REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
YouTube launched Band Merch stores for channel partners. Topspin produced a video of how their service works in the store. Merlin cut a global YouTube deal for hundreds of top. Continue reading
Sean Parker On Spotify, The New Music Business & Why Most Bands Should Never Sign With A Label
We usually post the latest episode of This Week In Music on Saturday morning, but since they're taking a week off, we're re-posting this great video with Sean Paker, billionaire. Continue reading
Topspin: How To Make Money Selling On YouTube [VIDEO]
This week YouTube launched Merch Store, a new feature for YouTube partner channels that offers direct to fan sales of merchandise, downloads, concert tickets and more. Google confirm to us. Continue reading
The Secret Behind Hit Songs – The Musical Trinity Part 2: Songwriting
This is Part-2 in a three-part series by audio engineer and musician, Josh Srago. Click here to revisit Part-1 (Engineering). Songwriting Songwriting is a completely subjective thing to people. While. Continue reading
Who Are The Most Valuable Digital Consumers? [Three Powerful Infographics]
Social, local and mobile are the buzzwords driving most conversation about online opportunities. For music, at the end of the day there is only one common denominator: the fan. Understanding. Continue reading
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
