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London’s streets will become a stage for hundreds of talented young singers and musicians aged 11-25 this summer.

We're looking for any act that is portable from super singer songwriters to exhilarating ensembles. Prizes up for grabs include music kit, training and a coveted TfL busking licence. Performers could get the chance to perform at iconic locations including BT London Live, Hyde Park during the Games.

Applications can be made at www.molpresents.com/gigs.

Watch the launch video to get the lowdown and see last year’s winner, The Robbie Boyd Band in action:

(via Mayor of London and youtube.com)
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Geiger's network protocol, Internet Protocol over Xylophone Players (IPoXP), provides a fully compliant IP connection between two computers. His setup uses a pair of Arduino microcontrollers, some sensors, a pair of xylophones and two people to play the xylophones.
[...] The Arduino is attached to a series of series of LED's. Each LED corresponds to a hexadecimal character, as well as a key on a xylophone. As an LED lights up, the human participant strikes the corresponding key on the xylophone. Piezo sensors are attached to each xylophone, so that they are able to sense when a note is played on…

Music streaming will come of age next week when the UK industry comes together to launch the UK's first Official Streaming Chart.
The new Top 100 rundown, which will launch on Monday May 14, will be compiled by the Official Charts Company with data from the nation's leading streaming services and supported by the Entertainment Retailers Association (Era) and labels association the BPI. The Official Streaming Chart will be the first chart which ranks audio streams from both ad-funded and subscription streaming services in the UK, to reflect the growing interest in this new generation of music services.
(via mi2n.com)

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The Ministry of Defence has confirmed a sonic device will be deployed in London during the Olympics.

The American-made Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD) can be used to send verbal warnings…

The Next SoundCloud Launches In Private Beta…..
“Next SoundCloud has been re-engineered from the inside out,” said Eric Wahlforss, founder & CTO. “It’s much more than an aesthetic change. By making use of state of the art technologies available in the latest generation browsers, we’ve created a technology platform that enables us to provide a much better user experience and develop new features faster.”

Notable features included in the private beta launch:
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(via audiosilverlining.info)

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