9/20/08 - The Truth About Gats and Pogs
-Ryan
Hard Hitter
I got song from a mixtape by Brad Barrish and it hit me pretty hard. Dig it.
The Avett Brothers - Murder in the City
-Ryan
Sound On
You gotta love a good Clash re-interpretation. I’ve got fond memories of this song, mostly from covering it with my old band Orion Frequency.
-Ryan
Hello World.
Mark this day. Not only is today the date of my sister’s 25th birthday, but it’s also the day that Idiobeat is finally publicly born.
Idiobeat is an ongoing collaboration between Joshua Kuss and Ryan Taylor. It started as a vision for on-deck mobile streaming per-per-play service. Ideas evolved, business plans were written, content deal terms were negotiated, publishers were harassed, investors were pitched, and RIAA, SoundExchange, and NMPA spoke behind closed doors. As it turns out, new streaming legislation compromised the business model and Idiobeat as we dreamed it was abandoned in May of 2008.
We’ve both done some interesting things since then, but mostly we’ve been brainstorming and fully geeking out with our RSS feeds and twitter updates while trying to get in as much beach time as possible. Idiobeat is currently under development, and you will be able to watch it evolve over time. There’s not much to say about it yet, but it’s reasonable to assume that Idiobeat will be a valuable destination in the tech/music/art/culture/commerce space.
Stay tuned,
Ryan Taylor & Joshua Kuss
