Live Streaming Launches: BitTorrent Live And ShowGo.tv
Live streaming is seeing steady growth in 2013 after a year of trending news in 2012. Yesterday's announcement at SXSW that BitTorrent Live is now in open Beta is a. Continue reading
Learning To Be A Better Performer From Cirque du Soleil, Lemolo And Justin Timberlake
By Musician and Marketing Consultant Solveig Whittle (@shadesofsolveig). The craft of stage performance is a critical part of every performing artist’s success. This weekend, I watched three excellent performances: Cirque. Continue reading
Do SXSWi’s Tech Trends Foretell The Future Of Music?
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Monday was the last day of SXSW Interactive, which means people are posting lists of trends purporting to distill this incredibly wide-ranging event into. Continue reading
The Downside Of Rumblefish, CDBaby And YouTube Content ID
Guest post by Dan Adler (@EDM_Hero) of the indie EDM business blog EDM Hero. CDBaby provides an easy way to get all your music on popular (and un-popular) music stores,. Continue reading
Spotify CEO Says He Doesn’t Worry What Apple, Google Do In Music
"We're obviously watching what everybody is doing," Spotify CEO Daniel Ek, told Forbes during an onstage interview at SXSW Interactive. "Music is something that is so inherently important to people. Continue reading
Pepsi Sponsors Downloads From Yala, World’s Largest Arabic Music Service
Yala Music is a unique hybrid music service featuring Arabic music. Though developed for the Middle East and North Africa, Yala's listenership has grown most strongly in the U.S. Yala. Continue reading
Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian Tells Musicians To Go Crowdfund Themselves
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, Chief Swine Defender (his real title) at BreadPig, just gave the second of three keynote addresses on the first day. Continue reading
VEVO.TV Launches: The Return Of Music Television
Guest post by Micheal Cerda (@imcerdafied) for sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. Cerda provides an in-depth commentary on today's launch of VEVO.TV, a brand-new music video product. In. Continue reading
Amanda Palmer’s Lessons For Musicians Too Uncomfortable To Ask Their Fans For Money
By Levi James (@launchrelease) of music crowdfunding blog Launch + Release. At the 5:55 minute mark of Amanda Palmer’s now legendary TED talk, I actually teared up a bit. I. Continue reading
