.
http://www.last.fm/music/Mick+Harris
http://www.last.fm/music/DJ+Vapour
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Teknoist
Information would also be available on the venue where the music data was first downloaded from.
For example
• Future venue Events / Listings
• Background info on the venue.
Blogging!!
Today I realised that I have a lot to learn about blogging.
Or maybe it’s that Blogging has to evolve!!!
One suggestion would be is to incorporate a way in which all updates are recorded and automatically placed at the top of the blog, as well as automatically saving a version of the old draft for reference!
Please correct me if I’m wrong.
Or maybe it’s that Blogging has to evolve!!!
One suggestion would be is to incorporate a way in which all updates are recorded and automatically placed at the top of the blog, as well as automatically saving a version of the old draft for reference!
Please correct me if I’m wrong.
Thursday, 6 November 2008 Audioporting Concept - Positives (As I see it!) -Update
Audioporting Concept/Devise Positives Update
Today I delved a little into the broader socio effects of the concept on the music industry and socity as a whole.
• Making music more accessible will generate more revenue for the music artists.*
• Device will gather important import data which could be used by Music Licensing Bodies to calculate a more accurate system of collecting and distributing royalties to its members –songwriters, composers and music publishers.
• Music venues will be better informed to their customer’s musical preference and target market.
• In this system, venue customers could decide what the future listings and music policy of the participating venue are, thought feedback from users to the venue.
• Less well know artists could publicise their music faster and therefore create a broader fan base.
• Users could interact with their favourite artists easier e.g. find the artists MySpace.
• As users could find out what venues play what music, where and where, fans of lesser well known music genres could get to know each other more easily .i.e. human’s need to group as individuals -"The Roar of Collaborative Culture". This in turn will inevitably lead to other hybrid music genres – “When information is brushed against information…”
*e.g. Radiohead's decision to let its fans decide how much to pay for its album In Rainbows in October 2007 was both a PR and commercial success.
Today I delved a little into the broader socio effects of the concept on the music industry and socity as a whole.
• Making music more accessible will generate more revenue for the music artists.*
• Device will gather important import data which could be used by Music Licensing Bodies to calculate a more accurate system of collecting and distributing royalties to its members –songwriters, composers and music publishers.
• Music venues will be better informed to their customer’s musical preference and target market.
• In this system, venue customers could decide what the future listings and music policy of the participating venue are, thought feedback from users to the venue.
• Less well know artists could publicise their music faster and therefore create a broader fan base.
• Users could interact with their favourite artists easier e.g. find the artists MySpace.
• As users could find out what venues play what music, where and where, fans of lesser well known music genres could get to know each other more easily .i.e. human’s need to group as individuals -"The Roar of Collaborative Culture". This in turn will inevitably lead to other hybrid music genres – “When information is brushed against information…”
*e.g. Radiohead's decision to let its fans decide how much to pay for its album In Rainbows in October 2007 was both a PR and commercial success.
Wednesday, 5 November 2008 Bluetooth - The Unifier
Bluetooth is a wireless protocol utilizing short-range communications technology facilitating data transmission over short distances from fixed and mobile devices, creating wireless personal area networks (PANs). The intent behind the development of Bluetooth was the creation of a single digital wireless protocol, capable of connecting multiple devices and overcoming problems arising from synchronization of these devices e.g. MAC to PC, Zen to Mac.
Bluetooth is now an iatrical part of all most laptop and mobile phone technology.
An ethos of unity throughout different technology is something which seems to be a big part of the origins* and evolution of Bluetooth. This is a characteristic which in the current Web 2 and Wikinomics environment leads me to think this technology has a healthy future.
* Bluetooth was named after a tenth-century king, Harald Bluetooth, King of Denmark and Norway. He was known for his unification of previously warring tribes from Denmark (including now Swedish Scania, where the Bluetooth technology was invented), and Norway.
Maybe it would be good to continue this ethos and unify music producers with their target audience and via versa.
Bluetooth is now an iatrical part of all most laptop and mobile phone technology.
An ethos of unity throughout different technology is something which seems to be a big part of the origins* and evolution of Bluetooth. This is a characteristic which in the current Web 2 and Wikinomics environment leads me to think this technology has a healthy future.
* Bluetooth was named after a tenth-century king, Harald Bluetooth, King of Denmark and Norway. He was known for his unification of previously warring tribes from Denmark (including now Swedish Scania, where the Bluetooth technology was invented), and Norway.
Maybe it would be good to continue this ethos and unify music producers with their target audience and via versa.
Audio Track Data -ID3
Originating in 1996 as a child creation of the audio file format MP3, ID3 is a data file containing basic audio track information such as the artist name, song title and year of release. In its original format it occupies just 128 bytes but this file size can be increased as ID3 is updated.
Other commonly used audio formats including MAC .aiff and Windows .wav and .asf now also support ID3 though an updated version – ID3v2.
Other commonly used audio formats including MAC .aiff and Windows .wav and .asf now also support ID3 though an updated version – ID3v2.
New Concept - AudioPorting
Through DRM and watermarking research I came to the conclusion that music ownership is an issue more relevant to Music Law rather than a Design Futures Project.
So I have decided to rethink my concept.
Through the project discussion I have had with my lecturers and class mates I began to see less relevance on a physical receiver box and started to investigate more along the lines of wireless technology e.g. Bluetooth and Cloud Computing - which I explained in previous posts.
And by combining this technology with ID3 metadata and acoustic fingerprinting I devised a new concept.
What about the possibility of a devise installed at participating music venues which could read and store audio track information (metadata) and when requested pass that information on through Bluetooth to a mobile devise.
The devise would not send the complete audio file just the ID3 metadata info. Once the mobile Bluetooth user downloaded the track info, the user would be asked or directed to a database website e.g. site similar to iTunes or MySpace. Once logged into their account the user could download the complete audio track and well as receiving optional additional information on the selected artist.
For example
• Selected Artist’s Previous Work
• Where the Artist is next touring/ performing.
• Similar artists*
• If it’s the selected music falls under a electronic music genre, info on what DJ’s might be likely to play this track. This would then lead to info on that list of DJs.
*lastfm.com is a good example of how a similar artist option.
e.g.
http://www.last.fm/music/Mick+Harris
http://www.last.fm/music/DJ+Vapour
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Teknoist
Information would also be available on the venue where the music data was first downloaded from.
For example
• Future venue Events / Listings
• Background info on the venue.
So I have decided to rethink my concept.
Through the project discussion I have had with my lecturers and class mates I began to see less relevance on a physical receiver box and started to investigate more along the lines of wireless technology e.g. Bluetooth and Cloud Computing - which I explained in previous posts.
And by combining this technology with ID3 metadata and acoustic fingerprinting I devised a new concept.
What about the possibility of a devise installed at participating music venues which could read and store audio track information (metadata) and when requested pass that information on through Bluetooth to a mobile devise.
The devise would not send the complete audio file just the ID3 metadata info. Once the mobile Bluetooth user downloaded the track info, the user would be asked or directed to a database website e.g. site similar to iTunes or MySpace. Once logged into their account the user could download the complete audio track and well as receiving optional additional information on the selected artist.
For example
• Selected Artist’s Previous Work
• Where the Artist is next touring/ performing.
• Similar artists*
• If it’s the selected music falls under a electronic music genre, info on what DJ’s might be likely to play this track. This would then lead to info on that list of DJs.
*lastfm.com is a good example of how a similar artist option.
e.g.
http://www.last.fm/music/Mick+Harris
http://www.last.fm/music/DJ+Vapour
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Teknoist
Information would also be available on the venue where the music data was first downloaded from.
For example
• Future venue Events / Listings
• Background info on the venue.
DRM - "Ladies &Gentlemen, Alternative Research, Please!!"
After researching DRM I can’t help comparing the issues raised by DRM bodies with the issues involved in the “War on Drugs”.
I think it’s a matter of self choice which will be changed through choice and education and not forced through restriction.
If people want to copy music then they will find a way. Maybe the music industry should take a step back and take on board some of the oppositions expressed by Anti- DRM associates.
“Wikinomics” refers to a technique used by Cory Doctorow, author of Boing Boing (sort of blog) which has 750,000 readers; he is also a successful science fiction novelist.
Doctorow gives his online fans the opportunity to download for free online versions of his latest novels.
“By giving fans free e-books, Doctorow enlists his devoted readers as unpaid evangelists for his work” Wikinomics - Don Tapscott & Antony Williams
Doctorow himself sites the fact that he trusts his fans with free online material as a main reason of his profound success.
I think the music industry should take their heads out of the sand of restrictions and start to consider some alternative methods of copyright before they get left in the past.
I think it’s a matter of self choice which will be changed through choice and education and not forced through restriction.
If people want to copy music then they will find a way. Maybe the music industry should take a step back and take on board some of the oppositions expressed by Anti- DRM associates.
“Wikinomics” refers to a technique used by Cory Doctorow, author of Boing Boing (sort of blog) which has 750,000 readers; he is also a successful science fiction novelist.
Doctorow gives his online fans the opportunity to download for free online versions of his latest novels.
“By giving fans free e-books, Doctorow enlists his devoted readers as unpaid evangelists for his work” Wikinomics - Don Tapscott & Antony Williams
Doctorow himself sites the fact that he trusts his fans with free online material as a main reason of his profound success.
I think the music industry should take their heads out of the sand of restrictions and start to consider some alternative methods of copyright before they get left in the past.
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