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Cover songs are often very hit and miss, with more usually falling into the "miss" category and being altogether unnecessary. Being able to choose what covers you perform is all well and good but having to choose one from a pre-prepared list removes an element of comfort which is exactly what the A.V. Club's Uncovered is all about. Armed with an extremely well-chosen list of songs, a round room and constant stream of talent.
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VJing has its roots in the 70s when audio and visual performances began to converge and eventually resulted in music video, a trend kickstarted thanks to MTV. Over the last 40 years technology has improved to the point at which we can now mix video and music in HD resolution on a device we carry around every day.
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There are some names which roll easily off one’s tongue. Zazoo seems to be one of them. It seems to go well with the Chrome extension’s tagline - Don’t Just Watch Music – Zazoo It! Well, I don’t know if the name ultimately will turn into a verb, but if it does, it will mean that the Chrome extension is doing something right. As an enabler for YouTube, Zazoo has to do everything right because it is a very crowded space.
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I know I explained last time that real life in Japan isn't all that mad, but music videos is one area that they really excel (?) at. If you've ever seen a really weird music video and thought "WTF did I just watch?", it was probably a Japanese pop video. And before you accuse me of not understanding a different culture and being utterly culturally insensitive: I'm not - they're just geuinely completely weird. Here therefore, are 10 of the weirdest.
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Not too long ago, I wrote an article about how to make your very own music video. It really isn't that hard if you are going for something simple. However, I'm aware that a lot of people may wonder if this is even feasible or if music videos do well on the web. Well, guess what? They are feasible and they certainly do quite well on the web. So stop worrying about it.
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The Guitar Hero and Rock Band games aren't the force they once were. The last Guitar Hero game released was Warriors Of Rock while the last Rock Band game was Rock Band 3, both released in 2010. However, thousands of songs can be downloaded for the games so the lack of new standalone titles doesn't mean everybody has stopped playing and sent their arsenal of plastic instruments to the local thrift store.
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When it comes to photography and video apps for the iPhone and other iOS devices, developers keep coming up with amazing fun programs for all ages. Point in case, a popular five-star app called Video Star, which mixes karaoke and music videos for some crazy fun productions.
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Nikola Tesla is rightly regarded as one of the greatest scientific minds of all time. His pioneering work as an engineer, especially in the field of electricity and electromagnetism, mean his name is synonymous with invention and innovation. However, one of the things Tesla is best known for these days is the Tesla coil, an electrical transformer circuit he used for experimentation.
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We've already seen a list of the best music videos featuring floppy disk drives, and now it's time to broaden our horizons a little and bring more tech hardware into the mix. It's amazing the variety of machines and old gadgets that can be reimagined as music-making instruments.
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Who would ever have thought that old, outdated technology such as floppy disk drives would be given a new lease of life by amateur computer engineers and programmers turning them into instruments? Not me. But that is exactly what has happened over the last few years. What follows are the best music videos on the Web featuring songs played using floppy disk drives as instruments.
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In my opinion, YouTube is the best market for putting your music into the public eye. There are so many opportunities that it provides, ranging from building a raw personal fan base all the way to being discovered by a major record label. Also, if the record label thing doesn't work out, there's always the chance of being picked up as a YouTube partner.
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If one company has benefited from the emergence of apps and the app economy more than any other it is Apple. It delivers the hardware, everyone else delivers the software. And Apple takes a cut of the revenue. But when the combination of device and apps makes things as awesome as this possible, very few people would have the heart to complain.
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Do you love Pinterest? If you do, then you will love these two websites which give you a Pinterest styled music sharing (and discovering) experience. Even if you don’t like Pinterest, and find it to be a faddish pretender for the crown of the social networking world, you just might like the eye-catching visual appeal of these sites.
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There are often lots of creative musical artists out there just waiting to shine, but as I recently discussed with someone in the music industry, you are nearly forced to have some form of video to accompany your music these days. As nerve-wracking as that may sound to some, it's really not that hard to make your own online video content. To make things simple, I'm going to say that you just need three things for this basic tutorial.
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The Internet has brought plenty of new ways to discover and listen to new music. Some are completely legit, others not so much, and a fair few of these methods are positively illegal. Thankfully there are enough that reside on the right side of the law to mean those of us who don't want to cross the line don't have to. One of which is Freemake Music Box.
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