There are squillions of online music services available as free applications which are easy to use. Redolf Music is just one of them. The difference with this one though, is that Redolf has none of the overcomplicated bits and pieces that often come with music apps. With Redolf it's just a case of typing in the search box and choosing your song title. Then you can save it in a playlist and have it available later or whenever you want to play it again. Read more
Right, are you sitting down because this does get a little complicated? I've never seen a social network that works quite the same way that The Four Finder does. It seems to take the adventure aspect of Four Square and marries it to a social network as another way of introducing you to possible new friendships. The other things this social and mapping has that the others don't is a very cool name and a secret sign for members. But more about that later. The Four Finder helps you to meet new friends. If you want to introduce yourself ... Read more
The way we choose the hotels we stay in around the world is definitely changing with the technology that's available these days. Up until now it's been a case of trawling through sites and comparing prices and locations for your given destination. HotelMaps is a simple to use travel and map app that changes things somewhat by delivering an informative overview of the best accommodation available in your desired location and with room prices at your fingertips. Whether you are traveling for business or pleasure this year, location will be a key factor in choosing a hotel. Is the ... Read more
LicenseQuote is the missing link in the process that means that the independent musician can actually become totally independent. It's a licensing e-commerce solution for independent musicians, music publishers, music labels, catalogs and libraries that licenses compositions and recordings straight from their own website and enabling them to keep every last cent of sales revenues. LicenseQuote is a music licensing e-commerce solution Software As A Service (SAAS) that provides a powerful array of publishing and licensing tools for music publishers to set up and manage their own branded licensing store on their own websites to facilitate licensing sales transactions ... Read more
Here’s a great site that has more than one use when it comes to event organizing. Whether you’ve been unfortunate enough to be given the task of finding somewhere suitable for your firms Christmas bash or if you have a great venue but are finding it hard to manage, Tripleseat has something for you. The site can be used by all types of businesses connected to the event industry such as restaurants, hotels, golf courses and catering firms. By signing up, venue details are automatically added to the Tripleseat public listing site and exposed to thousands of monthly visitors. In addition ... Read more
Worrying about registration and ticket sales should never be the main event of your event and this app looks as if it can solve this problem in a simple to use fashion. Clear and concise step-by-step instructions will give your "do" its own page which can be customized in a number of ways allowing participants to register and purchase tickets online. The great thing about this is apart from wearing out shoe leather by hawking your tickets around, at the click of a button you’ll have real time confirmation on just who’s coming. Read more
The thought of sheet music immediately makes me think about very serious musicians in an orchestra or a piano musician in a bar playing Frank Sinatra classics. I'm totally wrong, of course, but that's the image that comes into my head. In reality more and more sheet music is being accessed by musicians over the Internet. Tonara is a sheet music app for your iPad that takes sheet music well and truly into the 21st Century by turning it into a fun and very cool interactive experience. Read more
Organizing any event where attendance is on a paid-for ticket basis is always a bit of a nightmare, however, Eventzi looks to have all of the features to overcome most of those niggling problems. By signing up you can create a web page for your event and customize it with logos and images. Spreading the word is then made easy with an automatic listing on the popular search engines. You can also email the unique URL to a contact list who in turn can get the news out to their friends with one-click integration to all of the social network sites. Read more
PulseRadio is an immense online electronic music portal and radio channel tool that connects the artist to his audience as well as managers, labels, clubs, festivals and promoters. It can also have the ability to turn you into a megalomaniac DJ programmer overnight. Electro music people can be a weird bunch. You can often pick them by their twitchy faces and the constant tapping of their foot whenever they hear that strangely uplifting music that electronic can be. PulseRadio gives you the ability to unleash and advertise your own music out into the stratosphere by creating your own personal channel. Read more
Well here's a new one. There have been social networking sites for everything from business to craftspeople so why not a social network for musicians (Ed, nod to MySpace). BandLink is a networking app specifically geared towards bands and musicians and it's aim is to connect the humble muso with other similar types worldwide. Read more