Indie Artists Share How They Got Radio Airplay, What It Meant For Their Careers
Randy Goss is a musician and Business Development Manager at Earbits. When a band first forms, the passion is high. Ready to take the world by storm, they have discussed. Continue reading
7 Mobile Apps Musicians Need NOW!
There are so many apps out there that it can get overwhelming. To help you get mobile-saavy, Marissa from Cyber PR picks 7 mobile apps that musicians should check out.. Continue reading
Jackthreads’ Asher Roth Campaign Provides Roadmap To Merchandise Success
Physical merchandise is so very important to the revenue streams and branding of an artist. Recently, the members-only shopping club Jackthreads.com began rolling out a series of artist-centered merchandise campaigns. Continue reading
Pitchfork Debuts Soundplay Games With Music By Matthew Dear & M83
Pitchfork is getting into gaming with the launch of Soundplay games, plans for a Soundplay Arcade at the 2012 Pitchfork Music Festival and a two-day "game jam" hackathon. Intel is. Continue reading
Popdust.com Raises $4.5M For Pop Music, E-Commerce
Pop music web site Popdust today announced the completion of a $4.5 million Series A Preferred funding rled by New Enterprise Associates with participation from RRE Ventures, SoftBank Capital and. Continue reading
Groundbreaking Clear Channel, Big Machine Deal Pays First Ever Artist Performance Royalties
(UPDATED) Big Machine Label Group, home to Taylor Swift and Tim McGraw has struck a precedent-setting deal with Clear Channel Media that makes it the first record company who, along. Continue reading
New Spotify Apps Add Radio, Concerts
Guest post by Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Spotify quietly rolled out a couple of new apps for the desktop version of its freemium music service: SeatGeek, which lets you. Continue reading
9 iOS Players To Supercharge Your Music Collection
Guest post by Aarti Kelapure of Evolver.fm. Music fans who were reluctant to replace boomboxes, turntables, and shelves of physical media with digital music players and spreadsheet-like displays of their. Continue reading
NEWS BRIEF: iTunes Redesign, The 2-Shawns Launch Airtime, Topspin, Yoko + TuneSat & More
A major update to Apple's iOS for the iPhone, iPad and IPod Touch is expected at next week's developers conference. Several sources are pointing to redesigned iTunes store and full. Continue reading
An Indie Label Shares What Spotify, Streaming Music Services Paid Them
(UPDATED) The Trichordist ("Artists For An Ethical Internet") has shared what it says are the streaming service play and payment stats for an independent label catalog of 87 albums with. Continue reading