Christain Shoeler - german artist - is back collaborating with Louis Vuitton
Bottega Veneta
Backpacks are back for A/W 2010
Rachael
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
The Back Packs Back
Lanvin featured trusty utility backpakcs with military strapping that looks a bit like a car seat belt, they were worn with suits
Christain Shoeler - german artist - is back collaborating with Louis Vuitton
Bottega Veneta
Backpacks are back for A/W 2010
Rachael
Christain Shoeler - german artist - is back collaborating with Louis Vuitton
Bottega Veneta
Backpacks are back for A/W 2010
Rachael
Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Saddle Shoes Shimmy Back Into Style
Spring shoes are tauntingly multiplying in stores, and amid the racks of platform sandals and huaraches, we’ve noticed another throwback trend: the fifties-style saddle shoe. In perhaps an inevitable progression from the oxford, we’ll all be looking like we’re on our way to a sock hop this spring. Vans launched its new Sophie shoe, Camper tacked on a chunky heel, Steven Alan is stocking Bass’s classic version in black and brown, Urban Outfitters has a leather lace-up, and Fred Flare delivers a canvas-sneaker style from Marais USA. (Various versions are also popping up for the men.) Would you rock the saddle-shoe trend? After scrolling through the Sponge’s brilliant tribute, we have to admit, we’re tempted. Though we suspect you also need model-esque gams to properly pull off those bobby socks.
Read more: Saddle Shoes Shimmy Back Into Style -- The Cut http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2010/01/saddle_shoes_shimmy_back_into.html#ixzz0dlWdgn17
Miranda
Monday, 25 January 2010
Sean Kingston and Iyaz
http://www.holamun2.com/files/images/mun2-images/news/as-seen-on-myspace/as-seen-on-myspace-iyaz.jpg
Over the last 5 years my space and other social networking sites such as you tube have become hunting grounds for new up and coming artists to be discovered, other examples include enter shikari, esmee dentes and jason bieber.
Music Online
Top Internet Trends of 2000-2009: Online Music
Written by Richard MacManus / November 11, 2009 1:22 AM / 29 Comments « Prior Post Next Post »
It's November 2009 and we're nearing the end of a decade. It's been a tumultuous time of change for many industries, much of it driven by the Internet. With that in mind, over the coming weeks ReadWriteWeb will look back on the defining Web trends of the past 10 years. From the dot com boom, to the nuclear winter after, to the passion and enthusiasm of the pre-Web 2.0 innovations (such as RSS and podcasting), to the highs and hype of Web 2.0, to the current era of the real-time Web, to the near future of the Internet of Things. We'll explore all of this and more.
We're starting with online music. No industry, except arguably the newspaper one, has been rocked (pardon the pun) more by the Internet than the music industry.
Napster & Kazaa: Online File Sharing
The online music decade started with Napster, a music file sharing service created by Shawn Fanning that operated between June 1999 and July 2001. Napster enabled people to freely share MP3 files over the Internet; however it quickly ran into major legal trouble. Napster was the subject of lawsuits in 2000 by touchy metal band Metallica and others. It was eventually shut down by court order, after several major record labels went after the service.
After Napster's demise, a P2P application called Kazaa became the most popular service for music file sharing. But it too eventually succumbed to record industry attacks.
Curiously, both Napster and Kazaa were recently reincarnated as law-abiding services. After years of re-launch attempts, Napster was acquired by Best Buy in September 2008 and was born again in May 2009. Meanwhile Kazaa turned into a legit music subscription service in July this year.
iTunes / iPod: Digital Music Goes Commercial
While Napster and Kazaa tried to skirt around the commercial imperatives of music, like paying artists, Apple took on the record industry in an entirely legal way. In January 2001, Apple launched a digital music player for music called iTunes. Then in April 2003, the iTunes Store was launched. It offered the ability to buy songs for 99 cents each, which had a major impact on the music industry.
Soon after Napster's demise in 2001, Apple launched what was to become a revolutionary device in the music industry. The iPod was launched in October 2001 and it became the most popular portable music player since the Sony Walkman in the 1980s.
Fast forward to 2009 and iTunes continues to evolve. In January Apple announced that iTunes would go DRM-free. In September 2009 Apple launched version 9 of iTunes, which included a Genius-like recommendation feature for apps and 'iTunes LPs' - a feature that brings liner notes and artwork to digital albums.
MySpace: Music & Social Networking
MySpace was launched in August 2003 and soon became a popular hangout for local bands, especially indie rockers. MySpace provided a way for those bands to promote their music and reach a wide network through social networking.
As ReadWriteWeb's Sarah Perez wrote last month, it was a virtuous circle for MySpace. The bands' presence on MySpace "began to attract a young, hip crowd of users who were interested in following pop culture, and, in particular, the up-and-coming artists they discovered while browsing through the network. Only eight months after its launch, MySpace began to experience exponential growth, as its users created profiles and friended others who would then, in turn, invite more users to join the social network. Thanks to the "network effect," MySpace soon became the place to be online. Everyone was there."
However by 2008, MySpace had ceded the social networking crown to Facebook. In 2009, MySpace is once again trying to reclaim its heritage as a music service. In October MySpace launched "Artist Dashboards" and integrated its music video vault with recent acquisition iLike.
Pandora & last.fm: Online Music Discovery
Online music services have flourished in the 'web 2.0' era, when the ability to find new music and share it with others via the Web became increasingly sophisticated.
Two services in particular stand out. One is Pandora, a free online music discovery service. Pandora was founded in 2000 and continues to grow, despite various legal issues over the years. As ReadWriteWeb's Frederic Lardinois noted earlier this year, Pandora derives its revenue from targeted audio advertising in its music streams and affiliate sales through Amazon's MP3 store and iTunes.
Last.fm is another online music discovery service. It was founded in 2002 and was sold to CBS in 2007. It continues to innovate in 2009, for example in May this year last.fm announced combo stations, allowing a user to create a station with up to three artists or tags.
Conclusion
This post and series was inspired by one of my favorite blogs and podcasts, NPR's All Songs Considered. They're currently looking back at the decade in music and much of the discussion is about how the Internet helped define it.
And it's true, when you think of music at the end of 2009 you think of iTunes, Pandora and last.fm - MySpace even. The record industry is still coming to terms with these and other changes.
Written by Richard MacManus / November 11, 2009 1:22 AM / 29 Comments « Prior Post Next Post »
It's November 2009 and we're nearing the end of a decade. It's been a tumultuous time of change for many industries, much of it driven by the Internet. With that in mind, over the coming weeks ReadWriteWeb will look back on the defining Web trends of the past 10 years. From the dot com boom, to the nuclear winter after, to the passion and enthusiasm of the pre-Web 2.0 innovations (such as RSS and podcasting), to the highs and hype of Web 2.0, to the current era of the real-time Web, to the near future of the Internet of Things. We'll explore all of this and more.
We're starting with online music. No industry, except arguably the newspaper one, has been rocked (pardon the pun) more by the Internet than the music industry.
Napster & Kazaa: Online File Sharing
The online music decade started with Napster, a music file sharing service created by Shawn Fanning that operated between June 1999 and July 2001. Napster enabled people to freely share MP3 files over the Internet; however it quickly ran into major legal trouble. Napster was the subject of lawsuits in 2000 by touchy metal band Metallica and others. It was eventually shut down by court order, after several major record labels went after the service.
After Napster's demise, a P2P application called Kazaa became the most popular service for music file sharing. But it too eventually succumbed to record industry attacks.
Curiously, both Napster and Kazaa were recently reincarnated as law-abiding services. After years of re-launch attempts, Napster was acquired by Best Buy in September 2008 and was born again in May 2009. Meanwhile Kazaa turned into a legit music subscription service in July this year.
iTunes / iPod: Digital Music Goes Commercial
While Napster and Kazaa tried to skirt around the commercial imperatives of music, like paying artists, Apple took on the record industry in an entirely legal way. In January 2001, Apple launched a digital music player for music called iTunes. Then in April 2003, the iTunes Store was launched. It offered the ability to buy songs for 99 cents each, which had a major impact on the music industry.
Soon after Napster's demise in 2001, Apple launched what was to become a revolutionary device in the music industry. The iPod was launched in October 2001 and it became the most popular portable music player since the Sony Walkman in the 1980s.
Fast forward to 2009 and iTunes continues to evolve. In January Apple announced that iTunes would go DRM-free. In September 2009 Apple launched version 9 of iTunes, which included a Genius-like recommendation feature for apps and 'iTunes LPs' - a feature that brings liner notes and artwork to digital albums.
MySpace: Music & Social Networking
MySpace was launched in August 2003 and soon became a popular hangout for local bands, especially indie rockers. MySpace provided a way for those bands to promote their music and reach a wide network through social networking.
As ReadWriteWeb's Sarah Perez wrote last month, it was a virtuous circle for MySpace. The bands' presence on MySpace "began to attract a young, hip crowd of users who were interested in following pop culture, and, in particular, the up-and-coming artists they discovered while browsing through the network. Only eight months after its launch, MySpace began to experience exponential growth, as its users created profiles and friended others who would then, in turn, invite more users to join the social network. Thanks to the "network effect," MySpace soon became the place to be online. Everyone was there."
However by 2008, MySpace had ceded the social networking crown to Facebook. In 2009, MySpace is once again trying to reclaim its heritage as a music service. In October MySpace launched "Artist Dashboards" and integrated its music video vault with recent acquisition iLike.
Pandora & last.fm: Online Music Discovery
Online music services have flourished in the 'web 2.0' era, when the ability to find new music and share it with others via the Web became increasingly sophisticated.
Two services in particular stand out. One is Pandora, a free online music discovery service. Pandora was founded in 2000 and continues to grow, despite various legal issues over the years. As ReadWriteWeb's Frederic Lardinois noted earlier this year, Pandora derives its revenue from targeted audio advertising in its music streams and affiliate sales through Amazon's MP3 store and iTunes.
Last.fm is another online music discovery service. It was founded in 2002 and was sold to CBS in 2007. It continues to innovate in 2009, for example in May this year last.fm announced combo stations, allowing a user to create a station with up to three artists or tags.
Conclusion
This post and series was inspired by one of my favorite blogs and podcasts, NPR's All Songs Considered. They're currently looking back at the decade in music and much of the discussion is about how the Internet helped define it.
And it's true, when you think of music at the end of 2009 you think of iTunes, Pandora and last.fm - MySpace even. The record industry is still coming to terms with these and other changes.
music research
Dubstep Music is the fastest emerging genre on the dance music scene right now. With its roots in the UK’s early 2000’s garage scene and electro dance music. Dubstep Music is distinguished by its 2step rhythm and use of snare sounds similar to 2step garage and grime, with big dubstep bass, often producing “dark dubstep” sounds and tunes reminiscent of dub reggae or funky US garage. Dubstep tracks are usually around 140bpm.
Dubstep music is achieving a mainstream following in the UK and popularity worldwide. It is slower than dance music but still has those big beats and is also popular with the hip hop cats as its still music you can vibe to, the dubstep dance is cool with both crowds. This dual appeal means that you can attract a variety of people and tastes to dubstep nights, which is great news for promoters. Alot of artists who were involved in the renaissance of dubstep music have become dubstep allstars over night. Dubstep radio stations are popping up in all major cities and dubstep bass is now appearing in other genres which have stood up and taken notice of the movement.
Alot of Dustep Remixes and Dubstep Mix’s of popular tracks are becoming even bigger than the original, and sub genre’s such as dubstep grime, dubstep rave and dark dubstep are emerging. Next year is going to be Dubstep 2010, dubstep music and dubstep remixes keep gaining more and more popularity and a dubstep community is quickly evolving.
Dubstep is the last big thing, the current big thing and the next big thing, and we hope it long continues, you can’t beat a big filthy dubstep bassline to rock a party and it is good to see a genre which unites both dance and hip hop fans. Roll on dubstep 2010…
Dubstep music is achieving a mainstream following in the UK and popularity worldwide. It is slower than dance music but still has those big beats and is also popular with the hip hop cats as its still music you can vibe to, the dubstep dance is cool with both crowds. This dual appeal means that you can attract a variety of people and tastes to dubstep nights, which is great news for promoters. Alot of artists who were involved in the renaissance of dubstep music have become dubstep allstars over night. Dubstep radio stations are popping up in all major cities and dubstep bass is now appearing in other genres which have stood up and taken notice of the movement.
Alot of Dustep Remixes and Dubstep Mix’s of popular tracks are becoming even bigger than the original, and sub genre’s such as dubstep grime, dubstep rave and dark dubstep are emerging. Next year is going to be Dubstep 2010, dubstep music and dubstep remixes keep gaining more and more popularity and a dubstep community is quickly evolving.
Dubstep is the last big thing, the current big thing and the next big thing, and we hope it long continues, you can’t beat a big filthy dubstep bassline to rock a party and it is good to see a genre which unites both dance and hip hop fans. Roll on dubstep 2010…
Sunday, 24 January 2010
Chunky boots are back
Lanvin
Dolce and Gabbana
Burberry Prorsum
Bottega Venta
Paraded across the A/W 2010 catwalks from Milan and Paris.
Rachael
Dolce and Gabbana
Burberry Prorsum
Bottega Venta
Paraded across the A/W 2010 catwalks from Milan and Paris.
Rachael
Thursday, 21 January 2010
Kickers international have stepped it up
Wow loving the Kickers.com web layed, they've got all the animation and music going on! Alot better done than the UK site, which still carries that essence of "Kickers the school shoe".
Rachael
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