The Week In Music Commentary

Emily White Calls for Professionalism In 2013 Frank Liwall Wonders Will the Internet Radio Fairness Act Drive a Stake in the Creative Process? Alex May Describes A Better Social Music. Continue reading

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Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. & Indie Music

Did Billboard & O Music Awards Get Suckered By Fake YouTube Views? Not According to Indie Artist BAKER Mike Doughty's $543.09 Song Dogs/Demons: Conceptual Art For Superfans 7 Blogging Tips. Continue reading

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MusicThinkTank Weekly Recap: Everything You Need To Forget About The Music Industry & More

Where The Music Industry Thinks Out Loud   Ariel Hyatt: 5 Things Needed To PRE-Prepare for a Crowd Funding Campaign Rick Goetz: Everything You Need to Forget about the Music. Continue reading

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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

Pitchfork's Top 10 Songs Of 2012 iTunes Top Selling Songs & Albums Of 2012 MTV Names 5 Top Music Memes Of 2012 Diana Hereld on The State of Music Psychology. Continue reading

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Big Data: The New Oil, or the New Snake Oil?

Guest post by Will Mills (@will_mills_) for sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. Mills is the Director of Music and Content at Shazam.  Big data played a pivotal role. Continue reading

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Neil Young’s Pono Music Teases “Your Own Personal Time Machine”

By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Neil Young’s Pono Music trifecta — an audio format, hardware music player, and presumably some sort of online music distribution system, all with an. Continue reading

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10 Most Hated Holiday Songs Of 2012

Every year since 2004, Edison Research has conducted nationwide studies of women, ages 30-to-49, who said they liked or loved hearing Christmas music on the radio. This is the first. Continue reading

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Zappa Project Roxy By Proxy Funding Experiment Receiving Poor Public Response

The Zappa Family Trust is attempting to raise funds to complete the film The Roxy Performances for theatrical and DVD release. Focused on concerts from 1973, they are offering 1000. Continue reading

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Private Equity Firm Set To Acquire SESAC

Private equity firm Rizvi Traverse is is close to acquiring an equity stake in Nashville-based performing rights organization SESAC, according to an FTC filing that provides few specifics.  SESAC represents. Continue reading

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Top 10 Musicians To Invite To Your Holiday Party

Want to add a little life to your holiday party?  Invite a musIcian!  Seriously, who appreciates free alcohol, food and a good part more ?.  Here are my 10 picks. Continue reading

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Why Google Music’s New ‘Scan And Match’ Is Not Enough

By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. When Apple launched iCloud, it included a feature that let you put your music in the cloud without manually uploading each song, which takes. Continue reading

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