Whether it’s one of our programmers, editors, camera operators or promoters, we’ve all got one thing in common. That’s an enormous passion for live music!

So, if you’re looking for a challenging internship or job, you might want to check out the vacancies below and drop us an e-mail.

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It’s very likely we missed a few cool covers. If you know one, please let us know!   THE PLAYLIST

Eric Roberson - Beat It
New Cool Collective - E-Pro
Bouncing Souls - Folsom Prison Blues
Smoosh - This Modern Love
Kashmir - Memory of A Free Festival
Bonde Do Role - Danca Da Ventoinha
Lightspeed Champion - Star Wars Medley
Carolina Chocolate Drops - Hit’m Up Style
Tom Baxter - Case Of You
Holly Miranda - I’m On Fire
Hanne Hukkelberg - Break My Body
Madness - Lola
Wouter Hamel - As Long As We’re In Love
Audio Bullys - Shot You Down
Daughters of Soul - Lady Marmalade
Damien Rice - Halleluja
Frank Black - The Rockafeller Skank
Sarah Bettens - Chasing Cars
Fake No More - Easy
Di-Rect - My Generation
Shawn Colvin - Crazy
Tom Baxter - I Can’t Live (If Living Is Without You)
Trivium - Master Of Puppets
Jimi Hendriz Tribute Band - Purple Haze
Stereophonics - I Wanna Be Your Dog
Hanne Hukkelberg - All Day And All Of The Night
Solomon Burke - When The Saints Go Marching In
The Prodigal Sons - Till The End Of The Day
Sondre Lerche - The Word Girl
Katarina - Life Is Beautiful
Tribute2BobMarley - Medley
Di-Rect - Message In A Bottle
Katarina - Just When I Needed You The Most ]]> http://www.fabchannel.com/info/wh-doing-who-see-it-on-the-cover-channel.html/feed http://www.fabchannel.com/info/fans-get-more-space-on-fabchannel.html http://www.fabchannel.com/info/fans-get-more-space-on-fabchannel.html#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:50:18 +0000 joost http://www.fabchannel.com/info/?p=277 On our new website a whole different side of Fabchannel became visible. It was always there, but it never had it’s own place until now. I’m talking about the fans. Where would bands or Fabchannel be without the people that love music.

After seeing the enthusiasm with which you’ve been shouting and becoming fan, we’ve decided to give you guys even more pixels on Fabchannel. As from last week the home and all genre pages have a brand new ‘latest shouts’ section.

This way you can tell the visitors of Fabchannel what they should or shouldn’t watch. We always try to point out all jewels in our archive, but you’re the real experts!

I hope you like this little new thing of our website.

Finally you can all let the world know what you think of the concerts and artists on Fabchannel. Whether you’re in love with the singer, was there in the venue or think that show was just rubbish, let it all out in our new shoutbox. Everybody knows it’s bad to bottle things up.

You can find a shoutbox on every concert page, like displayed below.

All your shouts will also be shown on your public profile, as you can see in this example.

Of course you have got to be logged in to be able to shout. While you’re at it you can immediately give a nice twist to your profile page by adding some pictures.   

With a simple click on the fan button, next to the band image, you can support any band or artist on Fabchannel and become an official fan. This way all your favourite bands are shown on your profile and your picture will feature on the band’s page!

This is where you become a fan:

This is where your face will be on the band’s page:

And finally this is how your profile will look:

Have fun!

History was apparently made last week when the unsigned hopefuls RedBoxBlue became the first band to play live on Facebook, with five daily webcasts from a south London studio. The band’s shows are still available to watch on their profile (tinyurl.com/6rgsbs), though the dodgy sound quality and crushing averageness of their pedestrian guitar-pop doesn’t exactly make it essential viewing. Still, as the technology improves and more acts take advantage of it, the idea of discovering new music via webcasts on social network sites looks likely to catch on.   Until then, Fabchannel.com remains the definitive home of live music on the web. Relaunched with a snappy new look last week, the free Dutch site regularly webcasts live shows before adding them to its vast video archive, which now features full-length gigs by a whopping 900 acts, including Bloc Party, Kate Nash and De La Soul. 

Thursday, June 13th 2008
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Unsigned band RedBoxBlue have played the first ever live gig on Facebook, performing a 25-minute set from a studio in south London.

It is the first time any band has played live on a social networking site in the UK.

Singer and guitarist Jon Haselden said: “It’s a good opportunity to reach people all around the world.

“We just want to give people the chance to see us. It shows a band can play this kind of music online.”

The group worked with Facebook and an independent computer programmer to design an application that broadcasts live video.

“If we did it on our own website we would have to worry about technical things like bandwidth and streaming,” said Jon. “Facebook takes care of it for us.”

The band are planning to perform live on the site every night until 8 June.

Year of the online gig?

Music fans have been downloading recorded tracks for years but live gigs have never really taken off on the web.

Faster broadband connections and a shift in the way music labels operate mean that this is starting to change.

The fans were ready for this ten years ago. Now the record labels are catching up
Justin Kniest, Fabchannel

Influential US technology magazine Wired called 2008 the year of the music webcast.

New online gig sites like Fabchannel, iClips and DeepRockDrive are starting to become more popular.

Fabchannel webcasts live shows from two dedicated studios in Amsterdam, with repeats held online for up to a year.

Artists like the Fratellis, Bloc Party, CSS and Kate Nash have all performed thanks to a deal with the major music label Universal.

The site’s boss, Justin Kniest, told Newsbeat: “You will never be able to replicate the atmosphere of a live gig on a computer screen but that’s not what we are after.

“There are plenty of people out there who aren’t able to watch because the gig has sold out or the band isn’t playing in their city. “The fans were ready for this ten years ago. Now the record labels are catching up.”

Fabchannel has just opened a UK office and is planning to build a new studio in either London or Manchester.

Ready-made fanbase

Facebook and its main rivals MySpace and Bebo are also starting to experiment with live music.

All three have a big advantage over other websites, as bands can tap into a built-in fanbase for each gig.

MySpace has broadcast the US NME awards from New York and a Ben Folds gig from a studio in Nashville.

The site is planning its first live British shows later this year, according to head of music Dom Cook.

He said: “I think it’s difficult to replicate a live gig on the internet. Unless you want to turn the lights off, put your earphones on and stand in the corner, it’s going to be hard to get that experience. But there are ways you can twist the live show to make it feel more exciting.

Ideally we’ll start to offer both highlights and live performances on the site
Hal Stokes, Bebo

“There is definitely potential in live music. You have a huge community of hardcore fans who want to find out every little thing the band is doing.”

The UK’s third most popular social network site, Bebo, has already run a handful of live events in the US and is also planning its first European shows.

Bebo’s head of music Hal Stokes said: “It’s something we’re very focused on at the moment. Ideally we’ll start to offer both highlights and live performances on the site.

“We know you can’t beat the experience of a live gig but we’ll start down that road and ultimately our users will decide what they want to watch.”

Thursday, June 5th 2008
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