class="align-right" title="sound sunday" src="http://www.makeuseof.com/images/recurring/sound-sunday.png" alt="free music" width="210" height="210" />I have likely said this before, but each and every Sound Sunday is a challenge. I should add that each edition also holds a revelation and is a pleasure to compose. I would like to thank all of you who have shared their feedback and sent in suggestions, your participation is appreciated very much!

By the way, if anyone tried to download The Unknown Stuntman’s album The Best Of…Everyone Else from SoundCLoud href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-free-music-albums-sound-sunday-august-28th/" title="Sound Sunday Edition August 28th 2011">last week, let me share with you that it never was a download from SoundCloud. You can, however, download the album for free from href="http://www.theunknownstuntman.co.uk/" title="The Unknown Stuntman Homepage">The Unknown Stuntman’s Homepage. So if you haven’t done so yet, please go ahead and get the album now. Sorry for the confusion!

As always, please post your feedback in the comments or send me an email [tina at makeuseof dot com]. I promise to listen!

title="Dan Freeman YouTube" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/freemandan23">Dan Freeman – Blaster

Genre: indie, rock, electro pop, rock’n’roll

width="400" height="100" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;" src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/album=1251739003/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"> href="http://danfreeman.bandcamp.com/album/blaster">Blaster by Dan Freeman

All songs on the album were written, recorded, and performed by Dan Freeman. This alone sounds amazing, but even more so if you listen to the entire album. With every song, Dan demonstrates an impressive variety of talents and great skills. You will hear different genre flavors from melancholic electro pop with classical elements to pure rock’n’roll. As a vocalist he commands the smooth pop voice (The Color Of Your Eyes) as well as the rough rock voice (Walkin’ Out The Door). Blaster was suggested by Dan’s good friend Nate, who writes that Dan never charges anything for his large collection of really good music.

Blaster is a name your price download from title="Dan Freeman - Blaster" href="http://danfreeman.bandcamp.com/album/blaster">Bandcamp.

title="Artmagic Homepage" href="http://www.artmagicmusic.com/">Artmagic – I Keep On Walking

Genre: alternative, electronic, pop, post-punk

width="400" height="100" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;" src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/album=946898046/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"> href="http://artmagic.bandcamp.com/album/i-keep-on-walking-ep">I Keep On Walking EP by Artmagic

From their Homepage: “Artmagic is guitarist Richard Oakes and producer / vocalist Sean McGhee. Richard Oakes is best known for his work as guitarist and songwriter with Suede. Sean McGhee has recorded and mixed #1 singles for Britney Spears, sung with Alanis Morissette, and worked with Robyn, Sugababes and Imogen Heap.”

I Keep On Walking is a free download from title="Artmagic - I Keep On Walking" href="http://artmagic.bandcamp.com/">Bandcamp.

title="The Tambourine Club Homepage" href="http://www.tambourineclub.com/links/home">The Tambourine Club – Lo-Fi Feeling

Genre: indie, alternative, lo-fi, pop, rock

width="400" height="100" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;" src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/album=3711002727/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"> href="http://tambourineclub.bandcamp.com/album/lo-fi-feeling">Lo-Fi Feeling by the tambourine club

The Tambourine Club is a solo project of a Kansas City based artist, who apparently prefers to remain rather private, although you can href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Tambourine-Club/53923138962?sk=info" title="The Tambourine Club Facebook">follow band news on Facebook.

Lo-Fi Feeling is a free download from title="The Tambourine Club - Lo-Fi Feeling" href="http://tambourineclub.bandcamp.com/album/lo-fi-feeling">Bandcamp.

title="Unkind Facebook" href="http://www.facebook.com/UnkindHardcore?sk=info">Unkind – Yhteiskunnan Pikkuvikoja

Genre: crust, hardcore, sludge, metal, metalcore

width="400" height="100" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;" src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/album=283790761/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"> href="http://unkindband.bandcamp.com/album/yhteiskunnan-pikkuvikoja">Yhteiskunnan Pikkuvikoja by Unkind

From their href="http://www.last.fm/music/Unkind" title="Unkind LastFM">LastFM profile: “A Finnish crust/hardcore punk band with dark atmosphere in lyrics and sound. Used to be called Speedapple in the late 1990s, before they changed their name to Unkind.”

Yhteiskunnan Pikkuvikoja is a free download from title="Unkind - Yhteiskunnan Pikkuvikoja" href="http://unkindband.bandcamp.com/album/yhteiskunnan-pikkuvikoja">Bandcamp.

title="Terius Nash Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/#!/MrTeriusNash">Terius Nash – 1977

Genre: hip hop, R&B

width="580" height="465"> name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EsGKxiFeuEs?version=3&hl=en_US"> name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EsGKxiFeuEs?version=3&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="580" height="465" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true">

From his href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/the-dream/id259369321?showBio=1" title="Terius Nash iTunes">Biography on iTunes: “R&B singer/songwriter and producer Terius Youngdell Nash, better known as the-Dream, was born in Rockingham. (…) Nash’s singing career got off to a slow start once he graduated from high school, but he found success in selling song lyrics after he met R&B producer Laney Stewart in 2001. (…) Paired with producer Chris “Tricky” Stewart (Laney’s brother), he continued to write songs for various artists over the next four years, such as the Britney Spears/Madonna duet “Me Against the Music.” His watershed moment came when he and Tricky created Rihanna’s 2007 international smash hit “Umbrella.” Several labels began approaching him so he could churn out more hits for their artists, particularly Def Jam, Rihanna’s label, which was reluctant to sign the singer/songwriter at first. [After releasing several successful solo albums...] The-Dream declared that Love King would be his final solo album, but he retracted the statement prior to the disc’s June 2010 release. Even while recording his own material, he managed to dish out songs for a wide range of popular artists, including Mary J. Blige (“Just Fine”), Mariah Carey (“Touch My Body”), Beyoncé (“Single Ladies [Put a Ring on It]“), (…) Justin Bieber (“Baby”), [and more]”

1977 is a free download from title="Terius Nash - 1977" href="http://www.radiokillarecords.com/">Radio Killa Records.

title="Grip Tapes Homepage" href="http://griptapessite.com/">GRPTPS vs href="http://www.potluckfoundation.com/" title="Potluck Homepage">PTLCK – Round One

Genre: compilation, pop, rock

width="400" height="100" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;" src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/album=1886971974/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"> href="http://grptpsvsptlck.bandcamp.com/album/grptps-vs-ptlck-round-one">GRPTPS vs PTLCK: Round One by GRPTPS vs PTLCK

From href="http://trianglemusic.blogspot.com/2011/08/griptapes-potluck-records-give-away.html" title="Triangle Music Article">Triangle Music: “Local record labels Griptapes and PotLuck have teamed up to celebrate the Hopscotch Music Festival next week. They’re giving away a 13-song compilation titled GRPTPS vs PTLCK: Round One, which features a number of bands playing the festival. /> It features songs from Old Bricks, Gross Ghost, North Elementary, Heads on Sticks and Organos who are playing the festival as well as Schooner who is playing a few day parties. The other bands on the comp are Joshua Carpenter, Jphono1, Juan Huevos, Corey Pallon, Logan Pete, The Grapes and Doctor.”

Round One is a free download from title="GRPTPS vs PTLCK - Round One" href="http://grptpsvsptlck.bandcamp.com/">Bandcamp.

title="Jezus Factory Records Homepage" href="http://jezusfactory.bigcartel.com/">Jezus Factory Records – Jezus Factory Records Sampler

Genre: art, rock, folk, punk

width="400" height="100" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;" src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/album=3680385240/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"> href="http://jezusfactoryrecords.bandcamp.com/album/jezus-factory-records-sampler">Jezus Factory Records Sampler by Jezus Factory Records

From their Bandcamp page: “It’s been over 5 years since the label began and it’s nice to look back at what a varied but compatible group of music we have released. Please download and share and please consider making a purchase of a nicely packaged physical release that can help us keep supporting good independent music.”

The Jezus Factory Records Sampler is a free download from title="Jezus Factory Records - Jezus Factory Records Sampler" href="http://jezusfactoryrecords.bandcamp.com/album/jezus-factory-records-sampler">Bandcamp.

title="Face Melt Chicago Homepage" href="http://facemeltchicago.com/">Face Melt Chicago – Chi-Sound

Genre: compilation, bass, dubstep, electronic, instrumental, hip hop

width="400" height="100" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;" src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/album=2562392709/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"> href="http://facemeltchicago.bandcamp.com/album/chi-sound-presented-by-face-melt">Chi-Sound. Presented by Face Melt by Face Melt Chicago

From their Bandcamp page: “This compilation, presented in conjunction with Ground Lift Media, aims to define the ‘Chi-Sound.’ With so many producers in Chicago, and being as spread out as we are, different sounds develop. For Volume 1, we’ve producers spanning a couple generations in Chicago Bass & Hip-Hop music.”

Chi-Sound is a free download from title="Face Melt Chicago - Chi-Sound" href="http://facemeltchicago.bandcamp.com/album/chi-sound-presented-by-face-melt">Bandcamp.

title="Graham Colton Homepage" href="http://www.grahamcolton.com/">Graham Colton – Pacific Coast Eyes

Genre: indie, pop, rock

Graham Colton was href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-free-mp3-albums-country-folk-special-sound-sunday-12th/" title="Sound Sunday Edition June 12th">previously featured on Sound Sunday with his Twenty Something EP. On the introduction for Pacific Coast Eyes on NoiseTrade Graham writes: “Due to the overwhelming response to my Twenty Something EP I am once again partnering with Noise Trade offering my new CD, ‘Pacific Coast Eyes’ as a direct download for a very short time only. This is my first independent record since my first self titled album and it took everything I had to make this album happen. Thanks so much for your support! Oh yeah…tips are greatly appreciated!”

Pacific Coast Eyes is a free download from title="Graham Colton - Pacific Coast Eyes" href="http://noisetrade.com/grahamcolton">NoiseTrade.

title="Sloan Homepage" href="http://www.sloanmusic.com/">Sloan – Select Singles 1992 – 2011

Genre: alternative, rock, pop

From their NoiseTrade page: “Four men, ten albums, twenty incredible years: ladies and gentlemen, Sloan! Sloan is a Toronto-based rock quartet formed in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1991. The band is known for their sharing of songwriting from each member of the group and their unaltered line-up throughout their career. To celebrate their 20th Anniversary, Sloan just released their 10th album, The Double Cross and are offering a NoiseTrade exclusive 14-song collection, Sloan select singles 1992-2011.”

Select Singles 1992 – 2011 is a free download from title="Sloan - Select Singles 1992 - 2011" href="http://noisetrade.com/sloan">NoiseTrade.

New to Sound Sunday? Past editions of Sound Sunday are available title="Past Editions of Sound Sunday" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tags/soundsunday/">here.

Feel free to get in touch with me [tina at makeuseof dot com] to share free material, suggestions, and feedback or simply add your comments below.

View full post on MakeUseOf

See my new Twitter! twitter.com This is when I played TTFAF while blindfolded (1st time ever to do this) in May 2009. I was not even planning on even doing this! I decided at the last minute, as in a “WTF” moment, to try this, without ever practicing it at home, or there. The MC (Colin…

Benjamin Franklin told us – “Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What’s a sundial in the shade?”

That wisdom tells us to take our talents out into the world, for only when you show your talent can someone spot them. And don’t we all know that working with our talents makes work… play.

So, where would you head if you knew you had a talent and wanted to shout it out across the rooftops? Probably, a performer would make a demo CD and circulate it around. YouTube could be the online town square which also gives better chances of going viral.

The web is the ultimate platform that many latent talents have found the place to be. It’s usually free, it’s accessible and it’s global. One such free web application with the said qualities is TalentTrove.

TalentTrove is a place where you can show your talent by creating, uploading and broadcasting the stuff you are made of. But this is more than just a video site because TalentTrove comes with features that not only let you highlight your talents but also manage them as well. This site is free for both the professional and the amateur.

From first impressions, the site may seem India-centric. But that’s just because a few of the head honchos have Indian roots. The site is very international in scope and reach.

Have a Talent? Find a Space for It

TalentTrove positions itself as an umbrella website for the varied talents that can be found among us. From the commonality of acting to the rarity of nerdcore (that’s something of general interest to nerds), you get it all. Each category has its own page or sub-site with the content arranged by file types and locations.

Enter Through the Backstage

A registration and log-in takes me to the BackStage. This is like a profile page or a dashboard for your TalentTrove activities. You can start by creating your circle of friends. Follow it up by uploading your files or edit any existing files you have. Files can be video, audio, image or text files.

You can start a few more ‘promotion’ activities like start a blog, jump into the forums, catch up with the contests that are always going on and maybe submit content if you are in the submission period.

Face the World with MyStage

MyStage is your public profile. This is where the web audience gets to see your talents on display and leave there bouquets or brickbats by ways of comments.

The Places of Interest at TalentTrove

TalentTrove is not just about uploading content and sitting back for the fruits to fall. The design of this web service is towards active participation. The few other features make it standout from any other community powered talent discovery website. A dekko at the navigation bar reveals all the places you can jump to.

TalentTrove brings you a host of contests to participate in. Each contest consists of a multi-stage process in which users submit media and vote on others’ entries in a series of face-offs.

CollabLab is a trademarked feature. It is a live collaboration tool which calls upon the TalentTrove community to help each other out. For instance, a model might need a photographer for the portfolio. Announce it here and someone will step forward.

Forums are not different from the usual message boards…a place to swap queries and suggestions. You can also lend a hand to someone who is in search of a collaborator.

TalentTrove Radio and TV host a lot of streaming radio and video shows. Radio and TV have their separate spaces and channels. It’s like your own entertainment channel with some professional and amateur talents on display.

Judging TalentTrove

The first thing that catches the eye is the neatness of design and the slick navigation. The site is easy to understand and navigate. There is a comprehensive FAQ section. The site gives a lot of things to do to the guy who has some skills to show off. The contests are for sure an incentive. If you want a place to show your talent, TalentTrove is a nice place to be. Showcase your stuff…who knows you could be the next Will Smith.

Of course, I cannot really comment if the site will lead you up the red carpet but do let us know your thoughts on TalentTrove. Have they got it right?

Did you like the post? Please do share your thoughts in the comments section!

Related posts

• (33)ProgDVB – Watch FREE Satellite TV On Your PC
• (23)Watch Free TV Channels On The Go With KitePlayer
• (4)Watch CollegeHumor, Browse Flickr and Read Digg News On Your TV with Boxee’s Apps
• (15)Two Ways To Never Miss A Television Episode
• (1)TV Browser – A Desktop TV Guide For Your Favorite Channel Listings

View full post on MakeUseOf.com