Amanda Palmer: “Artists Have Always Needed To Fund Themselves”
"Asking for money is generally considered shameful in the art and music world… this cultural ideal about artists and how they shouldn't touch money because it strips away the integrity. Continue reading
Congress To Musicians: “Quit Your Day Job”
(UPDATED) Your Health Care Will Be Covered In this short video, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi encourages musicians and other creative types to quite their day jobs because your insurance. Continue reading
SoundExchange Explains $200 Million Bank Balance
Digital Music News vs. SoundExchange Last week, Digital Music news reported that SoundExchange was holding $200 million in unpaid royalties due to artists. ""According to IRS returns," wrote DMN. "SoundExchange . Continue reading
The Paradox of Music: Is More, Really Less?
Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor — (@kbylin) I. New Choices Often times, in discussions about how our culture has become abundant with music and the potential that it has to cause choice overload. Continue reading
How Will Google’s New Androd Music App Work?
With last week's announcements, Google made it clear that music is going to play a major roll in the services that it's rolling out in the coming months. Some are. Continue reading
Ohm Brings Recording Studio Collaboration Online
Ohm Studio joins Indaba Music in enabling musicians to find each other and make music online regardless of their disparate locations. It opens up the possibility of some amazing collaborations. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: iTunes Cloud? Lawsuits, Amanda Palmer, Facebook’s Sorry & Much More
Is iTunes in the cloud coming on June 7th? Maybe. Google and mSpot beat Apple to the punch and now Steve Jobs has just announced that he'll keynote the event. Continue reading
REWIND: The Music Industry’s Week In Review
EMI's new challenge: $365 million due the UK pension fund. mSpot to bring your music to the cloud. Grab an exclusive beta invite. Google announced some major new efforts to. Continue reading
Google Launches Multi-Front Assault To Grab Its Share Of Music Marketplace
iTunes Gets A Worthy Competitor A series on announcements this week at Google's I/O developer conference could signal another seismic shift in how music is discovered, purchased and enjoyed. Google's. Continue reading
Indie Trade Group A2IM Names New Board
A2IM, the American Association of Independent Music, has announced the results of their 2010 Board of Directors elections. Joining the board are: Eric Brown (VP Business Affairs, Sub Pop) Dave. Continue reading
