Fortunately for one Los Angeles community, a slender, slightly grizzled rockstar and former band geek, goes back to school in the hopes of saving others through the magic of music.

When you place resources on a public web server, you make them available to the Internet community. These resources can be as simple as text flies or images, or as complicated as real-time driving maps or e-commerce shopping gateways. It is critical that this rich variety of resources, owned by different organizations, can be conveniently [...]

Ableton Live is a digital audio workstation available both for Mac OSX and Microsoft Windows. It differs from other DAWs in that it is designed for live performance as much as music production. This also makes it a valuable tool for DJs. Ableton explains: “Live’s nonlinear, intuitive flow, alongside powerful real-time editing and flexible performance options, make it a unique studio tool and a favorite with live performers. If you’d rather be ‘making music’ than just ‘using music software,’ Ab

A little before 9pm on Wednesday night and I’m standing on the ‘VIP’ balcony of San Francisco’s Regency Ballroom, holding a can of something called ‘MySpace Buzz’ and waiting for Weezer to take to the stage. It’s a weird scene, all told, and not just because I thought Weezer was dead. The bulk of the weirdness stems from the make-up of the crowd: a dozen feet below me in the main auditorium there are maybe a couple of thousand writhing teenagers – Weezer fans to a (wo)man, cheering and shoutin

A little before 9pm on Wednesday night and I’m standing on the ‘VIP’ balcony of San Francisco’s Regency Ballroom, holding a can of something called ‘MySpace Buzz’ and waiting for Weezer to take to the stage. It’s a weird scene, all told, and not just because I thought Weezer was dead. The bulk of the weirdness stems from the make-up of the crowd: a dozen feet below me in the main auditorium there are maybe a couple of thousand writhing teenagers – Weezer fans to a (wo)man, cheering and shoutin

October 24th, 2009 This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark.Name:Lu.lyQuick Pitch: Lu.ly brings users’ Facebook and Twitter stream into browsers in real-time.Genius Idea: Lu.ly is a browser extension for Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari (Safari currently in alpha) that lets you see your