Twitter Jumps Into Music: Acquires We Are Hunted, Develops App w/Soundcloud, iTunes & VEVO
Twitter has acquired music discovery site We Are Hunted and is developing a standalone iOS music app that will launch within weeks, according to several reports. The app will suggest. Continue reading
Streaming Music Services Seek To Empower Artists
By Brenna Ehrlich (@BrennaEhrlich) for sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. When it comes to artists and digital music services, the common lament among performers nowadays could be equated. Continue reading
Amanda Palmer Tells #SXSW She’s Sold 85K Units, But Worries About Less Social Artists
At SXSW yesterday, Amanda Palmer revealed that she'd sold 85,000 of "Theatre Is Evil" in the six months six it's release. 25,000 sales came via her $1.2 million Kickstarter campaign,. Continue reading
DIY Music Tech News: SoundCloud, Vimeo, Tunezy, Thefuture.fm, Musicplayr, PledgeMusic
Though some folks still mistake "music tech" for a limited range of companies and products such as Spotify, Pandora and iTunes, the diy-focused music tech world is typically a much. Continue reading
Takes App Turns “Still Photos Into A Magical Moving [Music] Video”
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Twitter did it in 2007. FourSquare did it in 2009. Highlight sort of did it at last year’s SXSW. So, will any app break. Continue reading
#SXSW Music Tech News: BitTorrent, Vimeo, Cinsay, Givit, Crowdsync, Vyclone, FastFan
SXSW is full of music tech news, some of it during SXSW Interactive and some of it during SXSW Music. Announcements include new offerings from major companies like BitTorrent and. Continue reading
Create Your Own Mobile Internet Radio Station With Wahwah
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Two South by Southwests ago, I met a guy with a neat, as-yet-unreleased app called Wahwah.fm. An early group-listening app for iOS, the app. Continue reading
Poor Fan Engagement Is Costing Music Industry $450M – $2.7B Annually [Nielsen Study]
The U.S. music industry is leaving hundreds of millions on the table yearly thanks to poor fan engagement, says a new Nielsen survey. The study of 4000 found 6 levels. Continue reading
Where Are My Fans? Study Shows Social Sites Deliver Differing Demos
The social media audience is large and diverse: 163.5 million in the US and growing. Overall 72% of Hispanics identify themselves as social media users vs. 68% of blacks and. Continue reading
