How To Make The Freemium World Pay
Guest post by Alicia Yaffe (@thespllbndgroup) for sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. I saw a great tweet recently from a satirical Twitter account which said: “Welcome to the. Continue reading
Mike Masnick On Amanda Palmer’s TED Talk: Don’t Make People Pay For Music, Let Them
By Mike Masnick of Techdirt. There's been so much talk about Amanda Palmer's TED talk this week, that the folks at TED rushed to get the video edited and up. Continue reading
Tips From John Vanderslice’s Kickstarter Campaign That’s $40,000 Over Goal
John Vanderslice is Kickstarting not one but two album releases, originals on "Dagger Beach" and a cover of David Bowie's album "Diamond Dogs," and he's already gone way over goal.. Continue reading
6 Critical Ways To Manage Your Expectations of Digital PR & Social Media Marketing
Setting goals is crucial to marketing plans, but you also need to manage your expectations. For example, you can’t expect to sell 50,000 copies of your album in 3 months. Continue reading
NYC Staffer Releases “Official Google Music” Video
According to an email we received this morning from NYC Google employee and budding hip hop artist Fink, this music video about Google called includes several other Googlers and shot. Continue reading
Pinterest For Music App Songdrop Grabs $150,000 From SOIC Capital
(UPDATE 3) London based Songdrop, a Pinterest-like online music playlist creator, has closed it's first investment round of $150,000 in seed funding from SOIC Capital. Users create mixes with songs. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
Major U.S. ISPs Launch Anti-Piracy System: '6 Strikes And We'll Throttle You' Facebook Admits They've Been Underreporting Your Page Reach For Months 5 Aspects Of The Old Music Industry Being. Continue reading
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. & Indie Music
Video: Amanda Palmer's Impressive TED Talk: The Art Of Asking Case Study: Is Free Music Worth It? 8 Ways To Take On SXSW If They Didn't Take You How To. Continue reading
