Measuring listening behavior using Google Tag Manager
While redesigning Classical KUSC, one of our primary objectives was to improve how we measure radio listening online. Precisely, how do we measure listening behavior across our website,...
Interesting Music Projects
Here are a list of interesting music projects. Classifiers and Curators * Music Map [https://developers.musimap.net/] is attempting to create a database that organizes music into emotional...
How Classical KUSC uses data to make product decisions
The digital team at Classical KUSC [http://www.kusc.org] and Classical KDFC [http://www.kdfc.com] uses data regularly to help make product decisions. For our most...
Content + Content Format + Codec
For new developers interested in audio, the world of compression algorithms, codecs and content formats is somewhat confusing. For this reason, I've decided to create an...
Audio Apps for iOS
I've been doing some research on creating audio apps for iOS and it's taken me down into the complex world of audio frameworks. Apparently...
Installing Adobe Media Server on EC2
Adobe Media Server 5.0 offers media publishers some new ways to deliver on-demand video and music to iOS devices through Apple's HTTP Live Streaming. This...
Distributing Music and Video Over the Web
There are a lot of ways to distribute music and video over the web, and it's often difficult to figure out which features (and service plans)...
Cloud-Based Radio Using Adobe Media Server
Adobe Flash may be dead, but Adobe Media Server carries a lot of compelling features. This entry aims to identify a few of those essential features so that...
What to Do When Spotify Is Acting Weird (for Developers)
Sometimes Spotify starts acting weird. The easiest way to fix this is to clear your Spotify preferences and delete the application's cache. Here's how...
HTTP Dynamic Streaming (HDS)
For the past couple of days, I've been doing a lot of research on HTTP Dynamic Streaming over Amazon Web Services, and I found these links...
Digital music: production, distribution, and consumption
I like this quote because it helps me understand the trade-off music will experience as it transitions from an analog medium to a digital one. > It could...
Streaming Mp3's using SoundManager2 + MediaElement
I've written about 8 or 9 streaming music players in the past six years, and considering how quickly client-side technology changes, I figure I'll...
Cloud computing & song scrobbling on Last.fm
I'm extremely late to this whole Last.fm thing, but then again, I'm not sure if I've missed much. From what I...