For the Italian speaking, you will find an interview on the new issue of Wired Italy, go and grab a copy now!
Picture: Emanuele Cremaschi
Update: You can read it on a PDF here
We are happy to announce a new contest which is giving free Thounds t-shirts… want one?
Just follow the simple rules to win your own tee:
1. Be our fan on Facebook
2. And our follower on Twitter
And now if you are already a thounder:
3. Record 10 (ten) new thounds and set them to public view
Otherwise if you are not yet:
3. Connect to Thounds from your Facebook account
and in this case we will draw 5 t-shirts every day
Until Monday 6th September 2010
Help us spread the word and tweet this or share a post on your Facebook page, thank you!
Today is a big day in the Thounds calendar, we have officially scratched our name on the iTunes Music Store thanks to a couple versions of Velvet “Il Serpente” EP recorded with our platform.
So with the new Velvet EP, available from today, you will get the two versions that won the contest we ran in April, namely by thounders Dunkelblau and Cristiano Trevisi.
Get the new digital EP from iTunes, Nokia Music Store, Mondadori, Messaggerie Musicali and Sorrisi Shop.
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
We have just tested the Thounds app on iPhone OS 4.0 and it works like a charm.
Intall with confidence … ehrm, you will probably have to wait that OS goes public.
We have tested the app on a brand new iPad Wi-Fi 64GB and everything run smooth, hooray!
Now we’ve just started to edit the layout to get the most from the larger size of the new device, the wait won’t be long.
Thounds app is free, get it here
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:
As of today, Thounds is also available as a SoundCloud app: by connecting your Thounds account to SoundCloud you will be able to export your recordings to the best music storage platform available today.
To connect your two accounts just visit your settings page on Thounds and click “Connect with SoundCloud” in the connections section:
You can now set a public short url to share your profile page i.e. http://thounds.com/jonathan, have control on which notifications you want to receive, invite your friends to join Thounds, connect your SoundCloud account to make your stored tracks avaialable on both platforms, …
Discover these options n the new settings page, link in the right top corner once you are logged in.
Let us know your feedback on this small update
Today you can read an interview with Francesco Fraioli (founder of Thounds) on Wired Italy.
Journalist Andrea Girolami is also having a word with Sem Ronzoni, founder of SplitGigs that is a useful platform for all the bands looking to swap live dates worldwide.
If you are curious to know why we believe Music is not suffering as much as (music) Industry is, or what is our copyright policy don’t miss:
http://www.wired.it/news/archivio/2010-02/26/startup-musicali-italiane-thounds-e-splitgigs.aspx
Interviews above for the Italian speaking only.
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