Africa

Bojam is a new site – not officially released yet – that tries to bring the open-source approach to music: 

Bojam is an online music collaboration service connecting musicians to mix, record, and collaborate to produce original or popular music.

Mass collaboration has been utilized in text (Wikipedia) and software (Firefox). Bojam does so with music, open-sourcing all aspects of the music creation process, including a wiki-style platform for adding song info, lyrics, and instrument tabs.

Our goal is to revolutionize the music creation process by harnessing the skill, enthusiasm, and creativity of the music community.

This video is from a TechCrunch50 intro to Bojam. I’ve put it after the jump because it’s set to autoplay (@#$#@!!!!)

Looks like it could be interesting – but watch out for the crap music examples….. Read more…

Big Fish Audio has introduced two new sample libaries, Mahadhi – African Rhythms and Elements: Indian.

Mahadhi – African Rhythms

Description

Mahadhi ya Afrika! In Africa, traditional music is not written down, but handed down from generation to generation. You’ll feel that tradition as you dance to the rhythms of Africa with this collection of live percussion loops. Traditional instruments include the agogo, bembe, conga, djembe, ekwe, shekere, kalimba, talking drum, saworo, shaweru and more. Authenticity is the key to this journey that takes you to the heart of Africa. If you want to experience this culture in it’s purest form, Mahadhi puts the rhythms of Africa at your fingertips.

The library is available in Apple Loops, REX, WAV formats and retails for $99.95. Read more…