Mixtape and Deezer allow us to create and share lists of music

One of the apps that integrate with Deezer is specially designed for those who want to relive one of the most iconic moments of the twentieth century cassettes share with friends.

The idea Mixtapes is possible to create music charts Deezer and leave as a cassette tape, ready to be released, as you see in the image below:

To create a just have to indicate a previously created list, automatically generating the tape, it will not respect the duration of the classic format and yes may be as long as the list in question.

Once created, it will be possible to send to anyone by email, but will require that such person Deezer account, otherwise you can not enjoy the content.

Although it has no function that deezer itself does not include the format that is generated for listening to music is what makes the difference, with an attractive background is striking in the case of large screen display.

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mindscapes, relaxing music computer generated

On several occasions we have indicated websites where you can listen (and even create) relaxing music, perfect for letting the background while we concentrate on writing, study or any other task that needs concentration.

What we present is now mindscapes.co , a website that includes four themes (ocean, mountains, space and city) that can be streamed directly from the Internet, being a project created by computers.

Yes, the music that we hear there is the result of mixing sounds following specific algorithms. No one person composing issues a copyright or behind, it's all the result of a "logic" based ones and zeros.

Although the amount of music is not extensive, and the styles are not as flexible as those created with defonic , elmnts , soundrown or any of these other options soothing sounds , it is interesting to see how the computers create "music".

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SoundCloud closes deal with Warner Music Group to distribute your music

SoundCloud is currently used by over 175 million people every month, whether sharing music created by the users themselves or enjoying well-known in the music market rates, and this is the last point where they have taken a big step today.

They have signed a licensing agreement with Warner Music Group, a necessary partnership to launch its streaming subscription service in the first half of 2015 as well as its famous On.soundcloud.com , creative community that can be very beneficiary to new pledges arrive Warner's hand.

Alexander Ljung, founder and CEO of SoundCloud said they expect to generate significant revenue for Warner and its artists through advertising that integrate into your portal.

SoundCloud lost $ 29 million in 2013, so it is clear that they will have to alter the way they work in order to survive in a world dominated by rdio, spotify, deezer, itunes and google play (among others). Joining the big boys in this market seems to be the only solution to get significant income.

No details have been published about the amount of money invested in the deal, although the official note suggest that it is indeed the first major label that is part of its new program.

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Android Wear now supports offline GPS and music playback

In order to further improve the experience and the possibilities of Android Wear, Google has released a new update for all devices that use this platform capabilities by adding two simple yet very powerful time in terms of potential concerns: listening music offline and access the location without having to connect to your smartphone.

As far as music is concerned, Google now lets you store locally certain songs on our watch , so no need to carry our smartphones with us to listen to music. Yes, we must have a bluetooth headset to listen to music, remember that with Android Wear smartwatches not have 3.5 mm jack for connecting earphones.

Support for offline GPS and music make Android Wear a step forward in the world of fitness The second of these new features can make use of the GPS chip present in some devices with Android Wear (like the Sony SmartWatch 3 ) of so we will not have to carry the smartphone us for our location. This new feature, along with the aforementioned make Android devices den Wear a bold step forward in the market of fitness as it allows us to dispense smartphone during exercise. And considering that the fitness is one of the markets where wearables are more potential, this update is definitely a big step forward for the platform.

At the time, Gogle update frequently promised Android Wear , incorporating new features and better and better OS for wearables . And so far, he is doing. We'll see what the future holds and what we'll see what's coming on devices with Android Wear, as the platform promises much for the future

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Beats Music will be part of iTunes next year

Apple will stop the service activity Beats Music , by integrating from next year in its iTunes brand, reports Hannah Karp for The Wall Street Journal . Although Apple has denied rumors of closing Beats Music, it seems the company has understood that it is incorporating this service into iTunes .

In addition, Eddy Cure, VP Retail and online stores has said that the company is in talks with record labels Principles to reduce the price of the subscription Beats Music, which is currently $ 9.99 USD or $ 99.99 USD per year.

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They use a cassette player, and a Raspberry Pi to play tapes via Spotify

Now we have talked on occasion about the Raspberry Pi, a miniature computer and low cost with which lovers of electronics projects enliven the most surprised. Today we return to talk about this computer is that the user of a Raspberry Pi has successfully modified a classic cassette player to play the songs in Spotify tapes using a Raspberry Pi .

Yes, although it may sound like a joke, it is a project entirely true. Allowing this invention is that nothing introduce a cassette tape in the player, the songs on the cassette tape start playing on Raspberry Pi via Spotify. What's the catch?Although outside the cassette player has a perfectly normal appearance, inside has been completely changed. Inside is the Raspberry Pi, so that when you insert a tape inserted, it is responsible for reading the information on the tape. To do this, each of the tapes contains an NFC tag music with song information including label that is read by the Raspberry Pi using a NFC reader . Once this is done, thanks to MusicBox application responsible -a connect with Spotify- finds that there is a playlist of songs from the cassette tape on Spotify and start playing it.

Despite the complexity of the project, its director says it completed in two or three weeks. We leave you with a video in which the operation of the project is shown below:

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Songza in Google integrates Google Play Music

What music is appropriate for any time of day, activity or mood? If you are a subscriber to Google Play Music in the United States or Canada, you will not have to worry about finding the right music to the above aspects, since that dozens of DJs, musicians, music critics and ethnomusicologists are responsible, dedicated to manually select topics for various radio stations that can be heard from Google Play Music, via web or via mobile applications for Android and iOS, thanks to the first integration of Songza, a service Google acquired last summer.

Thus, the next time you access Google Play Music, you will be asked what kind of music play based on time of day, mood or activity, having several options to choose to access music stations most appropriate .

Google notes that among the features included is the ability to download these music stations for playback offline, see the next item to be played, add new items or even rearrange. Users also have the ability to create new music stations generating their own lists, and even search for a particular station they want or based on a particular activity.

Other changes in the system are, first, the design, and using the new visual style Material Design, including larger images and smoother transitions, and on the other, renewing page "Listen Now" in to facilitate the discovery of new music to listen to songs. The above page is available in 45 countries where Google Play Music is available in both web version and its applications for Android and IOS.

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