A message for Bobby Flynn – skip the record labels

Guys like Bobby Flynn don’t need record labels. He’s already got exposure, his own brand, a following on MySpace, a song on an upcoming charity album and he’s working on a website. Australian Idol rings hollow for many because it concentrates on such a narrow part of the music world. Bobby has been an interesting Alt.Idol entrant on Idol (very different from their usual plastic fare), I’m impressed he made it into the top whatever-number that Idol has, as they usually exclude all talented people by that stage.

Bobby – get yourself a blog, a podcast, a flickr photostream, buy copies of the Cluetrain Manifesto & Naked Conversations, communicate with your fans, talk to them about live performances and your love of music. This is the platform every folk artist should be using. Music by the people for the people (yes, I was raised by hippies).

Keep all the control over your music, don’t let a label tell you what to sing about or how to wear your hair, or how to best leverage the tweenie demographic to extract the most money from their parents.

Firefox 2.0 Released, it seems only yesterday it was 1.0

Happy Birthday Upgrade Release Firefox! If you’re reading this and don’t know what Firefox is, GetFirefox and Take Back The Web.

Firefox is by far (to me), the best example of Open Source. It’s not just the code that’s open, their marketing, advertising and everything is open. Now they have a great logo, great slogans and a damn fine product.

My thanks to every Firefox developer, tester & contributor who has put something in to what we have today. I love it.

There are plenty of Firefox Parties, even one right here in Melbourne.

Calling for survey participants for blogging thesis

Hi there Danielle, welcome to the blogosphere. I heard (Frank sent me) you’re doing a thesis on blogging and looking for some people to complete the survey. As well as a blog, something else you’ll need is a public email address (I recommend Gmail) for people to contact you “offline”, as your Microsoft blog is locked down, and won’t let people without a Microsoft account create a comment, so I can’t respond to your post, except here (by the way Frank, that totally and utterly sucks, please get someone at Microsoft to fix it).

This is a flaw of any website or blogging platform, where open communication is not allowed, or technically prevented. Web 2.0 is about two-way communication, less boundaries, more conversation. If you really want people to talk to you, you’ll need to give them other tools to communicate with you, in addition to the blog you have now.

You can email me at scientaestubique AT gmail DOT com
I can pass your details on to quite a few people which fit your description, if required.

My Moo MiniCards have arrived!

Photos on Flickr

15 days from the creation of Mooey goodness in London, across the sea to Australia.
24th of September – I received my order confirmation email (from the Mini MOO robot)
2nd of October – My MooCards were dispatched
9th of October – My MooCards arrived in my mailbox

These are the hardest things to take a photo of. Money added to give some perspective.

I heard it on a podcast. The Podcast Anthem on BJ’s Show #3

If you haven’t heard The Podcast Anthem, download it and pod it.

Lyrics: On a Podcast (Squeaky Clean Remix) – Cruisebox
upcoming album – Tell the FCC to Stick it

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Do you remember, way back last summer
When mainstream radio was such a freakin’ bummer
No indie music…nothin’ too funny
Clear Channel radio did it for the money

But somebody heard the call
Now, you can have it all

I heard it on a podcast…rockin’ freakin’ radio
You want it, you got it…just download it and pod it
On a podcast…no one’s gonna stop ya
Tell the FCC to stick it…kick it…
The revolution’s on

Do you remember your first computer
That piece of junk was like a freakin’ roto-rooter
Now we’ve got wi-fi, downloadin’ files fast
Listenin’ to everyone who’s ever done a podcast

It’s history, now you see, each and every nation
Radio has got to go, it’s our emancipation
Play that song, sing along, mash it up and mix it
Radio was freakin’ blow ‘til Adam Curry fixed it

Yeah, somebody heard the call
Now, you can have it all

Mp3 killed the radio star…

I heard it on a podcast…rockin’ freakin’ radio
You want it, you got it…just download it and pod it
On a podcast…no one’s gonna stop ya
Tell the FCC to stick it…kick it…

The revolution’s on a Podcast…rockin’ freakin’ radio
You want it, you got it…just download it and pod it
On a podcast…no one’s gonna stop ya
Tell the FCC to stick it…kick it…
The revolution’s on
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Great show BJ! Keep playing great music like this.