10 of the most Sureal Music Videos of all Time

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Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin' Beats: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTxOKsyZ0Lw&ob=av2e (disabled embedding)

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Spaced - Rave Scene http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_wVOA_95QU (embedding disabled by request)

Let me know when you're ready for part 2. Post in comments.

How To Promote Your DJ Mix On Youtube

How To Promote Your DJ Mix On Youtube

By Muxx

Promotion is an essential skill for every beginner DJ that wants to become successful.

Promotion allows a beginner DJ to make their way from the bedroom to the real events at clubs and festivals.

The internet gives the beginner DJ great opportunies which were once a hassle and downright cutthroat.

By promoting your mixes on Youtube, you will be able to gain a broad audience and following, eventually guaranteeing your success.

This post shows you a few tips and tricks on how you can promote your DJ mix on Youtube.

Check out the full article HERE

This post includes:

• Piggybacking off other popular videos with video responses
• Linking your videos on your own blog and sharing it on social media such as Facebook and Twitter
• Promoting your video with Youtube ads and promoted videos
• Proper video optimization

A Google Search Story I Created... Google Asked for it...

I'll be away for awhile - A Doubledown Tandino Hiatus

As life progresses (first life, that is), and as Second Life progresses (with the 2.0 viewer), I unfortunately have to take a leave of absence from the virtual world.

As some of you know, I have been working my way towards moving, living, and working in New York City.   Phase 1 is complete; I'm packed, and I've left for the big apple.... 

You would think phase 2 would be unpacking at my new place in Manhattan and getting right back into Second Life.... but, there is no phase 2 yet.  Apparently I find myself in nomad/gypsy mode.... ok, let's just call it what it is... I'm homeless.

That's the simple truth....  I've left where I was living in South Jersey, packed up one bag of clothes, and traveled to NYC with no set home.   Some people are congratulating me on this... some people say I have a lot of guts.... some people say I'm following my dreams...  

I have to admit, I'm nervous and overwhelmed as hell.   As I said on my facebook wall: "Either I'm going to eat the big apple, or the big apple is going to eat me"

With all that being said, I will be sparse in Second Life.   I won't be available to DJ live inworld for some time until my real life has stabilized.  I will pop inworld where wifi allows to check on things, try to attend events, and make sure my company Ravelong is running smoothly.  And, I will be back, you can count on that.

And I'll leave you with this:  Two 10 minute Electro House mixes.  These were filmed simply to do it.  I knew I wouldn't be DJing for awhile, and I was going to pack up my music and gear... so here's two mini-mixers for ya.  Enjoy:





I may or may not take a break from this blog for awhile too... I haven't decided yet. I know I won't be in touch with what is going on in Second Life... but who knows.... maybe I'll still find interesting things to post about.

Google Xistence - Because Life is Too Short for Social Interaction

An introduction to Xistence, a new social media app from Google Labs.



... because life is too short for social interaction.

5 of the Best Classic Drum-n-Bass Music Videos

Doubledown Tandino's selections:
5 of the best classic drum-n-bass music videos

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See Also: Doubledown Tandino's 13 Favorite Sexy Electronica Classics of All Time

Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit" - Second Life Machinima by Fall Films

FallFilms on Youtube

2009 - Year in Review - In Google Wave (video)

Youtube is Dying - YouTube Exposed!

Thank you Goldbar.tv for delivering this to me
Follow Goldbar.tv:

Guy Starts Massive Dance Mob at A Concert

I love moments like this, especially when they're captured on film. Much like Techno Viking, this guy sets out with nothing planned, and amasses a large spontaneous following! Bring on the Massive!

13 Favorite Sexy Electronica Classics [with Videos] of all Time (#musicmonday)

Sure, I could list 1000s of tunes here, but, I narrowed it down to my 13 favorite classic sexy electronica tunes of all time. For me, each of these tracks has a very special moment and memory in my life. Please comment if you have electronic music tunes from your past that tickle your skin and turn you on every time you hear them again. Here it is, DJ Doubledown Tandino's 13 best sexy electronica tunes of all time.

1 - Air - Talisman


2 - Bedrock - Heaven Scent


3 - Sneaker Pimps - Spin Spin Sugar


4 - The Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar


5 - Blue Six - Music and Wine


6 - Portishead - Wandering Star


7 - Orbital - Halcyon (On and On)


8 - Moby - Porcelain
Audio:

Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1Fcaro25Ek
(embedding disabled)

9 - Sonique - It Feels so Good


10 - Underworld - Born Slippy


11 - Tricky - Christiansands
Audio:

Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukvR7_9_6_8
(embedding disabled)

12 - Benny Benassi - Satisfaction


13 - Darude - Sandstorm

Doubledown's Web 2.0 Social Network Service Roundup - May 2009

Some interesting developments have occurred on the social network scene. If you're on any of the sites heavily, you'll notice each are making some screw-ball changes that uproar the community. It seems that each social network site that gets too big makes a major sloppy decision that marks the beginning of the end of the power-tool website. Prokofy calls it "jumping the shark" in regards to Twitter. I call it selling out. Same difference in these situations. It seems to always be the same scenario:

1) Site is used, site is highly awesome, giving away new net tools for free, site is spread
2) Many more people use, Site becomes popular
3) Site becomes mainstream as more powerful features are added
4) Site owners change specific features, limit abilities that were the initial cause of making the site popular, or change the layout, or offer an IPO, or change advertising features, etc
5) Active user base goes into an uproar threatening to quit forever. Through using the company's own social network against them, the user community boycotts and protests.
6) User numbers drop as corporations move in.
7) Site ends up still popular, however the tech geeks and power users have moved on to what is the next most powerful thing.... the thing that we'll all be on soon (Friendfeed for example).

A Social Network site reaches skyrocketing popularity when it's a 'for the people, by the people' site. Once the company goes all Republican, and starts catering to the corporations, or the elite users, or the payola users, the social network site that was once blossoming, get turned into an advertising spam farm mixed with teenagers wasting time (a la myspace). UPDATE: Aliza Sherman of the Web Worker Daily has this to say on the Growing Feedback Fiasco of Twitter and the general social networks 'company versus user base'.


I could be wrong, but I am predicting Twitter's peak was April 2009, and will head down fast just as Myspace did. However, right now, it's powerful, and the #1 most important currently.

Facebook has been battling with itself trying to become the new new new Facebook.

Meanwhile, FriendFeed is morphing into a twitter + facebook, however, it's only good in theory right now and not practical to use. It is very fast with it's real time spout of information though.

Youtube completely sold out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V025E_b5I4g

And of course Second Life (www.SecondLife.com) is dealing with a major shift because of new adult content terms & bot terms. That, plus the recent SL viewers and SL experience has been subpar lately.

But we still love em all, and use em all....

For right now, May 2009, here's what I recommend for the time-constrained web 2.0 user:

Use Twitter to its full potential. Right now Twitter is HOT, and using it to your needs WORKS right now, while the userbase is heavy and active. You may even want to consider twitter as another option to Google. With twitter, you can search for current news and info faster than google can bookmark it.

Sign up for Facebook. (make sure to sign up using your real name) Use it when you want. Facebook is your new myspace. It's good to have a facebook profile, even if you don't want to actively use it. Set it up to give yourself the full potential. Use the tools, and don't get sucked into the stupid invite games.

Sign up for FriendFeed and set it up. It's okay if you don't use it. Set it up to aggregate your status updates. This is your backup in case Twitter fails.

Sign up for Koinup (the virtual world photography and video social network). The users are bubbling with activity. Plus I believe Yahoo's Flickr will never be anything more than it is now. New photo and video sharing sites are much more powerful than Flickr.

Sign up for LinkedIn.com. Put a professional business profile up.

Plurk is a dud.... but sign up to it anyway. The Second Life user base on Plurk is HEAVY.

Use Tr.im as your link shortener.

Use Twitter and Digg for breaking news, and interesting articles/finds of the web.

Music: Reverbnation.com | (http://www.reverbnation.com/bradreason)
Sends and Receives through Facebook and Twitter

Don't forget about the upcoming virtual world: Metaplace

UPDATE: I'm keeping an eye on BLERP.... looks like the future of the internet.

Do you have an opinion about a social network site or tool that has been powerfully effective for you? Is there a popular web 2.0 site that should be mentioned? Please, post your thoughts in the comments.

The YouTube Symphony Orchestra

Following the heals of THRU YOU | Kutiman mixes YouTube comes

The YouTube Symphony Orchestra

Play your part in music history.

We called for professionals and amateur musicians of all ages, locations and instruments to audition for the YouTube Symphony Orchestra by submitting a video performance of a new piece written for the occasion by the renowned Chinese composer Tan Dun.

Finalists are selected by a judging panel comprised of the world's most renowned orchestras. Vote for your favorite instrumentalists on YouTube from February 14-22.

Winners are announced on March 2nd and will be invited to travel to New York in April 2009, to participate in the YouTube Symphony Orchestra summit, and play at Carnegie Hall under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas.

All the Tan Dun submissions will be compiled into a mashup video which will be premiered on this channel on April 15th.

Website URL: http://www.youtube.com/symphony

What I found most interesting was this page which shows the orchestra, when you click on a section, you can play each individual's youtube submission which they used to mash up the symphony.

Doubledown's Web 2.0 Social Network Service Roundup - April 2009

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart	M - Th 11p / 10c
Twitter Frenzy
comedycentral.com
Daily Show Full Episodes Economic Crisis Political Humor

With Twitter skyrocketing in popularity these days, so much so that Google wants to buy it (UPDATE: It's BS, Google isn't buying Twitter) , Facebook taking in Myspace's users in droves, plus, mass confusion on whether Second Life is brimming with possibility & enterprise or falling into obscurity, AND EVEN the general state of the real world economy causing masses to play on the internet, I thought I would give my roundup as to what web 2.0 and social networking services I am currently using (and which ones I decided to stop using).

There are many bloggers and posters out there that have already concocted their best of lists and why they choose each service. There are going to be many more to come, including web 2.0 flowcharts, posts about blogging, blogs about posting, digging to tweeting to facebook.. oh my! All of which can get confusing. This is simply my personal favorites list currently.

Sidenote: I have completely left out any consideration regarding mobile technology. Simply put, I don't have and use a mobile device so I have yet to test.
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Updated April 7th, 2009

Virtual World:

- Second Life (avatar name: Doubledown Tandino)

- Metaplace (up-and-coming potential VW prospect. I have not had time to investigate, but this would be my next choice as a VW to check out.)

- OpenGrids currently being developed.

- There are many many virtual worlds and MMORPGs. The user will have to decide which ones are best for them.


All Encompassing:

- Facebook.com | (My Profile: Brad Reason: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=580038856)
Receives from Ping, Digg, Friendfeed, Plurk, Twitter, and more.
Sends to account applications installed


News & Web Finds:

- Digg.com | (http://digg.com/users/BradReason)
Receives from all websites
Sends to Facebook, Friendfeed, Twitter, Blogger, and more.

- Technorati.com | (http://www.technorati.com/people/technorati/DoubledownTandino)
Receives Blogs, Websites, and RSS
Sends through ShareThis

- Buzz.yahoo.com
Receives from all websites
Sends to Facebook, Search Engines, and more.
(the only yahoo! service I like and use.)


Status Updating / Aggregation of Posted Info / Social Network Organizer*:

- Ping.fm
Pings out blog posts and status updates to multiple web 2.0 sites at once

- Twitter.com | (http://twitter.com/Doubledown_InSL)
Receives from most all blogs, status update services, Digg, and other news/webfinds sites
Sends to many services based on personal setup

- Plurk.com | (http://www.plurk.com/DoubledownTandino)
Receives from Ping.fm
Sends to Facebook, FriendFeed, Multiply, Friendster, and Twitter

- ShareThis.com and AddThis.com
Sends to ALL

- *FriendFeed.com | (http://friendfeed.com/doubledowntandino)
Receives from 57 services
Sends to Twitter and Facebook

- *Netvibes.com | (http://www.netvibes.com/doubledowntandino)
I have not had time to check out Netvibes yet, it is on the top of my list

- *Mybloglog.com | (http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/members/Doubledown/)
(I do not like mybloglog, however it is good to set up a site for yourself in case others to wander on to it.)


Professional, Business, Entrepreneur:

- LinkedIn.com | (http://www.linkedin.com/in/bradreason)
Receives from any RSS feed (blog or status)
Sends to ???


Blogging:

Blogger.com | ( http://www.blogger.com/profile/14826783551439281499)
Receives from Ping.fm + any blog post method that is set up.
Sends to ALL except Plurk


Your own Social Network Site:

Ning.com


Music Related:

Ilike.com | (http://ilike.com/user/BradReason)
Sends and Receives through Facebook

Reverbnation.com | (http://www.reverbnation.com/bradreason)
Sends and Receives through Facebook and Twitter

Thesixtyone.com | (http://thesixtyone.com/Doubledown)

Blip.fm | (http://blip.fm/Doubledown)
Sends to Twitter


Photo or Video Related:

Koinup.com | (http://www.koinup.com/DoubledownTandino)
Sends to Flickr

Youtube.com | (http://youtube.com/user/doubledowntandino)
Sends to Blogs, Facebook, Twitter, Plurk, and more



Here are the ones that I have not been using recently although I previously did:

- flickr.com
- Google Reader: (http://www.google.com/reader/shared/10869641010676548376)
- plaxo.com
- Delicious.com
- Reddit.com
- last.fm
- bebo.com
- myspace.com
- garageband.com
- yahoo360.com
- stumbleupon.com

Here are some of the ones that I have never tried and have value:

- Wordpress.com (I believe wordpress to be the best blogging site, better than blogger... however, I am using blogger.)
- Okrut.com
- Typepad.com
- Multiply.com
- friendster.com

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What are your thoughts about my April 2009 list?
Are there any web 2.0 social networking sites I left out that I should have a look at?
Please let me know if there is anything that should be corrected or added.

THRU YOU | Kutiman mixes YouTube

Israeli funk musician by the name of Kutiman created a new Youtube remix EP called THRU YOU. Kutiman creates an amazing audio-visual experience by cutting and mashing other Youtube videos together to make his own funky soul video tunes.



ABOUT:

Check out all of the videos on the site: http://thru-you.com/#/videos

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Burning Life 08 Video Climbing YouTube Charts

[MARCH 9, 2009] FOR BURNING LIFE '08, we asked the ever-busy Dizzy Banjo to head up our documentation efforts. The Documentation Team tries to capture "on film" as many major art installations and theme camps as possible during the week of the event. "You cannot see it all" is the mantra we live by at Burning Life (and it's Real Life counterpart Burning Man), so documentation is pretty vital to our institutional memory.

Dizzy's just-released machinima titled "A Journey Through Burning Life 2008" is now climbing the popularity charts in the UK, ranking number 12 today in "Top Rated UK" and number 15 in "Top Favorited UK". We're talking 5 stars. We think that's pretty cool. The show clocks in at 10 minutes and shows a great overview of all the stuff we tried to see— but missed!

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YouTube Goes Live! November 22nd, 2008

YouTube Live! is, first and foremost, a celebration of the site's vast user communities; everyone from bedroom vloggers to world-famous rock stars, musicians, comedians, athletes, artists and more. Part concert, part variety show and part party, the event will bring to life many of the amazing videos and talent.

YouTube Live Goes Mobile too!

Watch YouTube Live at http://m.youtube.com/ on your mobile phone.

Online YouTube video to MP3 audio converter

Extract any MP3 audio from YouTube videos.

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