85′000 people over three days and two nights is quite something, and being part of this year Sonar was exciting to the say the least.
During the day we have followed some very interesting conferences (Scott Cohen from the Orchard, Jakob Lusensky from Heartbeats International and Marc Cuevas Layers.com amongst others) and also showed Thounds.com on web and on iPad at our booth.
On Friday afternoon we were due to run our demo session, and we then introduced the public to our public API release (find the documentation here) giving the opportunity to developers to build their own app that interact with our data, putting the basis of customization and personalization of new services too.
Taking the cue from this we showed an advanced prototype of our forthcoming radio which is streaming public thounds according their tags.
And at late evening came Sonar de noche, that was huge crowds, live gigs, DJ sets and performances all around to enjoy some fun after the daylight efforts…
Some very good videos can be found here (cut by Sonar themselves)
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First edition of Music Italy Show is taking off this weekend, which is expected to be the biggest Italian exhibition devoted to musical instruments, editions, discography and technical musical equipment.
Thounds (as well as SplitGigs, the two H-Farm music startups) will join the “Music & Web in Italy?” workshop, on Saturday 15th May, starting at 14:30
Partecipants (including Vitaminic, Radio Deejay, Nokia, etc) will discuss how the evolving relationship between music and web is changing the rules of promoting, distributing and producing songs.
Korg, Nord, Casio, Numark, Ortofon, Fender, Boss, Gretsch, Vox, Zildjian and Roland are only a very small selection of brands that are showing this weekend in Bologna.
All the information is here:
http://www.musicitalyshow.it and Music & Web workshop
And last, we have two free tickets to give away to enter the show on Saturday.
Want to get hold of them? Just comment below with link to your best thound and we will pick the two winners.
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Velvet, the Italian band, is calling for entries to deliver different versions of what will be their forthcoming new single titled “Il Serpente”.
The best two tracks will make it into the digital EP, out on the 28th May.
Who will win?
Two tracks will be picked and added to the new single as b-sides: the band will pick the first one and the community at Thounds will be responsible for the second one, the track with more comments from unique users will get the prize!
Join the competition and record your music now!
http://thounds.com/velvet
Tags: challenge, contest, digital, distribution, ep, new single, prize, rules, serpente, velvet, win
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We think it’d be good to give you a present before the Easter break, isn’t it?
Invite all of your friends to discover Thounds now, and if 30 of them join us you’ll win our mystery box.
Log in and click on the “Invite your friends” on top right:
Then copy and paste your email addresses list or, should you have a gmail account, get automatically your address book:
Tags: box, easter, free, gift, invite, mystery
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Tags: 2010, Coolio, embed, hip hop, line, midem, rap, thound, Thoundstrack
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Thounds is only four months old and already showing at MIDEM, our agendas are getting busy with interesting meetings and conferences to follow, and be sure you are going to read lots from us through the next days.
MIDEM is the the largest music convention in Europe (some might say on the Planet) with nearly 10,000 partecipants from 4,000 companies gathered in the Palais de Festivals in Cannes, France from Saturday 23rd to Wednesday 27th January.
Who’s attending the show? Probably everyone in the music industry, record labels, promoters, licensing companies, artists, managers, social networks, content aggregators, music journalists, etc
During the exhibition, not only we will introduce our web platform (and new mobile application) but also we are joining forces with SplitGigs, a new start up that helps bands to swap live slots.
Come and find us all at the OpenSpace pavillion, pod no. 34!
… or follow us on Twitter @thounds and Facebook www.facebook.com/thounds
Tags: cannes, convention, exhibition, france, industry, managers, midem, promoters, show
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We have been assaulted by a flock of kids playing instruments and recording with Thounds, you can find their music adding the user Festival della Creatività (link) to your contacts
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We are very glad to announce we are taking part of the 4th Festival of Creativity this weekend in Florence, Italy
We will host presentations showing you what is Thounds and more about its features and tips to get the most out of it, and we will not as well miss the chance to meet some of our favorite artists playing live, such as Patrick Wolf, Rinocerose, Dani Siciliano, In Flagranti, Golden Bug, Hot Chip, The Invisible, The Emperor Machine and many other.
Festival della Creatività / Festival of Creativity
After the increasing successes of the first three editions (with 400,000 visitors in 2008), the Festival—with the personal support of the President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano—is taking on an international profile as a premier event of the 2009 European Year of Creativity and Innovation. The 2009 programme offers four days of meetings, talkshows, workshops and live performances with artists, scholars and scientists from around the world.
If you are around, drop by, say hallo and record your Thounds with us!
Making Ideas Happen
Iuav & H-Farm
Stand no.9
Pavillion Ghiaia
Presentations will be held every day at 12:00, 16:00 and 19:00
http://2009.festivaldellacreativita.it/homepage
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