The Long Pitch: What Artists Can Learn From Consultative Selling
Guest post by Katonah Coster of Fame House As a creative business, the music industry is not one to regularly take cues from the traditional business world. It’s rare that. Continue reading
ROMPLR’s Jon Vlassopulos On Music Fans’ Transition From Consumer To Creator [INTERVIEW]
Jon Vlassopulos is the CEO of Skyrockit, a mobile entertainment studio that helps brands, media companies and technology companies leverage mobile through the creation of products, services and marketing campaigns.. Continue reading
How To Execute A Successful Fan Funding / Direct To Fan Campaign [VIDEO]
Guest post by Mike King (@atomzooey), a course author and instructor at Berklee’s online continuing education division, at Berkleemusic.com. I’m working with Dave Kusek to update his Future of Music. Continue reading
Radical.fm Launches New HTML5 Player, Aims Sights On Pandora And Spotify
Radical.fm is a web-based and soon to be mobile streaming player that describes itself as a combination of passive stations like Pandora, active playlists like Spotify, and social “RadCast” (personal broadcasting).. Continue reading
Starcount Builds Global Social Media Popularity Charts
Starcount is a recently launched site presenting "social entertainment charts" or charts that track the popularity of a wide range of individuals, brands and products on social media networks. They. Continue reading
Streaming Contibutes 25% To Warner Music Group’s Digital Bottom Line
It’s no secret that streaming services like Spotify and Pandora account for relatively little of an artist’s revenue stream. In fact, yesterday we showed you how Zoe Keating earned a. Continue reading
BigChampagne Partners With Monstro To Bring Social Reaction Data To Ultimate Chart
Live Nation-owned media metrics and analytics company BigChampagne has partnered with Monstro, a services and analytics firm measuring social reaction and the social life cycle of music, television, film and. Continue reading
SoundExchange And BandPage Partner To Help Claim $2 Million In Unpaid Royalties
BandPage and SoundExchange have teamed up to distribute $2 million of unclaimed digital performance royalties to a number of music artists and labels. These royalties are being sent out to BandPage. Continue reading
Thrillcall’s Matthew Tomaszewicz: Building Bridges Between Live Music & Tech [INTERVIEW]
Matthew Tomaszewicz is the co-founder and head of product marketing and business development at San Francisco-based Thrillcall. Thrillcall is an iOS and web app that packages ticket deals on live. Continue reading
The Music Listening & Sharing Habits Of Social Media Users [INFOGRAPHIC]
Researchers lab42 asked 500 music fans some questions: When do you listen? How much? On which sites? For Spotify users: Are you hiding your selections in a “private session”? Take. Continue reading
