RockStar Motel Opens Platform To Fans & Bands
RockStar Motel leaves beta today in the US, UK and Canada. The social network with game elements features a fan signing band approach in which fans are encouraged to become. Continue reading
A Look At ReverbNation’s Promote It
Back in August, ReverbNation launched the Facebook advertising system: Promote It. Promote It was made to help artists or people in the music industry with advertising their music on Facebook.. Continue reading
All You Need To Know About Yesterday’s Big Apple Presentation In 90 Seconds [VIDEO]
Yesterday Apple's big announcement was not exactly it's splashiest ever. But that doesn't mean you don't need/want to know what's going on. Rather than wade through post after post, we've. Continue reading
UPDATE: 12 of 16 Music Services Are Live On Facebook
(UPDATE 3) By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced 16 music partners on September 22nd ranging from almost-unheard-of to the incredibly popular. Of those, 7 have. Continue reading
AM BRIEF: Lower EMI Bids Expected, DVD Ripping OK, 700K French First-Strikers, Spin Spins & More
EMI bids are due today and insiders are expecting them to be lower than Citi had hoped for because of week capital markets. This could force a split up of. Continue reading
Inside Today’s Apple iPhone 4S Launch Were A Some Major Music Announcments
(UPDATE 2) Apple chief Tim Cook began today's press event with a history lesson: Since the iPod launched in 2001 "revolutionizing the industry", Apple has sold 300 million players (45. Continue reading
First Look At The New MySpace: It’s All About Music
The week, new MySpace owners Specific Media are pitching the site at Advertising Week along with investor Justin Timberlake. A leaked ad pitch deck (click on image at left to. Continue reading
Sean Parker Pitches Spotify On Jimmy Fallon
After Sean Parker co-founded Napster he moved on to Facebook, but he's always been clear that he wants to finish the disruption of the music industry that he started. His. Continue reading
The Business Of ‘Pay What You Want’ Music Pricing
Though we tend to hear of "pay what you want" music pricing models from big artists like Radiohead,Atlum Schema has found pay what you want for CDs at live shows. Continue reading
10 Things DJ Shadow Hates About The Music Industry
Today marks producer and turntablist DJ Shadow's 20th year in the music business, and the release of his latest album The Less You Know, The Better. In a recent self-written post. Continue reading
BalconyTV: A Simple Concept That Offers Indie Artists True Global Reach
(UPDATED) Romeo and Juliet found their future on a balcony, now more than a few musicians theirs are as well. BalconyTV launched in Dublin when YouTube was still young. A. Continue reading
