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A new blog for music fans: LoudcrowdYesterday

One of the consistent bits of overwhelmingly positive feedback about the closed Beta over at Loudcrowd has been the music. I've personally experienced this as well. I'm listening to a whole bunch of music I wasn't a few months ago because of LC (I guess that is a good sign for a product you are working on).

With that in mind, the crew has put together a music tumblelog that'll include interviews with musicians, posting new tracks, and in general keeping with the evolving music happenings at Loudcrowd. It's written primarily by our awesome DJ Fucci, but we'll all be chiming in from time to time. If you normally read things like Pitchfork, peruse Hype Machine, read gorillavsbear, or pay attention to the indie rock press you'll notice it's a bit of a different take from the mainstream and hopefully you'll hear some new music you love.

Check it out here:

Get out of your house week.November 3 2008

Just here to pass the word on about two events this week:

1) Election Night despair/revelry. We didn't want to spend election night without some friends, you shouldn't either. Come join the fun. Tuesday, starting at 7pm, The Good Life.

2) OpenCoffee this week is all about Twitter. And, in particular, industry uses of Twitter to drive web services and innovative products. (in other words, how YOU can use Twitter to do stuff) This was Sanjay's idea and I think it's a great topic. There was a massive turnout for the Facebook focused OpenCoffee, so hopefully a good crop of folks turn out. Wednesday, starting at 8:30am, Andala

See everyone soon.

Music as the ideal virtual goodOctober 20 2008

Just posting the slides from the talk I gave at the Virtual Goods Summit a few weeks ago. While virtual goods are usually confined to conversations about pixelated clothing and weapons, music is by far the highest grossing digital good. A look at what makes music sell as a virtual good. The presentation lacks a lot without the actual talk, but if you were there it'll jog your memory.

Music As A Virtual Good VGSummit08

October 14 2008

"Money can't buy you love, but love can bring you money. In software the only sustainable way to earn money is by first creating love."

Amen brother James.

Speaking at Virtual Goods Summit, and a discount codeOctober 2 2008

If yesterdays post interested you, you're probably a sure-fire target for the Virtual Goods Summit which is coming up next week. Last year I moderated a panel (video available) on Why Virtual Goods Matter, and this year I'll be chatting about Music as a virtual good. Last year it was a great day where they managed to get together just about everyone who had direct experience selling virtual goods, I've got high hopes this year as well.

I hope you can join, and drop me a line if you want to chat. You can save 10% on the cost of registration by using the code "NABEEL" at checkout.

Conference Website: http://www.vgsummit2008.com
Registration: http://vgsummit2008-nabeel.eventbrite.com