Now Play ItThis site has musicians teaching viewers how to play their most popular songs on the guitar via downloadable video. … [Read more...]
MOMA – Eye on Europe
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MOMA - Eye on EuropeThis microsite for one of MOMA's 2006 exhibitions is a(n extreme) lesson in what can be done digitally for special projects (world premieres?). … [Read more...]
Spoon
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SpoonThis website makes me feel impossibly uncool, and I love it for that very reason. … [Read more...]
YouTube
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YouTube, created in 2005, is a free video sharing website where users can upload, view, and share video clips. YouTube uses Adobe Flash technology to display a wide variety of user-generated video content, including movie clips, TV clips, and music videos, as well as amateur content such as videoblogging and short original videos. … [Read more...]
Wikipedia
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Wikipedia, created in 2001, is a multilingual, web-based, free content encyclopedia project. Wikipedia's articles provide links to guide the user to related pages with additional information. Articles are written collaboratively by volunteers from all around the world. Wikipedia is one of the largest reference sites on the internet, with at least 684 million people visiting the site yearly. It contains more than ten million articles in more than 250 languages (over two million in English alone). … [Read more...]
MySpace
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MySpace, launched in 2004, allows anyone aged 14 and over to create a personal profile. Unlike other social networking sites, MySpace allows users to personalize their profiles by entering HTML into certain areas on their pages, thus displaying video or flash content instead of text. This format is especially useful to musicians, who can post full songs as well as videos and an events calendar. Users may also customize the colors, backgrounds, and fonts on their profiles through the use of CSS (cascading style sheets). … [Read more...]
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It's not unprecedented. Zubin Mehta has a muppet named after him http://twitpic.com/85r09hwilliam osborne on Ladies and gentlemen: GUSTAVO!!
Could this cartoon of Kermit visiting the doctor be seen as commentary about image management? http://www.boreme.com/posting.php?id=5201william osborne on On my own
A very interesting article appeared in the Guardian yesterday about how the opera “Klinghofer” brought an end to Alice Goodman’s...fleck on On my own
We're taught that bragging is rude, but self-promotion is exactly that. If you choose the self promo route, you'll need...william osborne on On my own
Self-promotion raises many issues. Some of the artists who work I most admire would not be in a position...C.J. Sperling on Superstars
The title clearly refers to the 1993 movie "Robin Hood: Men in Tights" (so I have some guesses about the...Karen on Maazel (Kl)outs the NY Phil
As usual Amanda, you are right on....beautifully written, thoughtful, and - most importantly -- hilarious.Ellen on Maazel (Kl)outs the NY Phil
This post is totally hilarious. I completely agree with you Amanda, it's irritating when musicians have a "social networking presence"...Sarah on Superstars
Agreed! Why read so much into it (or maybe not enough)? I don't claim to know a lick of German,...william osborne on Maazel (Kl)outs the NY Phil
I find a deeper dimension in all of this image management which might be expressed in broader metaphorical terms –...