This Week’s iTunes and App Charts
iTunes and App Store charts for week ending 4/9 Top Songs1. "We Are Young (feat. Janelle Monáe)," Fun.2. "Somebody That I Used to Know," Gotye3. "What Makes You Beautiful," One. Continue reading
Where Metal Music Rules: A World Map Of Heavy Metal Bands Per Capita
Take data from Encyclopedia Metallum of active and inactive metal bands, compare how many come from each country with the CIA's population numbers and you can create a map of. Continue reading
How Would YOU Monetize Young Buck’s Soon To Be Liquidated Music?
Young Buck failed in his attempts to come up with a plan to repay his debts that at one point was said to include damages of $10 million to G-Unit. Continue reading
Jeff Tweedy & Wilco Experiment With Dynamic Concert Ticket Prices
Jeff Tweedy and Wilco are playing a benefit concert for Massachusetts contemporary art museum MASS Moca this summer. But beyond the unusual venue and 1000 limit on admissions, Wilco fans. Continue reading
Universal Music’s Answer To Piracy Is Monopoly
Refe Tuma is a writer, thinker and strategist with a passion for the new music industry. Follow Refe on Twitter to join the conversation, with topics ranging from economic theory. Continue reading
Sean Adams Of Drowned In Sound On Hype, ‘Best Of’ Lists & Why He’s Not Making a Spotify App
Guest post by Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. This is the second part of an interview with the legendary Sean Adams, founder of the Drowned In Sound music reviews site.. Continue reading
Music Exec Jimmy Iovine Calls Subscription Music “Culturally Inadequate”, Plans Alternative
Jimmy Iovine, the chairman of Interscope Geffen A&M Records, is dissatisfied with the current state of subscription music and has plans to do something about it. But what concerns Iovine. Continue reading
Survey Shows Typical SXSW Attendee: Single, Male, Influential, Childless Home Owner
Guest post by Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. In our round-up of tools for attending the SXSW Film, Interactive, and Music festival last month in Austin, Texas, we recommended that. Continue reading
Pandora Stock Hits All Time Low
Amid fears that profitability is a distant and blurry target, Pandora stock hit an all time low of $9.03 on Monday before rising slightly to close at $9.18. Pre-market trading. Continue reading
