ZOOZ Mobile, Inc. CEO Scott Geller will participate in the Canadian Music Week 2010 (CMW) mobile panel: Reaching Fans Directly? There’s An App For That.
Mobile panel participants include:
Mandar Thakur - Founder, Thakur Company, Mumbai, India
Scott Geller – CEO & President ZOOZ Mobile, Inc., Atlanta, GA
Will Mills - Music & Content Director, Shazam Entertainment, London
Shawn Cooper - Chief Architect, The Mobile Cartel, Toronto, Canada
“… today’s latest smartphones have changed the paradigm, with targeted applications that can turn iPhones … into a custom-made indi delivery system,” according to the synopsis for this mobile panel. “In this panel, we’ve assembled some of the most creative executives on the smartphone scene. They’ll let you in on some powerful new artist-based mobile applications that can extend your reach … to a whole new world of listeners.”
“CMW is the single longest running and premiere conference focusing on business of Music and New Media, bring together Sound Recording, New Technology and Broadcast for one spectacular week of events,” according to Conference Coordinator Danya Dixon. “Our Conference is for those who truly shape the entertainment industry. The Conference attracts [attendees] from around the world.”
The mobile panel will be held 4-6 pm Thursday, March 11, 2010. The conference will be held Wednesday, March 10 through Sunday, March 14, 2010 at the Fairmont Royal York hotel in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
[My question] deals with semi-tones, as in I couldn’t figure out how to do them. In Pro mode [iPhone or iPod Touch held horizontally], it seems that you can only go up or down a full tone from note to note on the graph. Is there a way to work with semi-tones that I missed? One of the things I’m noting is that I can play the Meow Mix jingle (silly, I know : ) on pretty much any [traditional] instrument, but I can’t do it with [the new ZOOZbeat] app because the first four notes of the jingle are C, B, A, G, and C to B is a semitone, and I couldn’t make that work since I could only make it go down from C to B-flat. Not being able to use all 12 semitones in the musical scale could present an issue for some folks if they were trying to create something specific. … I wanted to make sure I wasn’t missing something …
Dr. Gil Writes:
Dr. Gil Weinberg
Currently, different ZOOZbeat beats come in different scales, to make it easier for our ZOOZbeat Musicians like you to create meaningful melodies that fit the song.
For your Meow Mix song, try one of our seven notes scale beats, such as Glitch. Moreover, in our next ZOOZbeat update (by December 25. 2009), we will allow ZOOZbeat Musicians like you to change and customize the scale to your liking, so you will be able to play the Meow Mix song in every genre.
Got a question for Dr. Gil? Please email us. All notes will receive a personal reply. If we publish your question, please let us know if we can use your ZOOZbeat Musician name and link to your ZOOZbeat Musician page.
To get free beats from these Artists, please follow these steps:
From your iPhone® (or iPod touch® device), go to the Apple iTunes App Store and download the free ZOOZbeat Sprite® app
Buy any specially bottle of Sprite® or Sprite Zero™
Twist off the Sprite® cap and look for your 12 digit ‘Under the Cap’ code
From your iPhone, text message to the Sprite® Short Code: 777483 (which spells S-P-R-I-T-E). In the body of your text message, type: ZOOZ immediately followed by the 12-digit ‘Under the Cap’ code (example: ZOOZ123456789123). Note: Message and data rates may apply).
S-P-R-I-T-E will text you back a unique six-digit code to enter within your free ZOOZbeat Sprite®app to unlock the Artist of your choice.
Enjoy your refreshing Sprite® while you reCreate music with ZOOZbeatSprite® and the Artist of your choice.
Unlock a new beat each time you purchase a specially marked Sprite® or Sprite Zero.™ Unlock all 8!
“ZOOZbeat Sprite® is one of the coolest apps for either the beginner or professional musician,” said ZOOZ Mobile CEO & President Scott Geller. “ZOOZbeat Sprite® Musicians have access to original downloadable beats and samples that are available nowhere else and ZOOZbeat Sprite® gives ZOOZbeat Sprite® Artists the opportunity to share their sound with a new audience.”You have until May 31, 2010, or while specially marked ‘Under the Cap’ bottles of Sprite® and Sprite Zero™ last, to be rewarded with a unique new ZOOZbeat Sprite® music reCreation experience. To learn more, please visit: Media Release, ZOOZbeat.com or SPRITE.com.
The in-app ZOOZbeat Store now offers 17 song beats and five collections of song beats from six ZOOZbeat Artists. Plus, ZOOZ Mobile (ZOOZbeat) is in discussions with many major and indie labels to add additional Artists to the ZOOZbeat Store. Stay tuned!
ZOOZbeat Artists and song beats available now include:
ZOOZbeat Founder and Chief Technology Officer Dr. Gil Weinberg will jam live from SIGGRAPH Asia 2009 emerging technologies conference in Yokohama, Japan December 16-19, 2009 with Shimon; an autonomous robotic marimba player at Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology that he created. At SIGGRAPH Asia, musicians and non-musicians will also ZOOZin’ it with Shimon.
Robotic Marimba Player Shimon
Shimon is designed to create inspiring human-robot musical interactions that lead to novel musical experiences and outcomes.
“Shimon combines computational modeling of music perception, interaction, and improvisation with capacity to produce melodic and harmonic acoustic responses through choreographic gestures. Shimon, therefore, listens like a human and improvises like a machine,” says Gil.
For a video clip demonstrating Shimon’s improvisational abilities, Click Here. For Shimon’s new social robotic head demonstration, Click Here.
If you are a ZOOZbeat Musician that lives in Yokohama or will be attending SIGGRAPH Asia 2009, please email: dan@ZOOZmobile.com.
Editor’s Postscript (12/23/09) • Media and Blog Coverage
ZOOZbeat Musicians now have an anthem that helps describe ZOOZbeat to their friends and inspires creativity, thanks to Atlanta ZOOZbeat Hip-Hop Artist and ZOOZbeat Super-Fan Street Lotto.
(Street Lotto beats coming soon to the new in-app ZOOZbeat Store.)
Simple as Simon in the first Grade.
The latest App for your iPhone; you want it in the worst way!
You show the world you the King of this.
Spit a verse no prob studio is at my fingertips.
A stroke of genius.
Sing a long with the song to perform while I’m swingin’ it.
Light tape for the high-hat. (High-hat)
Now my son havin’ fun; like “Dad: can I try that?”
He broke in down to the bear drums. (bear drums)
Then a sweet melodie started fillin’ up his ear drums.
(ear drums)
He started looking at the channel mayne.
All the sudden, pushed the button and
now back to the piano mayne.
Ah. We finish shake it up.
Whoever sleepin’ those ZOOZbeats Street finna wakem’ up.
First bird see the sunshine.
I know you better hurry up and get yours;
(because I got mine!)
(Lotto.)
I could do that! (ZOOZbeattttssss)
I could do that! (ZOOZbeattttssss)
I could do that! (ZOOZbeattttssss)
I could do that!
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(c) 2009 Street Lotto. All Rights Reserved. Used by permission.
While November 7, 2009 officially marked the official 1-year anniversary of ZOOZbeat, we trace our beginning back ten years to the MIT Media Labs PhD thesis of ZOOZ Mobile, Inc. (parent company of the new ZOOZbeat and ZOOZbeat Lite) Founder and Chief Technology Officer Dr. Gil Weinberg.
In his thesis, Gil envisioned Beatbugs that would allow you to express yourself musically using gestures or movements with a hand held device; even if you are not musically inclined.
Ten years ago, Beatbugs would have cost $600 to manufacture.
Beatbugs
It was only when Gil saw the first SmartPhone that he realized he could bring his thesis to life as software. A year ago, Gil said: “My research focuses on developing algorithms that would allow musical instruments to analyze and interpret a player’s intentions” as quoted in the Georgia Tech Digital Lounge. Georgia Tech Venture Lab supported the commercialization of ZOOZbeat.
Added Gil: “With [ZOOZbeat], you don’t have to … know a lot of music theory to become musically creative. You can just use your own expressive, intuitive gestures to create music that you can relate.”
Three of Gil’s top graduate students at the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology (which Gil also founded) joined the ZOOZ Mobile (ZOOZbeat) full-time. And, today, you are able to reCreate music with ZOOZbeat ($0.99 until 12/31/09: $2.99 effective 1/1/10) and ZOOZbeat Lite (free) on your iPhone or iPod Touch.
New ZOOZbeat Artists
By January 31, 2009, we anticipate that the new ZOOZbeat will have at least 33 songs or collections (albums) of songs from 15 Artists that you can either buy or redeem promo codes. Plus, we’re in discussions with many indie and major labels to add additional Artists.
Seshiria And Strato999
A shout-out to ZOOZbeat Musicians Cecilia “Seshiria” Diaz and John “strato999” Sheridan for showing us what’s possible with ZOOZbeat. Cecilia’s provided ZOOZbeat Musician with tips in the first issue of ZOOZbeat Update. John provides tip in the next edition of the ZOOZbeat Update. [John was interviewed about ZOOZbeat by CNN.com in October.]
And this …
Stay tuned for lots of exciting news in the months and years ahead as we mash up music, mobile and motion to create a new and unique interactive music experience for you using ZOOZbeat: your Music reCreation Studio.
If you have ZOOZbeat Lite, please consider upgrading to the new ZOOZbeat for an extended music reCreation experience. We have extended the introductory price of $0.99 through 12/31/09 because thousands and thousands purchased the new ZOOZbeat app when it was official re-launched on October 14th. ($2.99 effective 1/1/10).
The new ZOOZbeat extends the introductory price of $0.99 through December 31, 2009. ($2.99 effective 1/1/10)
ZOOZ Mobile CEO Scott Geller announced the extension of the introductory price for its new ZOOZbeat Music reCreation Studio iPhone app because thousands and thousands purchased the new app when it was officially re-launched on October 14, 2009. (See CNN/cnn.com ZOOZbeat Story)
ZOOZ Mobile wants to hold off the ZOOZbeat price increase until after the holidays; because this holiday season, every dollar counts! ZOOZbeat Lite continues to be free.
The new ZOOZbeat is ranked #27 in iTunes Store paid music apps. The new ZOOZbeat Lite is ranked #50 in iTunes Store free music apps (as of 11/9/09).
During the radio interview, Gil shows the WABE-FM Reporter how to ZOOZ with the beat to reCreate music. The interview — which took place at The Spruill Gallery; an historic house in Atlanta where ZOOZbeat is featured as part of the current On The Flip Side exhibit — “examines the influence of cell phone technology on art,” according to The Spruill Gallery Blog. “Technology has historically been a revolutionary catalyst in the growth and development of significant artistic movements. These advances impact the creative process, enabling artists to expand and explore their own artistic vocabulary. The cell phone is exactly this type of catalytic technology and its influence on society as a whole is widespread. On The Flip Side [exhibit] explores the impact of this burgeoning technology on art and presents a range of work that includes drawing, musical composition, photography and sculpture.”
it, On The Flip Side exhibitis now showing at The Spruill Gallery through Saturday, November 7, 2009. Map.
Gil appears on the Science Channel series Popular Science’s Future of: on the episode devoted to Pleasure which premieres 9 pm ET/PT Monday, November 2, 2009. This episode air again 1 pm ET/PT Saturday, January 26, 2010 on the Science Channel.
The segment was filmed in June at the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology. Gil introduces you to Haile: a robotic percussionist that can listen to live musicians, analyze their music in real-time and play back in an improvisational manner. (Really! You must see!)
Dr. Gil Weinberg (left) with Baratunde Thurston
Haile was developed by Gil; and Scott Driscoll (a GA Tech engineering student at the time) and now ZOOZbeat Musician Technologist. PopSci’s The Future of Pleasure Host Baratunde Thurston interviews Gil and Haile. (Okay; actually just Gil; just Haile another year or two …) Bonus video: The Discovery Channel — sister channel to the Science channel — previously featured Haile, Gil and Scott. Watch this 90 second clip (used by permission of Science Channel).
