Posts Tagged ‘youtube’

Bonnaroo Free Webcast

Bonnaroo Free Webcast

All the music and none of the mud makes this the best way to experience Bonnaroo.


The Music Video Re-Revolution

The Music Video Re-Revolution

A new generation of directors is resurrecting and redefining the music video.


Muziic Player Streams Free Music From YouTube

Muziic Player Streams Free Music From YouTube

Muziic Player puts millions of songs right on your desktop, free and legally. Interested?


THRU YOU: Kutiman Mixes YouTube

THRU YOU: Kutiman Mixes YouTube

Israeli Musician Kutiman has done some really cool mashups of YouTube videos. Check out The Mother Of All Funk Chords on his site Thru-You. This video is bananas, and had to be excruciatingly tedious to make. I really dig the song in its own right, and the fact that it was made from found pieces [...]


Warner Orders YouTube to Pull Videos

Contract negotiations between Warner Music Group and YouTube broke down last week prompting Warner to order the removal of all WMG content from YouTube. The order pertains not only to artists currently on Warner Music’s major labels, but also extends to all songs published on Warner/Chappell music.

Warner was the first major media company to negotiate a contract with YouTube back in 2006. Warner, along with Universal Music Group and Sony Music, took stakes in YouTube back in that same year as part of contract negotiation deals, and profited when Google purchased YouTube for $1.65 billion shortly thereafter. Warner feels that their 2006 contract brought legitimacy to YouTube, strongly contributing to the Google acquisition.

YouTube currently pays WMG on a per-play basis…


Stand By Me

Saw this on bwacks and it made me smile, so I’ve got to share it. The guy who conceptualized/multi-tracked/mixed it did a brilliant job. Thanks to sitco98 for the find! More info on the group that does it here (thanks to Kent for the follow up!): http://www.playingforchange.com/