Instagram Surpasses Twitter In Daily Active Mobile Users
Still not on that Instagram hype yet? You may want to rethink that considering user adoption for the billion-dollar company (now valued at $735 million in correlation with Facebook’s stock). Continue reading
Musicmetric Research Charts Music Discovery & Consumption
Guest post by Valeria Bornstein of Fame House Music industry analytics company Musicmetric recently released their Digital Music Index, a report detailing the latest trends in digital music and provides an in-depth look. Continue reading
TastemakerX Integrates Echo Nest For Realtime Marketplace Data
TastemakerX, where fantasy sports meets the music industry in the form of a social music discovery game, has added a new layer to their platform by partnering with music intelligence. Continue reading
Rumor Mill Says Top Secret Management Start-up In Lyor Cohen’s Future
Lyor Cohen appears headed back to artist management after his exit this week as the CEO of Warner's recorded music division, according to several sources. The New York Daily News. Continue reading
Musicians, Others Lose Fans As Facebook Cracks Down On Fake Fans & Likes
As promised last month, Facebook has begun cracking down on fake accounts and the resulting fake Likes. Some are calling the crackdown Operation Unlike; but whatever the name, the result. Continue reading
Echo Nest Launches Chart, Spotify Playlist Of Hottest ‘Discovery’ Music
Music intelligence platform The Echo Nest has just launched a Spotify playlist of the top 100 “discovery” songs, which are said to be the songs that people are listening to. Continue reading
Booktrack Creator On Adding Music To Books
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. I cannot write while I am listening to rap music. It overloads the word part of my brain, and my own words freeze up.. Continue reading
How Much Money Should You Aim To Make From Music? And How Much CAN You Make?
So how much money can you make from music? Shaun Letang has posted a chapter from his book, ‘The Independent Musician’s Survival Guide’, that covers the different levels of making. Continue reading
