Archives tagged ‘music’

Hoarding

In today’s episode, Molly gathers up stories of hoarders across the web. Are you a digital hoarder? Leave us a comment below telling us what kinds of things you hoard.

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Copyright

On today’s episode, Molly fills us in on a brief history of copyright law in the music industry. RE-RE-REMIX!!! Click here for show notes. Follow us on TwitterFriend us on Facebook.

Doo-Wop Central

Today on Rocketboom NYC, Ella interviews Doo-Wop subway musicians Select Blendz at Doo-Wop Central. Some of the footage used for today’s episode was taken from Matt Finlin’s upcoming documentary ‘Below New York‘. For more info on todays episode, check out the wiki.

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Ministry of Magic and Wizard Rock

Molly speaks with Luke and Jason from Ministry of Magic about their wizard rock band and where this niche music genre is headed.  Click here for show credits.  Luke ConardJason MundayWizrocklopediaThe Leaky Cauldron Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for more Rocketboom Daily with Molly!  Follow us on Twitter for the latest updates!  Join us on Facebook for behind the scenes pics and videos!

Heavenly Symphony at Babycastles

Molly gives us a tour of the Babycastles arcade space, an independent art scene run by artists and game designers in New York City.  Click here for show credits.  Babycastles Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for more Rocketboom Daily with Molly!  Follow us on Twitter for the latest updates!  Join us on Facebook for behind the scenes pics and videos!

Gimme Pizza: Meme Overload by Rocketboom Records

What makes the perfect pizza?  An overload of internet memes of course!  Click here for show credits.  Get “Gimme Pizza: Meme Overload” on iTunes! Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for more Rocketboom!  Follow us on Twitter for the latest updates!  Join us on Facebook for behind the scenes pics and videos!

New Music in a New Landscape

Today on Rocketboom Daily, Molly gives us the rundown on where the music industry is going and what’s up with social networks.  Click here for show credits.

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Kenyan DJ’s become Entertainment Moguls

Kenyan DJ Mike Rabar turned his group of DJ’s, Homeboyz into an international entertainment group.  From animation and television studios to schools for DJ’s and radio personalities, Homeboyz addresses the growing demand for production and event engineering in the Kenyan capital.  From Nairobi, Humanwire Correspondent Ruud Elmendorp reports.  For credits and story links, click here.

Hip Hop Festival NYC

Rocketboom NYC’s Ella Morton interviews Professor DJ Raydar about this year’s Hip Hop Festival in NYC. Click here for Show Credits: Hip Hop Festival NYC.

Bubble Wrap

Molly performs the Bubble Wrap. Today’s Casual Friday was created by Ryan Hunter. Follow us on Twitter for the latest updates!

MysteryGuitarMan - Joe Penna

Molly meets up with Joe Penna better known as MysteryGuitarMan on YouTube. Assets: T-Shirt Wars, Leave Brittany Alone.

The Cake is NOT a Lie

Generative Music

Rocketboom Tech’s Ellie Rountree talks about generative music and interviews “laptop musician” Luke DuBois about his work in this medium. Story links: Generative Art, Luke DuBois Assets: Mozart, Golan Levin.

This episode was created in collaboration with Intel!

Dialted Pupils, Green Batteries

Our Robust Future

Music in the Park

Joanne finds her rhythm in Central Park.

Spotlight: The World’s Largest Record Collection

Rocketboom Spotlight on The Archive, a film by Sean Dunne. Paul Mawhinney was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA. Over the years he has amassed what has become the world’s largest record collection. Due to health issues and a struggling record industry Paul is being forced to sell his collection. This is the story of a man and his records. View the documentary in its entirety at http://www.vimeo.com/1546186

Old Video Games, Ancient Labyrinths, and Arcade Sounds

Bigfoot, Humane Apes, and Pirate Bono in 1/100th of the Time

The Boston Typewriter Orchestra

Rocketboom Field Correspondent Steve Garfield interviews the Boston Typewriter Orchestra

David Byrne’s ‘Playing the Building’

David Byrne’s interactive art project Playing the Building at South Street Seaport in New York City.

Glass Harpist in Prague

Story: Rocketboom’s Andrew Baron captures glass harpist, Alexander Zoltan, on the Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic.

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A World of LP Portraits

story links: a world of lp portraits (inspired by the flickr group LP Portraits)

The Boston Typewriter Orchestra

story links: rb field correspondent steve garfield interviews the boston typewriter orchestra