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Brad’s social linkdump

In hanging around Cambridge and Harvard this week I spoke to a lot of people. Here are some of the links I remember referring to:

  • Kevin Kelly’s Better Than Free article. A great, great article breaking down what artists can still charge for when the art itself is given away for free.
  • Scott Adams’ How To Become A Cartoonist. I read this years and years ago and the idea of the “copy test” was hugely influential — though I applied it to music.
  • thesixtyone - community voted music site.
  • Magnatune - “We’re not evil”, creative-commons based record label. Doing variable pricing long before Radiohead’s In Rainbows.
  • RCRDLBL - Advertising supported record label.
  • Eminem sues Apple for using song - when talking about what would happen if Apple used one of my songs in their ads without permission. (I believe I said it would be “hilarious” and great for me.)
  • The Superficial. When talking about the escalating trend of dismantling celebrities who “artificially” elevate themselves.
  • Daft Punk’s Live Show - I described their (awesome) masked, pyramided largely pre-recorded performances as blurring the lines of what people expect or want from live shows and what people will pay for.
  • ccMixter.org - Creative commons based remix site.

Self-links:

I’ll add more if I can remember any.

Posted to , , , , , by Brad on 2/14/08 @ 5:50 pm |
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5 Responses to “Brad’s social linkdump”



  1. 1
    Gordon

    Heh, maybe I’ll eventually get them to put me on the Gimme Some Candy group.

  2. 2
    Dan-o

    The Daft Punk Alive 2007 cd is so awesome. I wish i could see them live some time.

  3. 3
    jamie

    that’s cool, i’ve been reading The Superficial for years now…. check out the sister sites too, Geekologie and I Watch Stuff, and for more celebrity trash, dlisted.com as well..

    ahh guilty pleasures.

  4. 4
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  5. 5
    Pierre M

    Since you liked Kevin Kelly’s Better Than Free article, have you been reading his “1000 True Fans” series of articles published lately? If not, I think you would like it.

    Regarding his last article “The Case Against 1000 True Fans” I was wondering if you are the kind of musicians they are looking for: “a musician with no ties to old media models, now making 100% of their living in the open media environment”?



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