Fight Me at Blog Parteeh ’07!

All flamers brave enough to fight me at Blog Parteeh ’07 this Saturday should send me a note (mike@mikeabundo.com). I’ll tell Abe how many bodybags we’ll need.

Come and get me, n00bs. You chickened out at iBlog2; now’s your chance to prove you’re not complete cowards. Either you’ll get your satisfaction, or I’ll remove you from the path to this country’s future. Either way, it’ll be one bloggable show. Click here to continue reading “Fight Me at Blog Parteeh ’07!”…

January 22, 2007 · 40 Comments

Open Music Collaboration on YouTube

Stories like this make me marvel at the remix culture enabled by social media.

This is an interesting evolution. Mia Rose is a guitarist-singer who’s performed songs that have taken off on YouTube. Her latest video has 419,129 views. A drummer that she doesn’t even know adds his drum track on top of her singing, then a bass player adds his. You can witness this evolution happen on all the embedded videos here.

Social media is letting the world connect and share and create wonderful things never before possible (and yes, all without a record label).

Mia Rose – Husband to Be
Mia Rose with Ervey on drums – Husband to Be
Mia Rose with Ervey on drums and Tom Engelhardt on bass – Husband to Be

Conversations occur in many languages. This is just another example of how the web is bringing a musical conversation to life. This is beautiful!

When independent musicians can record on PCs, collaborate online, sell downloads, and hit the Top 40, who needs record labels?

January 22, 2007 · 8 Comments