Michelle Shaprow Asks: “How Can I Maintain My Personal Touch As I Build My Career?”
Michelle Shaprow is an emerging jazz pop singer whose debut album, Purple Skies, is currently available on iTunes with her first video for the single, Back Down To Earth, available. Continue reading
A Look At The Man Who Is Buying Warner Music: Russian Billionaire Len Blavatnik
According to multiple sources, Russian born billionaire Len Blavatnik and his Access Industries are the front runners to buy the Warner Music Group. The deal, worth a reported $3 billion,. Continue reading
Mobile App $’s Soar. Will Music Grab It’s Share?
Combined revenues from the four major mobile app stores: Apple, Google, Nokia and RIM will rise 77.7% in 2011 to $3.8 billion, with Apple grabbing 75% of the market, according. Continue reading
Sonicbids CEO Panos Panay On Rethinking Music plus 5 Tips For Emerging Artists
This guest post is by Panos Panay, Founder & CEO of Sonicbids. Last week, I attended Rethink Music. An event dedicated to, well, rethinking the state of the music business.. Continue reading
Generate Demand For Your Music With Loss Leaders
The debate roars on over giving music away for free. Yesterday, Bruce wrote about it on Hypebot in How To Turn Free Into Paid: Lessons From Evernote Today on Music. Continue reading
News Brief: More MySpace Losses, Sony Blames Anonymous, LimeWire Fights Back & More
MySpace Losses Continue – In a new News Corp earnings report, the “other” group that includes MySpace reported losses of $165 million “primarily due to increased losses at Myspace, stemming. Continue reading
Soundcloud Launches Experimental Labs, Partners With Headliner.fm
SoundCloud has launched SoundCloud Labs, a site dedicated to experimental projects and features built on its API. The company also announced a partnership that enables a SoundCloud-supported mp3 streams directly. Continue reading
How To Turn Free Into Paid: Lessons From Evernote
(Updated) We give away free music (or it's grabbed via p2p), but how can we eventually monetize it? Artists, labels and music marketers ask themselves that question every day. I. Continue reading
The Evolution Of Facebook Social Widgets [Infographic]
From "Connect" to "Share" to "Like" and it's new social selective cousin "Send", Facebook has been encouraging us to share information with each other in ways and on a scale. Continue reading
WMG Update: Bids Are In, Deal Expected Soon
According to multiple sources final bids are in the hands of the Warner Music Group board for review and they hope to finalize a deal quickly. The three bidders remaining. Continue reading
Look Who’s Running For The A2IM Board
17 candidates are vying for five seats on the board of top U.S. indie music trade group the American Association of Independent Music (A2IM). The list looks like a Who's. Continue reading
