DudeOfMusic

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I want to scream it from a mountain top! Phish has announced that they’re coming out of retirement to perform three shows at the Hampton Coliseum on March 6, 7 & 8. I’m super stoked! Booking a hotel room was pretty nail biting – had to call ten before finding one.

All I need now are tickets which are being handed out with the usual Phish pre-sale ticket raffle. It’d be nice to land some tickets in the raffle and not have to buy them for an outrageous price, but honestly I don’t care, I’m just glad to have them back! Besides, I’ve always gotten a ticket to a Phish show, whether it be through the raffle or on my way into the venue.

Looking forward to it. I’d write more, but man do I have a lot of work to do!

Here’s a Phish eye view…

Welcome to my shiny new WordPress blog!  A new theme is on the way compliments of Isaac Keyet, so stay tuned and please ignore the flower right up there – I got tired of searching for themes…

A very brief intro:
I’m Michael Koenig, a Boulder, Colorado musician, originally from Michigan, with a degree in Philosophy.  But that’s not all…I’m also one of the fellas at IntenseDebate and we just got acquired by Automattic!  You can keep up with me here and on twitter (among other places).

So what’s the DudeOfMusic blog all about?  Music + Web 2.0 = Music 2.0

I’ll keep the posts short and sweet with plenty of free legal tracks for download compliments of IODA Promonet!  So stick around and enjoy the music.  Here’s a track by Del The Funky Homosapien, Dan the Automator.  Enjoy it and get down!

Del The Funky Homosapien, Dan the Automator
“Mastermind” (mp3)
from “Deltron 3030″
(Deltron Projects)

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I know, I know.  I’ve totally neglected my blog. 

As the two main topics of this blog are music and web 2.0, I think it’s time to dive into the ever changing frontier of music 2.0.

The majority of my work experience since college has been focused on helping to shape the way we engage and discover music on the web. My start was with Vault Alliance – a music 2.0 that was positioned to create an online archive of live concert recordings spanning the past 40 years, collected from over 70 venues across North America. Unfortunately our project ran into the brick wall of DRM. Vault Alliance evolved into iggli which has recently released a kick-ass beta that lets you search for music events, buy tickets and get directions to the venue via your cell (and web). Definitely worth taking a look at.

Next I got involved with Me.dium as the DudeofMusic to enhance the way music lovers share and discover new music together with Me.dium’s real-time social web surfing. I launched the first online music festival where bands and fans got to surf, chat and tour music together. We called it RockMe.

As music 2.0 continues to evolve, companies are sprouting up with new ways for us to experience music online. Case in point, iClips, a live streaming service that has firmly planted their feet by streaming some of the biggest events in live music like the Voodoo Festival, Mountain Jam, and Summer Camp. In fact, I’m listening to Sound Tribe Sector 9 streamed live from Summer Camp as I write this.

Gotta tell you, I think I’m a fan of this whole live streaming deal. My first experience with it was during RockMe. – the grand finale was Rose Hill Drive streamed live from the Fox Theatre in Boulder, Colorado. It just so happened that my band played at the Fox the night before and our show was streamed as the guinea pig (it was viewed by buddies living in Australia, South Korea, England, Chile and of course across the States). Later I caught AT&T’s Blue Room stream of Vegoose. I would have been there had it not been for that damn desk job. And now, thanks to my buddy Bret Berman (aka DiscoBret), I’m checking out the Summer Fest stream.

If you’re not into the camping out, the crowds, the inevitable festival mud, the pungent smell of dreads, or having to continually tell acid entranced festy-goers that “no they’re not blowing your mind,” then iClips’ streamed shows might just be for you. From my experience both the video and sound quality has been phenomenal. While it might be too late for you too catch the rest of tonight’s stream (featuring Umphrey’s McGee, & The Flaming Lips), you’ll have plenty more chances to check out some shows from the comfort of your home or office.

I think iClips is also providing On Demand access to their video content. However, they’re definitely treading in the gray zone of digital rights – who owns the content and has the right to broadcast it, the band or the company responsible for filming and streaming? Should be interesting to see how that pans out for them, especially if they start to get some serious site traffic.

For the time being they’ve got the content. Aside from the content rights issues, the only other question is whether or not music lovers are down with watching a show from their computers?

Just googled hyperfunkalicious and I suddenly realized how this name popped into my head. It’s the name of a song by Vermont based jam band Raq that I used to listen to in college. I haven’t listened to them since and kind of got over their sound, but I’m pleased with the funky origin of my blog name. Although I have to admit, I’m a little disappointed that this is where it came from.

Anyway, here’s a track by Raq for you to download legally. Enjoy.

RAQ
“City Funk” (mp3)
from “Live, Vol. 2″
(Leeway’s Home Grown Music Network)

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Living in Boulder, Colorado, I’m spoiled with a constant stream of incredible musicians coming through town. To sweeten the deal (aka “add sugar to”, as Mitch Hedberg said) I get to see these bands at some phenomenal venues like The Boulder Theater, The Fillmore, and The Fox Theatre (which I’ve headlined at).

Last night I checked out the Stanton Moore Trio at the Fox and man it was funky. Great company (I was there with two of my favorite drummers to jam with), great music, and a packed house made this a memorable show. If you’re not familiar with NOLA native and Galactic drummer Stanton Moore, he’s the drummer of drummers. If you get the opportunity to catch him live, do yourself a favor and go see him perform – you won’t regret it!

Check out Stanton below with one of his many projects. And yes, that is the one and only George Porter Jr. on bass.

So this is Hyper-Funkalicious – welcome!

As the inaugural post, I thought it’d be fitting to introduce myself and explain what I hope to accomplish with Hyper-Funkalicious. I’m Michael Koenig, a Boulder, Colorado musician, originally from Michigan, with a degree in Philosophy (not bad for 15 word self-description). Since graduating from the University of Colorado, I’ve worked for several Boulder-based start-up companies including ActNeutral (carbon emission regulating), Vault Alliance (music co. now Iggli), Me.dium (social surfing, created their RockMe. festival and Sessions), and currently IntenseDebate (comment platform for blogs).

HyperFunkalicious is intended to be a music and web 2.0 centric blog (but it will probably feature some pretty general content as well – we all know it’s inevitable).

I leave you with a track I’m listening to right now that you can legally download thanks to IODA Promonet! It’s by Tokyo Police Club. Hope you enjoy it!

~Michael

Tokyo Police Club
“Nature Of The Experiment” (mp3)
from “A Lesson In Crime”
(Paper Bag Records)

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