Today I have very different styles of music. To be honest, maybe it has been very hard for me to find adecuate videoblogs and podcasts because I did not visit none of these kind of blogs frequently. One videoblog and one podcast are in spanish, I hope there is no problem (maybe the no-spanish readers can learn something =D).
Well, first of all, I have found a kind of videoblog that actually is a community of amateur musicians. I'm very surprised because I wanted to do something similar for the big project of the subject Multimedia Communication. It offers the opportunity to register and upload own videos that can be rated, flagged and commented. Maybe this is not really a videoblog, because anyone can be the author of the videos, but I think that this website, or at least, the idea behind it, is very positive for the "emerging bands and solo artists". Band of Me has a very simple interface, the most important features are the tags on the left with the differents styles of music and the bar of tags in the superior part of the home page with the different instruments. With these two types of division, it is very easy to find as fan what you want to hear or simply know new "possible" groups or solo artists that play music you like. That's why is very important to distinguish between "listeners" and "musicians".
This website could be a revolutionary way to "propel" new groups and solo musicians. The problem is that the website is not very known, and it need some original propaganda to have more visits. It would be very utopian, but a good aspect that could help this website could be the contract with an independent record label, so the "emerging" groups or solo artists had a goal and a chance to get in the musical industry (at least in the no-commercial).
There are a lot of very good artists in the website, if you visit the website "where musicians come to strut their stuff", you will find diversity and real passion for the music.
The second "videoblog" (I don't think the first was in fact a videoblog, but a social network) is in spanish and deals with beatboxing. For many this is not a type of music, that's why I considered that this new subculture of the Hip Hop is so to say "underground" or "indie". I prefer to call it "of the street". Human Beatbox recollects videos related to beatbox, like competitions, festivals, famous and amateur beatboxers or documentaries. I find it very entertaining, not only because the difficulty of "doing" these weird of noises, but also because the funny and comic faces of the beatboxers. I had begund this "discipline" and I have to say, there a lot of impressive people with fantastic guttural capabilities. Beatboxing can be combined with other instruments, like the harmonica or the flute. Here one of my new heroes of "flutebox":
According to the principal theme of this blog, I have searched music podcasts with diverse styles. And fortunately, I have found The Playlist Mix Podcast, a podcast that offers a cure against boredom. You will find a lot of unknown songs, but they are very special. A very good selection, very helpful while writing these posts =D
The second podcast is also a radio in spanish, but it does not matter because the songs are in english. But it speaks only of underground american rap, in the first volumen the speaker clarifies that there would not be commercial rap (which loses its essence). It is very useful because it speaks about rap from its origins, and there are songs from different decades. I recommend it, the website has also information and donwloads from spanish rap. I think this is one of the few portals for Hip Hop culture in spanish with online radio and podcast. Enjoy RW Hip Hop.
I've tried not to extend the post very much. Sometimes it is better only to listen to some music and forget the wordos. Today is the day for videos and music, usel information will come in its moment.
Good night, and good luck!
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