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Moment.me Offers Free Event Microsites Well Designed For Music

Though Moment.me's event microsites are not specific to music they do have a lot of features that fit musicians' need to connect with fans and, when possible, monetize events more. Continue reading

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Throwing Snow’s “Mosaic” Album Cover Enhanced With Layar’s Augmented Reality App

Layar is an augmented reality (AR) mobile app which presents additional content on your mobile screen when an encoded image is scanned. Throwing Snow (Ross Tones) used a Layar-coded album. Continue reading

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Music Business Podcast – The Future of Music And Advertising In Cars

Subcribe to the Upward Spiral podcast in iTunes, play recent shows on SoundCloud, or follow us on Twitter.  In this episode of the Upward Spiral, a music business podcast, we. Continue reading

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MUST WATCH: John Oliver’s Funny, Smart And Dead-On Explanation Of Net Neutrality

Net neutrality. “The only two words that promise more boredom in the English language are ‘featuring Sting,’” says HBO host "Last Week Tonight" John Oliver at the start of his brilliant. Continue reading

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Beats Never Mentioned At Yesterday’s Apple Event, But Dre Got A Phone Call

Among the dozens of major announcements during yesterday's Apple Worldwide Developer Conference there was not a single mention of its $3 billion purchase of Beats. In fact the word "Beats". Continue reading

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Spotify Offers 66% Off Premium Subscriptions

Let the music streaming price wars begin!  Spotify today announced its first-ever sale. Super Summer of Music offers three months of Spotify ad free Premium for $9.99 or 3 months for the usual. Continue reading

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StubHub Launches Concert Discovery App As Part Of Bigger Push Into Music

Yesterday StubHub announced the launch of StubHub Music, a concert discovery app focused on San Francisco. This is the full launch of a StubHub Lab experimental app called ShowDrift. It. Continue reading

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3 Charts Show Why Apple Bought Beats Music

Market analyst Puneet Sikka has been taking a look inside Apple's deal to buy Beats Music for a reported $500 miilion of the overall Beats purchase of  $3 billion, from an. Continue reading

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SoundCloud Opens 5th Ave. NYC Office

A year ago, SoundCloud launched in NYC with a team of two in a tiny 0ffice. Now that team has grown to 20, with plans to double this year. The. Continue reading

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What Artists Should Know About AudioKite

Getting honest, unbiased, constructive feedback on your music is easier said than done. Despite your best efforts, the hit song you thought you put together may fall short to listeners. Continue reading

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