Month: May 2012

Bon Iver, AWOLNATION, Battles Lead Nominations For A2IM Libera Indie Music Awards

Century Media, Jagjaguwar, Ninja Tune Top Indie Label Nods A2IM today announced the nominees for the inaugural Libera Awards (The “Libbies”), June 21 at NYC’s Le Poisson Rouge and capping. Continue reading

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Q&A: Getting Music Placed In Advertising

After posting about getting music placed in video games, James Aviaz follows up with a post on music placement in advertising. In this post on Music Think Tank, James Alvich. Continue reading

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Mobile Roadie Adds Premium iPad Apps & Free Mobile Websites

Mobile Roadie recently announced a major upgrade of their mobile app creation service that includes the addition of an iPad app platform and a free self-service mobile website platform. Since. Continue reading

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Emily White: Young Mr. Hines

(UPDATED) Guest post by Emily White of Whitesmith Entertainment and Readymade Records.  White, Young Hines and Brendan Benson share their story today as part of The Hypebot Sessions at NARM's. Continue reading

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NEWS BRIEF: Pandora Tops 150M, Beasties Sued, SoundEx vs Sirius, MySpase vs. DOJ, Frenchkiss

Pandora surpasses 150M registered users, all of them in the U.S. (VentureBeat) Adam Yauch Sued Over Beastie Boys Sampling the Day Before He Died. (HTR) More than two decades after. Continue reading

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This Week’s iTunes Top Songs & Apps

for week ending 5/7 Top Songs:1."Somebody That I Used to Know",Gotye2."Payphone (feat. Wiz Khalifa)",Maroon 53."Call Me Maybe",Carly Rae Jepsen4."We Are Young",Fun.5."Boyfriend",Justin Bieber MORE:

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Alliance Entertainment To Distribute All CD Baby Artists To Record Stores

Artists who sell through CD Baby will now have their CD's available for sale to record stores across the U.S., thanks to a pact announced today with Alliance Entertainment. Alliance. Continue reading

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Alanis Morrisette Releases Lyrics Prior To Music

Another no-cost way to please fans: Alanis Morissette’s 1st single off her 1st album in 4 years, "Havoc and Bright Lights", is launching online with a lyrics-first approach. As a. Continue reading

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Gumroad’s 19 Year Old Founder Raises $8.1 Million For Music eCommerce

Gumroad wants to empower musicians, in fact everyone, to “sell” as easily as they "share"; and so far its 19 year old founder has raised $8.1 million to make his. Continue reading

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Not All Musicians Are Entrepreneurs, But Successful And Professional Ones Are

Guest post by Julian Weisser (@iamweisser), CCO of Bottol and writer of Ideas then Lemonade. Most of my days are spent working on the business and communications end of the. Continue reading

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Rdio’s First Music Hack Day Yields Shazam Playlists, Musical RSS, More

Guest post by Andy Cush of Evolver.fm. At its San Francisco headquarters, Rdio recently held its first-ever hack day – a marathon event where coders build stuff that works, fast.

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