Node XL

Howdy folks:  Reading for Monday:

1. Skim Chapter 1  (Intro)
2. Skim Chapter 2  (Social media)
3. Read Chapter 3  (Network analysis)
4. Read (and do if you can) Chapter 4  (Getting started)

Record Label Project

To everyone who has contributed or plans to contribute to the record label project we talked about last Wednesday, thanks for all your help! Don't forget to let me know when you've finished at nlcesare@gmail.com so I can start putting everything together.

Really cool adventure

http://dantpeters.com/

This blog documents a neat adventure with some interesting connections to different themes from the course so far.  He is also doing an AMA at Reddit about his adventure.

Imogen Heap - "Aha!"

Imogen Heap is one of my favorite musical artists, and is one of the few pop stars who I consider a true musician. There are intermittent cello parts during the song "Aha!" on her CD, Ellipse. Imogen Heap decided that while she was touring the CD, she wanted one of her fans in the area to come up and perform the cello part of the song with her. Using a live chat tool called Vokle, she held cello auditions where fans could interact and comment while the auditions were taking place. This represents how social tools have lowered organizational costs, making auditions of this nature possible.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9_S8nrdERY "Aha!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21QVivVgbik Clips from the Auditions (Start at 1:41 or later)

http://www.imogenheap.com/cello/ (General information on the competition, including where she distributed the sheet music)

Obama Guided By Voices

This video captures my two greatest loves: Guided By Voices and Barack Obama, for serious. It is also a great example of a mash-up, though it has a pretty niche viewership - indie rock politicos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rg219m8Lqs

BED INTRUDER SONG. News story goes Viral.

The Voca People:

This group of performers use a cappella and beat box vocals to reproduce the sounds of an entire orchestra. Their video has gone viral in YouTube in 2009, which got more than 15 million hits in less than a year. Since then, the Voca People were able to connect with wide audience via the internet, from Tel-Aviv. Now, they have hosted live performances in Europe, which can be equated to concert tours of main stream singers and musicians.