This Week We Heard

Relevant and inspiring happenings tied into music and media

Listen to Nintendo’s N64 classic ‘GoldenEye 007’ soundtrack in all its uncompressed glory

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In August 1997, the infamous first-person shooter ‘GoldenEye 007’ hit the stores and fast became a defining classic in the era of cartridge gaming. Solidifying itself in pop culture history and changing the lives of video-gamers everywhere since, nearly 20 years later the game’s soundtrack has been released totally uncompressed and totally unrestrained, to be enjoyed as written, not as the limitations of Nintendo’s N64 12M cartridge had dictated it. Now you can hear it in its full glory, and even compare it against the compressed version.

Listen to Nintendo’s N64 classic ‘GoldenEye 007’ soundtrack in all its uncompressed glory

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Facebook reportedly in talks with major record labels to host music videos; YouTube retaliates with promise of subscription-based music service

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The mammoth social media channel will be hosting native music videos in users’ news feeds, with Facebook making haste in licensing deals with major record labels so the pilot can kick off as soon as possible. With its users watching 4 billion videos per day, Facebook is hoping to wrestle away YouTube’s dominance of video and the ensuing ad revenue it can generate. While just yesterday, YouTube hit back announcing it will launch its own subscription music service to stave off competition. The music video sector is unequivocally huge, making up by far YouTube’s most popular content: of the site’s top 30 most-viewed clips, all but three are official music videos.

Facebook reportedly in talks with major record labels to host music videos; YouTube retaliates with promise of subscription-based music service

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Sydney’s Studios 301 named one of 12 world-class studios to join forces with Converse Rubber Tracks

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Having just opened registrations for 2015, Converse Rubber Tracks is a program designed to provide musicians with free access to some of the best studios in the world and assist cultural influencers on their paths to fame. Launching in 2010, Converse set up the original Rubber Tracks studio in Brooklyn (New York) opening their doors to the general public and in doing so sparking a sense of community and loyalty between the artists and the brand. Converse has received public recognition for supporting the dreams of aspiring musicians, but importantly they’re allowing their audience to create the content they want, without asking anything in return!

Sydney’s Studios 301 named one of 12 world-class studios to join forces with Converse Rubber Tracks

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Wireless interactive listening system allows you to control real world audio

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Coming across this new piece of tech was a pretty exciting moment: the notion of being able to mix/engineer your audio environment yields untold potential. Imagine being able to EQ your very own live concert experience, or precisely notch out the jarring sound of planes flying by. Here Active Listening is a Kick Starter project unveiled by Doppler Labs pairing two independent ear buds with a smartphone app that allows you to precisely control real world audio: it’s a remotely controlled studio for your ears! Very cool. (So cool that it won over ‘Eternify’ for the spot as our third bullet-point. Still, check it out here: http://eternify.it/)

Wireless interactive listening system allows you to control real world audio

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Industry giants take aim at popular audio-streaming/music-discovery platform Soundcloud

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Heavy-handed copyright infringement lawsuits from major music labels might spell the demise of community-based Soundcloud. The music discovery platform has long been favoured by independent musicians as an incubator for talent, but ponderous monetisation attempts have marred its loyal users’ affinity for the platform. As the noose continues to tighten, a solidary community of artists continue to rally around the company that just recently took out the Cannes Lion 2015 Grand Prix in Radio:

Industry giants take aim at popular audio-streaming/music-discovery platform Soundcloud

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Emporio Armani discovers Melbourne band Gaslight Radio; licenses music for its new campaign

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‘Change The Ending’ from Gaslight Radio’s 2006 album ‘Good Heavens Mean Time’ was chosen for the Emporio Armani 2015 Fall/Winter campaign, proving once again that timeless music transcends boundaries both geographical and cultural. Serendipity meant the Melbourne band’s song was stumbled upon online by someone with keen ears, said front-man Martin Cooke. Licensing being one of few meaningful remunerations for musicians, it’s a heartening pairing between the international fashion behemoth and cult-favourite 90s indie-rockers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEgYshwPXL8

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