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I guess it depends on what kind of music you are recording, but do the first songs you release to potential listeners have to be professionally edited or mixed? As long as its recorded using somewhat decent equipment, it seems like that would be enough to get something together to release.

The current model seems unnecessary with the internet though. Seems like artists, if they are good, should be able to become famous selling their music direct to consumer through some distribution service like iTunes without a long term contract.

Once someone has made a name for themselves, it would seem perfectly reasonable for a label or a venue to approach them about doing a concert or a tour and taking a cut of the proceeds.

Perhaps the problem is that bands or artists want to fast-track their road to fame. In signing with a label, it seems like they are giving up a lot to get there faster. The question is, can artists who are willing to work their way up more slowly or organically able to, or are certain doors closed because they aren't signed with a label?

Got to love those over-the-top effects. Glass-breaking, plants bursting out of the ground, etc.

Don't really see Yahoo! being able to execute on this sort of thing though. I haven't seen anything really awesome from them for years.

While waving your hand in front of a monitor looks pretty cool, its definitely not going to work well for most work or extended use. Also, I think the reason touch-based devices have caught on so well is that we like the tactile feedback of dragging our finger across a defined plane.

I'd be interested to see what you could do if you projected an image onto a work surface to make that more interactive. Seems like it would be easier to draw or manipulate 2D things on a plane rather than trying to wave your hand in 3D space. (Image Manipulation, Graphic Editing, Maps, etc)

Pretty cool look inside Telsa, but do you have to reload the entire page just to show us the next picture in the slide show.