Check out the next generation of splash screens for FrostWire 5.3.x
This time around we decided to use this space to teach users about some of the new features built on FrostWire 5.
More information and live download numbers of this release on FrostClick.
Thank you Paulo Coelho, you are a gift to mankind.
Update: Paulo has ReTwitted a FrostWire user!
Screenshot of featured content on an Android Smartphone
All content creators featured on FrostWire for Desktop will now reach the FrostWire for Android user base.
Before the old FrostWire for Android was taken out of the Android market it had already surpassed a million installs, and over 250,000 daily active users.
We don’t know at this point how many people still have it installed, but it’s well over 100k users that will get the update message guaranteed when the new release is out.
FrostWire for Android will be a great channel for independent content creators to reach worldwide audiences wherever they are via BitTorrent.
If you are a content creator (Musician, Film Maker, Writer, Software Developer, Photographer) willing to share content under Creative Commons or some form of free license contact the FrostClick Team now, promotions are absolutely free, but only world class quality content will be accepted.
Here are a few screenshots of how it’s like to get your featured content on FrostWire for Android.
First touch promotional graphic, FrostWire will ask you for confirmation before starting a download and shows how much space this will take locally after it’s done.
The download starts, details about progress, the number of seeds and peer connected to us are shown in real time.
You can expand to see individual file download progress for that transfer if the transfer contains more than 1 file.
You can cancel or pause (resume) the transfer anytime.
After the download is done, files will be on your “Library”, browse your audio files, hit Play. By default finished downloads will be PRIVATE (but you can configure all your downloads to be automatically public on the local WiFi network). If you make your files public, friends running FrostWire for Android, or FrostWire +5.2.12 will be able to stream your files or download them from your phone. On the screenshot below, we’ve made the song “Around the World” by No Way Josie public on the WiFi network.
And this is how it looks on the audio player (accesible through the Android notification pane)
Starting FrostWire 5.2.12 (not yet released but available in Mercurial now) and FrostWire for Android 0.9 you will be able to browse, search, stream or download files you make public on your Android device.
On the screenshot, we’re playing all the ringtones that were made public on an HTC 4G EVO Android smartphone.
It’s a cool way to listen to your ringtones in high quality audio using your computer speakers. Also, you can download the ringtones to your pc, very useful if you want to backup your favorite ones in case you loose your phone and you get a new one that doesn’t have the same ringtones.
Update (February 2012)
Get it now from the Android Market or Download the APK
FrostWire for Android is back, and currently under a rigorous beta testing period before we release it back into the Android Markets.
As promised, FrostWire for Android is now open source. Android Hackers welcome for patch submissions.
TorrentFreak.com writes today:
“While the major record labels see BitTorrent as a threat, thousands of independent musicians believe it’s one of the best ways to gain an audience. The FrostWire BitTorrent client has been promoting independent artists for years, with great success. To celebrate a massive 2.4 million downloads in 2011, FrostWire just released a compilation album featuring free Creative Commons-licensed tracks from 30 artists.
With all the negative talk about BitTorrent, fueled by the billion dollar entertainment industries, it’s refreshing to see that many of the people who actually create the music are using it to further their careers.
Tens of thousands of musicians, from those just starting out to those already established, use BitTorrent to give away their music for free.
One of the BitTorrent clients that helps these artists to get noticed is FrostWire. In 2008, the client introduced its FrostClick service through which it promotes independent artists, and not without success.
With help from FrostWire, independent musicians reach a bigger audience than many of the artists signed by major labels. In the last year alone, 2.4 million people downloaded the albums promoted by FrostWire, and according to the artists who were featured, it pays off.
“FrostWire jumpstarted my music career by giving away my album for free to over 130,000 people,” says female rapper Kellee Maize in a comment. “Paying for that type of exposure would have cost me over $50,000 on other outlets such as taking out Facebook ads or Google Adsense.”
We’d love to be on iOS!
But there are many reasons that impede us creating a port for iOS:
1. Our application is licensed under the GPL, The GPL license is in conflict with the terms of the App Store. Many GPL applications have been pulled out because some organizations denounce them to Apple (just like VLC Player was pulled out)
2. A file sharing application like ours has very little chance of being accepted in the App Store.
3. We’d have to code everything again using Objective-C, this would take a long time to happen, and for the 2 reasons above our little team has preferred to create FrostWire for Android instead (almost the same technology and no issues with the Android market)
We do see the many users that come to our site with iPhones, iPods and iPads, and it sucks we’re hands tied. Maybe we’ll figure out a way to get there.
Yes! The time has finally come. It was a thrilling ride all throughout 2011; a ride that led us to discover some truly amazing artists whose music made our mornings worth getting up and turned each evening into one unforgettable party!
Today we want to celebrate all that talent and over 2.3 Million Free and Legal Downloads our promotions generated only during 2011.
We proudly present to you the Second official FrostClick/FrostWire mixtape. And just as before, all of the music in this compilation is available as a free download under Creative Commons. So get yours now and open your ears to some new great quality music!
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Fever Sleeves: Soft Pipes, Play On (LP) – complicated and sweet math rock compilation
The first time you listen to Fever Sleeves, you might find it hard to put a finger on their brand of music. On one hand, you have this beautiful calculated math rock sound while on the other, it’s a noise fest filled with random guitars, hazy vocals and unconventional drumming.
Soft Pipes, Play On is the band’s debut record, it might be two years old but with just one listen you can tell that there’s something special about it. The band hails from San Diego, CA and have been around since 2004. Their first single, Futuristic Killings, paved the way for the band’s much anticipated full length debut back in 2009.
Sigmafly: Tetrachrome EP – a free release from Cut Ever since their start, Cut Records has become a musical haven for anybody looking for some awesome electronic ambient releases. The best part is that each of their releases is available as a free or ‘pay with a tweet’ download. Truly a great treat.
This time around, they’re featuring Sigmafly’s first release under the label, Tetrachrome EP. Filled with 7 moody electronic singles; it mixes atmospheric beats with carefully chosen samples.
JoJo: Can’t Take That Away From Me – soulful pop R&B beats The once young JoJo is now a woman and she proves it in her beautifully composed and executed album, Can’t Take That Away From Me.
Exclusively released last September 2010 to Rap-Up.com, this free mixtape is a prelude to the singer’s third album formerly entitled All I Want Is Everything. The said album was then released as Jumping Trains under BlackGround records due to a misunderstanding with the songbird’s former record label.
The Julys – self titled hipster 50s rock If you’re in the mood for some uptempo indie rock, listening to the The Julys is a good place to start. According to their facebook bio, the band started off “as two young men coping with the loss of their respective harpy women.”
They’ve certainly come a long way since then. Now, the band is a quartet that creates some really good and catchy indie rock mixes. Instead of bitter, heart wrenching lyrics; the band takes on a feel-good disposition; filling their sound with bouncy beats, hipster style guitars and some wild Little Richard-style singing.
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