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Meet some persons.

By on 29th April 2016 in blog-post, Social

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ERGO submission story: the Catch-22

By on 28th April 2016 in Meetings

As we told you before, we had some issues with our ERGO submission of our short research survey — you can read it here, in the post “A sad story about a submission for ERGO”. Here is the ending to the story. On 20th of April we had a letter about incorrect dates: As you […]

Videos

By on 28th April 2016 in blog-post, Economical, Meetings, Social, Technology

Here are some short clips of discussions by our group along with a promo video for our application. How can Jamz help promote independent musicians? See a result of this discussion here.   Discussion on marketing Jamz. See a result of this discussion here. Brainstorming features. See a result of this discussion here. Promo video.

A nice example of music collaboration on the Web. However, it could be better with Jamz!

By on 27th April 2016 in blog-post, References and links

There is a nice example of Global Collaboration Song — more than 54 musicians from all over the world. However, they did it separately. It is a pity that they haven’t Jamz for doing it at the same time online!  

Development Tools

By on 27th April 2016 in Technical, Technology

We decided that we are going to utilise Javascript technology to build our front-end application. JavaScript is a computer programming language for scripting interactive effects inside web browsers. According to a survey that we found, JavaScript has been used by over 90% of all websites. JavaScript can be used not only on every website but also on web […]

How Jamz can beat the software value gap in the digital music industry?

By on 27th April 2016 in blog-post, Social

As we can see above, music is the third most popular conversation topic on Twitter. It means: music is a powerful instrument for attracting attention. Today, music is the creative industry leading in digital world — more than 400 digital music services online creating a $6,9 billion digital business (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, […]

Ethical considerations for Jamz

By on 27th April 2016 in blog-post, Economical, Social, Technology

The ethical issues considered are the ones that usually apply in a social network of any kind, not necessarily only in JAMZ. The following is a list of concerns regarding social media and the considerations made for the JAMZ application. Privacy. Some people might not be interested in using the application because of the risk […]

Music in academics

By on 27th April 2016 in blog-post, Social, Technical

There are various academic researches about social networks regarding music industry, these studies are very diverse and are focused on different perspectives. The following are some examples of the impact and potential of social media (and because of that social networks also): Utilizing sentiment analysis to determine what product to advertise to a user on a […]

Streaming economy and listener’s power

By on 26th April 2016 in blog-post, Social

There was an interesting talk given on Amsterdam Dance Event 2015. You can read the full article here . I just quote some interesting points with my comments below. “Оn demand streaming services has caused the current generation of listeners to develop an increasingly fickle relationship with both the music they listen to and the artists who create it.” It […]

A sad story about a submission for ERGO

By on 25th April 2016 in blog-post, Meetings

So, it is a really strange story. Our first submission form was uploaded 23th March, but something went wrong. As we weren’t able to wait, we uploaded another form on 1st April, aimed to start to share the survey and collect results before 20th April. Unfortunately, because of Easter Break, the form has been reviewed and approved by […]