Music Marketing News: JAMBOX, Lady Gaga, Alicia Keys, Biz Markie, ESSENCE Music Fest & More
A weekly roundup of the latest promotions and deals in the world of music branding and marketing. Jawbone's JAMBOX speaker packaging by fuseproject wins a Dieline Award for its old. Continue reading
The Importance Of Geo-Targeting Messages on Facebook
You’ve heard the saying before… “Location, location, location!” For musicians and music marketers, knowing where to reach your audience is just as important as knowing when to reach them. As. Continue reading
10 Reasons MySpace Is (Still) Best Music Site Evah
In honor of yesterday's sale of MySpace to Justin Timberlake (no joke) and a company that optimizes annoying advertising online $35 million – 5% of what News Corp paid in. Continue reading
Celebrating Derek Sivers’ New Book: “Anything You Want – 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur”
Derek Sivers (founder of CDBaby) has a new book out called, “Anything You Want – 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entreprenuer”. Marketing guru, Seth Godin, calls the book. Continue reading
ConcertsInYourHome Brings Artists & Fans Together For House Concerts
A number of sites for artists to book shows were suggested to me after recently discussing DIYgigs.com. I wrote briefly about four of them but decided to save one, ConcertsInYourHome,. Continue reading
A Graphic Look At The Rise & Fall Of MySpace
Yesterday's sale of MySpace to ad network Specific Media for just $35 million marks a new low for the struggling social network. News Corp had paid $580 million for MySpace. Continue reading
Music + Fashion Startup 1band 1brand Holds A Turntable.fm Party
1band 1brand is already an interesting experiment in creating a marketing platform promoting one musical act and one fashion brand at a time. I recently included them in a post. Continue reading
Justin Timberlake Is Part Owner Of New MySpace, Music To Take Center Stage
Yesterday's $35 million firesale purchase of MySpace by online ad network Specific Media includes an major role for Justin Timberlake and confirms plans to focus on music. Timberlake has taken. Continue reading
Overheard At NARIP’s NYC Biz Brunch
This guest post comes from Walt Ribeiro, a freelance writer and blogger. He runs For Orchestra where he arranges pop and rock songs for orchestra. The National Association of Record. Continue reading
AM NEWS: More On MySpace, Rhapsody Plans, Village Voice On Tumblr, HMV, Virgin + Spotify & More
Deatils of the post-fire sale MySpace are emerging including a major involvement by Justin Timberlake as investor and creative driver. Looking back, this chart looks at the rise and fall. Continue reading