Watch Amanda Palmer’s Impressive TED Talk: The Art Of Asking [VIDEO]
"We made an art of asking people to help us, to join us." says Amanda Palmer near the start of her talk at this week's TED conference. She spoke about. Continue reading
Metal Guitarist Illustrates Anti-Piracy By Purchasing His Own CD [VIDEO]
(UPDATED) It's easy to be philosophical about piracy until it effects you. As much as we publish about the "power of free" and the "new paradigm", I admit to the. Continue reading
A Possible Vision Of Beats’ Daisy As A Next Generation Music Service
By Mark Mulligan, independent music analyst and author of Music Industry Blog. Beats' codenamed Daisy subscription service has been getting a puzzlingly large amount of coverage for a service that. Continue reading
How To Plan Your Music Crowdfunding Campaign From Start To Finish
Crowdfunding campaigns can take quite different forms depending on the project, the people and even the platform involved. Yet there are also similarities across the board that can be taken. Continue reading
EQuala’s Friends-based Streaming Mobile Music Lets You Decide Each Friend’s Influence
By Aarti Kelapure of Evolver.fm. As a publication that tracks the crowded digital music ecosystem, we know all too well the simple act of choosing what to use for music. Continue reading
ThingLink’s Jonas Forth Discusses How Web Apps Serve the Music Industry
By Andrew Apanov of Dotted Music and Stand Above The Noise. This episode of Stand Above The Noise features an interview with Jonas Forth, Creative Director of ThingLink – a. Continue reading
3OH!3 Day Requires Fans To Go Beyond Lab Rat-Style Clicks Of A Like Button
In an impressively demanding social media campaign, 3OH!3 is requiring fans to collectively complete 303 tasks before they'll unlock new music from their upcoming album "OMENS." March 3rd begins album. Continue reading
Earbits’ Social Currency Lets Fans Get Music While Artists Get Data
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. We’ve been following the progress of Earbits, because it’s such an outlier in the internet radio arena. Witness how it experimented with charging bands. Continue reading
The Week In Music Commentary
Justin Stansbury Considers The Music Industry’s Struggle To Adapt Kevin Erickson and Olivia Brown Ask What Is Indie? Can An Artist Top The Charts Without Help From A Major? Max. Continue reading