Can't Sing. Can't Dance. But I Make Music

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Startup to make iTunes sing on Linux

Startup to make iTunes sing on Linux 08/02/2004 06:45 PM
ZDNet Aug 2 2004 10:53PM GMT

Start-up to make iTunes sing on Linux

Start-up to make iTunes sing on Linux 08/02/2004 08:43 PM
CodeWeavers says new version of software bringing Windows programs to Linux supports Apple's music application.

Using a CPG to make Robots Belly Dance

Using a CPG to make Robots Belly Dance 01/22/2004 03:31 AM
Central Pattern Generators are networks of neurons that allow vertebrates to perform certain types of movement without the involvement of the brain. In humans, a CPG is thought to produce walking motions. A CPG in chickens allows them to run around after their heads are cut off. Inspired by CPGs and Lucy Liu, researcher Jimmy Or of the Humanoid Research Institute at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan has used software that simulates the CPG of a lamprey (possibly the Ekeberg / Ijspeert lamprey CPG?) to build a robot that can belly dance. The full story appears in a recent Nature Science Update. For more on CPGs, see Central Pattern Generators (PDF format) by Scott L. Hooper.

Personal Computing | Dance troupe on a
mission is set to make Phila. debut

Personal Computing | Dance troupe on a
mission is set to make Phila. debut 11/13/2003 04:16 AM
Philadelphia Inquirer Nov 13 2003 3:44AM ET

Sing Sing Prison Could Become NY Tourist
Draw (Reuters)

Sing Sing Prison Could Become NY Tourist
Draw (Reuters) 01/04/2005 11:19 AM
Reuters - One of America's most notorious prisons, Sing Sing, could do more than lock up dangerous criminals, local officials say.

Let Her Dance, Let Her Dance, Ket Her
Dance All Night Long....

Let Her Dance, Let Her Dance, Ket Her
Dance All Night Long.... 05/07/2004 11:27 PM
Bobby Fuller< /a> was a Texas based rock and roll singer best known for the immortal rebel anthem &quot;I Fought The Law,&quot;. Considered by many to be the heir to Buddy Holly as the king of Texas Rock, he built on Holly's style with songs like the aforementioned &quot;...Law,&quot; &quot;Jenny Lee,&quot; &quot;Love's Made A Fool Of You,&quot; and the 2 1/2 minute masterpiece &quot;Let Her Dance.&quot; And then it ended, at age 22, in very weird circumstances. Over the years, interest in Fuller and his work has ebbed and flowed, and plenty of archival material surfaced, but the mystery of his death remains unsolved, although many have speculated. Ann odd end for a footnote character in rick history, but who was bound for more

Digital Internet gallery joins Evos Arts
for mix of music, video and dance

Digital Internet gallery joins Evos Arts
for mix of music, video and dance 09/19/2004 06:29 AM
Lowellsun.com - Sun Sep 19, 08:06 am GMT

Warner Music Tries (And Fails) To Make
Friends With Music Bloggers

Warner Music Tries (And Fails) To Make
Friends With Music Bloggers 08/16/2004 06:48 AM
MP3 blogs have been getting a lot of attention lately. The blogs, which usually focus on certain genres of music with the idea to highlight or expose certain new or obscure acts to a wider audience are growing in popularity. They often post an entire MP3 as well. However, it appears that some of the attention directed at these blogs made it to some executives at Warner Brothers Records. In a moment of enlightenment (considering typical record company reaction), instead of trying to shut these sites down, they decided to see what would happen if they embraced them. Someone from Warner contacted a number of these blogs, including an MP3 from a band they wanted to promote. This is somewhat surprising, as many of the sites certainly expected to get sued before they received MP3s from a major label. Still, the effort had its problems. The musician had already been featured months ago on some of the sites, and didn't fit at all with the focus of some of the other sites. Plus, the fear of looking like record company lackeys didn't appeal to many of the sites. Even worse, though, was that on the one site that did post the tracks, a number of out-of-place comments began appearing talking about how "awesome" the band was. A quick check of the IP addresses of the posters, though, showed they came from... Warner Brothers. So, while it's really great that they're actually trying to embrace these sorts of promotions, they still need to learn a thing or two about dealing with bloggers. Still, it's clearly a step forward from an industry that hasn't made many steps in that direction recently.

Ministry of Sound and Rok Player Bring
Full-Length Dance Music Videos to
Mobiles

Ministry of Sound and Rok Player Bring
Full-Length Dance Music Videos to
Mobiles 04/17/2005 04:47 AM
On the 20th April, Ministry of Sound and ROK Player will launch the first ever dance music compilation to be placed onto memory cards for play on mobile phones. [PRWEB Apr 17, 2005]

Kickass Kung Fu: Like Dance Dance
Revolution for martial artists

Kickass Kung Fu: Like Dance Dance
Revolution for martial artists 06/24/2005 06:25 PM
Cory Doctorow: Kickass Kung Fu is a video-game in which you use real martial-arts moves to control an on-screen kung-fu fighter in order to best both human and AI opponents.

The game takes place on a 5 meter cushioned playfield suitable for martial arts and acrobatics training. Using custom computer vision technology, you are taken inside an artificial reality where the normal laws of physics no longer apply. Your movements are exaggerated so that you can easily dodge your opponent's bullets by jumping five meters in the air and landing behind his back. Using the dual projected screens, one at each end of the playfield, you can also continue by counter-attacking your stupefied enemy from the behind.

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Health insurers to fat kids: Go play
Dance Dance Revolution

Health insurers to fat kids: Go play
Dance Dance Revolution 04/04/2005 01:18 PM
Cory Doctorow: American health insurers are working with obesity researchers to encourage children to play Dance Dance Revolution on home consoles with dance-mats as a way of reversing childhood obesity and the concomitant health costs later in life.

Jones is one of 85 children in an at-home study trying the popular Dance Dance Revolution video game to boost their activity. The study is being done by West Virginia's public employees insurance group in hopes it will lead to better health and lower costs.

Jones lost about 10 pounds by changing his diet. Now, after two weeks playing the game, he has lost another 10.

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Play Dance Dance Revolution... Save On
Insurance

Play Dance Dance Revolution... Save On
Insurance 04/04/2005 01:54 PM
There have been discussions over the past few years about the problem of childhood obesity and how video games that force kids to be active may be at least part of the solution. While going outside and doing something is probably better, if they must be staring at a screen, they might as well be active about it. It appears that one insurance company has decided to test this out and is running a study by giving Dance, Dance Revolution to kids in an effort to make them lose some weight. While others have noted the aerobic nature of the game (and the game apparently has a calorie burning counter as an option), this appears to be the first insurance company promoting the game. Next thing you know, your car insurance rates will rise if you play Grand Theft Auto...

Life on the pro Dance Dance Revolution
circuit

Life on the pro Dance Dance Revolution
circuit 01/25/2004 04:09 AM
Yoz has posted a great account of his encounter with a touring clade of pan-European Dance Dance Revolution obsessives:

"We're a group of DDR players in Norway." Do they play other bemani games? "No, just DDR." He points to the guy he was playing with, now off the machine and chatting to his girlfriend. "He's from Sweden, he has a DDR group there too." The machine is now in the control of the third chap, a large-ish bloke with shoulder-length hair. "He has a group in France, but they play all kinds of music games." Do you guys play competitively? "Sometimes... like tomorrow. It's why we're all here - there's a big contest at the Namco arcade in Westminster. There'll be players from four different countries. It's pretty big."

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DJ Format meets Dance Dance Revolution

DJ Format meets Dance Dance Revolution 04/03/2005 07:50 PM
DJ Format meets Dance Dance Revolution Director Keith Schofield turns out a blazing video for British DJ Format and his top notch crew of pasty Canadian rappers, turning their song "3 Feet Deep" into a high adrenaline arcade hi-score smashing rampage.

Dance Dance Revolution as teen
weightloss aid

Dance Dance Revolution as teen
weightloss aid 05/24/2004 06:59 PM
This CNN piece follows the tales of formerly supersized boy and girl geeks who shed *lots* of unwanted weight playing the wacky Japanese electronic game "Dance Dance Revolution." In DDR, players stomp around on a grid of brightly lit squares while hyperfast techno music blares at them from a video display unit. There's also a home version, which sells for under US$50.

As she cooled herself in front of a fan at a video arcade, two teenage boys danced on a machine nearby. Their sneakers pounded out a staccato rhythm at a pace so fast that "Lord of the Dance"'s Michael Flatley would be envious.

Not everyone sees dramatic results. Seventeen-year-old Justin Meeks says his body is more toned, but his weight hasn't changed. He's pleased to point out, though, that his dancing skills have helped him get girls. "Two. I'm guilty of that," Justin said with a grin as he watched friends play DDR.

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Dance, White Boy, Dance (glumbert.com)

Dance, White Boy, Dance (glumbert.com) 04/08/2005 05:05 AM
born

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AOL and XM Make Beautiful Music

AOL and XM Make Beautiful Music 04/11/2005 03:00 PM
XM Satellite Radio teams up with America Online to take on the Internet.

WP: It's hard to make bad music with
GarageBand

WP: It's hard to make bad music with
GarageBand 01/26/2004 12:04 AM
"The GarageBand name hides a certain irony—it's hard to make a song sound any way but slick and seamless in this program," writes Bob Massey of the Washington Post...

Consumer Electronics Make Music

Consumer Electronics Make Music 04/09/2004 10:22 PM

Make music buying more fun: Davis

Make music buying more fun: Davis 08/23/2004 08:48 AM
globetechnology.com Aug 23 2004 1:01PM GMT

Make Music With Your Friends On Your
Cellphones

Make Music With Your Friends On Your
Cellphones 10/31/2003 11:44 AM
Roland Piquepaille writes "In "Cellpho ne software allows a musical jam," the New Scientist writes that English engineers have found a way for groups of people to collectively create music using their cellphones. "Nick Bryan-Kinns and his colleagues at Queen Mary College (QMC) have developed the "daisyphone" software that let will groups of people phone into a mobile number and work together to improvise short, looping tunes." My blog gives you more details on the project and includes a screen capture of the creation of some school kids after using the software. You can try daisyphone by yourself (providing you have Java 1.4.1). I certainly hope you'll be better than me. "

Chinese make beautiful spam music

Chinese make beautiful spam music 05/11/2004 10:41 AM
Ode to perlite - wonder material

Jobs, Ive make music power list

Jobs, Ive make music power list 06/28/2004 06:56 AM
Music magazine Q's poll of music industry experts has placed Apple CEO Steve Jobs and iPod designer Jonathan Ives tied for second place in the top 100 most powerful people in music, notes The Sun, a UK newspaper...

Make shopping more fun, music retailers
urged

Make shopping more fun, music retailers
urged 08/22/2004 11:17 PM
globetechnology.com Aug 23 2004 3:05AM GMT

Dance Voldo Dance

Dance Voldo Dance 07/18/2004 03:34 PM
Dance, Voldo, Dance (embedded quicktime .mov) Two people controlling two Voldos (the #1 freak from Soul Caliber). Quite possibly the most amazing synchronized video game dancing you'll ever see.

Dance, familiar. Dance...

Dance, familiar. Dance... 12/11/2003 02:34 PM

An interesting line about the selves manufactured by spies (that seems to me to have currency for all people who have cause to narrativise their lives in one way or another) from John Le Carré's rather blandly-titled (but also rather good) new novel Absolute Friends:

But who is Mundy Three, when Mundys One and Two have gone to bed? Who is this third person who is neither one of the other two, who lies awake while they sleep, and listens for the chimes of country bells he doesn't hear? He is the silent spectator. he is the one member of the audience who doesn't applaud the performances of his two familiars. He is made up of all the odd bits of his life that are left over after he has given the rest away.

Dance dance revolution

Dance dance revolution 10/28/2003 11:07 PM
Holy cow!! They just had the guy from the Kollaboration 2000 talent contest perform in between talks. Fucking amazing.

Dance, Voldo, Dance

Dance, Voldo, Dance 07/19/2004 04:26 AM
Soul Calibur's Voldo choreographed to music .. 11.2 MB Quicktime Link .. Dance, Voldo, Dance

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Dance Dance Resurrection

Dance Dance Resurrection 05/28/2004 04:51 PM
Jesus-themed variant of DDR (shut up, don't go pointing me to snopes -- of *course* it's a hoax).
Link; other recent BoingBoing posts on DDR 1, 2, 3. (millegrazie, mi piccolo snoodilio, also on they can be music and media moguls. They got this idea in their head once ringtones started to take off, and rather than thinking they might just be a fad, both the music industry and the mobile operators start drooling over how much money they think they're going to make -- when neither of them seem to actually understand the other's business very much. While the theme of the last few months in the mobile world seemed to be unquestioned acceptance that "content is king" it appears the backlash is starting, as even the folks at Business Week are realizing the mobile operators will never make much money by selling music directly. The article points out what everyone always seems to forget. Even for Apple, the clear leader in selling music online, selli ng music is a loss leader. In other words, the carriers would do better to team up with someone (such as Apple) to handle selling music, and they should just be happy with the increased usage. Of course, instead of that, the operators are complaining that iTune s on phones will take revenue away from them. And, of course, this doesn't even touch on issues like network over-capacity and the fact that people don't want different music services on their phones and on their computers. Between the recording industry and the mobile operators, about the only thing you can bet on is that both industries' short term greed, and total lack of understanding of what users want, is likely to screw up any offerings for quite a few years.

Make your own music Digital tools let
listeners compile, edit, combine, even
create custom tunes, soundtracks

Make your own music Digital tools let
listeners compile, edit, combine, even
create custom tunes, soundtracks 04/26/2004 07:36 AM
SiliconValley.com Apr 26 2004 11:52AM GMT

Athena MP3 Learning is Music to
Employees’ Ears - Audio Versions of
AthenaOnline Lessons Make for Truly
Portable Knowledge Delivery

Athena MP3 Learning is Music to
Employees’ Ears - Audio Versions of
AthenaOnline Lessons Make for Truly
Portable Knowledge Delivery 06/17/2005 03:25 PM
AthenaOnline announced today that all of their SmartByte™ videos now have MP3 audio versions available for download to personal digital devices. With over 700 video lessons from over 50 faculty, on subjects ranging from creativity to Sarbanes-Oxley, the new MP3 delivery will add significantly to the value of the Athena platform. [PRWEB Jun 17, 2005]

Let them sing it for you

Let them sing it for you 11/14/2003 02:22 AM

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