The Week’s Top Music Commentary
Jon Maples Offers Sage Advice To Rhapsody's Rival Upstarts Matt Urmy Maintains The Times Are Changing For Artist Investors Tyler Hayes Identifies Real Band Names That Sound Totally Fake Seth. Continue reading
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. & Indie Music
Get More Fans Is A Mindblowingly Complete DIY Guide To The New Music Business Record Store Day Drives Impressive Sales Boost A2IM Announces Indie Artist & Label 2013 LIBBY Awards. Continue reading
MusicThinkTank.com Weekly Recap: How the Digital Music Revolution is re-shaping Album Artwork & More
Where The Music Industry Thinks Out Loud David Roberts:Local Networking for Musicians Tommy Darker: The Rise of the Musicpreneur (Part 2/3) Mark Roberts: How the Digital Music Revolution is re-shaping. Continue reading
AOL Music & Spinner Shut Down, All Staff Laid Off
(UPDATED) AOL Music, Spinner and related properties are being closed and all EMployees in the division immediately laid off. While no official announcement has been made yet, Spinner editor Dan. Continue reading
Record Store Day Drives Impressive Sales Boost
"Record Store Day is a great way to shine the spotlight on the amazing experience that independent record stores bring to music consumers," David Bakula,SVP at Nielsen Entertainment,said in a. Continue reading
Generosity Is The New Key To Success
Whether you're in band, work at a record label or run a startup, you have fans. (If not, rethink how you're spending your time). How you treat those fans may. Continue reading
Andrew Dubber: For Creators Of All Kinds The Connections Outweigh The Money
Andrew Dubber is Professor of Music Industries Innovation at Birmingham City University, and other stuff. When you study the independent music industries, there’s a lot of talk about money and. Continue reading
Buying Facebook Likes Costs You Money While Reducing Real Likes And Fan Engagement
By Michael Brandvold @michaelsb of Michael Brandvold Marketing. I have said a number of times you shouldn’t buy Twitter followers or Facebook likes because you aren’t buying real fans, you. Continue reading
The iTunes Decade As Celebrated By Apple, Mike Doughty & Industry Analysts Alike
Over the last 10 years iTunes has become the dominant force in digital music sales and has gradually moved from being a loss leader to drive hardware sales to become. Continue reading
