Free mobile version of my Music 2.0 book for iPhone, Android and Blackberry

Many of you may have already downloaded my free Music 2.0 book as a PDF, or read it on the iPhone using Instapaper via my very basic mobile page, or even purchased the dead-tree version (note that Amazon is sold out now, all future orders should be done only via Lulu.com)

Today, I am delighted to announce that a much better mobile-optimized version of the book is finally available here - and yes, it's still free. However, I really don't mind if you make a payment for the free PDF via Lulu.com;)

As you can see, below, this includes all of the chapters in an easy-to-read, mobile-native format, and all kinds of ways to share it via eMail, Twitter and Facebook. The best thing is, however, that you can now add all of the chapters of the book to your Instapaper app (iPhone only, I think) with just one click, and then read the whole thing offline, as well. Way cool! We are also working on a 'real' iPhone app.

Note: Instapaper was covered on the new Indicatr site, yesterday, as well). Please spread the word - and don't forget: if you are entirely and utterly mobile-only you can track most of my tweets and shared items here.

Free, public Music 2.0 / Future of Music Webinar tomorrow July 31st 2009 5pm CET

I am trying to figure out if virtual i.e. remote, public presentations can actually work, and if so, what tools to use, and if I should offered webinars for free or not (and if not, at what price point I could offer them, and on what topics).

The most often requested subject for a presentation is, by-far, "Music 2.0 - The Future of the Music Industry". I get about 2 inquiries or speaking invitations per day on this topic; guess that's because of the various books I have written on this (The Future of Music, Music 2.0 etc) - so this will be the first topic for the webinar series.

On Friday, July 31, at 5pm CET, 4pm GMT/UK, 11 am EST, 8am PST, midnight JST and 1am (next day) AEST, I will present my first free webinar on "Music 2.0 - The Future of Music".  This first session will be FREE; in return I may simply ask you for some feedback and your patience while I am figuring this out. Future sessions may well be free, as well - I am working on that, so stay tuned!

I will be using Drop.io and this is how you can join me (no registration is required - just show up):

1. Go to my presentations page on Drop.io

   Cover via Amazon

2. Log in with the guest password "future"
3. Join the presentation once it's active; it will tell you on the screen. I will start the intro-page 15 minutes before the times listed above; please be sure to add your real name when the box comes up (if that's ok)
4. Call this (U.S.) number to hear me talk or ask questions live:  +1 218-486-3891 x 956827539 (sorry, drop.io does not offer local dial-in numbers yet). Note that the Chat Tool is part of drop.io so you can just use that to communicate with me, as well (but there is no listening feature, yet)
   
5. If you don't want to call-in try connecting to my new UStream.tv feed and listen online
   

I will provide the PDF when you log in, but in the meantime you may want to check out my many other presentations on this topic by browsing my slideshare PDFs.

I look forward to seeing you at the webinar - and please be patient for this inaugural edition if any technical issues arise. Thanks - and spread the word.

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Music 2.0 - the future of the music industry - in 18 minutes (narrated slideshow)

Alright then... you don't think "Music 2.0 in 90 seconds" is enough.  You don't think 3 minutes really do it, either. You liked the PDF but you want the talk. I heard you. So here is the full 18 minutes of Music 2.0, in 2 parts, thanks to the ingenious Youtube limitations (but hey... it's HD now so why am I complaining?).

Here is a link to the MP4 file (410MB) if you want to watch on while biking in the woods;) Plus: remember that you can get it all for your iPods and iPhones by subscribing to my GerdTube.net / Blip TV iTunes feed (except for this one, though - for some reason the encoding just won't work for this file).

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Twitter New Music Feed: music micro marketing is here (r u surprised?)

I told you that it was only a matter if time until music feeds show up in Twitter ;). Here's a good start: Twitter / new_music.  Pretty cool how it links to the blogs that play MP3s.... talking about engage not enrage!

Podcasting News: Free Download: The Best Mashups Of The Year 2007

Cool!!: Podcasting News � Free Download: The Best Mashups Of The Year 2007.

Simon Iddol has put together a free download of the best mashups of the year.

The 19 track collection includes Billy Idol vs Pink on Pink Wedding, Eric Clapton vs Depeche Mode on Strange Love Cocaine and Christina Aguilera vs Lionel Richie on Easy Hurt. It’s available as a .zip download from the site.

Amazing Guitarist Andy McKee

... given that I play guitar myself, I know how hard this is! wow!

One of the best acoustic fingerstyle guitarists on the planet: Ulli Boegershausen

Ulli is a good friend and he rocks!  Here is the track of the week:

The Catbirdseat: Secretly Iconoclastic (Mp3 blog)

The Catbirdseat: Secretly Iconoclastic.

A good friend and amazing fingerstyle guitar player: Ulli Boegershausen

Check him out

Pitchforkmedia: great place for new music

check it out -- thanks to Bob Lefsetz for sharing this!

Ulli boegershausen

Ulli is an old friend of mine and one of the best acoustic fingerstyle guitarists I know. Check him out