Seth Godin, Social Media And EDM At Pollstar Live
By Kat Drucker, Strategic Consultant for Canadian Music Week and Digital Media Summit (@kitkat5656) Live music industry trade magazine Pollstar's annual gathering and awards took place last week in downtown. Continue reading
Daisy Chain: Dying Music Industry Sprouts New Hope
Guest post by Kyle Bylin, founder and editor of sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. I. Invisible Funnel Industry pundits and executives looked at the file sharing and torrent. Continue reading
5 Tips On How To Break Into Music Journalism
By David Harfield, Editor of FanAppic. If you're passionate about music, then being a music journalist has to be one of the greatest jobs in the world, right? You get. Continue reading
Backplane Launches Social Networks For Guns N’ Roses, The Bloody Beetroots & Condé Nast
Backplane, the company that birthed Lady Gaga's LittleMonsters social network, is now preparing a full litter of big brand niche networks. Ten are reported to be launching by year's end. Continue reading
Uniform Motion Creates Treasure Hunt Using Fan-Submitted Sounds For New Album
By Mike Masnick of Techdirt. We've written a few times about the band Uniform Motion out of France, which got some fame last year for being incredibly open about how. Continue reading
Derek Sivers: It’s All Who You Know?
You hear it all the time – in this business, it’s about who you know. It sounds intimidating, but simply contacting a stranger can lead to a worldwide network of. Continue reading
Tea For Tyrants Hits Kickstarter Goal To Bundle Digital Music With Physical Tea [Updated]
Tea for Tyrants is a project from Andy Angelos and Phil Lomac, the duo also known as Lovely Tyrants. To promote a new EP they decided to offer their own. Continue reading
Spotify Launches In Italy, Poland & Portugal
(UPDATED) Economically battered music fans in Italy, Poland and Portugal are getting their first chance to try out Spotify, as the music streamer launches in the three markets today. It. Continue reading
Tough Monday? Focus@will Uses Music To Boost Your Focus
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Ever since Turntable.fm launched its group listening platform, one of the most popular room themes has been some variant of “music for working.” Depending. Continue reading
Attack Marketing: Monster Disses Beats By Dr. Dre As Swizz Beatz Joins Board
Late last week two contrasting narratives emerged regarding the breakup and subsequent business moves of former partners Monster and Beats Electronics best known for the co-creation of Beats by Dr.. Continue reading
