Are Our Creative Lives To Be Ruled By “Algorithmic Copyright Cops”?
The recent tale of a musician's cover song videos of works in the public domain being taken down due to misidentification by YouTube's ContentID system is but one example of. Continue reading
Developing A Mobile App For Your Band
Lady Gaga recently announced that her new album “ARTPOP” will be released physically, digitally, and as an interactive app. With the popularity of apps, musicians have another opportunity to showcase. Continue reading
Livewire Mobile To Power Music Services For Two Major US Carriers
Livewire Mobile announced this morning that it will be powering digital music download services for two major U.S. mobile carriers: Sprint and Metro-PCA. Livewire Mobile expects the new deals to. Continue reading
Spotify Is Coming To Your Browser Say Sources [Updated]
Though artist and label payments from Spotify remain a vexing topic of discussion, Spotify continues to expand its presence both territorially and technically. Over the weekend TechCrunch said multiple sources. Continue reading
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. & Indie Music
Musicians: Solve Your Obscurity Problem & The Rest Will Follow Spotify's D.A. Wallach Explains How Spotify Pays Artists Presskit.to: A Musician's Mobile Business Card XL Recordings Make History With Limited. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
Universal Music's Top Exec Declares Proudly: "We're Not In The Art Business" Facebook Finally Cracks Down On Fake Likes, Is Twitter Next? Infographic: Can Music Streaming Ever Be Profitable? Who. Continue reading
MusicThinkTank.com Weekly Recap: Where Has The Music Loving Feeling Gone & More
Where The Music Industry Thinks Out Loud Check out the Top 10 MusicThinkTank Posts Last Month Simon Tam: Getting Sponsors For Your Music Corey Crossfield: Where Has The Music. Continue reading
UPDATE: Pandora Stock Fell 17% Friday In Wake Of Apple’s Reported Music Streaming Service
(UPDATE 2) With word of Apple’s development of a Pandora-like music service out, Pandora’s stock began to feel the aftershocks. As of 9:40am PST Friday morning, Pandora stock fell 2.37%. Continue reading
Jack White Calls Performing At Music Festivals A “Neccesary Evil”
Jack White is in London this weekend to perform at the iTunes Festival, but he's not sure that playing festivals is worth it. "I don't get excited about festivals –. Continue reading
The Week In Music Publishing 9.7.12: Spotify, South Africa, Steve Perry, Hal David, Mio Vukovic & More
Spotify's artist-in-residence DA Wallach spoke this week with Mike King of BerkleeMusic to explain how artists are getting paid from the burgeoning music service. A government report in South Africa claims that. Continue reading
