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Because of the tube strike in London we had to cancel this event but we have now confirmed a new date.

We look forward to seeing you on the 1st July 2009 at the William to discuss Videos & Music. You can find all details below:

In all our previous OpenMusicMedia sessions the focus has primarily been on music – we talked about recommendations, live music, different ways of consuming recorded music and of course how the whole ecosystem of music works (or not) and what has to happen to make it work in the future.

For our next night we want to discuss an art form which has always been closely related to music: videos. We have invited Caroline Bottomley who is the founder of Radar Music Videos, “a music video commissioning platform and music video director network” to present us with her ideas on the future of music videos. She will be explaining why her website is important for musicians and video producers and from there we will try and explore how digital technology has been affecting visual content.

As always the conversation will kept very broad – topics we want to talk about include:

• Do artists need music videos these days?
• Is it easier of harder to get exposure for your music videos in the age of YouTube?
• What makes a video ‘viral’?

As always this will be an open discussion and you will set the topics for this night. We’ll be starting the discussion at around 7pm but feel free to be there by 6pm and have a drink with us. You can find all the details below, if you have any questions, leave a comment or contact us via twitter.

The event is free to open to everyone but if you can please RSVP at our new Facebook group.

Wednesday, 10th June 2009 1st July 2009
6:00 PM – 11:00 PM

William IV

Brazil. What a great time I had. Dancing, swimming, meeting great people, learning.

I like it when places still surprise you even though you think you know something about them already. Real poverty for example: we (Westerners) think that we have seen the stats and therefore know about poor people but it’s not until you really see it that you start to understand.

I was there for the Porto Musical conference and did a talk on digital music. It’s nice to see how people react to my ideas and thoughts, there seem to be a real energy in the music business in Brazil.

I was blown away in many ways and am sure that I will be back soon.

Sorry for the delay in updating my shows, it’s not the jetlag but the 24 hours of travelling that kills you.

You can listen to my latest shows here.

Playlist 17/06/09
1. The Wave Pictures ‘Bumble Bee’
2. Fink ‘Sort Of Revolution’ (The Cinematic Orchestra Remix)
3. Cougar ‘Stay Famous’
4. TRV$DJAM ‘COACHELLA 4′
5. Vetiver ‘Strictly Rule’
6. Grizzly Bear ‘Owner Of A Lonely Heart’
7. Chad VanGaalen ‘Willow Tree’
8. Beth Jeans Houghton ‘Night Swimmer’
9. Grasscut ‘High Down’
10. Riceboy Sleeps ‘Happiness’
11. The Fugees ‘Ready or Not’
12. Moderat ‘Seamonkey’

Playlist 24/06/09
1. Phoenix ‘Lisztomania’
2. Vetiver ‘Strictly Rule’
3. The Flaming Lips ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’
4. The Twilight Sad ‘Three Seconds of Air’
5. Finn ‘Dew’
6. Lykke Li ‘Tonight’ (YN Piano Version)
7. Riceboy Sleeps ‘Happiness’
8. Grizzly Bear ‘Owner Of A Lonely Heart’
9. La Roux ‘In For The Kill’ (Skream’s Let’s Get Ravey Remix)
10. TRV$DJAM ‘COACHELLA 4′

Some of you would have noticed already: the show from last Wednesday was actually a re-run of my show from the 8th April.

A new show will be broadcast on Tide 96.0 next Wednesday while I’m in Spain and Brazil. I’ll try and upload it here as soon as possible.

More on that soon…

Today I talked a bit about the idea that the internet is ‘free’. There will be a blog post following up from this but essentially my point is that there seems to be this mind-set that all content on the internet is free. I argue that we might not pay for it directly when we consume it but that someone will have to pick up the bill.

Take this podcast as an example: it might seem free to you but in reality you are (probably) paying to access the internet and I pay for any streaming costs.

You can listen to my latest show here.

1. Tears For Fears ‘Mad World’
2. We Fell To Earth ‘Lights Out’
3. Grizzly Bear ‘Two Weeks’
4. Eels ‘My Timing Is Off’
5. Bibio ‘Haikuesque (When She Laughs)’
6. Beth Jeans Houghton ‘NIGHT SWIMMER’
7. Withered Hand ‘Oldsmobile Car’
8. Sharon Van Etten ‘Consolation Prize’
9. Phosphorescent ‘It’s Not Supposed To Be That Way’
10. Zoey Van Goey ‘City Is Exploding’
11. Jason Lytle ‘Ghost Of My Old Dog’
12. Metric ‘Help I’m Alive’
13. Simian Mobile Disco ‘Audacity of Huge’ (feat. Chris Keating)
14. Moderat ‘Seamonkey’