What are the odds of succeeding without a record deal?
Do musicians need a record deal? On Music Think Tank, the debate rolls on with a post by Bryden Haynes. He discusses an earlier MTT post on whether or not. Continue reading
Study Says Connect With Your Fans To Counteract Illegal Downloading
An academic research paper by Kalika N. Doloswal and Ann Dadich on "using policy to curb illegal downloading" provides some interesting insights into the strength of efforts to connect musicians. Continue reading
Universal To Compete With WMG In Bid For EMI
(UPDATED) Universal Music Group will be among the bidders for EMI Music Group, a source close to the label has told the LA Times. Since Warner Music Group along with. Continue reading
AM News: Sony’s Music Future, 50 Cent The Pirate, Lyor Grabs $7M, Mix-A-Lot Game, #ampNMS, More
After the recent security breaches, Sony's music comeback story needs a third act. (CNet) The cloud music space is heating up and Sony must rename, re-brand and redesign tomorrow… or. Continue reading
More News: Gee Roberson To Head Geffen, CBS Keeps Grammys, iCloud Could See 150M Users
Industry veteran Gee Roberson has been appointed Chairman of Geffen Records. Roberson was protege of Jay-Z and served a SVP A&R heading Atlantic's urban division. CBS and the Grammy Awards. Continue reading
New MP3.com Is Live: Another Place To Give Your Music Away For Free
Confirming weeks of rumors,CBS has relaunched MP3.com. Free music is at the center of the new site along with music and music tech content drawn primarily from CBS owned properties. Continue reading
Top Timing Tips for Social Media Posts
Last week I shared some research from Dan Zarella on timing and frequency of Twitter and Facebook posts and related research on email and blog posts. Here's a quick cheatsheet. Continue reading
SoundCloud Partners With MusicXray
Soundcloud has partnered partnered music opportunity site MusicXray. Two new Music Xray apps have been added to the SoundCloud App Gallery. Both apps enable SoundCloud users to have songs matched. Continue reading
Want Fans To Pay More Attention To Your Project? Get An App
A new analysis by mobile analytics firm Flurry shows that, for the first time ever, daily time spent in mobile apps surpasses desktop and mobile web consumption. "This stat is. Continue reading
9 SEO Tips For Musicians – Simple Steps That Drive Traffic To Your Site
This guest post comes from Lior Levin, a marketing consultant working with a psd to css company and also advises to iAdvize, a live chat support tool for websites. So you finally. Continue reading
