Songkick CEO Ian Hogarth On How Social Media Is Changing Live Touring [VIDEO]
The live music industry (promoters, club owners) has, in my experience, been slow to adapt to the new realities of marketing. Ineffective strip ads and radio campaigns are finally being. Continue reading
Apple’s GarageBand Gets Upgrade & iPhone App
Apple's music creation and recording platform GarageBand is now available as an app for the iPhone and iPod touch. The app, along with an iPad version introduced earlier, have been. Continue reading
Calculating Return On Investment For Music Advertising
On Music Think Tank, Bruce Warila writes about getting the music advertising ROI (Return On Investment) calculation right. It sounds like a subject just for geeks, until you realize that. Continue reading
HELP WANTED: Multiple Faculty Positions At Clive Davis Institute For Recorded Music
Check out our new music industry and tech job board in the lower part of the center column. Its a constantly updated listing of music and tech related job availabilities. Continue reading
Legitmix: Make Money From Mixes Without Clearances (And It Might Even Be Legal)
Legitmix is one of the most innovative offerings I've seen to date. It allows you to create legal, monetizable mixes that include copyrighted work without getting clearances. I'm going to. Continue reading
Pete Townshend: “Rock music is junk”, iTunes Is A “Vampire” & “What’s next is already here.”
The BBC invited The Who's Pete Townshend to give a lecture in honor of iconic UK broadcaster John Peel. During the wide ranging, smart and often amusing speech, Townsend professed. Continue reading
Enter The Dragontape: Hungarian Music Startups Expand the Competitive Terrain
Music startups continue to pop up all over the globe and Central Europe is no exception. Eastist, a blog focused on tech entrepreneurship in Central and Eastern Europe, recently noted. Continue reading
iTunes Store Deletes Amazon Cloud Music Player
Guest post by Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Earlier this month, Evolver posted about how to play the music stored in your Music Beta by Google account on your iPhone using. Continue reading
Rdio Launching In Brazil, Australia, Germany & More
(UPDATE 2) Digital music streaming service Rdio is launching in Brazil as "Oi Rdio" later this week. Co-branded as “Oi Rdio,” it is the first on-demand service with social music. Continue reading
NEWS BRIEF: Smule Grabs $12M, MOG Gets FB Bump, Spotify Discounts Won’t Last, NARM & More
Smule, the music app developer behind I am T-Pain and others, has raised another $12 million. The round was led by Shasta Ventures and Shasta partner Jason Pressman has joined. Continue reading