We fell in love with his vibe months ago, posted the review of his latest album, and now, he’s on the show. In this Monday’s episode of “Analytical Impressions - The Podcast” we speak with our favorite independent piano rocker, Matthew Ebel, about his experiences with marketing, recording, building a fan base, and just what it’s like to be an indie musician in the today’s world.

The episode will hit our podcast feed at 12:00 AM Monday morning, so get subscribed and stay tuned! For more details, hit the podcast page at ArtistOneAnalytics.com/podcast

You’ve probably noticed the changes we’ve been making, so please - pardon our dust. The new theme that you’re seeing now is part of the new ArtistOne Analytics.com site design, so consider yourself lucky… it’s new, it’s hot, and you got to see it first. Of course, if you’re reading this via RSS, you’re missing out! Sure, the syndication is great, and it enables us to bring content to you like never before, but just this once - why not revisit the site?

We’ll keep you posted as things close in on L-Day (our official launch), when everything you’ve been seeing here will finally mean something - and, while we’re doing our best to keep it smooth, hanging on isn’t a bad idea either.

You’ve been hearing rumblings for a while, and today it’s finally here. Pop over to the podcast page to listen!

For those of you who love RSS, then this is your chance to get in on some syndicated action. We’ve got the RSS feeds for you right here - with both our MP3 and OGG Vorbis distributions of the show.
RSS - MP3
RSS - OGG Vorbis

We hope you enjoy listening, and tell everyone that you know!

Great companions often come in groups of five. The Rat Pack, The Beatles, and The Marx Brothers are all great examples of what can happen when these minds meld together: and so far, nothing but greatness has come of it.

That’s why I was very excited to accept the invitation from Ed Ovett, host of the podcast, “Ed’s Mixed Bag”, to join him and his other three fellow podcasters on the upcoming episode of The Pod 5, a show that focuses on a broad range of topics, from the latest Apple product, to music production, and the new media revolution.

The broadcast will begin this coming Sunday night, August 3rd, around 9:00 PM CST.  If you arrive just a little earlier, and you might catch the pre-show. Watch the live broadcast at ThePod5Live.com, and look for the audio of the show later at ThePod5.com, the official HQ where all podcasts are archived for your listening pleasure.

This broadcast promises to be full of entertaining and informative content, and hopefully will encourage you to get involved in the new media scene.

Update: I was utterly confused when I wrote this… the broadcast is going live around 7 PM on the 3rd - not 9 PM!

One of the first social music players, Last.fm is again on the forefront of a changing industry. Seeing the lack of streaming services open to independent musicians, they’ve opened up, and will now allow anybody to upload their music to the Last.fm network. But, the fun doesn’t stop here - including your music not only offers exposure, but perks as well: event management tools, statistical data packages, and probably the most highly sought item yet, a royalty program. That’s right, indie artist, when your music spins, you get paid.

We’ve yet to check this out for ourselves, but it looks awesome. Play on!

(You can try it out by visiting last.fm/uploadmusic . If you do, let us know what you think by e-mailing us here.)

Thanks to the crew at Musician’s Cooler for the heads up on this.

I’m not one to post short blog posts, and as readers, you know that. But, this warrants an announcement. I recently found out from our buddies over at UStream.tv (specifically from their Twitter account), that John Mayer will be playing an acoustic set live on the Radio Sophie stream here.

Hope you enjoy it watching. I know that I will.

“Are you fed up with seeing new gadgets that only use incompatible and restrictive audio and video formats? Did you know that it’s not a lack of technological know-how that causes this, but software patents and other legal restrictions?

Increasingly proprietary software companies like Microsoft, Apple and Adobe are pushing video and audio formats that restrict access and restrict software developers, but there is an alternative that can be played on all computers without restriction — Ogg.” - Free Software Foundation, “Play Ogg” Campaign Website.

For the most part, the crew at ArtistOne Analytics runs only open source software. This policy stems from our core belief that if software was created by a joint effort of the people, it must be better. No corporate bureaucracy stands to make a dime of profit from the sale of this software - it was engineered to work, not to sell. The only exception of this policy is the Macintosh OS-X operating system on the computers in our control center. If replaced by linux (which we love dearly), I would lose several key features that we need, so that’s just not an option.

With this spirit in mind, the Team at ArtistOne wants to formally acknowledge our support for the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and their “Play Ogg” campaign. Our entire staff echos the sentiments above, but notes that Ogg isn’t just an alternative to licensed codecs such as MP3, but rather a superior option for both audio and video encoding. For example: while MP3 garbles the encoded audio output at low bit rates (like those found on many low-budget internet radio stations), Ogg (running with the Vorbis codec) can reproduce perfect stereo, CD-quality sound, at bit rates as low as 64k/sec. In fact, this whole post came to be when I pulled up some of my older MP3’s. Encoded at 256k/sec, you’d think they’d sound great. Not so - there is a serious difference between them, and a 128k/sec Ogg-encoded file. You’ve just got to hear it for yourself. Now, won’t you join us, and at least give Ogg a look? It’s open. It’s superior. It’s the future of audio.

There’s some things that you’ve got to experience for yourself. No written review, video clip, or radio spot can tell you anything of value. Matthew Ebel’s latest album, “Goodbye Planet Earth,” is the only album in years worthy to wear the title of “experience.” From beginning to end, Matthew skillfully weaves sonic bliss - creating a surreal journey from a destroyed planet earth, up into the heavens.

From the moment I put the CD in, I was mesmerized. The sound, for an independent record, it huge - thanks to the drum tracks by Nashvillian Andrew Dickson, the crew at Georgetown Masters, and Matthew’s amazing talent for everything from composition to engineering.

I can’t do anything but highly recommend this album.

Resources:

Matthew Ebel’s Official Website (Preview and buy the CD here.)

We just “leaked” the first episode of our upcoming podcast to the folks over at Mininova.

Why bit torrent, you ask? It’s simple and efficient - plus, we’re reaching a totally new audience, comprised of people that wouldn’t ordinarily stop by the site. Instead of asking them to visit our site, we’re bringing content to them - on their network.

Now, if the folks over at Viacom would just take a hint….

…One giant leap for Net Neutrality! As a community of content creators who use our internet connection and P2P networks as a means of cheap distribution, I come bearing great news. One of America’s biggest network providers, Comcast, has just been drop kicked by the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) over their controversial upload throttling. It’s not new, Comcast has been doing this for months, but we’re finally seeing something done about it.

According to the Republican FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, “the Commission has adopted a set of principles that protects consumers’ access to the internet. We found that Comcast’s actions in this instance violated our principles.”

So, with that in mind, chalk this one up as a win for those of us to actually use P2P for legal purposes. If you like the music, buy it - but you can’t try to legislate your beliefs on someone else… and stop stifling creative development. The creation of the internet was driven by innovation, and I think the FCC sees that. Let’s just keep it that way.

Source: ArsTechnica.com