http://TheNetStudio.com/ Concepts, History, and Usage of VRS http://thenetstudio.com/VRSArchitect.html http://thenetstudio.com/VRSArchitect.html Welcome to Think.Code.Repeat. The blog of the VRS Architect. At the end of 2008, I took a look at where we are with VRS. Where VRS started, and how it has grown over the last couple years. And I discovered a few interesting things[...] http://thenetstudio.com/NetNeutrality101.html http://thenetstudio.com/NetNeutrality101.html There is a tremendous amount of double-speak and obfuscation about Net Neutrality[...] http://thenetstudio.com/FileSharingResolving.html http://thenetstudio.com/FileSharingResolving.html In my first article I addressed the reality of improper digital content sharing. I outlined the dichotomies inherent in current computer and Internet technologies which enable that sharing[...] http://thenetstudio.com/FileSharingTechIntro.html http://thenetstudio.com/FileSharingTechIntro.html Laws are good, and good laws are critical for the healthy balance required for a free society to thrive. It is my belief that Intellectual Property laws are critically necessary for any free society to function, grow, and flourish[...] http://thenetstudio.com/VRSBlog20090316.html http://thenetstudio.com/VRSBlog20090316.html As I mentioned in previous posts, Music Projects really form the heart of what VRS is all about. But I felt there were other features I could still add that some collaborators might like to use[...] http://thenetstudio.com/VRSBlog20091001.html http://thenetstudio.com/VRSBlog20091001.html About the beggining of September, we started to experience some performance issues with TheNetStudio.com[...] http://thenetstudio.com/VRSBlog20090220.html http://thenetstudio.com/VRSBlog20090220.html As I began to work through my ideas on what a Virtual Recording Studio would provide, I thought about what musicians, mixers, and producers would do in the real world. And how I could emulate those activities online. But that was just the starting point[...] http://thenetstudio.com/VRSBlog20090118.html http://thenetstudio.com/VRSBlog20090118.html I have been a technology professional for almost 30 years now. Before the Mac, before the PC, and before the Internet even permitted "commercial" traffic. In all that time, I have learned that technology has no value if it does not help people accomplish things[...] http://thenetstudio.com/VRSBlog20090116.html http://thenetstudio.com/VRSBlog20090116.html In my last post I talked about creating a new song project in VRS. In this post I would like to talk a little about filling out the project details after you have created your new song project[...] http://thenetstudio.com/VRSBlog20090103.html http://thenetstudio.com/VRSBlog20090103.html Collaboration on new music is the primary goal of VRS. So, the Music Tab (project listing screen) is really the focal point of VRS. And the new song projects that fill that list usually begin with the New Project Tab[...] http://thenetstudio.com/VRSBlog20090101.html http://thenetstudio.com/VRSBlog20090101.html When I first started thinking about creating VRS, I envisioned a music collaboration system for musicians that had either already met online, or who needed a way to collaborate on music projects without the expenses of travel, and/or the hassles of conflicting schedules[...] http://thenetstudio.com/VRSBlog20081230.html http://thenetstudio.com/VRSBlog20081230.html When we decided to create The Architect's Blog, it seemed like a pretty simple idea: Connect with the VRS community, explain the various VRS features and how to use them, and let our members know the thinking behind why we created each feature[...] http://thenetstudio.com/VRSBlog20081227.html http://thenetstudio.com/VRSBlog20081227.html VRS is all about making music. I find it useful to always return to that. Sometimes it's easy to forget that focus, and get lost in an endless exercise of designing really cool new features that don't help people make music[...]