My newest Video Premiers on GeekBrief.tv

My friends Neal and Cali really said it all when they posted a link to my new video, Ones and 0s.

A very talented student filmmaker named Jonathan Davis created, shot, and edited this video. I can’t tell you how amazing of a guy he is. It was like working on a real film set, with the doorway dolly and big Pro camera. But he also took everyday things around my house to make this video look like something that could play on MTV. 

Not only is Jonathan very talented, but he is such a generous soul and so interested in doing good things through art. I can’t wait to work with him again. You really need to work with Jonathan while you can, because he is headed for great things and big big big projects. Thank you Jonathan.

Check out their episode where they do the world premier.

 

Also, here is a version of the video by itself:

 
Ones and 0s by Geoff Smith from Cali Lewis on Vimeo.

 

First bonus track released for Ones and 0s Dynamic version

I just released the first of many many many bonus tracks for the dynamic album version of Ones and 0s, which can be found at http://www.ringtonefeeder.com/music.php

It is a lounge/jazz version of Digg the Code, very tongue-in-cheek.

The story behind it is pretty cool. I played in Chicago last weekend (July 11th) with One World, my Police Tribute band. After one of the shows, I went to see Richard Cheese, the famous and very funny singer who does lounge versions of popular songs. It was an awesome show at the House Of Blues, and it really got me inspired to make a “Richard Cheese” version of one of my own songs. So I did it for Digg the Code. I hope you guys catch the humor in my attempt of parodying myself.

If you haven’t got Ones and 0s, the dynamic version of my album (the complete album plus free videos and ringtones, and then bonus material automatically updated every two weeks or so) go check it out. It really is a whole new way to get my music.

The regular 12 song version will be up on iTunes and CD baby in just a short time.

The future of content delivery?

Paul Colligan reviews the content delivery model that we recently launched over at RingtoneFeeder, below are a few quotes from his blog post:

In short, through the magic of RSS, Geoff Smith is delivering not just his album by RSS, and not just some “bonuses” by RSS, but he’s delivering a YEAR of additional content by RSS.

 

In a year, when the new album comes out, all Geoff has to do is push a message to his subscribers and, BAM, they’re in line for the next one.

 

In a year, when the new (insert big name artist here) album comes out, they’ll need a multi-million dollar advertising campaign to rise above all the noise.

 

Which path makes more sense to you?

 

Where would you rather spend your time and effort - the million dollar campaign to make sure people know your still alive - or serving your audience?

 

Watch the video review:

My appearance on Mac Break Weekly

This week I was the guest at MacBreak Weekly 96: iReady and I got the chance to talk quite a bit about my new album “Ones and 0s” as well as RingtoneFeeder and general talk about Mac stuff of course.

It was a huge deal, and Leo and the gang were so awesome. 

 Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Scott Bourne, Merlin Mann, and Andy Ihnatko

 Check out the show here:

Geoff on Mac Break Weekly

My New Album Pre-Released

My new Album, Ones and 0s, is finally out. It will available on iTunes, CD Baby, Amazon, etc in the next two weeks. But today I launched a different version of the album. I am calling it a “dynamic album”. I have decided to release it as an album that you subscribe to in RSS/iTunes and then not only do you get the songs, but a bunch of stuff added over the course of the year. It is quite a different way to get it, but I think it really adds an amazing value. 

You can get it here:

http://www.ringtonefeeder.com/music.php

 

RingtoneFeeder reinvents music distribution

Nashville, Tennessee: 
RingtoneFeeder has announced a new and innovative way of packaging and distributing music. The objective is to add value to the audience beyond the time of purchasing the album. RingtoneFeeder has named the model “Dynamic Albums” which provides updates to the album, delivered via RSS, for 12 months after the release date.

The updates include karaoke versions, video clips, exclusive invitations to private USTREAM concerts, special tracks and of course unique ringtones - 26 updates in total. The first album to be sold this way is the latest release by Geoff Smith, who is also a partner in RingtoneFeeder, titled “Ones and 0s”.

For several years now, Geoff has been writing, recording, producing and releasing music that has found a voice in the world of new media and podcasting. “Ones and 0s” is an album that has a very obvious geek culture theme and hence ideal for this new distribution model.

Some of these songs have already found big audiences on the web, such as when “Digg the Code” was written in response to the Digg.com / HDDVD controversy and “I’m a TWiT” which has already become the theme song to Leo Laporte’s TWiT live show.

“One and 0s”, the title track, is Geoff’s ernest attempt to explain that we all need perspective when dealing with blogs, comments, chat rooms and message boards. In the end a little kindness goes a long way on the internet.

It is a very light hearted record, packed with tongue and cheek songs like “Quit My Day Job”, or just plain raucous and silly like “Love Everybody” the straight up loud guitar power pop of “Set the Music Free”, or The Beatles influenced “Hello Hello” and “Talk Like a Man”, but the over all theme really only accentuates the already well crafted pop rock songs that Geoff has come to be known for.
Whether you know how to script PHP, or don’t know how to program your mobile phone address book, this collection of power pop is for everybody.

 

“We do not subscribe to the idea of continuously reducing the price of music which eventually will hurt the industry, instead we believe in adding value to the audience and make use of the global reach to get closer to the audience using the technologies available already today” said Geoff Smith, Partner and Producer at RingtoneFeeder.com

RingtoneFeeder is a new and innovative approach to ringtones offering a subscription model which automatically installs two new original ringtones on the iPhone via iTunes every week. The earlier a subscription to the service is made the bigger collection the subscriber will have. When a ringtone has been released it will not appear in the weekly updates ever again. The 10 latest ringtones are delivered when subscribing and then an additional two new ringtones every week.

There is also a free demo feed available so the service can be tried out with no obligations. The free feed contains a few sample ringtones as well as an introduction video and a PDF guide to managing ringtones via iTunes.

Geoff Smith has been producing and playing music most of his life and is mostly known online from his jingles heard on Adam Curry’s Daily Source Code Podcast, GeekBrief.tv, Tips from The Top Floor, ScreenCasts Online, the successful iYule project and recently the theme song for TWiT Live. Geoff began composing jingles and theme songs for podcasters back in 2005 and has literally written hundreds.

 

Here is the official press release