Internet promotion

http://lateralaction.com/articles/artists-internet-marketing/

Very interesting article, quite long, but this paragraph pretty much sums it up.

The whole article basically sparks a full scale debate on whether the internet actually helps you get noticed, or whether your potential talent just gets drowned out within all the 1,000's of others trying to promote themselves within the same field.

Posted by Jake Clarke

Viral promotion - good or bad?

http://musicians.about.com/od/beingamusician/tp/Five-Reasons-Musicians-Should-Fear-The-Internet-And-Five-Reasons-To-Love-It.htm

A very straight to the point article saying the evident pros and cons of whether we should fear or love the internet.

This article is not specific to help within the music industry but it does give a general overview of the potential of the internet and what uses it has.

Posted by Jake Clarke

Will the internet be a death to creativity?

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/11/david-byrne-internet-content-world

Interesting article showing how since the introduction of the internet, originality in the creative world is dying out - and even more so, becoming noticed now is just impossible.

There's an interesting quote here which says 'My Song Got Played on Pandora 1 Million Times and All I Got Was $16.89'

This shows that unless you get good enough to play at multiple venues, you're literally going to be going nowhere for the first few years of your career, quite sad really.

Posted by Jake Clarke

Ways to promote yourself online

http://www.musicradar.com/tuition/guitars/14-ways-to-promote-your-music-online-182713

A very simply written, easy to understand article showing all the various ways young aspiring music artists can do to help get themselves noticed.

Although some are very, erm, obvious, they are all very up to date, valuable pieces of information.

Posted by Jake Clarke

Piracy in Cyberspace

Interesting watch about how copyright piracy and internet sharing sites have helped push individuals works around the globe.

Lee

an image related to Jake's post 'Why the internet has been awesome for music artists'

I posted this in the comment section but I don't think it appeared so I'll just put it up here too

Lee

Article

thegaurdian.com/science/2013/may/05/rational-heroes-sherry-turkle

Another article worth a read.  I had meant to add this to the list of ted talk links I previously posted.

Lucy

In the paper today

An interesting event coming up,  new media enabling the opera to open up to new audiences.

An article caught my eye about leading opera houses in the uk collaborating on a digital campaign to reach new audiences. A live event that audiences will be able to watch from the comfort of their computer screens. Another example of new technology mixing with age old traditions, continuing to enable people to access information whenever and as conveniently as possible.

Is this the future of the theatre experience?

I had a quick look for a link to an online version of the article but couldn't find one i'm afraid. It's page 5 in the National Arts section.

The event will be live on theguardian.com/classical 2-6pm on 10th May.

Posted by Lucy

Worth a watch if you have time

http://www.ted.com/talks/sherry_turkle_alone_together

This is an interesting talk by a theorist mentioned in our lectures on new media. The talks main focus is how society is becoming more 'wired' and why we should be concerned. Some interesting points raised. It's also worth scrolling down to get to the comments section which make for an interesting read too.

The links below belongs to a series of ted talks on new media. Worth having a watch if you have time. The second link, filter bubbles, looks at how your searches on google are automatically customised by your previous searches and why that is a problem. Interesting and eye opening stuff.

ted.com/talks/abha-dawser-life-in-the-digital-now

ted.com/playlists/26/our-digital-lives-filter bubbles

Posted by Lucy

Source Two

Source Two started using the dating website Plenty of Fish about 2 years ago. Source Two had a few dates and it lasted about two months but then just fizzled out. However does still think it is pretty rubbish. Source Two originally started on another online dating website before Plenty of Fish but couldn't remember the name. Source  Two stated they were getting quite a lot of messages that weren't very appropriate, like 'perverted weird stuff' however Source Two is still on the dating website but not really looking for a date more just to have a look to see who else is on, Source Two does answer a few messages but nothing has ever come of it.









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Catfish: The TV Show - Season 01 Episode 10 Rico & Jamari

 

Above is a Youtube video of a episode of Catfish: The TV Show. I thought I'd share this programme as it follow people who have fell in love online- Nev and Max help these people to meet their love, and discover whether the Catfish are who they state they are. On most occasions it isn't a happy ending, most of the Catfish are someone completely different to the profile they had created. On a couple of occasions the Catfish had been asking/receiving money of the people they had been talking to online. This programme just highlights the dangers of online dating, but also the advantages in some cases.







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Source One

I recently posted a Facebook status (I thought I may as well use a social networking website to gather this information) asking people if they had any experience in using online dating websites, and how this experience has affected their lives. I didn't receive any comments on the actual Facebook status but did receive a couple of private messages sharing their stories. I am going to share their experience to have a better in sight into why people use online dating websites. I am going to name these people as 'Source' to keep them anonymous.

Source One joined plenty of fish in November 2013 to try it out, not only to see if they could meet a possible love interest but to see if they could make any friendships too, which Source One says they have and it's been great. Source One had actually started seeing someone from the online dating website, they had met up a few times but it didn't work out. Since then Source One hasn't gone on it that much, they might receive the odd email saying they have a received a message from someone or that someone wants to meet up with them, which is when Source One will pop on. Source One revealed that at the moment they don't go on to message and look for someone. Source One believes many people are using online dating websites - online dating has become a lot more accepted within the last few years. When Source One met their first girlfriend-everyone thought it was 'strange' and 'weird.  Source One finally revealed that they believe it is always worth a try, they don't regret joining and  find it's always fun to talk to people and get to know them!




Posted by Christie

Video found from youtube research

Had a quick look on youtube to see if there was any relevant videos about online dating.

This is one video I found rather interesting, not only does it express the amount of dating

websites that are out there but about how easy they are to access and chat. To me this expresses how the dating website can be both useful and a new lease of life for some people, meeting people with similar interests you wouldn't usually have the opportunities to. However like most things there are also the dangers. Sometimes you don't always know who you are talking to and cannot always trust the people, they could create a untrue profile they'd like to lead you to believe. On some online dating websites there isn't even the need to actually have a profile, anybody can use the website with a guest name and talk to other users. I feel people need to be careful using online dating websites even though they may be a great way to meet people.




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