New “Shoppable” Music Videos Could Provide Sales Boost For Artists & Labels
Taking interactive e-commerce to the next level, Montreal-based online clothing retailer SSENSE has debuted a unique music video where viewers can actually make purchases of the products shown on screen –. Continue reading
The Week In Music Publishing 4.6.12
Great news from the UK with the PRS for Music reporting a 3.2% rise in royalties to £630.8 million ($1 billion) in 2011. Royalties from online streaming services like Spotify and iTunes. Continue reading
How Do You Spotify? A Look At Spotify’s 47 Apps
Guest post by Connor McKnight of Evolver.fm. Spotify was well on its way to celebrity status even before most U.S. listeners had heard of the service, let alone had the. Continue reading
How to Handle Problems In The Band
In any group, problems will come up. To handle current or future problems, check out Simon Tam’s list of tips on Music Think Tank. Do you have any band horror. Continue reading
Music + Activism Handbook: Special Election Edition
Air Traffic Control (ATC) describes themselves as existing to "help musicians play an effective, unique and vital role in the promotion of social justice." Established by musicians and music managers,. Continue reading
As Investors Offer Millions, Can Electronic Dance Music Survive A Corporate Takeover?
Investors Robert Sillerman and Ron Burkle have are among those being being those mentioned as potential investors looking to buy into the burgeoning electronic dance music, or EDM business. EDM. Continue reading
NEWS BRIEF: Viacom vs. YouTube Returns, Artists Join Pirate Bay, Rumblefish, Wilco, Pandora & More
An appeals court has revives a long standing and almost forgotten Viacom vs. YouTube lawsuit. [full court ruling] (DMW, ars) 5000+ Artists Line Up For A Pirate Bay Promotion Platform. Continue reading
Facebook & VEVO Really, Really Like Each Other [STATS]
For now at least, the rumors that VEVO is pulling it's music video content from YouTube and shifting to Facebook, have died down. But that doesn't mean that the two. Continue reading
Spotify Denies Report Of 3 Million U.S. Users
Yesterday, the New York Post claimed that Spotify has signed up just 3 million users in the U. S. and converted 600,000 to paid subscribers. In a statement to the. Continue reading
Drowned In Sound Founder Sean Adams On The Decline Of MP3 Blogging
(UPDATED) Guest post by Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. MP3 bloggers were the revolutionaries of music criticism, taking on established outlets like Rolling Stone and Spin by being faster, cooler,. Continue reading
Three Quarter Offers Musicians New Model: ‘We Run The Business, You Run The Art’
Three Quarter is a new music startup with a hybrid business model. They describe it as "part record label, part venture capital firm, part management firm, part marketing/pr firm." A. Continue reading
