TV shows like "The Voice" and "X-Factor" have been a boon for a specific type of artist in recent times. Not only have record companies rushed to sign an awful lot of artists but those same artists have had the opportunity to sell millions of albums and often shoot to the top of the iTunes chart. But, as I said, the types of artists that tend to succeed on those sorts of TV shows are commercial pop artists who aren't too dissimilar to what's out there already. What happens to the artists who are a bit more original yet just ... Read more
Time for the boys in tha hood to stand up and pay attention. HoodHype Show is a completely free magazine style music application for iPhone that is dedicated to spreading the word about the independent voices from the underground of hip-hop, R&B, Soul and reggae. This worldwide production of emerging artists and solid gold stars is now available for iPhone and provides podcasts and live music, news and interviews with some of the hottest independent music on the Internet. The HoodHype iPhone app was developed for listeners of the HoodHype Independent Hip-Hop Talk show. Users can download past episodes ... Read more
You really can't get a simpler music and radio application than MyRadioList. When they say in the description that it's lean they really aren't joking. The thing is, the whole point of the exercise is to provide the user with an easy to use app where you can store direct links to your favorite radio stations so you can access them instantly whenever you want to and wherever you are. MyRadioList provides the opportunity to effortlessly list the radio stations you care for and have them available at the click of an index finger. Unless you are a fan ... Read more
You must have made a mix tape or two in your life, surely? If you saw Cameron Crowe's seminal 80's movie Say Anything you'll know exactly what it is. Mixtape.li is a free MP3 music application where you can either create very cool mixes of music yourself or hunt through the copious amounts of personally chosen lists featured inside. Sounds pretty basic, doesn't it? But this is where the real beauty of Mixtape.li kicks in. It just happens to feature some of the coolest mixes of lists, connections to great music to stir your interest. Mixtape.li is a surprisingly ... Read more
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
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
I love meeting up with old friends and talking about the stuff they are listening to on the radio. Its always funny when i ask which station and they tell me about some obscure radio station I've never heard of. The tell me it just plays stuff they want to hear with little or no intervention from mouthy DJ's. Bliss. Myxer Social Radio is a bit like that. Myxer is a free social networking and chat tool for your desktop and mobile that provides a music service that changes the way you interact musically with your friends. Read more
tweewoo is an easy to use platform for emerging and independent artists/bands and record labels to promote their music on a network of listeners from around the world. tweewoo... Read more
We want to redefine listening to music, with Earport.fm. Users make a "room" which can then be discovered and joined by others. Anyone can add music to the room, this way... Read more
SMRS - SHOUTcast Monitoring and Reporting System offers live monitoring of SHOUTcast streams and provides real time RSS alerts if a service or stream is unavailable. It also... Read more