In the digital age, there are many programs such as Spotify and Pandora that have caught our attention recently. Where is radio in this equation? Many may think that radio has gone the way of the dodo but Scott Fleischer, Broadcast Relations Manager at TuneIn has another opinion.
TuneIn is a digital music service with over 30 million monthly users and over 50,000 stations that allows you to listen to content worldwide. Scott Flesicher believes that the service brings a human element to people that other services lack. “It’s a radio directory without walls… it has something for everybody, including live events such as sports, concerts, music festivals or the recent broadcast of Whitney Houston’s funeral that was timely featured at the top of directory.” According to Fleischer, TuneIn is not in competition with services like Spotify or Pandora but rather compliments them. Each service is used for different reasons and TuneIn is just another venue for people to go.
TuneIn is one of the few services that promotes local, international, college and community radio. Virtually any piece of audio can be broadcasted using this service. Any potential broadcaster can submit a station via www.tunein.com/broadcasters and their station will be listed in a matter of hours to a worldwide audience. This is groundbreaking for unknown artists who want to get their music out there.
Fleischer furthers the point of the importance of the human element when stating “this makes radio cool again… it has taken a beating but TuneIn reminds people why they liked radio in the first place and is still important in the industry. It sells better music than anything out there since promotion from DJs has a more meaningful impact on people.” It is evident with an increased interest in internet radio that the industry is taking a wider step towards its acceptance and value.
Nike recently teamed up with Wu-Tang‘s own RZA to produce a series of new commercials promoting their new line of Nike 6.0 “extreme sports” styled footwear. The three new spots entitled “RZA vs. Nike 6.0″ feature the grammy award winning producer in a studio setting live mixing audio to a series of extreme sports videos featuring some of X-Games biggest names such as, motocross rider Ryan Dungey, BMX biker Garrett Reynolds, and surfer Kolohe Andino.
The RZA has also created remixes which are available for free download via the Nike 6.0 website.
With the newest Wu-Tang release The Swarm 3: Pollen in stores, and this latest partnership with Nike, RZA continues to leave his mark on an already legendary career.
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The legendary Wu-Tang Clan dropped their new album, Pollen: The Swarm Part Three, in stores last week. Released by the Clan’s own label, Wu Music Group, Pollen is the third installment in the official swarm franchise and features original Wu-Tang Clan members RZA (Bobby Digital), Ghostface Killa, Method Man (Johnny Blaze) and many more. Volumes I and II of The Swarm have sold over eight hundred thousand units to date.
Wu-Tang also just premiered the first track off of the album on Hip Hop DX this past weekend: “Dirts the Boogie,” by the late, great O.D.B. The cut was recorded along with O.D.B.’s son, Y.D.B. Boy Jones, and can be downloaded via the link below.
Download and share O.D.B. & Y.D.B. Boy Jones’ “Dirts The Boogie” from Pollen: The Swarm Part Three [Wu Music Group]:
http://dailyrindblog.com/wumusicgroup/topspin.html
The legendary Wu-Tang Clan is gearing up for the release of their brand new fifteen track album, Pollen: The Swarm Part Three, which hits stores next week, by streaming it in its entirety on AOL Music and AOL Spinner this week. The record, which drops June 22nd from Wu Music Group, is the third installment of the official swarm franchise and features original Wu-Tang Clan members RZA (Bobby Digital), Ghostface Killa, Method Man (Johnny Blaze) and many more. Volumes I and II of The Swarm have sold over eight hundred thousand units to date.
Listen to Wu-Tang Clan’s Pollen: The Swarm Part Three [Wu Music Group] on AOL:
http://music.aol.com/new-releases-full-cds/#/21
http://www.spinner.com/new-releases#/20
The lineup for the 7th annual rap tour Rock The Bells was just announced yesterday, and headlining the bill this year are hip-hop heavyweights performing their seminal albums in full. Wu-Tang Clan is very excited to be among them, doing all of their legendary 1993 debut Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) live at each date.
After yesterday’s announcement, we received some more good news from the Wu camp: this letter from the guys which describes their upcoming album, Pollen: The Swarm Part Three, that’s due June 22nd from Wu Music Group. Here it is, in their words, unedited and raw, just the way they like it:
Read the Letter Below:
