Shazam! The Echo Nest, 7 Digital Take Music ID Open Source With Echoprint
Music intelligence company The Echo Nest has launched Echoprint, an open-source music fingerprint service which enables the development of apps that identify songs on the go. The Echo Nest is. Continue reading
Best Buy Soft Launches Music Cloud Service
Best Buy soft launched a new cloud music service on Monday and three days after we broke the story, the Music Cloud service is still not fully fuctional. Like Apple's. Continue reading
Preparing For The Studio
You have found a producer and have set a date to start recording. What do you do from now until the recording? On Music Think Tank, Blake Easter recommends doing. Continue reading
More News: EMI Bidders, Best By Cloud Reviews, MOG’s Moggles, We7, MTV Gets Social, Exfm & More
Billionaire media investor Alec Gores, new WMG owner Len Blavatnik and Vivendi's Universal Music Group are each weighing offers for EMI, owned by Citigroup. (Reuters) No one would touch these. Continue reading
SoundCloud Connects To Social Commerce Platforms Moontoast & D.I.Y. Media
SoundCloud's API is getting quite a workout lately with new partners connecting to its digital audio platform almost daily. The two most recent, Moontoast Impulse and D.I.Y. Media, have similar. Continue reading
Join The Discussion: Should Music Say No To Apple’s iCloud?
A recent Hypebot post "Indie Label Says No To Apple's iCloud: Copyrights Trampled, An Insult" drew some heated comments including from the owner of Numero, the indie label that started. Continue reading
This Week’s iTunes Top Singles & Albums
For the week ending June 20, 2011. Top 10 Singles1. "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)," Katy Perry2. "Party Rock Anthem (feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock)," LMFAO3. "Give Me Everything (feat. Ne-Yo,. Continue reading
Are You Checking In? Foursquare Hits 10 Million
Do you use location based service Foursquare and encourage your fans to? Have you made it part of your marketing plan yet? If not, you may want to. Over the. Continue reading
Shazam Raises $32 Million, Plans Major Expansion
Music recognition app Shazam has raised $32 million in new funding to expand the company and move it towards an IPO. Led by venture capitalists Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers,. Continue reading
4 Gig Booking Sites: BandSurfing, Indie On The Move, Getagig Info, Sonicbids
My recent discussion of DIYgigs.com returned some suggestions for similar web services. Here I briefly discuss four sites, BandSurfing, Indie on the Move, Getagig Info and Sonicbids, focusing on their. Continue reading
