Bands – Don’t Contact Me, Unless…
Do you ever get emails that start with something like: Hey, my name is [insert artist name here] check out my music….? Joey Flores, Co-founder and CEO of Earbits, gets. Continue reading
Louisiana Soundtrack Heralds Cutting Edge Conference In NOLA
Though they are entirely separate events, the launch of multimedia site Louisiana Soundtrack and plans for the Cutting Edge music business conference in New Orleans are certainly connected. The Louisiana. Continue reading
We Are Hunted Co-Founder On Spotify, Branded Apps & The Future
Guest post by Aarti Kelapure of Evolver.fm. We Are Hunted, the music discovery service, takes the iconic notion of the music chart and reinvents it for the digital generation. Rather. Continue reading
NEWS BRIEF: Labels Hire Student Pirate Chasers, Pandora To DC, ASCAP + TV, PBay Loves RIAA, More
Big Four Music Labels Hire Students To Chase File-Sharers (TorrentFreak) Pandora is lobbying Congress to establish fair(er) royalty rates (LA Times) ASCAP Reaches Agreement on TV Licensing Fees (The Wrap). Continue reading
SFX/Live Nation Founder Bob Sillerman Betting $1 Billion On Electronic Dance Music
It's just about the only thing that the industry crowd gathered in Las Vegas for EDMbiz wants to talk about. Media mogul Robert F. X. Sillerman, who launched the concert. Continue reading
UK’s Amazing Media To Bring Indie Background Music To U.S.
Amazing Media is coming to the States. The Newcastle upon Tyne-based company began in digital music sales then developed a web radio station, Amazing Radio, that broadcast the music they. Continue reading
7digital Expands U.S. Team With Key Hires From eMusic, Apple, IODA, Rightsflow
UK based digital music company 7digital is expanding its North American operations with a number of key hires. Jon DeMond-Axelrod, formerly of eMusic, is joining as Business Development Director focusing. Continue reading
SoundExchange Expands Overseas Ties, Drops All Foreign Administrative Fees
SoundExchange is expanding its global reach with five new reciprocal agreements with record label collection societies in France, Spain, Sweden, Ireland and Jamaica bringing their total number of international agreements. Continue reading
Tenacious D Marketing Music On Reddit’s AMA [CASE STUDY]
Reddit's community-grown Ask Me Anything (AMA) forum could also be called the Anti-Marketing Association. Yes, people do participate with specific marketing goals in mind but it's possibly best approached as. Continue reading
How Google & Search Engine Optimization Changed The Music Industry
Today Google and others are launching the next version of the Internet – IPv6 which will be a new, larger version of the Internet. No one can deny the impact. Continue reading
