Jesse Israel

They call me Shlomo in Hebrew and Big J in my burger club. I spend my time btwn NYC and LA co-running Cantora Records and Labs. I love my mom's tacos, hip hop and girls with iPhones. This is me in real time.

tweet: @jesseisrael

Listening

Doing

Jesse Israel
Co-Founder, Director of Technology at Cantora
Music | Greater New York City Area, US
The stuff on this page gets me excited to get out of bed in the morning. Let's get excited together.
Specialties: the new music industry, what makes millennials itch, how mobile is changing pop culture, digital design and tools, film and video production, social media effectiveness, buzz words, cheeseburgers
  • Apr 2005 - Present
    Co-Founder, Director of Technology / Cantora Records
    Overseeing the Cantora Labs fund to incubate music startups under the same roof as our label, live events arm and publishing co, with a big focus on shared resources.
  • Jun 2010 - Present
    Startup Analyst / AngelVision Investors
    Startup Analyst for music and entertainment related early-stage technology investment opportunities.
  • Jan 2008 - Present
    Co-Founder, Head of Web Content / Trebuchet Interactive
    Built web video content strategies for high-end design firms, galleries, museums and brands such as Major League Baseball and Gagosian.
  • Jan 2007 - Present
    Label Manager / Godforsaken Music
    Oversaw release strategy and content design for releases such as David Byrne and Prince Paul's "How Does the Brain Wave" and Bernie Worrel's "Improvisczario"
  • 2003 - 2008
    New York University
    Bachelor of Arts in New Media, Music and Film
Websites:
Cantora Records, Bangers.biz, Heyjesse.com
Honors:
Sloan Foundation - $20,000 Science in Film Production Award
Interests:
The Burger Boys of NYC

Blogging

May 16, 10:43 PM

Marvin does the Natty Anthem. 1983 NBA All Star Game. It just keeps getting better. Via @wpgriggs

May 09, 07:23 PM
Pandora is the 2nd most downloaded app in the history of Apple's App Store

They now have 150mm users. Via CNet

May 07, 04:45 PM

User and Rick Ross // “Lemme See”

 Via Usher’s Soundcloud

May 02, 02:56 PM
Make beats on anything

Celluon’s Magic Cube. “The device employs laser technology to pick up users’ finger movements. The platform works as a keyboard, multi-touch mouse and handwriting recognition device. It works with all computers and smartphones and will set you back just $169 USD.” Via Slamxhype and the homie Graham Scott L.

May 01, 01:40 PM

@therealgza talks about pushing over females to dance at “jams” with Rza when he was eleven. So good. Via Pitchfork Frames

April 26, 04:13 PM
See who made the top 40 most trafficked .fm websites

China in at #1. Via Peter Watts

April 25, 09:46 PM

jessicaivypage:

Nicolas Jaar Packages Album as Multi-User Aluminum Cube

‘The most important thing was the object was shareable,’ says artist about palm-sized ‘Prism’ that houses ‘Don’t Break My Love’ compilation

Via: RollingStone

April 24, 10:19 PM
iOS vs. Android in Realtime

At 6:20pm PST today, 68.266% of mobile traffic in the USA is powered by iOS, compared to 27.653% powered by Android. Realtime analytics firm Chitika is tracking this data at their mobile dominance page. AlthoughtGoogle holds the market share, iOS is straight manhandling according to user time. Via SAI

April 12, 03:55 PM
April 09, 03:50 PM
Spotify is used by one-third of the Swedish population; piracy has decreased by 25%.
“… what happens when our model gets to scale.” Daniel Ek, CEO Spotify via DMN
March 27, 04:29 PM

R. Kelly to continue the “Trapped in the Closet” series. See the teaser at IFC

March 26, 04:05 PM
5 billion Spotify streams have been pushed into Facebook to date
March 24, 05:00 PM

atribecalledguest:

Rest in Peace to Mount Vernon’s finest Heavy D & Trouble T-Roy!

March 23, 04:00 PM
iPhone has officially destroyed iPod

Via DMN

March 22, 07:00 PM
March 22, 04:00 PM
In 2011, $3 billion was paid by Apple alone to independent app developers.
Via Mobile Year in Review
March 21, 08:03 PM
Nokia patents a tattoo that vibrates when you get a call

No more missed calles. Via LA Times

March 21, 04:00 PM

Mobile Year in Review 2011
“For the first time ever, there are more wireless subscriptions than people.” Via MYR

March 20, 04:00 PM
PULSE: Songkick gets $10mm. Superglued acquired by Complex. Setlist.fm aquired by Live Nation.
March 19, 07:00 PM

MTV launches Myspace competitor.

Sign up at Artists.mtv

  • lightningcollective: SHLOHMO | The Way U Do
    1331 plays
  • siceclub: From the new record, TAKE CARE.
    43851 plays
  • musicvagabond: A$AP ROCKY / “PALACE (PROD. BY CLAMS CASINO)” A$AP’s new mixtape finally dropped and it was worth the wait.
    201 plays
  • pitchfork: “Crystalline” is the first single from Björk’s forthcoming Biophilia.
    107394 plays
  • “Single coming in July. Take Care coming Oct. 24th.” Via October’s Very Own
    21 plays
  • Drake drops the remix. And get his new Jai Paul-sampled free track. DOWNLOAD both at Pitchfork
    300 plays
  • Free download here. LP out 06/21 via Jagjaguar. Summer tour dates. Via accomplic.es
    20 plays
  • From Here We Go Magic frontman’s forthcoming album Don’t Act Like You Don’t Care
    22 plays
  • Earl Sweatshirt // “Dat Ass” New Earl. Download it here.
    2949 plays
  • Fleetfoxes // “Helplessness Blues” MP3 Get the track for free at fleetfoxes.com. The album drops May 3rd.
    20 plays

Going

Burgering

May 16, 05:32 AM

Plan Check PCB Burger LA Arrival 5-15-12

May 16, 03:56 AM

Plan Check LA

April 22, 12:18 AM
April 16, 02:07 PM
April 02, 05:12 PM

slider alert

March 07, 02:32 PM
February 26, 04:36 AM
The BigBurger

Download the BigBurger App. Reviews of the best in New York with hours and directions included. -Manface+Clarence Carter

January 27, 12:07 AM

4X4 BIG J

January 22, 08:28 AM

Deep Night

January 09, 10:01 PM
BB34 The Burger Joint, NYC

January 09, 07:39 PM

holy land

January 07, 05:26 AM

Big J leaves LA

December 09, 10:47 PM

Sliders.

November 28, 03:08 AM
BB33 Peels, NYC Birthday Edition

November 28, 02:19 AM

Pretzel Burger, Darkroom LA - Big J

November 20, 01:28 AM

Cookie Grand Prix

November 15, 09:20 PM

Spitzers - Big J

November 14, 12:40 AM

Face and Cregg

November 07, 04:01 PM

#official

November 05, 10:54 PM

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Breslin Lamb Burger - Big J

Yell at me.
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