Tagged: music

  1. exfm:

    Today, Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch of the Beastie Boys succumbed to his battle with cancer. If you’ve been following our blog you know the Beastie Boys have some loyal followers in the exfm office. We’ll be spinning them all day long. R.I.P Adam.

    Same here.

  2. Introducing Bubuti.com: Where Music Has A Mission We are proud to announce the launch of Bubuti.com, a website that enables charities to partner with musicians to build a collaborative campaign, a co-promotion of song(s) and cause. Like a virtual benefit concert on the world’s largest stage, the Internet, these charitable campaigns give music artists exposure, give charities much-needed support, and give supporters the gift of music. We are excited to have Bubuti up and running before our trip to SXSW music this coming week.  Business Bullpen performed the following services on the Bubuti.com project: Website Design Website and eCommerce Development Content Strategy Copywriting Social Media Consulting & Management Introducing Bubuti.com: Where Music Has A Mission We are proud to announce the launch of Bubuti.com, a website that enables charities to partner with musicians to build a collaborative campaign, a co-promotion of song(s) and cause. Like a virtual benefit concert on the world’s largest stage, the Internet, these charitable campaigns give music artists exposure, give charities much-needed support, and give supporters the gift of music. We are excited to have Bubuti up and running before our trip to SXSW music this coming week.  Business Bullpen performed the following services on the Bubuti.com project: Website Design Website and eCommerce Development Content Strategy Copywriting Social Media Consulting & Management

    Introducing Bubuti.com: Where Music Has A Mission

    We are proud to announce the launch of Bubuti.com, a website that enables charities to partner with musicians to build a collaborative campaign, a co-promotion of song(s) and cause. Like a virtual benefit concert on the world’s largest stage, the Internet, these charitable campaigns give music artists exposure, give charities much-needed support, and give supporters the gift of music.

    We are excited to have Bubuti up and running before our trip to SXSW music this coming week. 

    Business Bullpen performed the following services on the Bubuti.com project:

    • Website Design
    • Website and eCommerce Development
    • Content Strategy
    • Copywriting
    • Social Media Consulting & Management
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    Artist: Ryan Adams
    Song: Times Like These
    Plays: 54

    Cover Friday

    Ryan Adams - “Times Like These” (Foo Fighters cover)

    Ryan Adams has done some amazing covers. This track is no exception.

    Hope you enjoy.

    Posted by Graham Blevins. Graham is co-owner and technology director of Business Bullpen. You can follow Graham on Tumblr, Twitter, and exfm.

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    Artist: Alabama Shakes
    Song: How Many More Times
    Plays: 18,726

    Cover Friday

    Alabama Shakes - “How Many More Times” (Led Zeppelin cover)

    It’s a Tumblr tradition to post cover songs on Friday. Here is a valiant effort by one of my favorite new groups covering my favorite group of all time.

    Posted by Todd Wickersty. Todd is the founder of Business Bullpen. You can follow Todd on Tumblr, Twitter, and exfm.

  5. We just rolled out the latest version of the Single A Tumblr theme. It’s targeted towards our users who love to post music. You can now display the ex.fm player at the bottom of your blog. Thanks to the great folks at ex.fm, this will enable anyone to listen to all of the music on your blog. You can add the ex.fm player on Single A from the theme appearance options. You can also customize the colors. No ex.fm account is required, but we highly encourage you check it out if you haven’t already! We just rolled out the latest version of the Single A Tumblr theme. It’s targeted towards our users who love to post music. You can now display the ex.fm player at the bottom of your blog. Thanks to the great folks at ex.fm, this will enable anyone to listen to all of the music on your blog. You can add the ex.fm player on Single A from the theme appearance options. You can also customize the colors. No ex.fm account is required, but we highly encourage you check it out if you haven’t already!
    We just rolled out the latest version of the Single A Tumblr theme. It’s targeted towards our users who love to post music. You can now display the ex.fm player at the bottom of your blog. Thanks to the great folks at ex.fm, this will enable anyone to listen to all of the music on your blog. You can add the ex.fm player on Single A from the theme appearance options. You can also customize the colors. No ex.fm account is required, but we highly encourage you check it out if you haven’t already!

    We just rolled out the latest version of the Single A Tumblr theme. It’s targeted towards our users who love to post music. You can now display the ex.fm player at the bottom of your blog. Thanks to the great folks at ex.fm, this will enable anyone to listen to all of the music on your blog.

    You can add the ex.fm player on Single A from the theme appearance options. You can also customize the colors. No ex.fm account is required, but we highly encourage you check it out if you haven’t already!

  6. Apps That Rock: rdio

    Every now and then I plan to write about some of the tools and apps we use at Business Bullpen to be more productive and efficient. Today I am going to focus on our latest company love affair … with rdio.

    I stumbled upon rdio, the subscription streaming music service, several months ago, and decided to give it a try. I am always searching for new music and listening on iTunes, Pandora, and Tumblr. It was becoming harder for me to keep up my collection of digital music as I discovered new tunes and albums through blogs and free streaming services. I could no longer keep up with downloading music. Now, the recent Apple announcement about iCloud might make things a bit easier, but it still requires me to keep up a collection of music that I own.

    Since our culture is so accustomed to getting music for free (legally or illegally) these days, paying $9.99 per month for a subscription service is a significant barrier for some people. Luckily rdio gives a free trial for seven days. If you spend any time on rdio during those first seven days, you will be hooked. The rdio music library is impressive. In addition to the web, it can also be accessed on the iPhone or Droid. The thing that triggered my love affair with rdio, though, is how easy it is to discover new music. There is a separate section/page on the rdio Mac app and website just for new releases. Every Tuesday there is a plethora of brand new tunes to peruse. You can also discover new music from the people you follow on rdio. You have a timeline just like you do on other social media apps that tells you who did what when. In addition, rdio lets you know the top artists that everyone or those people in your network are listening to.

    Everyone in our office is a passionate music fan, and a couple of the guys play music. Music is a part of our company culture. Thus, I’ve always wanted to provide some sort of music perk for our employees. Last December, we bought tickets to the Jeff Tweedy show for the company holiday party. That was nice, but we were going to do something nice for the holiday party regardless. So after a couple of months of using rdio, I convinced my partner to offer rdio as a perk for our employees. We would pay for an employee’s subscription as long as they were using it. Judging by the number of times I’ve seen our team playing air guitar or air drums, I think we made the right move.

    Todd Wickersty is the Founder of Business Bullpen. You can follow Todd on Tumblr or Twitter.

  7. Cover Friday: Shawn Colvin - “Crazy” (Gnarls Barkley Cover)

    Posted by Jessica Swope. Jessica is a Web editor at Business Bullpen. You can follow Jessica on Tumblr.

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    Album: Emotion & Commotion
    Artist: Jeff Beck
    Song: Nessun Dorma
    Plays: 10

    Cover Friday: Jeff Beck - “Nessun Dorma” (an aria from the final act of Puccini’s opera Turandot, as well as Pavarotti’s signature aria)

    Posted by Brian Chenault. Brian is a developer for Business Bullpen. You can follow Brian on Tumblr or Twitter.

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    Song: Baker Street
    Plays: 20

    Cover Friday: Foo Fighters - “Baker Street” (Gerry Rafferty cover)

    Posted by Todd Wickersty. Todd is the founder and co-owner of Business Bullpen. You can follow Todd on Tumblr or Twitter.

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    Album: Interpreting The Masters Volume 1: A Tribute To Daryl Hall And John Oates
    Artist: The Bird & The Bee
    Song: I Can't Go For That
    Plays: 20
    Cover Friday: The Bird and The Bee - “I Can’t Go For That” (Hall and Oates cover)

    Posted by Amanda Hughes. Amanda is the Creative Director for Business Bullpen. You can follow Amanda on Tumblr or Twitter.