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“Wiener Fiakerlied” Polyphon Music Box Disc

Another post trying out the new Zora iOS app… this is a photograph NFT of a sheet metal mechanical music box disc I own, made in late 19th/early 20th century by Polyphon Musikwerke company in Leipzig, Germany. It plays “Wiener Fiakerlied” (“Viennese Coachman’s Song”) by Gustav Pick, published in 1885. Polyphon Musikwerke was the early precursor to the Polydor and Deutsche Grammophon record labels.

“Wiener Fiakerlied” Polyphon Music Box Disc | Mike Shupp NFT
“Wiener Fiakerlied” Polyphon Music Box Disc on Zora


Photograph | NFT | Open Edition

Content-Type: image/jpeg
Dimensions: 3010px × 4032px
Size: 1.53 MB
Collection: Mike Shupp | Zora Posts
Contract Address: 0x9E1e…68aD
Symbol: $ZoraCreator1155Impl
Token ID: 4
Token Standard: ERC-1155
Blockchain: Zora Mainnet
Block Number: 20292444
View Original: image/jpeg
IPFS Metadata: application/json

Total supply: Open
Start Date: Wed SEP 25th 2024 11:38:47 a.m. EDT
 

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Zora Posts — “Vocal Prep”

Trying out the new Zora iOS app, a social media + blockchain app where posting from your phone can create NFTs; similar in some ways to Lens Protocol apps like Hey, Orb and Buttrfly.

Vocal Prep | Mike Shupp | Zora Posts
Vocal Prep | Mike Shupp on Zora


Photograph | NFT | Open Edition

Content-Type: image/jpeg
Dimensions: 2477px × 2477px
Size: 1.85 MB
Collection: Mike Shupp | Zora Posts
Contract Address: 0x9E1e…68aD
Symbol: $ZoraCreator1155Impl
Token ID: 3
Token Standard: ERC-1155
Blockchain: Zora Mainnet
Block Number: 20206850
View Original: image/jpeg
IPFS Metadata: application/json

Total supply: Open
Start Date: Mon SEP 23rd 2024 12:05:39 p.m. EDT
 

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Wall Between Us (demo, ’90) Download Available

Originally released on the soon-to-be-discontinued Apple Music Connect platform, I’ve made “Wall Between Us (demo, ’90)” available for download for the first time on Bandcamp (the platform that powers download.mikeshupp.com on this site. Here’s the original release info:

Recently came across this demo of one of my earliest songs… recorded in 1990 with my good friends Ralph Warnock and Ema, at Ema’s Ikhaya Studios (the “version 1.0” location, in Herndon, VA). Beautifully recorded and mixed at the time by Ema on his Tascam 388 and mastered to DAT, those master tapes vanished, unfortunately, long ago; I have captured to digital here from this last remaining, well-worn cassete dub, via my Nakamichi MR-1 Pro cassette deck, into 96 kHz / 32-bit-float Pro Tools® session audio (cassette dropouts and all…)

Mike Shupp: Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keyboards
Ema: Drum programming
Recorded and Mixed by Ema at Ikhaya Studios, Spring 1990, Herndon, VA
Words and Music by Mike Shupp (c) 1990 Workplace Music (BMI)
(c) 1990 Private Mind Records
(p) 1990 Private Mind Records and Ikhaya Studios / Anthr-O-Tone Productions
ISRC: US-PM4-16-00001
upc: 615824001654 | catalog: PMR-400016

New: download now available: Wall Between Us (demo, ’90)

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Avid Link Released

Getting Started with Avid Link

From news production, sports production, audio editing and music composing, content creation and the applications that drive the industry are something I have used throughout my career.

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Taking The Plunge With LastPass

Password Management

What with the “Cloud” coming and all… I’m going to finally give this a try. “All data is encrypted locally on your PC… automatically synchronizes your data – access it from anywhere at anytime.”  And so far, wow… extremely cool technology. And they’re local, too… fun!

LastPass – Password Manager, Form Filler, Password Management

“We’ve taken every step we can think of to ensure your security and privacy. Using an evolved host-proof hosted solution, LastPass employs localized, government-level encryption (256-bit AES implemented in C++ and JavaScript) and local one-way salted hashes to give you complete security with the go-anywhere convenience of syncing through the cloud. All encrypting and decrypting happens on your computer – no one at LastPass can ever access your sensitive data. LastPass’ Security Challenge also allows you to identify weak account data and provides suggestions for significantly improving your online security.”

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A Faster Way to Message on Mobile

Facebook Messenger

I‘m trying out Facebook Messenger free iPhone app… “A whole new app — Messenger is a separate app, so it only takes one click to get to your messages or send a new one. Messages are delivered through notifications and texts, so your friends are more likely to get them right away. You can use Messenger to reach…”

A Faster Way to Message on Mobile

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Huge New Update To GarageBand for iOS

Apple’s New GarageBand For iOS Is An Electronic Musician’s Dream
 

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Amazon Cloud Music Service

Amazon Cloud Music Service

Wow, what is this all about…?

Amazon Beats Google to Cloud Music Service – PCWorld

“Amazon Cloud Drive is a “personal disk drive in the cloud,” while Amazon Cloud Player is… a Web-based music player… Amazon Cloud Drive will be something like Google’s rumored digital music locker, a cloud-based storage system for all of your tunes.”