Guest blogger: Teresa Malango, Magnatune [email protected]

John Buckman to speak at Creative Commons Salon on August 9, 2006

John Buckman, founder and CEO of Magnatune (and owner of this blog) will appear as guest speaker at a Creative Commons Salon next Wednesday, August 9, 2006 at Shine in San Francisco

The Creative Commons Salon is a monthly get-together focused on conversation, networking, and presentations from people or groups who are developing projects that relate to open content and tools. It’s a great place to meet creative, enthusiastic folks who are putting into practice exciting new ways of doing business.

 Magnatune is big supporter of the Creative Commons organization.  We share many of the same goals and really enjoy working with them.  For his presentation, John will discuss how the Magnatune uses Creative Commons licensing as a part of its business model.

The Salon is open to the public and is held from 6-9pm at Shine in San Francisco. More info about the event hosted by Creative Commons can be found at:

<http://upcoming.org/event/91068

http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/6005

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Upper Playground Films premieres “The Run Up” with Magnatune music

Upper Playground http://www.upperplayground.com is an innovative art gallery/fashion design/film house based in San Francisco. Their film division, Upper Playground Films, premiered the second installment of artist documentary “The Run Up” in association with their FIFTY4SF Gallery http://www.fifty24sf.com

"The Run Up" http://www.upperplayground.com/06/film.html is the second DVD in a series that highlights the work and personalities of a 26 fine, graffiti and street artists, designers and photographers who are influencing the contemporary art scene.

The project includes the music from the Bach Cello Suites by Magnatune classical artist Vito Paternoster http://www.magnatune.com/artists/paternoster

Upper Playground call themselves “lifestyle pioneers” and they are really defining a new way of bringing together many artistic disciplines—it’s exciting work. Check out the Upper Playground website at http://www.upperplayground.com

So much to look at and play with! 

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Where is your Favorite Band playing this Weekend?

Podbop http://podbop.org recently re-launched with Magnatune music. We met the Podbop folks at SXSW and were impressed with their idea.

 This very cool service lets users search to find out where and when bands are playing in any location, worldwide. It’s a terrific way to look for what’s going on in your hometown or while traveling.

Podbop matches legitimate MP3s with upcoming shows.  Users can stream city event MP3s or subscribe to them as a podcast feed.  The service is community driven and anyone can list events, add MP3s, or edit existing content for free.

Podbop was started in February 2006 by Taylor McKnight and Daniel Westermann-Clark.

For more info about Podbop and to find out where bands are playing visit http://www.podbop.org

<posted by Teresa Malango, Magnatune 8/4/06