AM News: Pandora Gets Sell Rating, UK Grabs 12% Global Sales, Pitbull + Headliner.fm & More
(UPDATED) Pandora gets sell rating: Gilford Securities' Jim Boyle has given the stock a "sell" rating: "Pandora is blessed and cursed with remarkable growth…Last [fiscal year], active users soared 81. Continue reading
How To Sell 1 Million Albums & Still Owe Your Label $500,000 [VIDEO]
Mike Masnick turned us onto this great 14 minute video from lawyer Martin Frascogna entitled How To Sell 1 Million Albums and Owe $500,000. Mike dubbed this RIAA Accounting on. Continue reading
After 7 Yr Decline Music Sales Up In 1st Half Of 2011
It's much too early to call this a trend, but after 7 years of decline Nielsen Soundscan data is showing that U.S. music sales are up for the first half. Continue reading
Share Your Tour Stories With Intersect
Intersect is yet another social network with some interesting distinctions that make it worth considering for documenting a tour or special musical event. You create entries which are marked by. Continue reading
Incubus – Creating Direct & Lasting Fan Connections
This post comes from Jesse von Doom of Cash Music, a nonprofit creating open source tools and services for musicians. Last week I was down in LA for an industry. Continue reading
ArtistData Founder Launches Musician Site Creator Onesheet.com
ArtistData founder Brenden Mulligan today launched Onesheet.com. Still in beta, the free site allows musicians to connect their existing social networks and services to create a basic but graphically interesting. Continue reading
A Response To “The Odds Of Suceeding Without A Record Label”
Two weeks ago, Bryden Haynes asked the question: What are the odds of succeeding without a record label? This caused a debate in the MTT community. Now, on Music Think. Continue reading
Dancing With Digital Natives Requires Going Beyond Responding to True Interaction
Dancing With Digital Natives is a new collection of essays offering insights into the lives and perspectives of "digital natives" including material of interest to music marketers. Marc Prensky's definition. Continue reading
Apple Hits 15 Billion App Downloads
Apple announced today that more than 15 billion apps have been downloaded from its App Store by the more than 200 million iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users worldwide. The. Continue reading
Top Swedish Music Exec Shares What To Expect As Spotify Launches In U.S.
With the U.S. launch of Sweden based Spotify imminent, we asked one of that country's top music executives to share how the popular music service has changed music consumption and. Continue reading
Amazon Cloud Adds Free Unlimited Music Storage
(UPDATED) Amazon has enhanced it's cloud music offering to stay competitive with Apple and Google. Paid Amazon cloud storage plans now include unlimited space for music, Amazon MP3 purchases are. Continue reading
