http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.pnghttp://channel9.msdn.com/tags/Music/musichttp://channel9.msdn.com/tags/Music/en-usThu, 19 Mar 2009 23:15:01 GMTThu, 19 Mar 2009 23:15:01 GMTEvNet (EvNet, Version=1.0.3608.3122, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)<img src="http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/6/1/7/1/6/4/ArtistExplorer_small_ch9.png" border="0" />At the <a href="http://sxsw.com/interactive/">South by Southwest Interactive Conferece</a> in Austin, Texas this past week, <a href="http://mashery.com/">Mashery</a> hosted a contest, <a href="http://www.circusmashimus.com/">Circus Mashimus</a> to encourage people to create mashup applications using their customers' web services.  I learned about it a week before and decided to create an entry using web services from <a href="http://remix.bestbuy.com/">Best Buy</a>, <a href="http://developer.nytimes.com/">The New York Times</a>, <a href="http://developer.billboard.com/">Billboard</a>, and <a href="http://www.intelepeer.com/">Intelepeer</a> (not a Mashery customer but one of our partners).  The mashup is an <i>artist explorer</i> that lets you research musical artists using the services and then lets you send an SMS message about your findings to anyone's mobile phone.<br /> I will be releasing Silverlight kits with source code for each of the APIs (Best Buy, The New York Times, Billboard, and Intelepeer) shortly - watch my blog for more info on the kits.  With these Silverlight kits, developers <b><i>and designers </i></b>can access these companys' services and build cool applications with little to no coding - just <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/expression/products/Overview.aspx?key=blend">Expression Blend</a>.<img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/461716/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/Communicating/Artist-Explorer-a-Silverlight-2-Mashup/http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/Communicating/Artist-Explorer-a-Silverlight-2-Mashup/Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:12:00 GMThttp://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/6/1/7/1/6/4/ArtistExplorer_2MB_ch9.wmv3623http://channel9.msdn.com/461716/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0At the South by Southwest Interactive Conferece in Austin, Texas this past week, Mashery hosted a contest, Circus Mashimus to encourage people to create mashup applications using their customers' web services.  I learned about it a week before and decided to create an entry using web services from Best Buy, The New York Times, Billboard, and Intelepeer (not a Mashery customer but one of our partners).  The mashup is an artist explorer that lets you research musical artists using the services and then lets you send an SMS message about your findings to anyone's mobile phone. I will be releasing…Michael S. Scherotter0http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/Communicating/Artist-Explorer-a-Silverlight-2-Mashup/RSS/http://channel9.msdn.com/461716/Trackback.aspxmashupMusicSilverlight 2<img src="http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/9/2/5/1/4/4/TCSSurfaceBeatsVectorform_small_ch9.jpg" border="0" />SurfaceDJ from <a href="http://www.vectorform.com">Vectorform</a> was one of my favorite applications shown at PDC.  Not only does it involve Multi-touch, Surface and music; but it is an example of a new form of collaborative application.  Joe Engalan and Markus Sheldon build up the music, keep it alive and then break it down in real-time while working together at the Surface table.  I want one! <br /> <br /> Check out <a href="http://www.vectorform.com/surface/">Vectorform's Surface blog</a> to see some of their other Surface applications. Yes, they are the ones behind NBC's Electoral application.<img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/441529/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/Continuum/SurfaceBeatsVectorform/http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/Continuum/SurfaceBeatsVectorform/Fri, 07 Nov 2008 07:23:00 GMThttp://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/9/2/5/1/4/4/TCSSurfaceBeatsVectorform_2MB_ch9.wmv53742http://channel9.msdn.com/441529/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0SurfaceDJ from <a href="http://www.vectorform.com">Vectorform</a> was one of my favorite applications shown at PDC. Not only does it involve Multi-touch, Surface and music; but it is an example of a new form of collaborative application. Joe Engalan and Markus Sheldon build up the music, keep it alive and then break it down in real-time while working together at the Surface table. I want one! <br /> <br />Adam Kinney12http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/Continuum/SurfaceBeatsVectorform/RSS/http://channel9.msdn.com/441529/Trackback.aspxMulti-touchMusicSurfaceVectorformWPF<img src="http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/1/2/8/2/3/4/JamBase_small_ch9.jpg" border="0" />Last week I visited <span><a href="http://jambase.com" title="Go See Live Music" target="_blank">JamBase.com</a>, a San Francisco-based website that is all about finding and going to live music performances.  I met Andy and his colleauges at the <span><a href="http://bandwidthconference.com/" title="the music|technology conference" target="_blank">Bandwidth Conference</a></span> this summer and after hearing about their new API, I just had to try doing a <span><a href="http://www.popfly.com/users/MS-Synergist/Find%20Live%20Concerts">mashup with it using Popfly - </a></span>I wrote about it on my blog <span><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/synergist/archive/2008/08/14/at-the-bandwidth-conference.aspx" title="At the Bandwidth Conference" target="_blank">here</a></span>.</span> Because their site runs on ASP.net with SQL Server, I wanted to sit down with Andy Gadiel, the founder to have a chat.<img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/432821/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/Communicating/JamBasecom-Go-See-Live-Music/http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/Communicating/JamBasecom-Go-See-Live-Music/Tue, 14 Oct 2008 05:30:00 GMThttp://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/1/2/8/2/3/4/JamBase_2MB_ch9.wmv6980http://channel9.msdn.com/432821/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Last week I visited JamBase.com, a San Francisco-based website that is all about finding and going to live music performances.  I met Andy and his colleauges at the Bandwidth Conference this summer and after hearing about their new API, I just had to try doing a mashup with it using Popfly - I wrote about it on my blog here. Because their site runs on ASP.net with SQL Server, I wanted to sit down with Andy Gadiel, the founder to have a chat.Michael S. Scherotter0http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/Communicating/JamBasecom-Go-See-Live-Music/RSS/http://channel9.msdn.com/432821/Trackback.aspxASP.NETMusicSQL Server