You will soon have some new methods for adding your events to listings sites like spraci.com thanks to the use of

microformats /

I've had a look at the wordpress plugin.

I think I could set it up so that when an event is posted to a blog via this plugin it is recognised as an event and posted to the event listings under the correct date, categories, city, etc.

In simple terms:

The use of microformats like hcalendar could provide lots of interesting ways for people to syndicate data such as event details, locations, contact details, etc to to other sites using standard blogging software while still keeping the data in seperate machine-useable fields.

Obtaining a high-quality 3D digital model of a physical object can be a fiddly process, that often requires considerable user input. German research and development company NEK, however, is attempting to make things easier, with its OrcaM Orbital Camera System. Users just place an object inside of its "reconstruction sphere," then the system goes to work, automatically creating a near-perfect three-dimensional recreation of the object... Continue Reading Camera system makes 3D models of anything placed inside of it

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BEST OF HYPEBOT Indie artists are making money in all sorts of ways, often by combining a variety of small revenue streams and one-off deals into significant income. Here are 15 revenue streams or opportunities from my Hypebot posts of 2011. Like media appearances, no one will make you rich (or famous), but together they offer a range of options. 15 Indie Artist Revenue Opportunities For 2012 Alternative Performance Venues

ConcertsInYourHome ~ Slowbizz.com New Retail Outlets

Melodica Marketing ~ Offline Music Distribution Network Affiliate Programs

Amazon Associates ~ iTunes Affiliate Unique & Interesting Band Merch

SoulBlendr ~ Dizzyjam vs. Bitvibe ~ Shirtify Ecommerce & Direct to Fan

ThingLink ~ CD Baby MusicStore ~ FanBridge on Facebook Find Unique Pairings

Turntable Kitchen Pairings Box Music Licensing

Vimeo x Audiosocket ~ Audiosocket MaaS: Storefront Mixes That Pay

Dubset ~ Legitmix Digital Archives

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Back in 2008 I had the honor of interviewing Mike Ness upstairs at St Andrews Hall. He was on his solo tour and gave me a few moments mainly based on the fact that I was representing a college radio station (WXOU) which has been very dedicated to playing Social Distortion's music for the past 30 years. I have missed Social D a number of times over the past decade and finally caught up with them at the Town Ballroom in Buffalo, NY for what I was hoping would be an exciting show. I had just come off seeing the post-punk band the Chameleons two days earlier so Social D had a lot to live up to.

Prior to the show I had the opportunity to talk with guitarist Jonny "2 Bags" Wickersham. Jonny joined the band in 2000 following the passing of Dennis Danell. As a kid he was a fan of the band and grew up in the same area. About 5 years younger than Ness, he started tagging along with them at times and became friends of the band. Jonny

Facebook has been criticised in the past for playing fast and loose with user privacy. Now the companty has come to an agreement with the US Federal Trade Commission to make future changes 'opt-in'. From TechCrunch: Facebook has come under fire from the FTC and privacy advocates for a pushing users through a transition tool in December 2009 that made public some previously private information such as a users Likes. More recently, Facebook was criticized for enabling a facial recognition feature by default for European users. It was made opt-out rather than allowing users to decide whether they wanted their photos scanned for faces to assist them with tagging, and whether their faces would be identified in the photos uploaded by friends.

Patent law, supposed to spur innovation, is instead unfortunately often full of barriers to innovation: trolls targeting phone app developers, standards making it harder rather than easier to invalidate bad patents, and toothless patent reform legislation, for example. But the law does do some things right, like removing liability for an innocent third party who unknowingly performs one step of a patented process. Yet some patent owners are trying to convince the Federal Circuit to change this law and create a new category of potential patent defendants: third-party users, consumers, and developers, i.e., a group that is likely to lack both requisite knowledge of the patent laws and resources to make a robust defense. Yesterday, EFF filed two amicus briefs (really the same brief in two cases, here and here) opposing this change. Right now, the rule is simple: only one party can be guilty of direct infringement. So, if multiple parties perform different steps of a patented invention, none of those parties ca

EmmaActive is Changing the Rules of Online Revenue Generation Through A New Innovative System of Image Tagging(PRWeb June 29, 2011)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/6/prweb4057794.htm

Today Creative Commons and the Association of Educational Publishers (AEP) announce the Learning Resource Metadata Initiative, a project aimed at improving education search and discovery via a common framework for tagging and organizing learning resources on the web. The learning resources framework will be designed to work with schema.org, the web metadata framework recently launched ...

There's a lesson in all this for musicians: teaming up can multiply your efforts and move your career in an upward direction more quickly than going at it alone. Traditionally, musicians joined with "professional" teamates like management companies, high-level booking agents and established record labels. http://www.lahorejazz.com/

A massive day and night of free hip hop entertainment - welcome to Freak the Technique. From 12pm until late, this free event delivers the best breakers, MCs, graf artists and beat boxers, with comps and activities where you can get involved, display your talent or learn new skills. A hip hop style playground for serious players and families alike, Freak the Technique is about amping up and checking out the action, thriving in the energy of Australian Hip Hop culture. Popping, locking, breaking, Next Gen, Beat Box and MC battles fill the day. Outside, the best graf artists and writers compete in a huge mural competition, and you can get involved in throw-up and tagging comps in a safe and legal environment. Last but not least, the shakedown and finals of PLATFORMs Freak the Technique Breaking Battle " expect massive moves and death defying tricks as the best crews from all over Australia battle it out for a heaving crowd and international judges: B*Boy Blond (Korea), B*Boy Storm (Germany), and POE 1

Remember the early days of Facebook? You would scour the network to find old friends, meet new ones, and share pictures and your "status" with the world. Thenpromoters caught on. They realized the immense potential of this social media tool and how it would benefit their events. Fast forward a few years and your Inbox is full of invites, your iPhone's blowing up with Facebook notifications from random "Friends," and you're starting to hate the network you once loved. Here's the thing - promoters actually mean well, but 75-90% of the time they don't know how annoying they are. With all of this in mind, we've created a guide for Facebook Promoter Etiquette. Take notesfor the love of God take notes!

Don't Send Blind Invites

Whenever you're looking to add new people to your network of parties, try having somewhat of an "in," rather than blindly inviting everyone and their mother. If you're a solid promoter, you'll understand this, and start cultivating a crowd t

Cricket Debuts Muve Unlimited Mobile Music Service. (DMW) mSpot Lands In Europe, Lets You Take Your Music Anywhere. (TC) Key for Spotify in the U.S. is Universal Music. (Cnet) Google: Docs Isn't Getting a Music Player Anytime Soon. (Mashable) More Music Industry News & Commentary: Shazam Continues To Invade The Living Room, TV Tagging Comes To Syfy. (TC) YouTube Revenue Doubled Last Year. Which MeansWhat? (MM) Is Apple Finally Moving iTunes Into The Clouds? (MOG) Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll: Problems in Neuroscience Reporting. (PT) And So, The Verizon iPhone Hype Begins. (Techi) Michael Schneider: 2011 " The Year of Mobile. (Midem) Universal Music Donates Master Recordings To Library Of Congress. (TD) IFPI music report dispels the myths surrounding piracy. (Guardian)

Free culture activist Nina Paley has started to explore a rather interesting idea. Rather than trying to educate everyone on the complexities of copyright law, she thinks we should provide creators with a content marker that makes their intentions more clear to their fans. To help artists in this respect, Paley has created The Copyheart. When stamped on an album (or any creative work really) it signifies to fans that " Copying is an act of love. Please copy." Whether all rights or some rights are reserved, fans aren't concerned. They aren't going to take the time to sort through what they can and can't do with culture. In her manifesto, she explains that people copy and share things that they love. "The more a work is copied, the more valuable it becomes," Paley writes. "Value isnt taken away by fans; it is added by them, every time they copy." By tagging their music with the Copyheart, it sends a message to fans. It lets them know that an artist WANTS them to copy and share

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