Rewind – The Music Industry’s Week In Review: MIDEM, MySpace, Google, ReverbNation & More

Hypebot gives an overview of trends and thoughts on MIDEM. The decline of MySpace is wonderful for musicians. Here's why. Mark Mulligan argues that at this point digital music has failed. ReverbNation links got banned accidently in Facebook for a. Continue reading

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HOW TO: Create Your Own Vintage Music Video

There's a new 8mm Vintage Camera iPhone app out now. It's a simple and easy way to create music videos with a retro style to them. For $1.99, the app. Continue reading

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Rapper Hit By Ice Cream Truck, Goes Viral Twice

An obscure rapper named Optimo 55 Souf decided to dance into traffic during a DIY music video shoot for his new song. Midway into the road, he got hit by. Continue reading

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Facebook’s ReverbNation Block Was Just “A Mistake”, But Serves As Reminder Of Larger Issue

Yesterday, ReverbNation told its tens of thousands of active artist users that Facebook had disabled RN links on their site. "This was a mistake in one of our automated systems. Continue reading

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Sonicbids Adds Its Own Facebook Profile Builder Plus A Video Tour

RootMusic is getting kudos for its program that creates great looking Facebook Profiles and ReverbNation has a popular tool that makes it  even easier by pulling from assets already stored. Continue reading

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PirateBox: A DIY File-Sharing Network in a Lunchbox

2011 is going to be a sad year if music pirates, academics, and hackers are able to create more things to get people excited about music than a multi-billion dollar. Continue reading

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Warner Music Group Tech Guru Ethan Kaplan Exits

Ethan Kaplan, the popular SVP of Emerging Technology for Warner Music Group has left the company. Kaplan has not announced where he'll land, but he will continue running the R.E.M.. Continue reading

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It’s Official: First Master Degree In Beatles Awarded

Back in 2009, Liverpool Hope University launched a Master Of Arts course, titled The Beatles – Popular Music and Society. A Canadian woman has become the first person to graduate. Continue reading

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Music Biz News: Midem Stats, iTunes Upgrade, Mobile Apps Soar, Napster Court Loss & More

Music Venture Rdio Gets Funded By Mangrove Capital. (PaidContent)  MIDEM Stats: Attendance fell 4.9% despite a 30% rise in participants from the digital and music tech sector.  Attendance form publishers. Continue reading

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7 Terrible Things Google Still Doesn’t Censor

With Google now censoring terms like “BitTorrent” and “RapidShare” from their Autocomplete service, it’s important to put this move into context. What terms doesn’t Google filter? Big Content has pressured Google. Continue reading

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