Michael VanPutten » audio http://www.michaelvanputten.com A personal blog about business, culture, and design Thu, 22 Mar 2012 22:17:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Save Our Sounds – A social powered audio archive from the BBC http://www.michaelvanputten.com/2009/07/08/save-our-sounds-a-social-powered-audio-archive-from-the-bbc/ http://www.michaelvanputten.com/2009/07/08/save-our-sounds-a-social-powered-audio-archive-from-the-bbc/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:02:52 +0000 Michael VanPutten http://www.michaelvanputten.com/2009/07/08/found-save-our-sounds-a-social-powered-audio-archive-from-the-bbc/ Continue reading →]]> I first learned about ‘Save Our Sounds’ via the BBC’s Digial Planet podcast. People from around the world are encouraged to share or request sounds from environments or devices from our regular daily experiences. Some of the initial sounds were once common to our daily life. For example, the sound of a dial-up modem or a dot matrix printer. The site includes an interesting map visualization for where submitted sounds came from. The project was launched in June 2009. Follow the project on twitter: @BBC_SOS

Visit: Save Our Sounds – A social powered audio archive from the BBC

]]> http://www.michaelvanputten.com/2009/07/08/save-our-sounds-a-social-powered-audio-archive-from-the-bbc/feed/ 0 Ysabella Brave sings on YouTube http://www.michaelvanputten.com/2007/01/29/ysabella-brave-sings-on-youtube/ http://www.michaelvanputten.com/2007/01/29/ysabella-brave-sings-on-youtube/#comments Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:46:32 +0000 Michael VanPutten http://www.michaelvanputten.com/2007/01/29/ysabella-brave-sings-on-youtube/ Continue reading →]]> Ysabella Brave(source link via digg.com) Ysabella Brave sings blues, jazz, and the occasional pop song to karaoke audio CDs. Thus far, Ysabella has covered nearly 50 songs. Some may think that Ysabella’s singing skills would not land her any recording contracts. However, she is a very likable web talent. Ysabella does not take herself too seriously and has an infectious personality. I love that she clearly has fun just singing the songs she likes. Ysabella is very real and does not come off as contrived — which cannot be said for many of the other individuals who have risen to web fame. I encourage you to take a look at her web site. Watch a few of Ysabella’s videos. Ignore the fact that they are recorded in her living room apartment. Just enjoy the simplicity of her being herself. Note: Ysabella’s homepage appears to lag behind recent posts available from her YouTube.com profile.

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