Finally after several weeks we get the original hosts who made a pact not to speak of the iPad until we have one in our hands. So we begin episode 15 with an iPad roundtable which leads into the battle between Adobe and Apple for the future of the internet or something like that. The second half of the episode we discuss the surprise that digital downloads of music are down for the first half of 2010 and what it could all mean. We end the show with our usual segment “What We Are Consuming” which seems to be a lot this week. Running length: 1hr 4min
Show Topics:
iPad Roundtable – 3 Weeks After Launch
- Album sales decline slows in Q1; digital sales dip – Reuters
- On the Horns of a Digital Dilemma – Cohesion Arts
Skype and Bars for Charity: Geoff and the Big Bang Nationwide are doing probably the first nationwide Skype hookup/recording session with live audiences. LIVE. thebigbangbar.com/bigbangsongsoflove
Live music in Nashville combining with Internet connectivity:
Could it be the new bootlegging? As more devices are connected, it moves to more real-time capturing. Qik and Ustream. And that could actually be very cool. An example is Geoff’s upcoming show at the very cool and very connected Edgehill Cafe on Music Row http://thegeoffsmith.com/2010/04/17/my-live-show-with-john-lefler/
And will more live streaming networks (like twit.am and noagendastream.com and a mobile device bring back the good old days of radio instead of the very self (user) gratifying “make your own radio station” models of today.
What we’re consuming:
David – Audio Book: ReWork by Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson
Lucas – Listening to my sole purchase from Record Store Day, a copy of the “Essential Cheap Trick” 2-disc set. Saw dozens of other things I wanted/needed but was paralyzed by my choices.
Paul – I’m still reading “Passionate Minds” and my favorite blog these days is Daring Fireball, watching “The Tudors” on Showtime.
Geoff – listening to Noagendashow.com, just finished The Hobbit (again). Doctor Who is back for Season 5 on BBC America, iTunes (or anyway people want to find it)
Show Hosts:
David Beronja
- Web Designer/Production
- Founder "The Nashville Feed" blog
- twitter: mdave and nashvillefeed
- blog: NashvilleFeed.com
Lucas Hendrickson
- Independent Journalist
- Contributor at The Tennessean's TuneInMusicCity.com
- Instructor at Belmont University's Media Studies Department
- Writer at LargeLandMammal.com
- twitter: @tuneinlucas (or @largelandmammal)
- website: Largelandmammal.com/TuneInMusicCity.com
Paul Schatzkin
- Revered Elder Statesman, Staunch McLuhanist, Internet Entrepreneur and (Occasional) Bomb Thrower
- Founder, CEO, songs.com (1995-2000)
- Author: The Boy Who Invented Television: A Story of Inspiration, Persistence, and Quiet Passion (2002)
- Author: Defying Gravity: The Parallel Universe of T Townsend Brown (2008)
- New for 2010: Founder, Cohesion Arts (Artists Management & Digital Distribution, until we find the new paradigm vocabulary…)
- facebook: http://facebook.com/schatzkin
- website: http://49chevy.com
- twitter: driver49
Geoff Smith
- Musician, Songwriter, Producer, Writer, Actor, Entrepreneur, New Media Personality
- Owner of the iPhone Ringtone company, Ringtonefeeder.com
- Entertainment Director at The Big Bang
- Advisory Board Member at SongsOfLove.org
- twitter: @geoffsmith
- website: TheGeoffSmith.com
