ANGRY COFFEE RELEASES MUSIC NETWORK SEARCH ENGINE
New Software Promotes Unsigned Artists by Combining Elements of Napster, mp3.com
SAN FRANCISCO, CA —June 21, 2000— Angry Coffee, the online
musicians' Web resource, has been Dismayed by the shift from what was supposed to be the Internet audio revolution into a morass of lawsuits and flagrant piracy, Angry Coffee has released PERCOLATOR, a Web-based mp3 search engine that improves upon Napste
r's speed, music vault and cavalier attitude towards musicians.
Searching by an artist's name at http://angrycoffee.com using the Percolator engine results in both hits from Napster's network of links to mp3 files, as well as music by Angry Coffee's unsigned, independent artists.
``We decided to release software that gives people what they want out of Napster, but also encourages them to download independent artists,'' said Co-Founder and CEO, Adam Powell. ``It's clear that there's no way to halt the technological innovation th
at's driving products like Gnutella and Napster -- nor would we want to just because some of these companies have ethically questionable business plans. What we want to do is give indie artists a real shot at mixing into the mainstream.''
Percolator is free, anonymous, much faster than Napster, and there is no application to download (it runs off of Angry Coffee's website). You don't even have to download Napster to use Percolator.
Angry Coffee looks at the Internet audio revolution from the musician's point of view and has released this developmental version of Percolator to call attention to the fact that distributed digital music networks can better promote indie musicians. If
you are a musician you can sign on to be an Angry Coffee Artist and see your name in lights, where the online digital audio revolution was supposed to put it, instead of buried deep down in Riffage or mp3.com.
``Music fans don't visit mp3.com to find independent artists. All their traffic comes from other artists -- which is a bit like playing to an audience composed solely of the other bands on a bill,'' notes Luke Knowland, Interface Specialist. ``If we ca
n't stop people from pirating Bruce Springsteen, at least we can feature independent artists that Bruce fans might like along with his music in a search return.''
About Angry Coffee:
As working independent musicians themselves, the founders of Angry Coffee have been putting their music online and making tutorials to help others hear that music for years. In July 1999 they began constructing a central Web destination with blow-by-bl
ow instructions, software and links to additional resources. Angry Coffee has been growing ever since.
Angry Coffee's Other Products And Services:
Angry Coffee Artists -- Angry Coffee Artists are featured alongside all
search returns for our music search engine, Percolator. Become a
member and get "percolated" to the top.
Fresh Ears -- See what's relevant to the online audio world on
Angry Coffee's website. Experts speak weekly in AudioFile, or read
special Features, or just check in to get some comic relief from the
creator of Too Much Coffee Man at Bulker.
Tutorials -- Angry Coffee features a tutorial suite that provides clear and concise information on how to work with the latest useful online audio applications:
Learn to play and encode music files with mp3, the digital audio
compression technology that exploded onto the Internet last year.
Experience interactive music with Beatnik, a technology that brings
high sound quality, tiny file sizes and true interactivity to Web
audio.
Work with Macromedia's Flash to add event-triggered sounds and
animation to your Web site.
Add audio and video with Quicktime 4, the most popular online format
for MIDI and video-oriented multimedia compositions.
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