Grammys Get Social with Rdio Powered Music App
Rdio has partnered with the Grammy Awards for their MusicMapper app. The app lets users tag locations on a map with their favorite songs and memories. Non-Rdio users will able to. Continue reading
Music Biz News: BitTorrent Live Streams, HMV Gets Industry Backing, Piracy Lawyers Exposed & More
HMV receives music industry backing. (AOL) BitTorrent Inventor Demos New P2P Live Streaming Protocol. (TF) File-sharing lawyers collect fines using 'dormant' company. (PCPro) 6 Predictions For the Music Industry in. Continue reading
RIAA Thinks .Music Domains Will Be Piracy Havens
The RIAA is lowering it's horns and taking the .music initiative head-on. Even though the .music domain extension hasn't seen the light of day yet, the RIAA is already challenging. Continue reading
Arcade Fire’s ‘The Wilderness Downtown’ Named Best Website of 2010
The Favourite Website Awards have honored Arcade Fire's interactive music video "The Wilderness Downtown" as the best website of 2010. The video for their song "We Used To Wait" ignited. Continue reading
Apple Reports Highest Revenue and Earnings Ever
Apple has announced their holiday quarter earnings and, as expected, they're huge. The company posted a record revenue of $26.74 billion and record net quarterly profit of $6 billion. During. Continue reading
Richie Hawtin At NAMM 2011 On The Future Of The Digital DJ [VIDEO]
Richie Hawtin has been called by some the Bill Gates of techno. In this five minute video Ean Golden interview's Hawtin at the recent NAMM 2011 show on the future. Continue reading
Why A Music Social Network Won’t Succeed – Less Fan Interest Than We Imagine [INTERVIEW]
Recently, I spoke with Kevin Leflar, who is the Founder, President and CEO of officialCOMMUNITY, a leader in creating commercialized online communities for established recording artists. In this interview, Leflar. Continue reading
The Open Band Approach – Embracing Principles of Open Source & Free Culture to Create Metal
What would a band look like if it readily embraced the principles of open source and free culture? Severed Fifth is a San Francisco Bay Area metal act that intends. Continue reading
Roostie – We’re Not MySpace, We Don’t Have Everything, But Here’s 3,000 Awesome Bands
Roostie is a new artist portal, but with a twist. They're only going to have 3,000 hand-picked and talented acts profiled on the site. The company has a music panel that decides. Continue reading
This Week’s iTunes Top 10 Singles & Albums
For the week ending Jan. 17, 2010: Top Singles: 1. “Hold It Against Me,” Britney Spears2. “Grenade,” Bruno Mars3. “Tonight (feat. Ludacris & DJ Frank E),” Enrique Iglesias4. “Firework,” Katy. Continue reading
