Black Keys Promote New Release With A Used Car Ad
The Black Keys have a new album called "El Camino" coming out and they've been running an auto ad in print and a commercial on YouTube featuring Bob Odenkirk. Oddly. Continue reading
How Do We Benefit From Streaming? Can We?
Since Spotify launched in the United States, there have been various arguments over compensation and streaming. With that, Derek Miller weighs in on the situation and shares his opinion on. Continue reading
Bandcamp Adds Facebook Pages plus Our Campaign For Bandcamp Transparency
Launched with so little fanfare that no one would have known about it unless the guys from Music Biz Podcast had stumbled upon it, Bandcamp has added Facebook Page integration.. Continue reading
Is Occupy Wall Street Fair Game For Music Marketing?
[Update] Occupy Wall Street (OWS), the Manhattan sector of a growing international protest movement-in-the-making, has already seen a few famous musicians drop by including Lupe Fiasco and Kanye West. It's. Continue reading
AM BRIEF: EMI Split Sale Close, Google To Add Song Sharing, Is Rubin Out?, Mico Exits UMG & More
EMI SALE UPDATE: Several sources are reporting that a split sale is getting closer, with Sony/ATV or BMG Rights getting the publishing side (BMG has fewer anti-trust issues) and Universal. Continue reading
How To Promote A Show. You may not like what you’re about to read….
This guest post comes from Chris "Seth" Jackson, who blogs at How To Run A Band. Chris experiments with music marketing on his own band Shiplosion and shares the results.. Continue reading
Rihanna’s UNLOCKED Facebook App Builds To New Release “Talk That Talk”
Rihanna's upcoming release of the album "Talk That Talk" is being supported by a Facebook app called "UNLOCKED". The app requires users to conduct "Missions" to unlock material related to. Continue reading
PledgeMusic Partners With Nimbit To Launch PledgeStore
(UPDATE 2) Music fan funding site PledgeMusic has partnered with direct to fan sales and marketing platform Nimbit to create PledgeStore. The store, powered by Nimbit, is designed to give. Continue reading
SoundCloud CEO Alex Ljung On Startups, Sounds & The Worst Thing That Could Happen [VIDEO]
Soundcloud has taken the professional music world by storm, but its ambitions extend to all sound. In fact, co-founder and CEO Alex Ljung preaches that sound on the connected web. Continue reading
Apple iOS 5 Adds iTunes Music Match On/Off Switch The Doesn’t Work
The launch of iTunes Match has been promised in the next 11 days, but frustratingly Apple has already added an iTunes Match on/off switch in iOS 5. Found under the. Continue reading
