While investigating the best way to share sound I have reviewed a couple of sites that claim to offer more than the average bear when it comes to being social with your sound.
Odeo
Arranges video and sound content into archives for individual organizations and then into 13 categories. The categories are not curriculum based but rather media based – that is you would find them on your msn or yahoo account.
As a member with a free login you can:
• Create playlists
• Subscribe to channels
• Share content – via email
• Download – video
• Comments can be made on the items
There is no upload feature so the content is completely at Odeo’s discretion and I would say guided by their purse-strings.
Odeo is a place for professionals and corporate types who want to distribute content and who not have to spend time developing any excitement or contact within their community. They have a lot of content and they just need to get it out there. It is relatively hands off. Why not use ITunes instead I say?
Some handy features allow you to leave a review, you can like or not like an item. You can see other subscribers to channels and follow other members. You can take an rss feed of your favourite channels also. You can add rss feeds from your own media sites, but this is at Odeo’s discretion to publish.
Some boring parts are that not everyone has loaded their content into the site but rather it is linked to their own site, the old window roundabout... (yawn). This is not ideal for building a nice community around some common content as you have to leave the nice happy place to get to the good stuff. This is where Odeo falls down in my opinion. I would use Odeo if you needed to promote your audiovisual content to the corporate and higher education networks. This also could done with ITunes and ITunesU.
http://odeo.com/
For information on their respect to copyright see their terms...
http://odeo.com/terms
SoundCloud
On the other hand SoundCloud is an entirely user generated community where all the content is created and uploaded by artists and producers. Can add tags or search by categories. You are encouraged to download, remix and reload content. However you can opt out of this function if you don’t want to share.
Anyone can create an account, and this lets you upload sound files to your tracks, sets or dropbox. The dropbox is mastered by the optional widget you can place on your own site or blog (available in 4 different design flavours, yum!) You can also style your own – see apps and badges below.
As a member you can:
• Follow and be followed
• Favourite
• Create Groups
• Make a Contacts list
• They are currently developing a beta version of find people on other networks with click links to your facebook, myspace, twitter, gmail, yahoo, msnlive contacts lists and it also has a csv import function.
• Comment – and this is the most beautiful element of this application – at any place on a tracks timeline. The comment is visible to everyone who sees and hears the track – the nicest element is that your profile pic is also placed on the timeline : )
Some nice apps that you can access from this site include a place for live streaming for your audio, a music production open source software package and a way to create a pretty and slick website all of your own. Widgets and badges are also an appealing extra with create your own version (colour and size) of your dropbox badge – yay!
The business side – free for 120 minutes worth of content and up to 20 contacts – then there is a price scale after that. €500.00 a year gives you unlimited use that would be around A$725.00.
If you are really keen you can get involved in the developer community and start making stuff for yourself. Of course they have a blog, support and some forums to help you on your way. Oh, and you can also access, send and receive emails. And finally – it gives you access to stats – who downloaded/listened, how many times and where they came from, we do like that.
Soundcloud is usability superior by far and the quality of audio on the site is outstanding. The NFSA would be in good company here. The benefit of being among up and coming artists and predominately tech savy ones is that it will raise our profile to this group. The interface is so easy to use that we would also be educating our audience about future technologies and social media without them knowing it – they would just be having fun.
http://soundcloud.com/
Anything on SoundCloud is subject to their terms of course, basically anything you put up with the public settings activated is immediately ready to be reused and downloaded by all the community...
http://soundcloud.com/terms-of-use
Others out there:
grooveshark
Spotify
guvera
rdio
Last FM
ILike
Vevo
imeem
topspinmedia
Musicovery
Buying music online @:
Beatport
ITunes
Articles of interest:
http://mashable.com/2009/02/02/music-recommendation-services/
http://mashable.com/2009/12/25/music-industry-predictions-2010/
http://mashable.com/2009/11/10/music-facebook-applications/
http://mashable.com/2009/02/09/music-playlist/
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/bbc_launches_sound_index.php
MAKE SURE YOU CHECK THIS OUT:
This is also an option for social media sound distribution:
http://mashable.com/2009/05/29/twitter-music/
To create a Soundcloud RSS use this nifty flip:
thanks, PickleMonkey for rss
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
What are children interested in?
The language, or literacy behind art is the text that lets us share our ideas. What the artwork gives in relation to time, place, and in some cases reason speaks to us. It gives us the opportunity to discuss art in relation to our lives and the world around us, and how we as individuals evaluate and comprehend the world and our place in it.
Children are usually most interested in artworks that they can interact with, that is something that they can relate to in their daily life or something they can do, touch or have the opportunity to be involved in. By sharing their thoughts through an art form like painting, music or sculpture they can immerse themselves in the literacy of art. Giving students the opportunity to respond in this way contextualises the artistic work and creates opportunities to be exposed to the messages behind it. Art can be used in any curriculum area such as learning about society, environment and languages. Art can be introduced through multi-modal forms such as dance, video and music.
A case study of teaching contemporary aboriginal music found that, 'Music is more than just sounds. It is invariably an expression of the culture of different societies and peoples within societies.' (Sinclair, 2009) In this case study students are encouraged to create their own artworks that respond to key Indigenous artworks, such as songs by artists The Wilcania Mob, Local Knowledge and Little G. The students were then asked to make their own performances, songs and music video that would demonstrate an understanding of the social, cultural and political aspects of Indigenous society.
Sinclair, Christine. & Jeanneret, Neryl Christine. & O'Toole, J. 2009, Education in the arts : teaching and learning in the contemporary curriculum / edited by Christine Sinclair, Neryl Jeanneret and John O'Toole Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, Vic.
Children are usually most interested in artworks that they can interact with, that is something that they can relate to in their daily life or something they can do, touch or have the opportunity to be involved in. By sharing their thoughts through an art form like painting, music or sculpture they can immerse themselves in the literacy of art. Giving students the opportunity to respond in this way contextualises the artistic work and creates opportunities to be exposed to the messages behind it. Art can be used in any curriculum area such as learning about society, environment and languages. Art can be introduced through multi-modal forms such as dance, video and music.
A case study of teaching contemporary aboriginal music found that, 'Music is more than just sounds. It is invariably an expression of the culture of different societies and peoples within societies.' (Sinclair, 2009) In this case study students are encouraged to create their own artworks that respond to key Indigenous artworks, such as songs by artists The Wilcania Mob, Local Knowledge and Little G. The students were then asked to make their own performances, songs and music video that would demonstrate an understanding of the social, cultural and political aspects of Indigenous society.
Sinclair, Christine. & Jeanneret, Neryl Christine. & O'Toole, J. 2009, Education in the arts : teaching and learning in the contemporary curriculum / edited by Christine Sinclair, Neryl Jeanneret and John O'Toole Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, Vic.
Monday, February 15, 2010
What arts education means to me
The term arts education means teaching a variety of streams from 'the arts' such as dance, drama, music, visual arts, media, poetry and graphic design to name a few. 'It is important to identify which children are talented or have potential as artists and then train them with skills that will hopefully see them successful in this profession.' (O'Toole, 2009) The arts are a wonderful profession potentially for students, but as a teacher it is also useful to involve the arts, such as music, in daily activities to engage, stimulate, relax and/or stir the imagination of the students. Young people also use the arts to communicate through the discourses of visual art, design, music, drama and dance. A voice or message expressed in this way can be just as important as verbal or written communication. Learning the foundations of the arts is important as a teacher to instill a greater understanding and knowledge of the arts to students so they can apply meaning to their work. In an Information Age where the arts are highly regarded, young people will be increasingly fluent in these languages and the way they relate to the arts digitally. During this semester I expect to learn in depth the foundations of music - rhythm, pitch, dynamics, structure and tone; and the visual arts - line, shape and colour. I also expect to learn methods and techniques of teaching these two pedagogues in an encouraging manner. I believe arts education is attained by connecting with students through the implementation of workshops or programs designed for developing strong relationships with aesthetics.
Sinclair, Christine. & Jeanneret, Neryl Christine. & O'Toole, J. 2009, Education in the arts : teaching and learning in the contemporary curriculum / edited by Christine Sinclair, Neryl Jeanneret and John O'Toole Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, Vic.
Sinclair, Christine. & Jeanneret, Neryl Christine. & O'Toole, J. 2009, Education in the arts : teaching and learning in the contemporary curriculum / edited by Christine Sinclair, Neryl Jeanneret and John O'Toole Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, Vic.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
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