I got a lovely email from Teru at CCMixter.org that some Splice music has been used on a Canadian radio show. The show plays on CBC Radio one and is called Spark. You can listen to the show here.
It’s great to see more and more broadcasters recognizing the value of Creative Commons music, and especially great to see so many people from Splice on the list of contributors. Congratulations to all of you!
Since the launch of the new Splice, bloggers everywhere have been busily helping spread the word about what we’re doing here. The reviews have been pretty great and we wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who has taken the time to show us some love.
If you’ve ever been curious about how the new Splice came to be, you’re certainly not alone. Peter Kirn over at createdigitalmusic.com wrote that Splice Music 2.0 Could be First Web 2.0 Music App - which you can Digg, if you’re so inclined - and then got in touch with us to do an interview with our own CTO, Bram de Jong. You can read it here: How Splicemusic.com Has Taken Real Audio Processing to the Web. It’s really a great conversation about the site and I would highly recommend it. Thanks, Peter!!
The fun doesn’t stop there, though. Artswom.co.uk says Splice is back and better than ever, and we had a mention in an episode of JetSet that helps people to learn about Creative Commons licensing. Speaking of which, our friends over at the ever-awesome ccMixter even took a moment to say that the new Splicetotally rocks. High five, CC’ers!
Liz Revision has likened us to MySpace for musicians, and while my french is a little rusty these days, I still remember enough to know that le Collagiste thinks we’re doing a great job. One of my favorite posts recently was by a Larry Ferlazzo, who is recommending Splice to foreign language teachers, and we all giggled when MusicThing said we have “absolutely the finest 404 page ever made”.
And last, but certainly not least, Matt Rosoff did a wonderful review over in the CNET.com Digital Noise: Music & Tech blog:
Even if you’re not interested in creating a song, this is an interesting tool from a business standpoint as well: Splice shows the promise (and limitations) of rich Internet applications. No, you’d never use Splice for serious commercial audio production, but it’s a great way to learn the ropes and create some reasonably sophisticated tracks. This is why Microsoft is spending billions embracing online services and creating its own Flash competitor–it’s impossible to ignore how sophisticated Internet-based applications have become.
It’s really refreshing to see someone who appreciates the future of creative tools on the internet. Thanks so much, Matt!
If you’ve blogged us, or would like to contact someone here for an interview or some more information, we would love to help you. If you send your request to human@splicemusic.com, we’ll get you in touch with the best person here for your story. Thanks again to everyone who has blogged us since the launch!
Hello! I’m thrilled to finally be announcing that the new Splice 2.0 is officially OPEN FOR BUSINESS! First, we want to thank every single person for hanging out so patiently while we moved your files to the new site. You guys have been really wonderful the last few days and we appreciate it!! Secondly, we really want to thank all of the users who have been helping us beta test the new site. Your feedback and patient bug reporting have been so valuable to us and to all of the users on Splice. You rock.
There are a ton of new features in the site. We’ve been listening very closely to your feedback since our original launch and I think that you’re going to appreciate the changes we’ve made.
Welcome Home
Your new home page helps you to manage your Splice experience by giving you better access to the information that’s important to you:
A Bright New Face
Improved profiles for people, and new profiles for sounds and songs!
Explore Your Community
We know how much good music is showing up on Splice every single day, but we wanted to make it easier for everyone else to find it, so we’ve created some ultra-improved explore pages that make it easy for you to see what’s hot. You can search songs, sounds and people many different ways now, including:
So that’s all well and good, but what about the MUSIC? That’s why we’re really all here, right? Right! So - deep breath - here’s what’s happening on that side of things:
Whew! Is that enough for you for now? I think that should keep you busy for a while. We’re waiting to hear your feedback, so feel free to comment here, in the Forum or to email us. If you get lost, you can get some help, and -naturally- you can always come ask me personally.
Last but not least, don’t forget to enter the latest contest - and especially don’t forget to vote in it. You’re picking the winners from now on, so just like you did with all these features here, make your voice count and show us what you like. See you there!
We have just had an avalanche of great content lately, and the newest contribution from Fenix might just take the cake. What a cool thing to make!
If you’ve got something fun you want featured in the blog, be sure to let us know!
Here at the sunshiney Splice offices, we are lucky to have coworkers from all over the world. Between us, we speak English, Dutch, Finnish, Spanish, Catalan, German, Italian, French and probably some others that I’ve forgotten now. We do not, however, speak Japanese, which is a shame, because we’d really like to know more about this Japanese site, which has been regularly blogging us. Would anyone like to help us out? We’re not sure what’s going on over there, but we know we sure like them and the attention they’ve been giving us. Thanks, morley!
Remix yourself a trip to London courtesy of Channel 4, watch Splice on Attack of the Show and learn the history of the Amen break. Where can you do all of these things and more? Over in the blog, of course! If you’re not reading, you’re missing out!
We’ve been seeing a lot of new faces around here since Kevin and Olivia took some time to feature Splice on G4’s Attack of the Show recently, and we love the attention! Thanks guys!
If you didn’t see the clip yet, you can catch it here on their site.
Word is leaking out about Splice, and we’ve got the proof. Some more love coming in from around the web recently:
The Monkey Bites blog over in Wired Blogs has taken some time to check us out and tell their readers about us. We could brag about what a lovely write-up it was, but why not see it for yourself? You can read the article here.
The Geek column at The Suicide Girls is also getting in on the action. They recently caught up with our very own Wendell, so swing on by to read what he had to tell them in the interview. (Then, stay for the girls.)
Ryan Sommer and James Lee, the fellas at The Viper Fantasic tech blog over at XLR8R.com have also given us a peek. Be sure to read what they had to say, or better yet - come say hello to them on Splice.
And last, but certainly not least, a shining write up by the folks over at GarageSpin.com, home of garage band buzz on the web. Be sure to check them out for articles on audio recording and music promotion technology for unsigned bands.
We’d like to thank Alex Hillman over at dangerouslyawesome.com for giving us a peek and writing us a glowing review:
Y.A.S.W.
You guessed it, that stands for Yet Another Social Website. I stumbled across a very promising social website today, http://www.splicemusic.com/. Splice is doing a number of very cool things. First off, it’s providing a nice pile of sounds and samples…next, its providing a pretty slick multi track mixing console, a-la fruity loops (or a severly dumbed-down version of garage band). Then, once you’ve used all of these toys to mix up a sweet track, it ties in a social networking community for sharing and swapping new tracks. What’s the twist?
Creative Commons.