Rawkblog’s David Greenwald & Moheak Radio’s Nicole Cifani – Upward Spiral Podcast #22
Bloggers and music fanatics David Greenwald of Rawkblog and Nicole Cifani of Moheak Radio talk about the past, present and future of music blogs. We discuss the role of technology. Continue reading
Hip Hop Chess Federation Drops Mike Relm Video, Heads To St. Louis For Community Events
The Hip Hop Chess Federation is a unique organization based in the SF Bay Area that brings together young people for events featuring hip hop, chess and martial arts. It. Continue reading
MusicGrid.me Relaunches, Partners With Criminal Records To Support Indie Record Stores
MusicGrid.me recently relaunched just in time for Record Store Day. It's basically a site where people can rate and review albums, as opposed to singles, and see what other people. Continue reading
CODEMKRS Announces Winners Of New Orleans’ First Music Hakathon
With festival season in full swing, New Orleans based non-profit CODEMKRS hosted the state’s first music hackathon in a 24 hour “code festival” held this weekend at the University of. Continue reading
Social Music Began With Napster’s Hot List
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. We like 8Tracks (web, iOS, Android) for mixtape sharing, because it makes it easy, and pretty. You simply upload songs from your computer (or. Continue reading
The Rise of the Musicpreneur (Part 2/3)
Earlier, Tommy Darker wrote part 1 of the rise of the musicpreneur which covered the business and online assets a musician should have. He follows up with part 2 on. Continue reading
Dance Your Remixes With Crossfader Move & Mix
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Spacemen 3 released an album in 1994 called Taking Drugs To Make Music To Take Drugs To, which you can hear on YouTube, if. Continue reading
Eventbrite Raises $60 Million For Indie Ticketing
Self-service ticketing platform Eventbrite has raised $60 million in new financing led by Tiger Global Management and new investor T. Rowe Price. After this round, the company’s total funding is. Continue reading
Hands On Grooveshark’s New Broadcast Feature: Exploring Your Inner DJ
Grooveshark continues its innovation streak with the launch of Broadcast, a new feature that turns any user into an online DJ. Grooveshark's Broadcast is much more than another playlist app.. Continue reading
Rhapsody Offers Sage Advice To Rival Upstarts
By Jon Maples of Rhapsody for sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. One of the wonderful and humbling aspects of being in the streaming music business for over 10. Continue reading