Vevo Lança Ferramenta De GIF Para A Maioria Dos Vídeos De Música

Vevo Launches GIF-Making Tool for (Most) Music Videos

Vevo is cutting out the middle man when it comes to making GIFs out of your favorite music videos. The video platform has announced an easy-to-use tool in its web player for making and sharing those lovable little video clips. 

The GIF-maker is available for most, but not all, of the 230,000-plus videos on the site. If you’re hoping to share a GIF of a video from most artists in the Universal Music ecosystem, then you’ll have to wait. A Vevo rep confirmed that videos from Universal Music Group, including many of the site’s top current clips, like DNCE’s “Body Moves” and Kid Cudi’s “Frequency,” are currently unavailable, but that they’re hoping to bring them into the fold soon. UMG is a co-owner of Vevo.

(That said, we were able to make this incredible GIF from a video by Maroon 5 -- who are on UMG’s Interscope Records (222 Records) -- so it doesn't appear to be a blanket blackout of all UMG-related artists.)

Again, it's easy: look below-right on a video player and you’ll see GIF button. Click it during any given moment in the video and it instantly creates a GIF around that portion. You can change the duration and scrub through the video to capture something specific, as well. There’s also an option to add a caption if you’re feeling extra creative. The feature is for the web player only.

After creating the GIF, you can then share it on Facebook or Twitter or grab the URL and send it around however you like. Clicking on the GIF itself sends you directly to the full video. What it doesn’t appear to have is an embed option, meaning news stories around this feature will have to link to the aforementioned GIF rather than put it right here.

Como Uma Banda De Rock Independente Starlet Fez O Maior Sucesso No Youtube Sem Mesmo Tentar

How Independent Rock Band Starlet Found Major Success on YouTube, Without Even Trying

It began, according to lore, on Jan. 1, 2013, with the reception of "The Message," a transmission emanating from a star in the Ophiuchus Constellation in the year 2047 that foretold the end of humanity -- and contained the required knowledge to avoid that fate. What followed was a series of events that could have been pulled straight from the pages of a Stephen King sci-fi thriller: The Message was delivered to Dr. Aston Wise, head of the mysterious Starset Society, setting off a chain reaction of violence and obsessive secrecy that resulted -- how else? -- in the formation of a four-piece art-metal band tasked with delivering this Message to the masses. That band was called Starset.

Led by singer/keyboardist Dustin Bates, Starset claims influences as diverse as Sigur Ros, Nine Inch Nails, Linkin Park and the film Minority Report. And Bates -- principal songwriter on the group's debut album, Transmissions, released July 8, 2014 via Razor & Tie -- has a research background in the U.S. Air Force, a history teaching at the International Space University in France and a masters in electrical engineering from Ohio University. In other words, he's the perfect man to lead the charge against the end of humanity as we know it.

Or something like that. The reality is, regardless of how humanity eventually decides to hurl itself into oblivion, Bates and his coterie of cinematic doom prophets have a knack for skillful marketing that goes well beyond the scope of the usual music industry spin cycle. Beyond Transmissions -- essentially a Message-driven concept album which debuted at No. 49 on the Billboard 200 and has sold 79,000 copies in the U.S. to date, according to Nielsen Music -- the band maintains a website devoted entirely to the Starset Society that explains its origins, in the studies of Nikola Tesla; has released a graphic novel, The PROX Transmissions, explaining some of the back story of The Message; and has published a 250-page book of the same title detailing the history even further. Their performances are referred to as "demonstrations," complete with the band in spacesuits and masks and Bates controlling things from a large, transparent screen. Everything, in short, builds into the larger narrative.

As a marketing plan, it's certainly worked -- Transmissions peaked at No. 5 on Billboard's Hard Rock Albums chart upon release, while the band's biggest single to date, "My Demons," enjoyed the longest run to the top five of the Mainstream Rock Songs chart in history at 41 weeks, and spent more time on that chart than any other song in 2014.

Os Sons De "Doctor Strange" - Video

The Sound of Doctor Strange

This week we return to the Marvel Universe to talk about the sound of Doctor Strange with Supervising Sound Editor Shannon Mills, Sound Designer Nia Hansen and Re-recording Mixer Juan Peralta from Skywalker Sound.

Dr. Stephen Strange's (Benedict Cumberbatch) life changes after a car accident robs him of the use of his hands. When traditional medicine fails him, he looks for healing, and hope, in a mysterious enclave. He quickly learns that the enclave is at the front line of a battle against unseen dark forces bent on destroying reality. Before long, Strange is forced to choose between his life of fortune and status or leave it all behind to defend the world as the most powerful sorcerer in existence.

Facebook Está Reprimindo Os Grupos Que Compartilham Música Pirata

Facebook is cracking down on groups sharing pirated music

First of all thanks to  Rob Price  for this article.

Although it doesn't like to admit it, Facebook sometimes plays host to some unsavoury or illegal activities.

From gun sales to drug dealing, people are always looking for ways to misuse the world's largest social network.

But sharing pirated music on the site just got a bit harder.

TorrentFreak reports that Facebook has recently cracked down on a string of Facebook groups dedicated to illegally sharing copyrighted music.

Netherlands-based anti-piracy group BREIN apparently flagged nine groups to Facebook that were being used to distribute "several thousand" albums illegally.

And it comes after Facebook deleted "a number" of other similar groups earlier this year.

"Links to infringing files hosted on cloud services were indexed on the pages. Knowingly posting links to infringing files is itself a violation," BREIN said in a statement.

The group has also been taking direct action against the people sharing music on these groups. In August, it tracked down one pirate who shared music he had uploaded in a Facebook group, and forced him into a €7,000 (£6,232) settlement, TorrentFreak reported at the time.

Facebook did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Outra Produção! Efeitos Sonoros E Correção De Audio - Video

Other Production! Sound Design and Audio Correction  - Video

Hi Everyone!

This is my other production, where I did first the audio correction on voice over, cutting the "ah" and "breath" and improving the whole voice over.

As the costumer asked to add some different sound, I put some sound on entire clip as you can see.

I liked to do this job 

Any comments will be welcome.

See you! 

A Música Para Ouvir Se Você Quer Reduzir Sua Ansiedade Em Menos De 10 Minutos (Video)

The song to listen to if you want to significantly reduce your anxiety in less than 10 minutes

In just eight minutes, it's been said to reduce study participant's overall anxiety by 65% and their usual physiological resting rates by 35%, Inc reports.

Of the 15 songs tested by market research firm Mindlab International, "Weightless" was found to induce the greatest relaxation in study participants, according to The Daily Mail. Other songs the researchers tested were chosen by surveying people about the music they found relaxing and included tracks from artists like Enya, Coldplay, Adele, and Mozart.

It's not entirely surprising that the song was found to be so relaxing — it was intentionally created for a spa with the help of therapeutic sound therapist and Founder of the British Academy of Sound Therapy, Lyz Cooper.

"The sound works from the point of view of sustained tones, which really help a person feel safe," she said.

The tempo starts at 60 beats per minute and gradually decreases to 50 beats per minute.

Another study by researchers from BMS College of Engineering in Bangalore, Malaysia , saw subjects report a dramatic reduction in feelings of stress and an increased sense of physical relaxation when they listened to music that played around 60 beats per minute. In classical music terms, you would refer this as "larghetto," which translates to not very fast or somewhat slowly.

"While listening, your heart rate gradually comes to match that beat," Cooper told The Daily Mail.

Marconi Union's ambient tune, which combines piano and guitars with atmospheric and synthetic sounds, is eight minutes long, Cooper says, because it takes about five minutes for your body to synchronize with a rhythm, a process known as entrainment.

The song was also designed not to have a repeating melody so that the brain does not try to predict what will come next, which is said to help induce a deeper sense of relaxation. It's apparently so effective that people are advised against listening to it while they drive.

Instead, Cooper says, "'Weightless' is ideal for putting on at the end of a stressful day and unwinding."

Como Fazer Os Contatos Certos Na Indústria Da Música

How to Make the Right Contacts in the Music Industry

First of all thanks to Tom Hess  for this article.

Many musicians are aware that making the right music industry contacts is highly important for achieving a successful music career. The problem is that, most musicians really don’t know ‘who’ the right music industry contacts are, where to find them, how to actually transform a ‘first contact’ into a meaningful relationship, and what ‘having the right music industry connections’ really means.

If I gave you my complete list of music industry contacts (key industry people I have established relationships with over the last 20 years), do you think it would help you develop a successful music career?… NO! Why? Because a mere ‘contact’ is not worth anything. Music industry contacts need to become meaningful music industry connections. Meaningful connections are developed by building good relationships… More on this later…

However, even if you have good relationships with the right people, this won’t help you until and unless you work on having the right things in place which enables your industry contacts to feel confident enough to work with you.

So, who are the music industry people you should be contacting?… And when you get through to someone, what do you say to him/her? How can you make these important people pay attention to you if you don’t yet have a ‘name’ in the music business?

Let’s explore the first question “Who are the music industry people you should be contacting?” To answer this, you need to ask a series of other questions such as:

• Who are some contacts who have great influence and ability to help your career develop further?

• Who are the contacts who have the greatest number of key relationships with other music industry professionals and companies?

• Among the most important contacts, who are the easiest to find close to where you live?

• What contacts are the most approachable?

• Who are the people who you can help to solve THEIR problems and/or help them to reach their goals (thus starting to build a relationship with them)?

Is there a single “type” of music industry contact person or (company) who fits ALL the above criteria? The answer is ‘Yes’. And if you do not have music industry connections, this ‘type of contact’ may be your best place to begin… So, who is this type of person or company? Record label executives? A&R people? Producers? Publishers? Managers? Entertainment Lawyers? Famous bands? No… The answer may surprise you… it is “Concert Promoters”.

Serious concert promoters have massive power and influence in the music industry. They are the real risk takers of the music business. They deal with thousands of very important music industry people every year such as: well known bands, record labels, artist management, tour managers, entertainment lawyers, production companies, merchandising departments, the venues, booking agents, radio stations, the press, and more.

If you live near an urban area, you won’t have any trouble locating concert promoters who live and work locally (use Google). Unlike most other important music industry contacts, promoters are generally accessible and will be willing to talk to anyone who has ‘something real’ to offer them (that’s where you come in).

Generally speaking, concert promoters take on more risk than any other person or entity in the entire music industry. All promoters lose large sums of money every year (because some concerts lose money for various reasons). The successful promoters make (and keep) more money than they lose throughout the year (because they are able to promote other concerts with bigger bands which make a lot of money).

What every promoter wants is a reliable network of people to help make certain that the concerts/tours they promote make more money! Obviously, it’s expensive to employ a large team of experienced people. However, you can join their team (at least on a part time basis) if you are willing to, intern, earn a small salary or even work for free just to get your foot in the door and get the experience of working with a promoter. You may not yet know anything about promoting tours, but some promotion companies would be eager to train you if it isn’t expensive for them to do so.

Think about it from their perspective. If you were a big time promoter taking on huge risks, wouldn’t you want another person to work for you, for free or for a very low salary? Of course the answer is ‘yes’, even if that person could only work part time. If you can do that, they will remember you and relationships will start to develop.

Many musicians who want a music career are told to intern for a record label. The conventional wisdom is that when you do this, you will learn a lot about the music business. The reality is, most of these interns never get into a position where they can truly learn much at all as an intern. However working for a promoter, your ability to learn how the music industry REALLY works (at least on the touring and promotional side) goes way up because your level of access to what is going on ‘behind the scenes’ goes way up! In addition, the number of music industry contacts you can make are 200 times more than what you would likely make working at a record label. And compared to record labels, there is a lot less competition for internships or jobs with a promoter.

As excited as you may now feel, knowing that you CAN actually do this…. there is a catch… a big one. In order to have any real chance of pursuing this opportunity and using these music industry contacts to help launch your music career, you must work on having the right things in place which enable your music industry connections to feel confident enough to work with you. 

The truth is, nothing in this article will help you until and unless you do take this critical step.

Tom Hess is a music career mentor, guitar teacher and a touring musician. He trains musicians to develop a highly successful music career and writes many music career articles.

To learn more about turning music industry contacts into meaningful relationships, watch this free video about how to build a career in the music business.