Oakland Hella Music Hack Day Names 3 Finalists
Often overshadowed by San Francisco and Silicon Valley, Oakland and its surrounding area remains home to Pandora, MOG and Gracenote. Over the weekend, 70 hackers from all over California to. Continue reading
Hootsuite Adds SoundCloud App For Listening To, Posting and Sharing Music
HootSuite is one of the more popular social media tools that allow you to manage multiple social media accounts from one interface. A variety of third party apps are available. Continue reading
Songdrop Adds iPhone App
(Updated) Songdrop, the free playlist based streaming music service has launched it's first iPhone app. The company says an Adroid version is coming soon. Songdrop pulls music from YouTube, Soundcloud,. Continue reading
The Musician’s Unconventional Guide To Getting A Record Label Deal
By Budi Voogt who runs Heroic Recordings, an artist management agency and record label. He blogs about music marketing and the industry and his first book, "The Soundcloud Bible," is. Continue reading
ReverbNation Launches Crowd Review: Fan-Sourced Music Feedback
(UPDATE 2) New artist and direct to fan services launch almost daily, leaving music marketers and artists juggling a mashup of what might work for them. 3 million artists have. Continue reading
Chinese Government and Music Tech Industry Move Towards Legal Paid Music Downloads
China's moving to limit web-related music piracy in order to develop an environment conducive to paid music services though the details are a bit confusing and not to be taken. Continue reading
Spotify Receives Praise From Dave Stewart and Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason
Spotify's getting some positive attention from celebrity musicians of late. Dave Stewart, who only last year was warning musicians away, is now praising the streaming music service. Instead, he's focusing. Continue reading
Being A Music Industry Professional
Differentiating between work and play is often easier said than done. For many, music is more fun than it is work – if you skip the part where you put. Continue reading
CD Baby Milestone: $300 Million Paid Out To Artists
CD Baby announced that, as of today, it has paid out more than $300 million to artists using its services, This year total payouts to artists are expected to be. Continue reading
Make Dropbox Your Own Music Cloud With TuneBox
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. If you’re sick of working as your own music system administrator (i.e. someone who spends lots of time moving music from one place to. Continue reading