REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

Thank-you again to the New Music Seminar team for a great event. Summer is in full swing, but there was still lots of activity last week: An in depth interview. Continue reading

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MySpace Music Showing Strong Growth

Growth may have slowed for MySpace, but the same can't be said for its music.myspace.com subdomain. New Nielson figures show a 190% increase at MySpace Music since its launch in. Continue reading

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A2IM President Rich Bengloff On Polyphonic & The Artist As A Label

EXCLUSIVE: A growing number of artists and managers are challenging the importance of record labels in the new  landscape; and technology and service firms are rushing to support the trend.. Continue reading

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Video: Indaba Interview With Amanda Palmer

You may be getting sick of hearing about Amanda Palmer, but we're not…yet.  She covers a bit of the ground that Kyle Bylin covered in more deeply his 3 part. Continue reading

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Gracenote Powers Gravity Mobile Music ID App

Gravity Mobile has launched the MusicID App, a music discovery guide giving iPhone and iPod touch users the ability to identify music, conduct text search by lyrics, view artist bios. Continue reading

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Survey Shows Pirates Can Become Paying Fans

A new Interpret research report on the music consumption behaviors of "illegal" downloaders shows that while downloading can't be eradicated, there are steps that the industry can take to get. Continue reading

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More Music News: Brian Drain, YouTube Takedown, No Female A&R, A Fine Frenzy & More

Friday, July 24th, 2009 Thanks again to Tommy and Dave and the entire New Music Seminar team  for producing such a great event as well Ian Rogers for being his. Continue reading

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What Do You Think Of Perez Hilton’s First Signing?

The first artist signed to Perez Hilton;s new WMG label is French singer Sliimy (pronounced “Sleemy”). The CD drops in late September.  “I think that his music will make a. Continue reading

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Music Widgets Come Of Age

Widgets to share and sell music began appearing as early as 2008. But with the increased focus on  direct to fan channels, a widget's ability to spread virally and be. Continue reading

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Tommy Mottola Gets Virtual With Planet Cazmo

Planet Cazmo, a virtual world for tweens and teens, has partnered with music industry veteran Tommy Mottola to expand its  Virtual Concert Series and other music and branded content initiatives.. Continue reading

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