Circaviso: A New York Idea Agency by Michael Mayes

Feb 8 09

Is tumbletape the online playlist sharing tool I am looking for?

by Michael Mayes

: Image via CrunchBase

Today, I found tumbltape while reading the tweets I follow that came thru last night. With the shutdown of muxtape, I've been thinking about how someone might come back with a new idea to fill the gap.

There's opentape, which does the same thing but you'd have to host files on your machine, and not through tumblr account. I actually want to host my own files, so maybe I'll have to check out opentape, too.

My tumbletape playlist:

Muxtape Reborn as Band-Driven Mixtape Site [Playlists] (lifehacker.com)
Five ways to fill that Muxtape-shaped hole (nonvivant.com)
Muxtape 2.0 (coolfer.com)
Mashup Culture Under Attack: Mixwit Goes The Way Of Muxtape (techcrunch.com)
Muxtape returns from RIAA-induced hiatus (news.cnet.com)

Feb 7 09

Radio Free Brooklyn – Phish, 1998, Lucerna Theatre, Prague

by Michael Mayes

As promised, I worked today on getting some tunes uploaded to test out the Streampad player (original post here). The first sampling is a classic bit of Phish from their European tour in 1998. My process of doing this definitely isn't there yet, but thanks go to Greg Johnson for putting the code out there that generates the directory list of links.

Phish
Lucerna Theatre, Prague, Czech Republic
July 6th, 1998

Feb 7 09

My own personal radio station

by Michael Mayes

I am testing out a version of Streampad for WordPress, so you'll now see the bar at the bottom of the site. This will let me take any of my mp3 files, upload them to my site, and stream them to anyone (including myself) from anywhere. It's like my own personal radio station.

This concept is really intriguing to me right now, with the invention of blip.fm, song.ly, pandora, last.fm, and all these other online streaming/uploading sites. For me, for now, I like the idea of streaming my own tunes.

My vision is that I can have my whole library available to me, from anywhere, any time – and I don't have to sync my iPod or take up gigs (I have over 200 gigs of music right now) on my HD (I really want a macbook air…)

It's almost here – it is here if you are tech-savvy and can create your own music server and hook it to the web. But, this widget from Dan Kantor is helping me get one step closer and it only took one click to add it to my blog.

Blip.fm: Twitter For Your Music (somewhatfrank.com)
The ever changing world of music sharing (cnn.com)
Last.fm Takes On Imeem On Android (techcrunch.com)
Pandora Versus Last.fm: Features, Interface, Applications Compared (mashable.com)

Jan 27 09

Punch you in the eye

by Michael Mayes

: Image via Wikipedia

It's not until March this year when my favorite band will descend upon Hampton, VA and change the place into hippie heaven for three days, but I've already started talking about it with my friends. Calling the first song, wondering what t-shirt Trey will have on, hoping it's not too cold in the lot while walking down Shakedown Street.

And then, I was watching skiing on NBC this weekend, and while they were reviewing the rankings, there in the background, I heard it. A very noticeable tune. Whoever was working that day was definitely a phan, because it was most definitely Punch You in the Eye (PYITE) – a jumping old school Phish classic.

Thanks NBC – you gave me a weekend boost.