Viral Video Propels Kayne West’s ‘Gone’ To Billboard #18 Debut 8 Years After Release
"Gone", a song from Kayne West's 2005 sophomore album "Late Registration" debuts in Billboard's Top 100 songs at #18 thanks to viral video by writer and comedian Marina Shifton. The. Continue reading
Facebook’s New Band Page Insights Can Tell You If You’re Reaching Your Fans
Over the summer Facebook has been working on new Page Insights, the analytics dashboard for your Band Page on Facebook, and they're finally making it available to all users. There. Continue reading
YouTube Tells Music Copyright Infringer To Contact Himself To Resolve Dispute
By Tim Cushing, republished from Techdirt. When bots handle copyright enforcement, things are sometimes going to get screwed up. YouTube's various algorithms do a lot of heavy lifting, sorting through. Continue reading
Hip-Hop Lyft Combines Music and Micro-Entrepreneurship For A Unique Riding Adventure
Lyft is one of a group of companies attempting to build businesses around community-based ridesharing for donations aka pro-am cabbies. This controversial innovation has been embraced by riders who have. Continue reading
Music Publishing News Roundup: iTunes Radio, ole, Songfile & More
Apple’s iTunes Radio will be launching in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Nordic countries as soon as early next year. Its largest competitor, Pandora, still isn’t available in. Continue reading
Legal Landmine: Playing Music In A Business
True or False: If a song is available on iTunes its free and clear for you to play in your place of business. False. Just because you bought it doesn't. Continue reading
Connect and Enjoy Your Music From Macs, PCs and Android With OnAir Player
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. One of the most serious problems facing music fans in 2013 is that music is no longer truly portable, at least in the sense. Continue reading
Musicians’ Video Tools For Meet and Greets, Mobile Shoots and Video Sales
Part of the point of keeping up with all the new apps and services is to stay aware of how things are shifting. But the best result is often finding. Continue reading
Splice Might Just Make Music Collaboration Work
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. “What if you could share your music — and the way you make music?” asks the video above for Splice, a soon-to-be-launched music collaboration. Continue reading
Marketing Music On Instagram? Try Using Hashtags, Making Friends or Creating Art
Instagram's adding ads and they won't post your pics on Twitter and many new enticing services are emerging to share media while marketing your music. Yet Instagram is still a. Continue reading
